The rain had already stopped by the time Lucas pulled up to the club.
He stepped out first, disappearing for a moment.
And when he returned he was holding a bottle of water and a pack of tissue.
Without saying a word to her, he opened the door to her side and handed them over to her.
She hesitated for a moment, staring at the item he was holding.
The simple act of his made her feel self conscious of herself, of her ruined makeup, her puffy eyes, and how exposed she looked.
She took the water and tissue from him and began cleaning the stain of makeup from her face.
He didn't look away, he didn't pretend to be distracted, he just stayed there watching her.
She was not comfortable but she did not say a word to him, she just let him.
When she was done, he gave her a small nod, then pointed towards the entrance of the bar.
As they walked her eyes caught the sign board above them the name of the club boldly written on it.
Lucas pushed open the door to the club and asked her to go in first, she hesitated but went inside regardless.
Inside the bar, was filled with people, he led her straight to the bar.
Lucas the bar man grinned placing a bar towel on his shoulder. You didn't tell me you were coming tonight.
Change of plans Lucas replied.
Give her a glass of vodka he told the bar man.
Give me a second the bar man who was clearly his friend said, before dropping the drink in front of her.
The bar man raised his brow, looking at Elena's face and nodded without saying a word.
Lucas knew what he meant by that but he choosed to ignore him, instead he leaned closer to him, one hand placed on the counter and whispered, have you got anything dry back there,a shirt or something?
The bar man looked at him with a knowing smirk, but disappeared into the back, a minute later he returned with a folded shirt.
I will be back in a second Lucas mummered to her, before walking towards the direction of the bathroom.
***
While all of this was going on Elena didn't say a word.
She felt like someone was piercing her heart continuously with a knife.
She had so many questions to ask but she remained silent.
At that moment the only thing that made sense was to drink and that was what she did.
She winced slightly as it burned its way down her throat, it was strong exactly what she needed.
She slammed the glass back on the table, her vision already beginning to blur from the rush of alcohol.
Another one she said, as she slides the glass across the counter to the bar man.
And just like that one glass turned into two, two into three and Lucas was not yet back.
Elena was well aware that her system could not handle her in take of alcohol, but at the moment it felt like the best decision of her life.
Another one she said again, he his going to kill me the bar man said referring to Lucas
Another one she said with a sharp tone, at this point her head had began to spin.
She couldn't seat still anymore.
Without warning Elena stood up from the bar stool stumbling, she wiped her tears, her movement clumsy from the alcohol, as she headed to the dance floor.
The bar man tried to stop her, but she was long gone.
***
Instead of dancing Elena walked straight up to the leader of the band, whose music she did not enjoy and took the microphone from him.
She was not thinking at that moment, she just raised the microphone to her lips.
Listen up everyone, she screamed into the mic, with shaky voice.
Her voice filling every corner of the club.
I have an interesting story to tell she said between hiccups.
Today was supposed to be my fifth year anniversary.
Happy anniversary the crowd cheered.
Calm down she demonstrated with her hand.
I was ready to propose, But here I am drinking because he got some girl pregnant.
Murmurs filled the air, some people brought out their phones to record so they do not miss anything.
She lifted her glass up, to love she said as she gulped the last drop of vodka.
She was too lost that she was not aware that a few people had already brought out their phones and started recording her.
***
At that very moment, in the hallway Lucas leaned against the wall, two girls had corned him, they both wore dresses that exposed their cleavage, he smirked enjoying the show.
One of them ran her fingers, along his arm.
So tell me do you like what you see she said into his ears.
He smirked clearly enjoying the show, when he heard her voice through the speaker.
I was ready to propose.
His head snapped up.
Oh shit he muttered under his breath.
The girls looked at him confused, but at that point he was not looking at them anymore his mind was somewhere else.
He did not say a word to them he just walked off.
***
He pushed past the crowd and finally reached the bar. The stool where she had been sitting was still empty, but the counter was not.
Four empty glasses was still there, did she drink all of this, he asked the bar man.
Yes the bar man replied as he wiped some empty cups.
You mean you let her drink all of this, he said his voice low but sharp.
The bar man raised his hand in a defensive way.
I tried to stop her man, I really tried but she was not ready.
So you just let her, Lucas said running his hand through his hair.
So where the hell is she?
She went up there, he followed the bar man's hand and that was when he saw her.