Ghosted

Chapter 18 POV Robert

POV Robert

I can remember the first time I saw Amelia. As soon as I laid eyes on her I knew she was the girl for me. One of our friends from football asked me and my brother Richard to go with him to a gay club because he was desperate to see some guy he was hooking up with. We were sitting in the pub as Brian begged us to go with him. I looked at Richard and he said no right away but I felt sorry for Brian and I managed to convince Richard to come with us. When we got there I felt like Richard and I stuck out like sore thumbs. Although we always turned heads because we were over six foot and identical twins but this was different. We were standing together drinking beer as everyone around us was having fun and we looked miserable. It was a 1970’s disco theme night and all the people there were dressed up in fancy dress and we were still wearing the suits we had worn to work that day because we had met the football team for Christmas drinks straight from work. I looked at Richard and I could see him tapping his foot to the music and I couldn’t help but laugh. I remembered back to when we were kids and my dad caught Richard dancing one night and the next day he put both of us into a football team to toughen us up. My dad was old school and a self made man and our mum had died when we were young and my dad said “he didn’t want to bring up two little fairies that liked to dance” his thought process was totally old fashioned because enjoying music didn’t make you gay but I couldn’t help but think if dad could see us now in a gay club he would hit the roof. I was staring around the club at all the happy people enjoying themselves when I spotted Amelia on the dance floor. She was wearing a silver sequin short dress with her long dark curly hair and her body was like nothing I’d ever seen before. I nudged Richard and said “will you look at that” he stared over at her and his mouth was hanging open. “Jesus that looks like a real woman” I couldn’t help but laugh. “It is a real woman you i***t, look at that arse on her and there’s a VIP section next to her with all women. Its not just a gay club for men, there are lesbians here too” Richard looked over at her and said “what a waste, a girl like that only being with women. I would destroy her” I kept my eyes on her and said “what a waste” we watched her for a while because she was drop dead gorgeous and we were bored because Brian had met the guy he was looking for and he was chatting him up at the bar. This amazing girl had been dancing the entire time but she had her back to us. I asked Richard if he fancied another beer and he said “yes, the music is brilliant in here and I’m enjoying watching this little minx dancing. I want to wait until she starts kissing some other girl and she’ll have made my night” he said and I managed to drag my eyes off her for a moment to order us both a beer. When I turned back to watching her she had turned around to face us and she was the sexiest woman I had ever seen. Her huge t**s were bouncing as she danced and I could tell she wasn’t wearing a bra. Her waist was tiny and she had the most beautiful smile and big dimples. The huge disco ball above her was reflecting off her sequin dress and she looked like an Angel. I looked at Richard and he slammed his empty glass down on the bar and made his way through the crowd towards her. He was a few steps ahead of me but I couldn’t let him get to her first. We were both barging through the dance floor when a huge drag queen stood in front of me and said “where are you going handsome? Fancy buying me a drink?” I literally pushed the drag Queen out of my way and when I looked up Richard was talking to Amelia on the dance floor. I was livid that he had got to her first. She was so beautiful and I could tell that she was flirting back with him. I couldn’t believe my bad luck. He put his arm around her waist and he started to dance with her. She had her hands on his chest and they were smiling at each other. I stood there on the dance floor watching them both and I didn’t know why I was surprised that he had got to her first. This was my life story. Because he was born 2 minutes ahead of me he was Richard Jr and the apple of my dads eye and I was named after my uncle. My dad favoured my brother over me at every opportunity. He would give him job promotions over me when I was by far more qualified but I never asked why I just accepted it because that’s the way it always was but now that he had got to this gorgeous woman two seconds before I did made my piss boil. I should have went home but instead I stood at the bar and drank shots on my own because I wanted to tell him exactly what I thought of him. He was a snake because I had seen her first. After an hour or so he came over to me with her. He was holding her hand and leading her through the packed dance floor “This is my twin brother” he said and he looked so smug that I wanted to knock him out. I looked down at her and she had the most beautiful big brown eyes. She leaned in close and said “your brother said you thought I was a drag queen” she gave me the most adorable smile and I really wanted to kill him. “I didn’t say that, he said he didn’t think you were a real woman” I shot him a dirty look and he just shrugged his shoulders. “Can I buy you both a drink?” She asked and I couldn’t help but smile because usually I would buy women drinks but she seemed different to other women. “No let me get them” said Richard before I got the chance. He went to the bar but before he left he said “keep an eye on her mate, don’t let any one near her” He had obviously forgot we were in a gay club. “I don’t think you need to worry about some guy trying to steal her from you in here” I said but I wanted nothing more than to steal her away. I looked at her and she said “you guys are so alike, I wonder how your parents told you apart when you were babies?” “Because I’m more handsome” I said and she laughed and I loved how cute she was. “I don’t have any siblings, I always wanted a brother. You’re both very lucky” but I didn’t feel lucky, then I had to remind myself that he hadn’t actually got with her. He had only danced and flirted with her and that didn’t mean anything and now I had her all to myself I needed to charm her. “He’s lucky to have me as a brother. Obviously I’m straight but when he asked me to come here tonight so he could flirt with some guy he met online I really didn’t want to come but he’s my brother and I want to support him” “Really?” She asked as she screwed up her nose. “He said that you were gay, and that he wanted to support you” I wanted to strangle that dickhead for lying about me to her. “I’m not gay, he’s only saying that to wind you up. I told him I fancied you and I’d love to ask you out for a date” she looked so confused “I’m sorry but your brother has already asked me out. But now you’ve said that he is gay I think I should go” “No don’t go, it was only a joke. What is it you do for a living?” I asked trying to keep her there “I’m a surgeon, I’ve just qualified” “wow that’s impressive” “why?” She asked and I could see that she was annoyed with me. “Is it because I’m a woman?” “No I think it’s impressive because it’s such an important job, I couldn’t keep calm if someone’s life was in my hands” “I’m sorry for being so rude but it’s a bit of a boys club” “well I admire you for doing a job like that I know I couldn’t do it” she seemed to relax after that and we had a nice chat. She was leaning in close because the music was so loud and it felt incredible to be close to her. Richard had been gone for a long time when she said “I wonder where your brother has got to? I didn’t even catch his name or yours” and we both laughed. I leaned in close to tell her my name when Richard came back over “let’s get out of here, the bar is packed I can’t get anywhere near it to get us a drink.” He turned to her “Are you coming back to my flat?” He asked and I seen the same annoyed look on her face. He was talking to her like she was a sure thing and although I had only spoke to her for a short time I knew that she wasn’t that kind of girl. “Ok, why don’t you wait right here and I’ll be back in a minute” I was surprised that she had agreed to go home with someone when she didn’t even know his name. She walked away through the crowd and he gave me a wink and I pushed his shoulder “you’re a d**k, do you know that? I seen her first. It was me that pointed her out to you.” He just laughed in my face “You were too slow, get over it” “I’m going home” I said and he grabbed my arm “don’t be like that, we can wait until she gets back and ask her to hook you up with one of her friends” we stood there for at least 45 minutes before he went over to a bunch of women she was with and they told him that she had left ages ago. They said she got her coat and said some rude guy asked to take her home and that she was out of there before she knocked him out. I must admit that it tickled me that she had let him believe that he could have her so easily and that she had basically ghosted him. We went outside and got a cab and the whole way home we weren’t speaking to each other. I was mad at him for coming on to her when he knew I fancied her and he was just mad because he had blown it with possibly the hottest girl any of us had ever seen.