Those Violet Eyes

"Drink, drink, drink!" My three best friends chanted as I did another tequila shot. This was my third one and it was definitely starting to go to my head, but I grabbed the shot glass and quickly downed the shot before my brain had time to tell me it was a bad idea. The cool liquid was bittersweet and sent shivers up and down my body, followed by a peaceful warm feeling as the alcohol hit my stomach. I slammed the glass back down on the bar "Boom Bitches” I laughed Tonight is my twenty-first birthday and I am planning on making the most of it. Earlier I had a wonderfully nice dinner with my Aunt, who has raised me my whole life after my parents died. She is a beautiful soul, always making sure I am happy and I have everything I need. So, when I told her my plans for the evening she was supportive, if not a little overly motherly. "You have your phone on you” My Aunt calls from the kitchen "Yes Aunty” I yell down the stairs "And you have money? And Ashlyn has her phone, and Charlotte, and Lexie?” I can hear her fluffing in the kitchen to keep herself busy "Yes Aunty we will all have our phones on us, and we will all be sticking together. No woman will be left behind" I add the last part in a very official-sounding voice teasing her just a little as I come around the corner into the kitchen and kiss her on the cheek. "I know you will be safe, I just worry" She confesses, breathing out than looking at me she carries on "You are my world Everly. I just can't believe you are twenty-one, how did that happen so fast" I can see a tear about to roll down her cheek as she pulls me into a hug. "I love you, Aunt Lily, we will be fine. Now please do not wait up, OK" I say into her hair hugging her a little tighter. Just then the doorbell starts ringing on and off, and my three very excited friends' barge through the door. "It's time to go!" They all sing very off-tune as they come into the kitchen, each giving Aunt Lily a hug and kiss. You couldn't meet three girls more different if you tried. Ashlyn was model tall, perfectly curvy in all the right places, beautiful coffee skinned goddess. She took over a room with her bright smile and confidence. Charlotte of course was your perfect English rose. Snow white skin, hypnotizing blue eyes and long blonde hair, sweet singsong voice. She reminded me of Alice in Wonderland. Lexie, Lexie made all her own rules. Her short blue hair perfectly styled to flick over one eye, she was all dark and brooding. Her love of fast cars and bad boys was written all over her, yet she has the sweetest heart and is loyal to the ends of the earth, they all are. That’s why I love them so much. They are all so different and confidant in themselves I wonder why they hang out with me. I feel very ordinary when I'm around them, with my dirty blonde hair, just under average height, pale green eyes. I'm easily lost in a crowd. "Aunt Lily, you should come with us?" Charlotte pleaded, clapping her hands together and bouncing on her heels, looking every bit like an excited school girl. Aunt Lily laughs out loud "I think I'm a little past clubbing now Charlotte, but thank you for thinking of me. Now go have a good time" almost pushing us out the door now. A massive blazing sign lets us know we are at the Worlds End club and it's packed. The line to get in is so long I start to think that there is no way we will get in but Lexie just walks up to the bouncer, whispers something into his ear which makes him laugh as he reached over and unhooked the rope to let us in. All that could be heard behind us were the annoyed comments from the people left standing in the cold. We walk through a small dark corridor with a heavy black curtain at the end, Lexie pushes it to the side "Welcome to the Worlds End" She grins. We've been in the club for about an hour now and there are hot sweaty bodies everywhere swaying and moving to the music that is drifting down from every corner of the room. The lights are almost hypnotic flashing in time with the beat. I'm starting to feel like I'm floating from the tequila shots earlier, not in a bad way just relaxed and free. We try to make our way up to the first floor where it's not quite as packed, but we barely get a couple of meters from the bar before someone is stopping us to try and chat up Ashlyn, Charlotte or Lexie. I just roll my eyes every time and laugh at the cheesy pick-up lines these poor men use while trying to sound sexy yelling over the music, but all three are quite used to this and have heard them all, so all they get is a witty comeback before the girls sashay away leaving broken hearts behind them. Finally, we make it to the first floor and find a small alcove with room to dance and a half-circle bench seat and table, overlooking the whole club. It takes less than a minute and Ashlyn is dancing on the table followed very closely by Lexie, Charlotte has flopped down on the bench seat giggling after one-to-many shots. I can't help but laugh as well, these girls make my heart happy and my soul feels light. I turn back to look over the dance floor as I lean against the railing, an unnerving feeling that I'm being watched starts to creep over me, I brush it off and walk over to the table to join in the fun. "Everly!!!!! I need to go pee!!!!" Ash leans across and shouts into my ear just as the music stops, we all burst out laughing at the timing. "Ok let's go"' I manage between giggles Ashlyn grabs my hand and starts pulling me toward the stairs. My legs aren't as long as hers so I struggle to keep pace with her as she is almost powerwalking through the crowd. The crowd gets tighter as we make our way to the far side of the club where the toilets are located. I feel our hands starting to be pulled apart as we are pushed and pulled with the flow of the bodies around us, moving to the music all in their own worlds as the lights flash on and off. Suddenly our hands are tugged apart and it feels like I've been set adrift in a sea of people, I can't see Ashlyn over the crowd and it feels like I'm being turned around in circles. I call for her name but it would be a miracle if she could hear me over everything else. I push and push till finally, I push through, with the wall of people gone I lose my balance almost falling on my face, but at the last second a strong arm wraps around me and pulls me up into a hard chest. I can't seem to breathe for a second as I look up to find the most amazing pair of violet eyes staring down at me. A shiver runs through me and I feel a weird sense that I'm missing something as he lets me go back down onto my feet. "I....um....you......um...Thank you" I babble like a child. I just can't form words with those eyes on me, it's just now that I start to take in the rest of him. He is divine, like a Greek god he almost glows. I've never seen anyone like him before, how is it even possible for someone to be so flawless. As he stands at full height looking down on me, he must be at least 6ft 4in, broad shoulders that radiate power, his strong chest that I can still feel against my cheek when I close my eyes. I must be almost drooling as he starts to chuckle to himself, but before I can do or say anything else I feel fingers around my wrist and I'm tugged sideways. "There you are, Aunt Lily would kill me if I lost you, now come on I'm busting" Ashlyn snaps me back to reality, dragging me towards the restrooms. I look back at where the Greek god was standing but he's gone, maybe I dreamed him. In the restroom Ashlyn is talking nonstop about something but her words just don't stick, I'm lost in thought about what just happened. I've never felt anything like that before, it was almost magical like the world had stopped and faded away leaving just me and those violet eyes. I didn't realize how long I was daydreaming till Charlotte snapped me out of it. I hadn't even noticed that she had followed us till now. "Earth to Everly!....... Hellooooo" She stated as she tapped me on the forehead. "shit.....what?......sorry.......I was just"' I started "On another planet" Ashlyn added with a roll of her beautiful brown eyes "Are you ok?" Charlotte asked looking a little worried at me "It's nothing, there was just this guy" I explained looking down at my feet "Ohhhhhhh Tell us!!" They both clapped in excitement I stopped for a second, how do I tell them about him and what I felt. They will think I'm actually crazy, I feel a little crazy. "It was nothing" I shrugged and they both gave me the eyebrow before letting it go. "What took you guys so long!" Lexie jumped up from her seat, where she was huddled talking to a guy I had never seen before, but that isn't unusual for Lexie. It was then that I noticed there were three other people in the booth as well. Charlotte and Ashlyn headed straight over and made themselves comfortable, jumping right into a conversation like they have known the newcomers for years. I wish I had that kind of confidence. It was then that I felt the feeling of being watched again, looking around I tried to pinpoint where the feeling was coming from. "Hello again" came a voice from behind me, I was so startled that as I spin around I tripped on my own foot and started to fall. Again a strong arm comes around me. "We have to stop meeting like this" his voice was as magical as his face, deep and ruff, but somehow soft and sensual at the same time. I closed my eyes and let the sound of it wash over me. When I did open my eyes I was still shocked to see violet eyes looking back at me. "You are real" The words were out before I could stop them, I slapped my hands over my mouth to try to stop anything else from coming out that might make me sound anymore silly. He smiled and his face lit up, in that moment I knew I was doomed. "What's your name?" He asked the smile still in his magical eyes "Yes I have a name, I have a very nice name, it's......Eva.....Everly" I just want to crawl into a hole somewhere at this point. "Everly, that is a beautiful name" I must be grinning like a madwoman as he says my name, I feel like it. At this point, I look around and find the girls are all watching us. Charlotte has her face in her hands looking at us with big googly eyes, Ashlyn is giving me two big thumbs up making me want to hide, and Lexie is grinning like the Cheshire cat. I want to die.