“Are you sure you two haven’t been you know,” she wriggled her eyes “fucking?” The water that was in my mouth dribbled down my chin as I coughed. I raised my hand to my mouth in an effort to stop it but it worked to no eval.
“I heard that.” I watched his eyes lower as he looked at her. “And no we haven’t.” He gave nothing away. If I hadn’t have known better I’d have believed him. I wiped away the beads of sweat that were falling from my head and glanced at him. He winked once Chlo had looked away and my stomach tensed.
The class was over and people started to leave. Obviously the girls in the group wanted Haz to teach again. I couldn’t blame them. Chloe was sitting on her phone scrolling through her Facebook and I stood next to her.
“I didn’t know he danced?” I muttered towards her. She looked up and had a huge dirty grin on her face.
“There’s a lot he can do.” She smirked and I flushed. I wasn’t sure if it was an innuendo or she was just stating a fact but I didn’t probe her. I felt Jay’s arms around my shoulders from behind and turned my head to face him. His stubble tickled my cheek.
“I’m glad you’re alright?” He squeezed slightly before he released me from his grasp and I nodded.
“I’ve been good actually.” He smirked and wriggled his arms from side to side in an effort to dance. I watched as Nance looked at him in horror and laughed.
“Oh dear god.” She mumbled and hugged him.
“I think you need some lessons…” he grinned as he leant down to kiss her. My stomach churned watching them. Gross.
“Fucking hell you two get a room!” Chloe grimaced and threw a full water bottle at them. I chuckled and pulled Chlo to stand up. “Playing tonsil tennis is Soph’s forte! I thought higher of you Nancy!” Nancy was no longer listening, she was too busy sucking Jay’s face off. I rolled my eyes with her. I leant down and picked my bag up from off the floor, I watched as Chlo was leaving the room and smiled up at Haz. He had a familiar look in his eyes and I hid my smile.
“You’re all singing and dancing aren’t you?” I scoffed at his remark.
“Yeah should have worked in Vegas hey?” I watched as he smirked and tried to hold in a laugh. I chuckled and felt Nance grip my shoulders.
“You did so well!” She examined Haz and frowned as she must have noticed his bruising. “I suppose you were good too Mr Elusive.” She winked at me as she watched my colour change. His brow wrinkled as he shot me a look. I’m going to kill her. I placed my bag on my shoulder and glanced towards the three of them.
“I’ll meet you at The Top Hat if you want?” They nodded in unison and I chuckled to myself. I needed a shower.
When I hit the bar the vibe wasn’t laid back and mellow it was absolutely bombing for a Wednesday night. It was student night and there was music blaring from every single angle. It was dark, so dark the only light was from the strobes and I felt the base thudding in my chest from the speakers. Jay waved me over towards the bar and I made my way through the crowds of people to get to him. The women around him glared at me when I leaned up to hear what he was saying.
“There’s a table up the back,” he pointed towards the booths at the back and I nodded “Nancy and Chloe are up there.” He shouted over the music.
“You know it’s a Wednesday night right?” My voice was raised.
“You’re a student aren’t you? This is what life’s about.” He held up a beer in my direction and started to chug it. I laughed as I saw a dribble down his cheek and then rolled my eyes before I made my way towards the booth. I spotted Nancy and Soph waving and a blonde sat with them talking to some of the other people around the table. Oh shit that’s Natalie. She’s a professor at a student night. I fought the urge to laugh and joined them all. Haz was sitting next to her, his beer was in his hand and he was gripping the glass tightly. My whole body ached. She placed her blonde head on his shoulder and kissed his jaw. Jealousy flew through my veins, I didn’t take my eyes off his and he held my gaze. I had to sit and watch her lips graze his stubble. I noticed glasses being placed on the table, I reached my arm towards one of the tiny red jelly shots and downed it in one.
“Jesus Av you up for a hard night?” Nance laughed and I smirked as I held his gaze, his eyes burned as he looked down towards my lips.
“Could say that.” I muttered more to myself. I held up the wine glass towards him and smiled. He touched his beer with my glass and took a sip of his as I took a sip of mine. This is going to end terribly tonight. My subconscious was hissing at me. People from around the table had suddenly gone very quiet. I heard a familiar piano sound and watched as Nance stood up.
“Oh god c’mon let’s go and dance this is your jam!” The beat of the song Afterglow played and I gripped her hand before I stood with her, the cramp in my leg not going unnoticed as my heel hit the floor. Shit shit shit. I took her hand and pulled her towards the dance floor full of sweaty uni students.
I took my place in the que at the bar. The staff were running around like headless chickens and looked rushed off their feet.
