Music blared and lights flashed. Club music was pounding from huge speakers from the corners, the ceiling, the front, at the bar, everywhere. I saw green, blue, red, pink, orange, and yellow. Eliza was dressed in ripped jeans, a tight hot pink tank top, and had her black make up on. We were still dressed from our signing but Eliza and Alura had changed while we were finishing up our signing. Alura was dressed in a white t-shirt with bright pink, baby blue, and neon green splotches that said Raver Girl. She had black and neon green Tripp pants on and black sneakers on. She had sprayed her hair up to add volume to her hair. Her face was all glitter. She had fake eyelashes on with little glinting gems, glitter eye shadow, neon green lipstick with glitter she had put over top. He eyeliner was bright silver with glitter in it and she had green glitter on her cheeks. She had put in three piercing that none of us had seen before. Her secret, clear piercings with cover up over the flat ends. The balls on the ends were neon as well. She had glow sticks around her neck and wrists. She had sure changed.
She had a clear distinction between professional Alura and laid back with friends Alura. She walked up to the bar and sat down. She quickly provided her ID and showed her red bracelet that we got at the door. Andy, sadly, wasn't allowed one because he was still only 20. I sat down next to her.
"I'll have Grey Goose!" She yelled over the music. We all ordered out drinks and started talking. Things were slow at first because we had just come from a three hour signing from 5:30 to 8:30 and it was only 9:20. Alura I found out could put away liquor. Suddenly the music changed from club remixes to something with a strong beat. Alura and Eliza threw themselves off the bar and ran to the center of the dance floor which had become slightly vacant. They danced a little in a circle while the music started getting stronger and faster. When the girls had a good sized circle around them I stood up and sat on the bar itself so I could see. From when I could see it looked like Alura was getting ready to bust out with something. The music finally came to music and Alura started Melbourn Shuffling around the circle. Andy almost fell off his stool to see what everyone was cheering around. Soon Eliza joined her and mirrored her perfectly, to the point where the touched and met shoes while they started jump style.
With all of Alura's glitter and neon colors it was hard to miss her. She was smiling and laughing with Eliza and I finally saw the care free Alura that had been hiding. She looked over to me for a second and winked at me before she spun off into a Melbourn Shuffle again. Eliza Shuffled off during the end of the song and Alura stopped with a spin and waited. She yelled something over to the DJ that I couldn't hear and a darker song came on. Something more lucid, more flowing. She started moving her hands around herself. With the mixture of the music and her movements she looked like she was flowing through water. Her movements were captivating. I got lost in her. She looked like she was just as lost. She looked like she was in another world all together. Her eyes were closed showing off her neon colored eye shadow. Her bracelets flowed in glowing symmetry. She let the music take over her body and let her soul free.
When the music ended she slowly opened her eyes and moved out from the clapping crowd of people. She sat back down and smiled at Eliza. She took a sip of her Grey Goose and looked at me.
"Where did you learn to dance like that?" I asked motioning for the bar tender.
"I learned how to liquid rave when I was in high school. When I got to college I thought that I would teach myself how to Melbourne shuffle. It's not that hard once you get taught how to do the first two basic steps. The T-step is the whole thing, then you have the running man. You can add two different things switch between jump style and hard style, then you can make it your own depending on the song." She took another sip and then she pulled her right leg up onto the stool and tucked it under her left leg. I looked at her. She looked back up at me and our eyes locked. She reached for her glass and picked it up. I could see her chest rising and falling. I watched as she brought the drink to her lips took a sip and watched her throat extend and relax as she swallowed.
"That sounds fun." I finally replied with. Which was dumb, because the next thing I knew she had smiled sweetly and said,
"Well, then while we are on Vacation I can teach you." I just smiled back and nodded dumbly.
"Sure sounds great!" Inside though I was wondering how the fuck I had just signed up for dance lessons. Andy stopped our conversation about it there, because the next thing we knew he was up on the table singing into the beer hose. Too bad it wasn't Karaoke night. He was serenading a girl that had been sitting next to him. This ladies and Gentleman is Andy Beirsack drunk. Yea, not all that special. Alura smiled and lifted herself out of the chair and sat down left to the standing Andy.
"Can I sing with you Andy?" She asked over his voice. He stopped and looked at me.
"Ashley is the one who sings with me." Alura looked at me and winked.
"I bet I could sing Ashley under the table." She said and I scoffed.
"Yea right." She smiled and standing up on the bar she took the beer hose from Andy and began to sing one of our song. Andy took the hose back and beer sprayed all over him. It wasn't long before the security guards came. We were led to the front of the club with a still singing Andy.
"Well, now where?" CC asked looking at the rest of us.
"There is a Karaoke club down the street, it's always karaoke, and it would be great for Andy here. At least we wouldn't be kicked out then." Eliza said patting Andy on the arm.
"Yea, then we wouldn't have to worry about finding another place." Jake said, saying something finally in front of these two. Jake and Jinxx were always shy, I am too, but not in front of my fans. We walked to the next club since it was right down the street. Philly was a crazy city. Alura and Eliza were careful when they walked. It looked like they were ready to bolt at any moment. We got to the club and paid another admissions fee and sat down at the bar. Andy was sulking at the loss of his bar buddy. The club was pounding with dance music.
I saw CC leave a couple times with a few girls to dance. Jake and jinx even got up to dance in the crowd of people. Eliza danced with everyone and Alura and I sat at the bar. She looked like she wanted to go dance when Eliza left with Jake. I stood and leading her to the dance floor I found my inner clubber and found the beat. It wasn't hard. Dance music was nice because of the strong beats. Alura smiled and we danced together. Perfectly following a beat that lived within us. I could see her singing to a few of them, but couldn't hear her over the music. She turned in front of me and pressed herself up against me grinding down and then back up from the floor. I groaned at the feeling. When she got back up, she smiled and licked her lips and winked. She told me to hold on while she danced off to the bar, took a sip of her drink and danced back. I smiled and grabbed her. She squealed and I spun her around. She was laughing and breathless quickly.
Soon Jinxx came over and took Alura away and Eliza was her replacement. I haven't talked to her much, but she was very energetic. She wore me out just looking at her. That made me laugh. No woman wears me out. I danced with Eliza and once a couple songs were over I worked my way out of the crowd and back to the bar with Eliza.
"So Ashley, you seem pretty cozy with Alura." God Damn this woman was blunt. Like Andy. I rolled my eyes.
"She is fun to be around." She looked at me suspiciously and took a sip of her drink.
"Yea, fun to be around." My eyes slitted and I looked at her out of the corner of my eye.
"What is that supposed to mean?" I asked. My happy meter was falling fast and I was starting to dislike this woman.
"Just be nice to her. Don't play around with her. She might not look like it, but she gets hurt easily. She has been through a lot. Don't think you can play with her heart." She had shocked me just then. I was Ashley Purdy…Ashley Mother fucking Purdy!!! No one talks to me like that! Not being conceded or anything, it's just that people don't talk to me like that. Ever. I looked at her and sighed.
"I wasn't on playing with anyones heart. This is a vacation, a contest won by two fans. Not a heart break fest. I don't plan on falling for her and I'm sure she doesn't plan on falling for me. That's just what happens. If you want me to be completely cold to her from the get go ask me to so nothing happens." Eliza opened her mouth to speak but my patients was worn thin with her. "But I think It is up to Alura how I treat her. If she wants me to act special for her then she should be the one to ask that. I'm going to be nice to her and be who I am around her weather you like it or not. If something happens, it happens. Don't think you can protect her from everything. Shit happens. That's life, you have to look it in the face and say fuck you to it, or it will eat you alive." I pushed away from the bar and downed the last of my drink before walking away from her.
I looked around the club and saw Alura singing with Andy on the Karaoke machine in the next room. She was dancing while Andy sung his lines and he was dancing while she sang hers. I walked past the room and into the bathroom. Standing in front of the urinal I began to piss. I did a few shakes and zipped myself up. I walked over to the sink and began to wash my hands. Once that was finished I looked at my reflection in the mirror. Most of my makeup had sweated off while I had been dancing with Alura and Eliza. I sighed and used the water to get the rest of it off. Drying my face with a paper towel I fixed my hair and walked out of the bathroom. Alura was sitting back at the bar talking with Eliza. I stayed back. Eliza didn't like me for some reason, but it had seemed like she had loved me the first time we met.
I groaned inwardly and shook my head. Women were so fucking confusing sometimes. Walking back to the bar I sat down next to Alura. I meant what I said about not changing how I was treating her until she asked me to. I wasn't going to let Eliza ruin the fun I would have on this trip. Andy was bringing Juliet, Jinxx was bringing Sammie, everything was working out. We would all have a great vacation and Eliza wasn't going to ruin any of it. Some greatful fan she was.
We made our way back to the hotel not long after Andy hit the floor. CC, Jinxx, and I carried him to the car once Jake pulled up out front. Alura and Aliza road in the back seat with CC while I drove back to the hotel. Jinxx sat next to me in the passenger seat, while Jake and Andy were in the very back of the van. When we got to the hotel, we parked in the garage and sowhow we carried Andy all the way to the elevator and to his room before he passed out completely. I wasn't far from that myself. I could feel sleep hitting my like a rock.
"Ashley, could I talk to you?" Alura asked me while we were parting ways in the hall. I looked at Eliza and smiled.
"Sure, what do you want to talk about?" I asked leaning up against the wall, not only to look cool, but to keep the room from spinning. Alura stood in front of me and I saw Eliza go into her room and shut the door.
"I wanted to say that if Eliza upset you I'm sorry." I looked at her and shook my head. No way. No fucking way.
"Why are you apologizing for her?" I asked motioning toward the closed door.
"Because she is my friend and she is looking out for me."
"I don't think she is very sorry for what she did. So I don't think you should have to apologize for someone who isn't sorry in the first place." I looked down at her and she was looking down at the ground.
"I just wanted to say that I was sorry for how she acted." I rolled my eyes.
"You can't control other people's actions just as much as anyone else can. So you shouldn't feel accountable for what she has done or said." I pushed off of the wall and instantly regretted it. The room spun and I had to stand VERY still for a couple moments. Alura looked at me and sighed.
"Did you drink too much too?" she asked. I shook my head and smiled when she took my arm.
"Yea you did. Come on. Let's get you to bed, where is your key card?" She asked.
"In my pocket, but you'll have to get it yourself." I said not able to control myself that time. She looked up at me and slapped my chest playfully. I laughed and she actually reached into my pocket and took out the key card.
"If you want me in your pants so badly all you have to do is ask." She said and I looked down at her while she opened the door.
"Will you have sex with me?" I asked and as she lead me to the bed she laughed herself.
"You wouldn't be able to get my shirt off let alone have sex with me with the state that you are in right now Mr. Purdy." She took my boots off and lifted my shirt over my head. She unbuttoned my pants and slid them off and stood up with them all in hand. "I can assume you can take off your own briefs if you want them off." She said and deposited my pants and shirt onto a chair and my boots next to the chair. I looked at her and for an instant saw what type of wife she could be. I shook my head and she raised an eyebrow. "Then keep them on tonight, because I'm not going to remove them for you." I laughed at the misunderstanding and got under the blankets. She looked back at me once more and showed me that she left the key on the dresser before she left.
"Night Alura." I said to the back of the door and in no time I was asleep. A good thing too, because I still hadn't had a full night's sleep.

Notes

A/N: Sooooo Eliza isn't all glitter shit and sunshine!!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Let me know in a comment Below!!!!! VVVVV Down there you know.
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