๐ด๐ฝ๐ธ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฐ
๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ'๐ฌ ๐.๐.๐.
It is a chilly Friday summer night. That means no work for Drea tomorrow, that is until the latter part of the day. She is supposed to meet with Leif tomorrow afternoon. She decided to just chill for a bit, to relax and vent out stress from her jobs, though it is not really that stressful working at ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฌ-๐ข-๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ because they usually have fewer customers, putting up with a few who think they know the bookshop better than Drea does, is really quite a handful. On the other hand, her modelling job is not something she hates, in fact, she loves it but modelling is just as tiring. She is relieving her stress tonight that is why she is now sitting on a stool in front of the bar counter.
She is wearing a black cropped hoodie over her sports bra and a pair of denim ripped mom jeans finished off with a pair of black sneakers. She did not really ponder on what she would be wearing for tonight, she was not even expecting to meet with anyone. She is not wearing any contact lenses too, allowing her literal pair of cat eyes to be seen. Instead of the usual circular shape of the pupil, hers were almond-shaped. Her silver eyes were glinting under the different colored lighting of the club. She had planned to have the night alone in the club that was why she went for a raw look which she usually just has in the privacy of her apartment.
The loud music is blasting to her ears, the smell of alcohol, smoke, and sweat invading her senses. It feels quite stuffy and humid despite the air conditioning of the club. People are getting wasted everywhere she darted her attention to. The dance floor is now filled with people wildly dancing while holding a glass or two of alcohol. Some people are even grinding on each other by the dance floor. She saw some people making out by the corner of her eyes, she cringes at the sight. Drea tried focusing on her drinks, deciding to do just that until she got bored of it.
Soon enough she got bored of staring at her drink and had sorted to look around the club. She found familiar faces as she looked around. Some of them probably from the university she used to go to while the others, she probably saw stopped by the book shop she is working at or the convenience store near her apartment she frequents. She is waiting for Driana and her friends.
๐๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ขโ Adrianna Vega is her co-worker at the book shop who was also a childhood friend only a year older than Drea. The older female called earlier, asking Drea for her plans for the night. She had told the younger one that she is going to go to the club since her shift is not up until tomorrow night. She told the older female that she is also going to the club and that she was already on the way. They had agreed to just meet there which explains why she is drinking to herself while waiting for her companions to arrive.
She watches as other people nearly puke on themselves because of too much alcohol and grimaces at the thought. She could not imagine herself in that kind of state. She never allowed herself to be that drunk whenever she went out to drink. She was about to finish her third glass when she saw Driana walking through the crowd. She stood up from the stool deciding to meet the older halfway as the other approached her. "๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ!" she exclaimed, hugging the younger. "๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ." the younger greeted, she then nodded to her co-worker's friend.
"๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ." Driana introduced. "๐๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ. ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ." she chuckled. "๐ก๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐." Ji-anne offers her hand. "๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ, ๐๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ." Drea smiled, shaking the other female's hand.
"๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ." Driana informed the youngest present. They are now inside a booth Ji-anne reserved for them. It is her birthday, they had told Drea on the way to the booth and the younger greeted her when they told her about it, which is why she insisted on paying for the night.
"๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ต. ๐ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ." Ji-anne added to her friend's statement. "๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ." Drea said. "๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐, ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ-๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ'๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐." Drea cheerfully said, offering a toast to the other two. "๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐." the older two responded as they clink all of their glasses together.
Three of them stayed inside the booth while chatting with each other over the drinks they had ordered. The booth was not soundproofed but it lessened the volume of the booming music by the dance floor. It does not feel stuffy anymore and Drea can feel the air conditioning again. Just like any other conversation, they started from a light topic to a more serious one then back to a lighter subject again. In the middle of their conversation, Ji-anne suddenly gasped, making the two others focus their attention on her.
She pointed at Drea with wide eyes. "๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐." she uttered, earning a twin confused look from Drea and Driana. "๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ ๐! ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ?" she muttered quite loudly to herself. It had dawned on Drea that the older had not realised who she just might be earlier. She smiled at the older woman. "๐ฌ๐ฒ๐. ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐." she said, confirming the other's late realisation. "๐ฌ๐ผ๐... ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐. ๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐?" Ji-anne asked after a few seconds. "๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ." the younger replied. "๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐๐ต! ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐๐ด๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด. ๐๐ผ๐๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐๐ด๐ฒ!" she said quite quickly.
She turned to Driana slightly frowning. "๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐. ๐ช๐ต๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฒ?" she said, sounding genuinely hurt. "๐๐ฒ๐. ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐?" Driana replied. "๐ข๐ธ๐ฎ๐. ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น." Ji-anne said while pouting. Drea chuckled, amused on how the older acts all because she now knows who Drea is. "๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ." she offered, causing the sulking aura of the older to vanish into thin air replaced by a bright smile like a child's on Christmas morning. "๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ." the older replied, nodding almost aggressively.
Drea chuckled. It is not like she did not anticipate this since her sister's name got recognized, but meeting a fan of her sister is something she will always be amused and proud of. She takes pride in knowing her sister is getting known for something she loves and enjoys doing. They had always been supportive of each other. Her musing was interrupted by another statement from Ji-anne. "๐ฆ๐ผ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ... ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐... ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ..." Ji-anne gasps. "๐จ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ. ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ." Drea finished the older's sentence for her.
Driana suddenly stood up. They both looked up to her, confused. "๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ป๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐?" she asked. "๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ." she said, pouting. They laughed at her pouting but stood up and had Driana led the way back to the dance floor. They dance the rest of the night away. They never got to meet the friends Ji-anne was talking about earlier.
She went back to their booth when she felt tired, deciding to just drink to herself until she decides to go home. It was about half an hour later that the older females went back to their booth. She continued the night without any idea what would happen soon.