Chapter 2 The party

Ava isn't the cleaning type, so seeing her apartment clean and in order is shocking.

Grinning up at her, I asked, "since when did you start cleaning?"

"What do you take me for? I sometimes clean you know" she mutters acting like my statement hurt her when I know pretty well it didn't.

When she sees that I am not buying her lie, she grumbles as she walks into the kitchen, with me following her.

"Fine. I paid someone to do the cleaning for me".

I smile, of course I know she paid someone.

"I know".

She immediately let out a laugh and then dragged me out of the kitchen into a bedroom. It is a nice-looking bedroom with a window by the wall, just the way I like it.

"This is your bedroom, mine is by the left. Why don't you settle in first, I will be right back" she grinned as she made her way out of the room. Leaving me alone to my thought.

After I rearranged some things in the room to my taste, I walked to the kitchen to carry my suitcase back to the room, where I started to unpack my bag.

Shortly after I finished showering, I changed into a new dress and was about to go find Ava when my phone started ringing.

I picked up the phone, not expecting to see my mum calling. I was expecting her call soon, but not so soon.

I dismissed the call and was about to leave the room when Ava entered, putting on a... I don't know whether to call it a dress or not.

Ava is wearing black leather pants with a net top that shows off the black bra she was putting on inside. Wow, people do change with time.

" Where are you going dress like that?" I asked curiously.

"To a party, and you are coming with me".

Hell no! I'm not going anywhere with her.

She frowned when she saw the disapproved look on my face. She pouted her face and cling to my hand pleading with me over and over again to go with her.

I can't believe that after how many years now, I still have to deal with a clingy Ava again. I thought she had outgrown these.

"Come on, Evelyn, you need to go out and have fun. You are no longer with that bitch remember, you are now free" she reminded me. And she was right, I need to live a little

I have to forget about the past and enjoy myself. After all, that's why I came here, to forget.

Smiling up at her, I cupped her face in my hand and said,

" you are right Ava, I have to have fun"

"Now you are talking, we are going to drown ourselves in alcohol today like never before" she yelled.

I won't be doing that anyway. Not knowing what is happening around me is what I hate the most, so getting drunk isn't part of what I will be doing tonight. I just nodded my head and let her lead me out of the apartment.

"Aren't we there yet?" I asked for the tenth time since we started driving, and Ava was already getting annoyed by my constant asking.

Stopping the car in front of what looked like a company, Ava got down as she handed the key to a guard.

I awkwardly got down too and went to meet her at the entrance of the building, where she stood in front of two gigantic guards.

"You know when you told me that we were going to a party, I wasn't foreseeing us going to a company"I whispered to Ava. She smiled and handed over her jacket and passed the ticket to the guards, motioning for me to do the same.

"This is a company, and only crucial and wealthy ones are given the pass tickets. And this party is one in town, thrown by the owner of the company himself. Is hard for just anyone to get in"she explained immediately after we entered the company.

People were wandering all over the place, and from their dresses, I know I wasn't even a quarter of their level. Ava led me to the elevator and we both entered with some other people.

"So how do you manage to get a pass ticket then?" I asked how.

"I have my ways," she grinned. Of course, I know she has her ways.

As the elevator opened, I was met with a view I wasn't expecting. There were people everywhere, not just people, but well-built people that are releasing an omen of richness. I was suddenly intimidated.

"You ok, "Ava asked, staring at my face.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just haven't seen anything like this before"

"You haven't seen anything yet. Come on, let's go to the bar" she giggled as she dragged me through the thousand bodies to the bar where she ordered a drink.

I watched how ladies shamelessly throw themselves at the guys without even thinking twice. How they allow the men to do whatever they want with their bodies. It disgusts me and I wish I can just spank all of them one after the other.

The people inside this place were just the set of people that I hate. The ones that throw themselves at men, and the ones that accept them willingly. Aren't they even ashamed of themselves?

I watched as a lady walked towards a group of men with just her undies on. What sort of party even allows a lady to walk around half-naked when it is not even a strip club?

"Hello, hello, am I speaking to someone here?" Ava called, waving her hands in front of her eyes to gain back my attention.

"Am sorry, what were you saying?"

She sighed, looking a bit saddened that I wasn't even paying attention to her. I feel guilty blocking her out when she is only trying to help me adjust.

"What were you thinking?"

"Am sorry, I was a bit distracted. So, what were you saying"

"They are playing my favorite song, come let's go dance" she grinned happily.

"Ava, you know I don't dance," I said awkwardly. The atmosphere was getting suffocating.

"It's been three years now, Evelyn, don't you think you should start back ...." I suddenly cut her shut. This is a topic I hate talking about, and she should know better.

"Ava, I don't want to talk about it, ok. I am no longer doing it again". The smile that was once on her face faded away, but she didn't talk about it anymore.

"Ok, fine, I am sorry that I alluded to it. Anyway, I am going to dance, enjoy yourself while I'm gone, ok?" Without waiting for my reply, she walked majestically to the dance floor which was already filled with people dancing, and she had no problem blending in.

She never had any difficulty blending into anything. That's how she is. Right from when we were still young.