room, I couldn’t
see her anywhere.
‘Shit, shit, SHIT ,’ I
yelled as I shoved my hands through my hair. Everyone around me
went quiet and looked up at me and I saw Doug mouthing ‘WTF?’ at me across the room. I hopped down and headed
straight for the ladies toilet, ignoring everyone’s objections as I
marched in to look for her. When a blonde came out of the only
occupied stall she looked at me surprised, then smiled and bit her
lip, nodding back at the cubicle. Ordinarily she’d have been my
type and I’d have obliged, but all I could think of was that damn
brunette with the beautiful smile. I even checked the men’s room in
case he’d dragged her in there. I elbowed my way through the crowds
and rushed outside, panting in a panic looking left and right. The
street was pretty empty, apart from a row of waiting empty taxi’s,
there was no sign of her. I saw a black cab disappearing in the
distance and could have sworn I saw that crazy chick’s multi
coloured hair in the back window. I just had to hope she’d dragged
her friend out with her, but that meant I’d just lost her.
‘ Fuck ,’ I yelled and turned and punched the wall in
frustration just as Doug and Julie came out of the bar to find
me.
‘Gabe, what have you done?
What’s going on?’ Julie looked up at me all teary eyed as she
grabbed my hand and took out a tissue to dab my bleeding knuckles.
I sighed and my shoulders slumped. What the hell was wrong with me?
I was acting totally out of character over a girl I didn’t even
know when I had a really sweet kind girlfriend already. I pulled my
hand away from her, leaned back on the wall and covered my eyes
while I tried to pull myself together.
‘Julie, I think you’d better
get a taxi home,’ I heard Doug tell her. ‘Gabe’s seriously drunk,
the boys have been doubling up his drinks all night without him
knowing, I’ll get him home and make sure he’s safe, ok?’
‘I can come and help,’ she
volunteered.
‘Not a good idea, he can get a
bit aggressive when he’s drunk and he’d be really upset if he
scared you. Go on, the taxi’s waiting, he’ll call you in the
morning.’
‘I’m sorry Gabe, I hope you
feel better. I’ll speak to you tomorrow,’ came Julie’s voice and I
felt her hand run up and down my arm. I just nodded, I couldn’t
think of anything to say. ‘Happy birthday,’ she called and I heard
the door shut and the taxi drive away.
‘Dude, what the hell’s got into
you? You’ve only had three drinks that definitely weren’t tampered with.’
‘It’s her. I can’t explain it
Doug, I just felt a connection with her, like she was the girl I
was meant to spend the rest of my life with and I just fucking lost
her.’
‘Holy shit. You’re serious?’ he
gasped as I dropped my hands and he saw my face. I nodded and ran a
hand through my hair. ‘We need to find her then.’
‘How?’ I laughed.
‘I have her picture, how about
we Facebook it and ask if anyone knows her? She looks our age, we
can stick it up at Uni. We don’t come to this bar normally, maybe
it’s a favourite place of hers, so we can come back every
night.’
‘You’d do that with me?’
‘Gabe, I’ve never seen you
react to a girl like this. Plus if we find her, we find her hot
friend for me,’ he winked. I laughed and then sighed. Why hadn’t I
just approached her as soon as I’d seen her? I’d never been
reserved with a girl before, I saw what I wanted and I went for
it.
I lay in bed that night, for
once thoughts of my mum didn’t keep me awake, thoughts of that girl
did. I really hoped she was safe, that she hadn’t got into trouble
with that dickhead who was all over her. Why the hell hadn’t I
stepped in earlier? Because you like her you stupid prat, came a voice in my head. She wasn’t just another girl to add to the
notches on my bedpost, she was someone I really wanted to get to
know. For the first time in my life I was actually nervous about
approaching a
see her anywhere.
‘Shit, shit, SHIT ,’ I
yelled as I shoved my hands through my hair. Everyone around me
went quiet and looked up at me and I saw Doug mouthing ‘WTF?’ at me across the room. I hopped down and headed
straight for the ladies toilet, ignoring everyone’s objections as I
marched in to look for her. When a blonde came out of the only
occupied stall she looked at me surprised, then smiled and bit her
lip, nodding back at the cubicle. Ordinarily she’d have been my
type and I’d have obliged, but all I could think of was that damn
brunette with the beautiful smile. I even checked the men’s room in
case he’d dragged her in there. I elbowed my way through the crowds
and rushed outside, panting in a panic looking left and right. The
street was pretty empty, apart from a row of waiting empty taxi’s,
there was no sign of her. I saw a black cab disappearing in the
distance and could have sworn I saw that crazy chick’s multi
coloured hair in the back window. I just had to hope she’d dragged
her friend out with her, but that meant I’d just lost her.
‘ Fuck ,’ I yelled and turned and punched the wall in
frustration just as Doug and Julie came out of the bar to find
me.
‘Gabe, what have you done?
What’s going on?’ Julie looked up at me all teary eyed as she
grabbed my hand and took out a tissue to dab my bleeding knuckles.
I sighed and my shoulders slumped. What the hell was wrong with me?
I was acting totally out of character over a girl I didn’t even
know when I had a really sweet kind girlfriend already. I pulled my
hand away from her, leaned back on the wall and covered my eyes
while I tried to pull myself together.
‘Julie, I think you’d better
get a taxi home,’ I heard Doug tell her. ‘Gabe’s seriously drunk,
the boys have been doubling up his drinks all night without him
knowing, I’ll get him home and make sure he’s safe, ok?’
‘I can come and help,’ she
volunteered.
‘Not a good idea, he can get a
bit aggressive when he’s drunk and he’d be really upset if he
scared you. Go on, the taxi’s waiting, he’ll call you in the
morning.’
‘I’m sorry Gabe, I hope you
feel better. I’ll speak to you tomorrow,’ came Julie’s voice and I
felt her hand run up and down my arm. I just nodded, I couldn’t
think of anything to say. ‘Happy birthday,’ she called and I heard
the door shut and the taxi drive away.
‘Dude, what the hell’s got into
you? You’ve only had three drinks that definitely weren’t tampered with.’
‘It’s her. I can’t explain it
Doug, I just felt a connection with her, like she was the girl I
was meant to spend the rest of my life with and I just fucking lost
her.’
‘Holy shit. You’re serious?’ he
gasped as I dropped my hands and he saw my face. I nodded and ran a
hand through my hair. ‘We need to find her then.’
‘How?’ I laughed.
‘I have her picture, how about
we Facebook it and ask if anyone knows her? She looks our age, we
can stick it up at Uni. We don’t come to this bar normally, maybe
it’s a favourite place of hers, so we can come back every
night.’
‘You’d do that with me?’
‘Gabe, I’ve never seen you
react to a girl like this. Plus if we find her, we find her hot
friend for me,’ he winked. I laughed and then sighed. Why hadn’t I
just approached her as soon as I’d seen her? I’d never been
reserved with a girl before, I saw what I wanted and I went for
it.
I lay in bed that night, for
once thoughts of my mum didn’t keep me awake, thoughts of that girl
did. I really hoped she was safe, that she hadn’t got into trouble
with that dickhead who was all over her. Why the hell hadn’t I
stepped in earlier? Because you like her you stupid prat, came a voice in my head. She wasn’t just another girl to add to the
notches on my bedpost, she was someone I really wanted to get to
know. For the first time in my life I was actually nervous about
approaching a
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