TWENTY EIGHT — a night out

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THE AROMA OF ALCOHOL, SWEAT, AND SMOKE filled the air as bella, chrissy, and the guys walked into club soda. bella had received her acceptance letter from nyu in the mail today, so she decided to head up to ventura to celebrate her acceptance. this club was different from the parties that they had attended in the valley, but they all decided to try something different tonight. they got their own table near the bar and near the dance floor.

"this is even better than i thought it would be." bobby said. "you have good taste chrissy."

"of course i do." chrissy said as she took a sip from her cocktail. "now, we need to make a toast to our future designer/model, bella. we are beyond proud of you."

the group raised their drinks as they made a toast in honor of bella's acceptance to nyu. bella smiled as she took a sip of her rum and cherry coke. "i'm really gonna miss you guys." bella smiled as johnny held her waist. "we will come back and visit though."

"okay, since this is a special occasion, we have to order a round of shots." bobby said as he pulled out his wallet. "this one's on me."

"i could use a round." chrissy said as she applied a little bit more lipgloss and grabbed a joint out of her purse.

"bella, you do shots?" jimmy said as he took a swig of his beer.

"just once, then i got wasted." bella said as she looked over to chrissy, who was sparking up a joint. "remember?"

"oh yeah!" chrissy laughed as she passed the joint to dutch. "she had two rounds and after that, she was tripping everywhere and puked right outside her house. she was fucked up."

the waitress came back with the round of shots as the guys grabbed a shot glass and drank it. bella grabbed her shot glass and drank it as the liquor burned down her throat. "another round." bella said as she slammed the shot glass on the table.

"this ones on me." johnny said as he got money out of his wallet and paid the waitress. bella wrapped her arms around his neck as he gripped her waist. "don't get too wasted because it might be your lucky night."

"mhm, same goes to you." bella smiled as she placed her lips on his. as the waitress brought the next round to the table, the group took their got a shot glass and drank it. as bella finished her drink, she heard dress you up by madonna, one of her favorite songs, blaring on the speakers. "i love this song! come dance with me."

bella intertwined her hand with johnny's and took him to the dance floor. with a bottle of coors in one hand, johnny held bella close to his body as she swayed to the rhythm of the song. bella wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her body onto his as his hands roamed her body.

while the couple was dancing, chrissy was at the table with the guys, drinking and passing around a joint. "they're really heading to new york." dutch said. "who would've thought right?"

"they're pretty serious." chrissy said as she took a sip of her cocktail and took a hit of the joint that jimmy passed her.

"of course they're serious." tommy said. "they're making future plans together, talking about apartments and finding jobs. not to mention, they've boned more than once."

"it doesn't have to do with whether they fucked or not." chrissy laughed as she tossed a cherry stem at tommy, due to his comment. "he's gonna take care of her. their plan is bella studies, meanwhile johnny works nine-to-five."

"he really is crazy for her." bobby said as he took a swig of his beer. "for his sake, i hope this thing he has with bella, turns better than what he had with ali."

"hopefully." chrissy said as she got her purse and headed to the bathroom. "i'm gonna go freshen up. don't do anything stupid while i'm gone."

the couple continued to dance as the dj played a slow song. johnny held onto bella as he took one last swig of his beer. bella placed her head on his shoulder and sighed.

"what?" johnny said as he looked at the brunette whom he was holding. "are you okay princess?"

"yeah, i'm just taking in the moment." bella smiled as she looked up at her boyfriend. "i can't believe i actually got accepted."

"i told you that you would." johnny smiled as he placed a kiss on bella's forehead. "i'm so proud of you."

bella smiled as she pressed her lips onto his one more time. "i love you." bella said as she softly bit her lip. "looks like we're heading to new york, honey."

"i guess we are." johnny smiled as he held bella close to him. as the rhythm of the music picked up, johnny spun bella around as she softly chuckled. he pressed his body up against hers once again. "i forgot to tell you how fucking good you look."

"you don't look so bad either." bella smiled as she ran her hands through his soft blonde hair. she placed her hands on his chest as she slowly unbuttoned the top buttons from his shirt, leaving little bit of his chest exposed. noticing what she did, he smirked and pressed his lips against hers as his hands roamed her bottom, giving it a light squeeze.

"you wanna get out of here?" johnny smirked as he repeatedly pecked bella's lips. "we can head home. it's getting pretty late."

"you're planning on taking me home, lawrence?" bella smiled as she placed her hands on his chest. "yours or mine?"

"whatever you'd like. it's all about you tonight, princess." johnny smiled as he pressed his forehead against bella's.

"let's head to your place." bella smiled as she placed her head on his shoulder. "i think i had a little too much and all this dancing has me exhausted."

the couple stepped out of the dance floor and back to the table where the rest of the group was ready to leave. they finished up their drinks before heading back to encino. once the exited the club, tommy started his car and drove the group home.

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100.6 los angeles, crank it up!
what's up la? it's currently 2:38 am, on a beautiful friday night/saturday morning!
the clubs are hot tonight, but we're gonna slow it down for a bit.
here's time after time by cyndi lauper.

the music was playing softly on the radio as the couple lay nude in johnny's bed. bella was laying down on her stomach, trying to catch some sleep as johnny laid on his back, staring up at the ceiling. he looked over to bella, who was slowly falling asleep and smiled. he turned over and draped his arm around her waist, pulling her close to his body. she opened her eyes and turned to look at her boyfriend as she yawned.

"can't sleep?" bella smiled as she turned to lay on her boyfriend's chest. "everything okay?"

"yeah, i'm just thinking." johnny sighed as he ran his hands through his hair. "with you getting accepted to nyu and us moving in together up there, i'm figuring out what the hell i'm gonna do."

"don't worry too much about it." bella sighed as she looked up at johnny. "we still have some time to figure this out."

"i'm gonna take care of you bella. i mean it." johnny smiled as she played with bella's soft brown hair. "i'll do whatever i have to, so we can have food, pay bills. we're gonna make it."

"there's my man talking." bella smirked as she placed a kiss on his lips. "as much as i'm excited to head to new york and move in with you, let's please enjoy what's left of high school. we'll be okay. good night darling."

"night baby." johnny smiled as he caressed bella's cheek. "i love you."

"i love you too baby." bella smiled as she rolled off of his chest and back onto the mattress. she laid back down on her stomach as she sighed before closing her eyes. johnny turned to the side and wrapped his arm around bella. as she slept peacefully, he admired the brunette that lay next to him, nude. he smiled as he watched her sleep in peace. he gripped her waist and softly groaned as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep as well with the radio playing in the background.