Amber's View

"Why was there always a line for the women's restroom?" I whined to myself, standing behind about four other girls. "Look at that - no one is even in the men's room," I silently considered sneaking in there to go.

"Guess who?" someone said walking up behind me and covering my eyes.
My heart stopped! No it couldn't be – not here! I started to tremble so badly that my legs wouldn't hold me up anymore. I fell to my knees while tears streamed down my face. My god Steve had found me again. "Please don't do this," I begged, "Please just go away!"
"Oh my god I'm so sorry! Amber are you alright? It was just a joke, I swear. I didn't know you would take it like this. Please stop crying. Please tell me what's wrong."
I looked up into the confused and concerned eyes of Brian. It wasn't Steve. Of course it wasn't I should have known he couldn't have found me so soon. I was safe. So why couldn't I stop shaking so badly.
"Are you o.k.?" Brian said kneeling down next to me and placing a comforting arm around my shoulder. All I could do was shake me head. "Do you want to go home?"
"Yes," I whispered trying not to cry again. Suddenly I started to laugh hysterically. Now Brian looked really confused.
"What, what's wrong now?"
"I still have to go to the bathroom," I said my hysterical laughs turning into sobs again.
"O.k. I'll wait out here for you."
I walked towards the bathroom, the girls in front of me stepped out of the way to let me through. I guess they thought that if I had a breakdown I needed to use it more than them.

As I walked out of the stall I checked my face in the mirror. I looked like shit. My make-up was smeared from all the crying and my eyes looked oddly vacant and scared. "Don't loose it now Amber," I said to myself as I reapplied my makeup, "you've got to be strong and just don't lose it." The mental pep talk helped a little. My cries were now down to slight hiccups but there was nothing I could do to stop shaking.

I pushed the bathroom door open to find Brian pacing back and forth in front of it. As soon as he saw me he immediately came over and put an arm around me. He gently guided me out into the main section of the club. I was extremely grateful for his arm because I wasn't sure if I would have made it all the way to the car on my own. He sat me down in one of the couches by the window of the club. "I'll be right back," he said scanning the crowd. "Will you be o.k. until I get back?" I nodded my head yes and he went over to where he had spotted Rhonda on the dance floor with Howie.

Rhonda's View

Howie and I were dancing to "Smooth" when Brian interrupted us.
"Can I borrow you for a minute?" he asked as he pulled me away from Howie.
"What's up Bri, you look kinda upset?"
"Its Amber – she's…she's…", he pointed to her sitting on the couch. She was crying and looked like hell.
"What did you do to her???" I yelled and pushed him.
"Nothing! I just went up to her as she was in line for the bathroom and said 'Guess who'. I meant to scare her but not that much."
"You idiot! What did you do that for?" Howie looked at me oddly for yelling at his friend. My eyes filled with tears because I knew what Amber was going through at that moment.
"I … I … I didn't mean to do anything."
"I'm sorry Brian, its not you. Its…you wouldn't understand."
"I was just getting ready to leave," Brian said, "Do you want me to take her home?"
I nodded yes, "I'll go tell AJ she's sick or something. He'll want to know where she went. Come on Howie." I took Howie's hand and went to find AJ.

Amber's View

"What about AJ?" I asked as Brian helped me up.
"Don't worry Rhonda went to tell him you were sick and that since I was about to leave I just took you home. She'll tell him you'll call him tomorrow."

"Yeah, I'll have to call him," thinking that I just changed my number again. I still felt really bad about leaving him like this, but I couldn't stay - all of a sudden I was so tired. Brian led me out to one of the cars we had came in. I vaguely wondered how everybody else was going to fit in the other car but that thought was soon gone. Brian climbed into the car after me and started driving in the direction of my apartment.

Rhonda's View

Howie and I found AJ sitting on the couch looking around for Amber. He could tell something was going on by the looks on our faces. "What's up guys?"
"Um, Amber isn't feeling too well so Brian is going to take her home," I said. AJ looked at Howie to confirm the story and Howie just looked away.
"Why is Brian taking my date home? Shouldn't I be the one doing that?"
Howie and I looked at each other hoping that the other one would come up with an answer to AJ's question. "Well, Brian was about ready to walk out the door so he figured that he would do you a favor and take her home," I said.
"Is that right Howie?" AJ asked knowing that Howie could never lie to him.
"Um…" Howie stuttered, "She's definitely not feeling like herself." AJ seemed to believe Howie for a few minutes.
"Well, maybe I should call her to check up on her."
"NO DON'T," Howie and I said in unison. AJ looked really suspicious.
"She's probably going to go home and go right to bed," Howie said.
"Yeah that's what I'm afraid of!" AJ stormed off downstairs to the bar.

Amber's View

We drove in silence for awhile with Brian occasionally glancing over at me. I could tell he was really worried. I just stared out of the passenger side window watching the trees flash by like the memories that were going through my head. "Do you want to talk about it?" he asked. I just sat there silently as tears started to slide down my cheek. "Is it about the guy you just broke up with?" I shook my head no. "Is it some other guy?"

"His name is Steve," I whispered.
"You thought I was him didn't you?" Again I just nodded my head "What did he do to you?" I looked at him with his blue eyes filled with so much concern. Maybe it was because he was being so kind, maybe it was because I just needed to tell someone – I started to tell him the whole story. I told him about Steve.