The Lovers Contract

Another sunny day in my small town university of Baymouth, I woke up in the afternoon surrounded by my dissertation books and papers not knowing how I fell asleep without damaging a single piece of paper (although I'm glad I'm didn't). I rubbed the sleepiness away from my eyes then reached for my phone on the bedside table to find I missed 5 missed calls from Abi, my best friend.  " s**t!"  I had totally forgotten about her presentation, I was meant to be asking her precise questions about it so that she got the best marks. Not that she really needed any help she was always top of the class but I felt terrible knowing I was letting her down. I knew it was too late and she had probably already finished but I jumped up and grabbed a new jumper out of my wardrobe, threw my hair up into a bun before running up the lecture halls.  As I ran through the main doors to the University I crashed straight into her.  "I'm so sorry" I exclaimed "I have no idea what happened my alarm didn't wake me up but I ran up as fast as I" she grabbed my shoulders as I realised I was babbling and flustered, she smiled as I continued slower "I'm sorry but How did it go?" I knew she did great by the way she smiled. "It went great thanks cat" she giggled, (everyone calls me Cat but my real name is Catherine) I breathed a sigh of relief as I would've hated if I affected her grade. "right," she said in a stern voice " I don't know about you but I need a night out especially after all this studying my brain needs to chill out" she leaned in closer "and you need a good f**k" "what" I pushed her back and half laughed, I knew she was probably right, I hadn't stopped to even breath for at least 3 months now, and it would be nice to have a night out. I don't know about a one night stand though. I looked back up to see her raising her eyebrows at me in anticipation for my answer "fine, ill go but I won't be sleeping with any guys, I cant be dealing with that kind of distraction right now". Abi clearly found that hilarious and laughed the whole walk back to the house By the time we had got back, showered, had food it was already 8 pm, Abi was bouncing off the walls as we hadn't been out clubbing in a while and she loved the whole atmosphere. The dancing, the boys, the alcohol, the whole thing while I would happily join in but it was defiantly was more her scene. I let her pick out my outfit, as she claims I never put enough effort in, and managed to find the smallest tightest dress she could find. Of course she did, I gave her a scowl and grabbed it off her before looking it up and down. It was a deep red tightly fitted dress that only just covered my bum! But I wasn't going to say anything this was probably one of the last times we would be clubbing together for a while and I did owe her one from earlier today. Applying our make up Abi grabbed a bottle of cheap prosecco and burst it open, prosecco always gets me so drunk no clue why, and handed me a huge glass of I with a smirk on her face knowing I was going to get wasted. As I had my first sip the bubbles fizzed in my mouth taking me back to the good times when Abi and I would get drunk every weekend, when I started to take my mouth away from the cup she grabbed the end forcing me to chug the whole drink. Before I could even open my mouth to shout at her she jumped in and said: " you need to get drunk and you know it, you're in this amazing dress and I know exactly what lipstick you need to wear with this to have a great night". Behind her, she grabbed a bright red lipstick which I always used to wear to get boys attention and put it on me before I could wriggle out of it. Great, now I defiantly stood out, exactly what I didn't want but Abi was so chuffed with herself I just shrugged and carried on drinking all the cheap alcohol we had lying around in our cupboards. Time flew by as we were giggling and drinking when it reached 11 pm we stumbled out to our local club Clubbing HQ. A stupid name I'm fully aware but in our small town, there was very little choice and with this being the best one we didn't care about names. As we entered we got stamped in and headed straight to the bar, Abi instantly got attention from males as she waved her hair around and played with their biceps. Her fantastic flirting skills managed to get us free drinks in a matter of seconds as I watched in awe on how she got these boys to drool over her, she grabbed the drinks gave them a wink and dragged me onto the dance floor. We took the shots, vodka, and put the glasses on the side for the staff and started to dance, twirling and swinging our hips like nobody was watching. Acting as if we didn't have a care in the world I closed my eyes to take in all the senses around me. The sticky floor, the speakers booming out 80s classics, sweaty drunk young adults swaying in and out of each other, I did miss this, a lot. I let my mind run wild and my body dance free and after what felt like forever I opened my eyes to see Abi twirling and smiling at a tall guy, guessing he's asking for her number.  I looked around the room trying to avoid the awkward interaction of Abi turning another guy down for her number before spotting a man glancing at me a few meters away, a gorgeous man. I tried to keep scanning the room but his presence drew me to him, thankfully I felt a tap on my shoulder, Abi, she gestured a drinking action asking if I wanted another drink but I didn't just want one I needed one. How could the presence of another human being stop me in my tracks so suddenly. we weaved our way through the crowds before someone suddenly grabbed my hand from behind me a pulled me back and I landed in a man's chest. God not another creepy old guy trying to get an innocent girl, I started to fill with rage before looking up and noticing it was the man. That man. The man where his looks make me feel like I've been hit by a horse.  His deep-set eyes looked through me as my hands were placed against his broad chest, I had to shake my head to force me out of this trance that his looks put me under. His hand was gently placed onto my lower back before gently speaking in my ear "I'm sorry miss, but the moment you walked in here I couldn't take my eyes off you" I was uncontrollably smiling "I had to get your number before you left else I could never forgive myself". This was defiantly not his first time picking up girls, I don't know whether it was his smile reaching from ear to ear or the alcohol but my number just blurted right out of my mouth. Great, now a random stranger had my number and as if he read my mind he held me closer and whispered "don't worry, I'll look after you". I smiled back at him and before I could escape his muscly arms Abi appeared with more shots she passed me a shot and drank hers without even realising this giant of a man had his arms wrapped around me. I threw the shot back and felt it burn down my throat I turned to Abi to say thanks but her jaw was dropped staring at me, she then closed her mouth winked at me and mouthed "you know what to do Cat" and dissapeard among a crowed of boys chasing after her. Well she wasn't any help , I spun round to politely decline any offer this man was going to throw at me but as I span he grabbed my hands and held them tight and started to make me do a goofy dance. This was not how I planned my night and my face was showing that, he put my hands down and asked if I wanted to go outside. I nodded, never go off with a stanger they always say but at least that's better than dancing like an i***t in a sweaty room I followed him through to the exit and as we reached the door a breeze of fresh air hit me.  I turned to him again to politely decline any further offers but this guy knew exactly what was coming and stopped me right in my tracks.  "So what's a beautiful girlie like you doing in a place like this" Ew, so cringy, but I couldn't help but smile he was a gentleman. I sighed " well its a break from my studies". He smiled and slowly nodded before grabbing my waist and starting to walk " your friend has already left and I'm guessing you need someone to walk you home" I tried to ask how he knew Abi had left but he interrupted me with "I saw her leave with a lanky bloke she seemed to be giggling though so I thought she was fine" I closed my mouth and continued to walk home. It wasn't long before we hit my front door, He helped me open my front door and then started walking away. "wait" I yelled "I want you to come in" f**k why did I say that I didn't even know his name. He was almost skipping back to me before I held up my hand putting him to a halt as I declared "before you come into my house I need to know your name" He smiled with a reply: "I thought you'd never ask, Dan, and you best not forget it as that's the only thing you'll be screaming later" before brushing past me and walking straight into my house. How dare he! This is my house he can't just walk in past me and assume I will be sleeping with him. "hey baby girl, are you okay or do you need me to carry you" I shut the door and followed him upstairs while muttering to myself I showed him to my room and tried to tidy my papers from everywhere while mimicking him  "Do you need me to carry you, no, I need you to get the f**k out of my house" I grunted. His hands grabbed my hips as I was bent over my bed grabbing my papers before leaning his warm body over me and whispering in my ear "that's not how you treat guests is it"