Savannah Miller pictured above. 

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After touching up my makeup for the last time, I stood back to admire my handy work. My long dark hair hung in thick curls down my back, my brown eyes popped more with the smokey eye shadow surrounding them. I finished my outfit off with a pair of jean shorts, lacy black body suit and an oversized blazer with a pair of thigh high boots, making my legs look longer than my 5 ft frame had ever allowed. 

I always despised how short I was considering Izzy, who's 2 years younger than me, is much taller than me, around 5'5 and neither of y parents were short. Which only frustrated me more. I jumped as my phone pinged on the bed behind me. 

Roman: Outside x

I smoothed my outfit down for the last time and  quickly grabbed my clutch bag and rushed downstairs. Realising no one was around, I quickly texted my mom I was going out and I'd be back later tonight and hurried out the front door to be greeted by Roman waiting in his car outside the driveway. 

"Hey," I greeted as I hopped up into the pristine clean car. 

He whistled before saying, "Damn, you look amazing, Ivy." 

My cheeks went up in flames and I could feel myself turning more red by the second. I looked down at my boots to make my hair fall over my face so he wouldn't have to witness my embarrassment. 

Once I internally took a few calming breaths, I checked him out and he did not disappoint. 

He had a pair of black skinny jeans, fresh white trainers and top which clung dangerously to his torso,  finished with an army green bomber jack and gold watch. As I shamelessly stared at him I realised how fit he actually was, like way more than the usual gym freaks you see about but I wasn't about to start complaining. 

"You don't look to bad yourself, green suits you." I commented. 

"I know right," He said as he wiped his shoulder with his hand. "I think it would look better on your bedroom floor though." He finishes as he sends me another wink. 

I laughed, stomach cramps with tears streaming, the whole shebang. He pulled to a stop at a red light and in between my tears I see him shoot me his dazzling smile which was enough to make any girl drop to her knees but it wasn't doing anything for me apart from being funny and cute. I knew then that we would only be friends. 

Best to let them down sooner rather than later, right?

After catching my breath, I say, " Friends don't say things like that to each other, Roman."

His breath hitched in his throat and his body went ridged, his hand fell from the steering wheel as he brought his other hand up to clutch his chest. I felt the car slightly drift into the other side of the road and luckily there was no one around. "Rome!" I shouted. 

"You can't do me like that while I'm driving, Ives. I will literally have a heart attack because you've just friend-zoned me," he exclaimed dramatically. 

I couldn't stop my smile from showing at his words. 

I'd never been close friends with boys before in my life because I'm more of a girls girl but it was refreshing not to be around the constant drama and just to have a laugh. 

"Thought I'd crush your dreams sooner rather than later but I'll keep you in mind for whenever I get bored," I teased as I checked my makeup in the mirror in the sun visor.

He scoffed, "Wow, nice to know I'm only going to be wanted when you're bored. You're an absolute charmer, Bennett." I giggled and noted that he called me by my second name, the friend zone was a success. "Also, I should warn you before we get there about my sister and Caleb."

"What about them?" I asked curious to know what the deal was. 

"They've sort of been on and off for a yea or two now and by the end of the night they'll probably have their tongues down each other throats which is always an enjoyment for me," he finishes sarcastically with a  roll of his eyes which earned a chuckle from me. "We're here." 

Roman pulled the car to a stop and quickly jumped out to race around to my side of the car to open the door for me. 

"You're setting the standard high here, you know that right?" I said as i took his extended arm to cross over the road and into the club. I could see a small que forming outside the club and Roman walked straight up the bouncer and spoke for a few seconds before he let us straight in. 

I could feel the beat intro to J-Kwon's Tipsy before I could hear it, my hips swayed more as we walked through the club the strobe lights making me want to get off my face and dance the night away. We headed in the direction of the stairs and I noticed the main floor was a dance floor with a bar along the right and the balcony above that wrapped around the top of the room was where we were going. 

Once we reached upstairs we made our way to a plush round booth along the back wall which already had two people sitting in it. The girl who I assumed was roman sister mad me instantly insecure because she was unbelievably stunning. She literally looked like a runway model with her tanned legs that went on for miles clad in a short black satin dress that hugged her figure in all the right places. Her light brown hair was curled to perfection and accentuated her high cheekbones and plump lips as she leaned to speak to the boy next to her. 

He had his arm slung around the low back of the booth behind Romans sister as he sat there with confidence radiating off him like waves. You could tell he knew he was good looking and wasn't shy about hiding it. They looked like the perfect couple. 

"Caleb, you don't cover for me. You don't get to be all over my sister in front of me. Kapiche?" Roman quipped as he squeezed in between the two and shoved his sister to the empty side of the booth away from Caleb.  I was confused by his words but shrugged it off. 

"Get over it," Caleb responded as he simply got up from the booth and walked around to join Rome's sister. I laughed at their childishness and their heads snapped to me. 

Hi," I meekly said with a pathetic wave as I took a seat next to Roman who slung his arm around my shoulders and pulled me to his side. 

"Sav and dickhead, meet Ivy Bennett. My new friend," he nudged me as he said 'friend' and I relaxed a bit as I could tell he was joking. 

"Wow, you never said she was this gorgeous," Sav said as she smiled at me which radiated warmth. "Savannah Miller, nice to meet you" she finished as she cheered her glass in the air to me which made me realise I didn't have a drink. She seemed to notice and offered and nodded in the direction of the bar, "Want to come get a drink?" 

"Absolutely," I sighed out as we both got out of the booth not before Caleb slapped Sav's ass as she passed him and I heard a low growl come from Romans direction. I furrowed my brown but shrugged it off 

Savannah was a good half a foot taller then me as we both stood by the bar together waiting o be served. A cute looking bartender walked up to us and flashed me smile, "Hey Sav, what can I get you beautiful girls?" 

Do british boys give our compliments willy nilly or are american boys just not up their standard? I never received this many compliments in the 20 years I lived in America. 

"Pornstar martini please, Josh" Sav answered. 

"Double spiced rum and coke please," I smiled at Josh behind the bar and he shot me a quick wink before taking off to make our drinks. I turned to Sav who was already looking at me. "So whats the deal with you and Caleb?"

She laughed and pulled the top of her dress down slightly and pushing her boobs up, she seemed to drift into her own little world for a few second and she pulled a few faces as if having a conversation with herself and with a roll of her eyes, "Sorry, we've been really good friends with each other since we were young and practically grew up together and when you get older y'know you have needs," she paused as if looking for the right words, "that need satisfying, you get me?" 

I nod and she continues," So we just got close but we're not together. We could never be, we're just not suited like that and it works for both us of so it's just a little fun. Anyway, how come you met my brother?"

"Oh we met in the hardware store and i had no clue what i was doing and he was kind enough to help and we got to talking and he invited me out. I don't know anyone here so thought it would be good to meet new people," I shrugged. 

"Well, you're welcome anytime with us. So do you like him" she said as she bumped my shoulder with hers with wide smile, her eyes glowing. 

Josh appeared in front of us with two drinks and he placed them on the counter in front of us, "Here you go ladies! Have a great night." 

I went to take my drink and Josh handed me a small card with the bard logo on, "If your ever interested in returning."I took the card from him and muttered a quick 'thank you'. He smirked as he moved away to serve someone else as me and Savannah left and made our way back to the booth. 

I turned the card over in my hand an it had 'Call me x' scrawled on the back with his number underneath. I've never had a boy willing be interested in me and actually show it and he was very cute. Like boy next door type so I quickly slipped the card into my bra and looked up in time to see a man standing next to our booth with his back to me. 

In the few seconds I had before reaching our seats I took in his slicked back hair and tattooed neck, his white fitted shirt clinging to all his back muscles and protruding biceps just the right way for there for my stomach to stir. I pressed my red lips together and took in his navy clad thighs paired with brown dress shoes and decided i'm going to need to go to the toilet because there is a clean up needed in Isle V. 

As if sensing up approach him, he lifted his head from his conversation with Roman and Caleb and his whole body went rigid. 

A sharp pain ran through my head and my breath left my body, I was frozen to my spot. I willed my feet to move but I was rooted here, pressure was building in my head and an extreme headache coming. Worry washed over me as I knew these headaches were coming back but they hadn't happened in years. 

The man in front of my didn't move, he didn't turn or acknowledge Savannah as she passed saying 'Hi' and sat down in the booth. 

I could see Roman from the corner of my eye looking between me and the man with confusion on his face and that broke me out of trance and my feet moved forward. I decided in not saying hi and would wait for Roman to introduce me. My chest tightened as I passed him and took a seat next to Roman who placed a hand on my knee and asked, "You good?"

"Uh," I started as I catch the mans face in my peripheral vision. His freshly shaved face was accentuating his tensed jaw as his green eyes were locked on mine. "Um... yeah I'm good." I manged to choke out as I stared back at the man. His eyes distracted me to endless amounts. 

His eyes seemed to darken as they darted down to Roman's hand on my knee. I felt Roman stiffen beside me before he snatched his hand back as if I'd burned him and cleared his throat. I was unable to take my eyes off the handsome specimen in front of me and noticed  his face softened slightly after Roman removed his hand but still had the same hard expression. 

Caleb cleared his throat from opposite me, "Wow, intense." A slap on Caleb arm from Savannah made me look her way and she raised an eyebrow at me. "Brax, sit down man. You're putting everyone on edge." 

Brax's head snapped in Caleb direction, "Shut the fuck up." He warned lowly and then turned on his heel and walked off. 

 An empty feeling filled me as I followed his retreating form. 

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