Mike: How does a train eat? It goes chew chew
Maya: Mike, stop annoying me. Don’t you have anything better to do?
Mike: No, I’m bored. I don’t have romantic dates to attend like you
Mike: What does batman get into his drinks? Just ice
Maya: Wow. That one is really bad.
Mike: Why couldn’t the bike stand on it’s own? Because it’s two tired
Maya: Okay. That’s it. We need to get you laid. This is going too far.

Maya’s POV
Was I really going to wear this?
I turned around in front of the mirror for the hundredth time this hour to judge an outfit. I was too much of a perfectionist to just wear something without thinking about it. The only thing I could do that with was jeans and a t-shirt, basically because it didn’t show anything. If I wore anything else, I would stand in front of the mirror for too long.
I let my hands glide over the black material of my dress, that had a greenish glow in the light. It was a loose fitting dress that covered my legs until a little bit over my midthigh. But the thing I liked the most about this dress was that it had an open back, so it revealed my tattoo of two fish that were swimming circles. It was my first tattoo ever and I had gotten it when I was eightteen. It was still my favorite though, because when I looked at it in the mirror, I could still feel the nerves and sensation of getting a tattoo for the first time in my life.
Okay. Stop worrying, Maya. Just wear this dress. You love it and it would be a shame to not wear it. No matter how big your legs look in it, you’re just going to wear it.
I took a deep breath and started putting mouse in my hair to make it look really messy and curly. I put on some natural makeup with a soft pink lip stick and silverish nail polish and looked at myself in the mirror one last time. Mmm… It was missing something and I knew exactly what.
I took a pair of black high heels out of my closet and put them on. I guess I had a thing with black shoes. For some reason I always wore black shoes.
I looked away from the mirror before I could discover another flaw and rushed down stairs. Mike would probably already be waiting for me in his car. When I got downstairs I saw Naira sit on the couch she looked up the me when she saw me and shot me an approving look. “You look hot. Where are you off to?” she asked smiling.
I shot her a wink and turned around in my dress. “I’m going to a club with Mike. I’m sorry, I should’ve told you before.” I said, suddenly feeling a little guilty for leaving her alone like this.
She waved it away. “It’s no biggie. I’m just gonna browse for apartments anyway.” she said.
“Oh. Maybe you can take your mystery guy apartment hunting sometime.” I said teasing
A glow spread over her face, but she also looked a little guilty. I knew she had been hiding something and I hated it when people did, but I knew I wouldn’t get it out of her by pushing her. So I shut up about it. “Yeah, that seems like a good idea.” she said shyly.
“I mean, you guys are going on a second date, right?” I asked.
She nodded. “Yeah, absolutely. We had so much fun and we even kissed. There’s no way there isn’t going to be a second date.” she said, the glow spreading further over her face.
I smiled widely at her. This was just what she needed to settle down here. After she had met my friends, I was a bit scared she wouldn’t feel at home in San Diego. But a guy and a relationship would probably be just it for her to steady her life here.
Oh my god, maybe we could even go on double dates when we both have boyfriends! Okay, now I’m getting ahead of myself. I only went on one date with Jaime and we didn’t know where it would go at all. I definitely knew where I wanted it to go though. I had a weird, but good feeling about it. Being around him felt good and the date we had was practically perfect, so I just hoped things would work out.
“I’m happy for you, Naira.” I said grinning and I started walking towards the door. “Well, I’m off trying to find a girl for Mike so he will stop bothering me.”
I heard Naira chuckling behind me. “Good luck with that!” she said.
Yeah I kind of needed luck with that. Normally, Mike wouldn’t need luck to find a girl. He could fully rely on his charm and handsome looks, but there was just something off about him lately. I’m guessing a girl broke his heart and badly. He often zoned out during conversations and just dreamt off with a sad look on his face. And every time the topic went to love or relationships, which it went to a lot since I was dating Jaime, he just had this sad aura around him. He would put up a happy face, but I just sensed that there was something off about him. I was just going to need to be the best wingwoman ever and help him get over whoever the bitch was.
I walked out of my house and in the direction of the familiar car. I opened the door of the passenger door and got in. “Are you ready to get laid tonight?” I said teasingly.
He grinned before he looked up from his phone and looked at me. His eyes went big as he scanned over my outfit and smiled. “Someone decided to make an effort.” he said and I felt a bit better of my outfit choice of today. I know it sounds weird, but I always needed other people to tell me I looked good for me to actually believe it. And even then I could still struggle with certain thoughts about myself. Nothing serious, I just was a perfectionist. And my body was far from perfect.
“Oh well, gotta let the people know what they’re missing out on.” I said jokingly and I gestured to my dress. That was the worst thing about the ‘dating fase’. Me and Jaime weren’t really exclusive yet, but I couldn’t flirt with anyone else when I went out. There were going to be a lot of beautiful people and I just had to watch from the sideline. I didn’t mind it that much though. Jaime was all I wanted and I would gladly give up that little game I loved.
Mike laughed as he put the key in the engine and drove away. “Oh, that’s harsh.” he said.
I laughed and started to stare out of the window. The last few days had been like floating on a pink cloud and I had the feeling like nothing could ruin it.

Mike’s POV
As soon as we entered the venue, the sound of electronic dance beats filled my ears and lights in all kinds of colors blinded my eyes. I always liked going out, mostly because of that intense feeling you get when you get into a club. It was just the sudden ambiance of joy and music hitting you in the face. I also really liked sitting at home and meeting up with friends, but there was just something adventurous about going out.
I looked to my side and saw Maya taking everything in as well. I sigh left her lips and I knew she felt the same about it. She loved going out just as much as I did. The music, the dancing, the chase. We could both live without it, but we just liked to do it.
She surprised me by grabbing my hand and dragging me further into the crowded room. A pop song was now being mixed with dance beats and everyone started singing along. I softly whispered the words to the song while we walked through all the dancing people.
I let my eyes glide over the girl walking in front of me, dragging me along with her to an unfamiliar destination. Her golden hair that waved in all kind of direction and fell gracefully over her shoulders, her dress that revealed her favorite tattoo between her shoulder blades and her long, skinny legs from her thighs on. Jesus, she was so fucking beautiful.
I shook my head, to try and get that thought out of my head. I shouldn’t think about her like that anymore. She was with my best friend or she would at least be with him really soon. And she would be happier with him than she would ever be with me. It had only been a week since they slept together, but Maya had been happier than I had ever seen her.
We reached the part of the club where it was possible to talk without screaming so loud at each other that we would hurt our voices. The floor was a little higher than the rest over the room and looked over the dance floor. Wooden tables with comfortable chairs were spread over the floor.
Maya dragged me over to one of those tables and sat down. I sat down across from her and tried not to stare too long at her. It was nearly impossible though, she looked like a fucking supermodel.
She looked at me with a pitiful look. I knew she knew that something was off with me. She practically looked through everyone. It could be very annoying, mostly when you didn’t really want to talk about it, but after talking to her I would always feel better. But I couldn’t share this with her and I think she sensed that too.
“So, are you looking for a one night stand or something more serious?” she said, starting her work as wingwoman.
I just shrugged. I didn’t know how to answer this. I wasn’t looking for anything to be honest. I had seen her with different people before, but somehow this was different. She had never trusted me with her feelings like this before and I had never intentionally helped her to get the person she wanted. Why I did that, when I had feelings for her myself, was a mystery to me. I guess I just knew I would finally get to see her happy when I did. But it did hurt me a lot more than I expected it would. “One night stand I guess.” I said. I didn’t really have the strength to put effort in anything more.
Maya’s dark eyes started to scan over the crowd of sweaty, well-dressed people. She discretely pointed to a girl not far away from the bar. “What about her?” she asked. The girl had long blond hair and wore a low cut jeans with a crop top that made her belly button ring visible. Her boobs nearly fell out of her top.
“Too slutty.” I remarked. Maya shot me glare. She had often lectured me about the fact that men should stop slut-shaming girls and I agreed with her, but I just didn’t really see a different way to tell her that this wasn’t the girl I wanted to take home.
“Isn’t that the whole point of a one night stand?” she asked.
I shrugged and looked away. “It’s just not the girl for me.” I said and she rolled her eyes and scanned the crowd again.
The feeling of uncomfortability started to creep in with me and I suddenly didn’t really want to be here anymore. It was bad enough when your friends forced you to get over someone by finding someone else for you. The fact that I had feelings for that friend made things only worse.
“What about her?” Maya asked suddenly. I looked up and let my eyes fall on the girl she pointed at. This girl was definitely more dressed than the other girl. She was really pretty, but there was no urge for me to talk to her. What was wrong with me? My feelings for Maya never stopped me to flirt with other girls, just because I knew that she would never feel the way I felt. It was just different now.
“Nah.” I said and I tried to sound like I was enjoying this, but I surely wasn’t.
“Oh my god, Mike! I found the one!” Maya squealed only a few seconds after that. She pointed over to a girl on the other side of the room, near the turning table. This girl was definitely my type. She wore a tight, red dress that accentuated all her beautiful curves and she had light brown hair that reached just over her shoulder. While she was dancing, I could just make out a tattoo of a rose on her collarbone.
But she wasn’t Maya. Even this girl was nothing compared to Maya. I didn’t know her, but I already knew she wasn’t as funny and caring as her. She was hot, but Maya was stunning.
This thought made me realize I would have a hard time getting over her. “I don’t know…” I mumbled.
Maya’s eyes went wide and scanned my expression. Then she suddenly grabbed my hands from over the table and held them in hers. They felt soft and small, almost fragile.
I looked up surprised and she shot me a caring smile. “Mike, I don’t who this girl is or what she has done to you, but she is not worth it. You used to enjoy this, look at what she has done to you. You have to get over her, it’s not fair to yourself.” she said and her voice sounded like a lullaby to my ears. God, I didn’t get why Jaime was keeping this girl a secret. If she would be mine, I would tell everyone that wanted to hear.
But she was right. She was getting serious with someone now and I needed to get over her to give myself that same shot at love. She was just out of my reach. Maybe sleeping with that girl with the rose tattoo would help me do that. It wouldn’t hurt to try.
I shot Maya my familiar grin. “It’s nothing, Maya. I am enjoying this. I’m going over to her now.” I said. She didn’t need to worry about me. I just wanted her to worry about herself for once instead of worrying about others the entire time.
She looked doubtful at first, but then her worried face changed into a grinning one. “Get her, tiger.” she said before she let out a soft roar.
I laughed at her goofiness and turned around looking at the dancing girl I was about to approach. It didn’t feel good, but I did it anyway. Which was probably not smart, but hey, Vic was the smart one of us two, not me.
Flirting in club was always quite easy. Mostly because it was all body language and almost no conversation. I followed my usual tactic, trying to get eye contact with the girl while I moved through the crowd. It didn’t take long before her blue eyes found mine and I smiled at her. The girl shot me a surprised smile back and I knew this was my permission to come close to her. So I did.
I got close to the girl and danced to the beat of the dance song, I think I had heard it on the radio sometime. She let me put my hands on her hips and move her closer to me. She had a good sense of rhythm. Which I was happy about, because I always got a bit annoyed by girls that couldn’t dance on the beat of the music, mostly because I had an almost naturally perfect sense of rhythm.
She moved her hands to the back of my neck as we moved and although I got kind of into the dancing, I could still kind of feel Maya glare at us right now. Even though I was dancing with a gorgeous girl, my gut kept telling me to get away.
The girl moved her lips to my ear and yelled in it: “I was kind of surprised you came to me. I thought you were here with your girlfriend.” she said and she motioned her head towards Maya. I didn’t look up from the girl, kind of surprised that she had been keeping an eye on me for longer.
“She is just a friend and she is kind of taken too.” I said, not noticing that I started dancing a little slower, my mind sunken away in thought.
The girl moved her lips to my ear again and said: “You don’t look so happy about that.” she said and to my surprise she didn’t make an effort to back away from me. She sounded more caring than disappointed.
“Yeah and it’s kind of my own fault. I set her up with my best friend, because she told me that she liked him.” I confessed. I don’t know what it was about telling strangers secrets, but I never understood it. And yet I told this girl one of my best kept secrets.
A wave of surprise washed over her pretty face and her mouth fell open a little. “Wow, you must really love her then, if you are willing to let her go for someone else.” she said.
Love? Yes, I had feelings for Maya. Feelings that were unexplainable and stupid, but was I really in love with her? It didn’t even matter anyway. It was just an extra reason of why I needed to get over her. And fast. Before it would crush me.
When she saw my sad face, the girl pulled me a little closer so our bodies were touching and she said: “Let me help you forget about her.”
That offer suddenly sounded really tempting. I wanted to forget about Maya. I wanted to forget about her laugh and her eyes. I wanted to forget about Jaime’s hands trailing over body. And most importantly, I wanted to forget about the place he took in in her heart.
So I crashed my lips on the lips of the girls. She kissed me back immediately and soon it became desperate, matching my mood. I was hoping her kiss would mend my broken heart, but it didn’t.

Notes

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A LOT went down! Sooooo Mike has a crush on Maya....interesting? Does that change your guys' opinion about your vote? Or did the whole thing with Vic and Naira perhaps? Let us know!

Okay, so I also changed my username, bc my mother was slowly finding out about this site and I thought I'd better be safe. So I was Nickyvlxx but now I'm Iwannabemorelikeme. So if you are here from the pact, 24 hours or left for dead, those stories are now under that name too!

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