When I was in love, trust me, I knew. - Series Part 2
"What stays in vegas…or in this case Mikel’s elevator…"*
“”You got the sentence wrong Parker””
Well, apparently, what happens in Vegas, stays stuck in Daniel Parker’s mind longer than it bloody should, because even a few days after the elevator incident, his mind was only on one thing: Valerie Wood. As drunk as Daniel was, he could remember that night as clear as day…his lips on hers…hands running up her body… honestly, it was the only thing that flooded his mind as he lay alone in his bed in the middle of the night… scratch that… what he would swear to his grave didn’t happen. It… didn’t happen. Yep… that’s the story he was going with. After all, Daniel Parker was supposed to hate Valerie… why? Maybe he had lied in that elevator with his bullsht excuse… yeah he remembered how this all started with a chocolate pudding. But hey - it was a valid reason for her to be cast on his bad side and in that elevator, she didn’t necessarily need to know that. That… and well she wouldn’t take his sht and Daniel didn’t like… different. He already had enough people in his life not taking his sht, he didn’t need another one. He didn’t need Valerie… he didn’t need another Yara coming in and ruining his fcking life. He didn’t need another girl stuck in his damn minds o… why… was she still on his mind. Fck.
Sitting up, Daniel grabbed his laptop off the nightstand and opened it up. “Light at 50% opacity,” Daniel barked at the voice command in his room - which instantly did what he wanted as the lights turned on to dimly light up his room just enough so that he could see his laptop with visibility. On the corner of his computer, Daniel couldn’t help but notice the 1:52 AM flashing… god he should be asleep. Genius needs sleep… He really… should be fcking asleep… but as surprised as some may be, this (aka Valerie Wood) wasn’t the only reason he couldn’t sleep. Jezebel was also on his bloody mind… ONLY because his dogs kept wining but… whatever it was irrelevant… she didn’t matter anymore… Valerie was just… a good distraction from all of that. Yes… a distraction. That’s it. He just needed another fck and he’d have her off his mind. God… ew he sounded like Dorian DeLoughrey… that’s disgusting. Let’s not even thinking about the blonde man child at 1:5… now 3 AM. Back to Valerie Wood…
On that note… what was Valerie up to? Perhaps it may be a… slight invasion of privacy but Dan couldn’t help himself. The last time he had seen Val was… Starbucks after his little funeral speech. Honestly, it didn’t even matter because Valerie was probably just asleep like most people were on a Wednesday afternoon right? Wrong. Daniel soon found himself staring at a map with a red dot blinking at a location far away from Valerie’s house. Rather, it seemed like she was clubbing… on a Wednesday… what the bloody hell?
Okay why the fck was he here? No… because truthfully, Daniel should be asleep in the comfort of his bed but instead, he was walking inside a loud club that stunk with the smell of hennesy, weed, and sex… not his preferred combination. Instantly walking towards the bar, Daniel ordered his usual - or one should say tried to order his usual which proved difficult as the male bartender was playing favorites with the girls. Great.
“For fcks sake, you stupid piece of…” Dan started towards the arse making the drinks, though was stopped in his tracks with another voice.
“You need boobs to get a drink, Parker,”
Turning to face her, Daniel allowed his eyes to linger down to what she was wearing before meeting her eyes again. She looked good - he could… mentally admit that much. Despite that, he said nothing about it as he rolled his eyes at her next comment.
“… or to just generally be nicer to the poor bartender, and sadly, I don’t think you have either the personality or the appendages needed.”
“Very funny, Wood.” Daniel started, but clearly she was no longer listening as she leaned over the bar.
“Steve love…,”
Daniel watched the exchange - the way the bartender made eyecontact with Valerie and instantly dropped what he had to come over, a smile on his lips which told Daniel that this wasn’t the first time they were talking. Dan didn’t know what it was about that thought, but it didn’t sit well with him…
“And you? Nevermind, get my… friend here a… you look like a Malibu Sunset kinda guy… get my buddy a Malibu Sunset and please, please don’t forget the little umbrella,”
And just like that, before Dan even had a chance to get a word out, the bartender was off, and once again Valerie turned towards him with a bloody cheeky smile. “Following me now, Parker?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about… I"m usually at this…institution when I ca…”
“You’re a terrible liar,”
“I’m not bloody ly…”
“You know your left eye twitches just a little bit - it’s a god awful tell. Remind me, you’re sht at poker aren’t you?”
“I’ll have you know that I’m…”
“Here you go Valerie, one Jean Harlow, extra rum and one Malibu… Sunset for the… gentleman… Anyways… V you free in an hour? My shift ends soon and maybe we could…,”
“She’s busy”
“I am?”
“…”
“Sorry Steve, It seems I’m busy tonight.”
“I’m not drinking this,”
“Don’t be one of those uber masculine arse’s.”
“It has an umbrella in it, Valerie,”
“I did ask for one,”
“It’s pink,”
“Which is quite bloody literally just another color on the color spectrum,”
With his frown deepening, Daniel… hesitatnly took a sip of the OVERLY SWEET drink and heard her laugh. LAUGH. “I can’t believe you just drank a Malibu Sunset. Never thought I’d see that day,”
“I didn’t…,”
“Sureeeee I don’t want to hear the excuses Dan, how about instead you just dance with me?,”
What was it with this girl? What the bloody fck was it that had her stuck in his mind… that kept him on his toes in every fcking conversation. Despite anything running through his mind, Dan left the idiotic drink on the counter as he placed his hand on the small of her back, leading her towards the interior of the club - a night that ended, for the second time, with her in his arms. Though honestly… whatever mindset he had… that this would be the last of it… for some reason… he still couldn’t get her off his mind…
fck.
@Littlefeets - Jez briefly mentioned
@astxrism - Dorian briefly trashed