She looked at him. Across the table, in the midst of the crowded club. He winked at her as he spoke to the person beside him. Everyone noticed. What a game they were playing. Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed two girls twittering to each other, with their gazes on him.

She laughed to herself. Poor girls. It was a Friday night and the popular club was filled to the brim. Bodies were packed close like sardines in the tin. The music, what was it? R&B was blasting from the speakers and into her sensitive ears. It has been far too long since she has entered such an establishment. Tilting her head back, she emptied the glass of random alcohol that she had been nursing.