Texas Was You

We had been out for several hours now and I was way beyond drunk, but I was feeling good and actually enjoying myself. When we got there, I switched from Miller Lite to Smirnoff Ice screwdrivers. I much preferred fruity drinks over beer any day. But through my alcohol laced brain, I felt bad for Jay. He invited me over so he could get to know me and I had been hanging all over Zack all night. I tried making a mental note that I had to make it up to him somehow. It's not like I would ever see Zack again anyways. Well, that is what I was telling myself. The more we hung out and talked, even if was the alcohol talking, he was great. It sparked something inside of me that I hadn't felt in a while. But I kept telling myself not to get attached because it would never happen, but I could not help myself.

The bar we ended up at had a dance floor, which I was unknowingly grateful for. I hadn't been out dancing since I moved to California, and even for some time before that, my ex did not dance and so he would not even considering going with me. Then when I would go he got mad at the fact I was dancing with strangers. Even though this wasn't a country dance hall, I still loved dancing to club music. Matt and Jay were mid-pool game. Zack, Val and I sat watching and talking, when I decided I was drunk enough to go out on the dance floor. I went out and just began swaying my hips to music slowly getting more and more into it.

"Oh how I missed this," I said to no one in particular, the music drowning me out. I felt a pair of hands on hips and a body pressed against my back. I was to drunk and liberated to care, I swayed along with whoever it may be. I had not been this carefree in my life, and I think it was well deserved.
I had gotten to a point where I needed to take a break and get a drink. I turned around to excuse myself from my dance partner. My eyes locked with his and I stopped dead in my tracks. Words gathered in my throat, making a huge lump began to form. It was him. My ex-fiancé. The one who I refuse to admit shattered me. My face burned, my heart raced, I felt it beating in my ears, my body shook in anger.

"Jason! You really have the fucking audacity just to come up and start dancing with me!" I yelled. And of course, it would be when the DJ interrupted the music for last call. The entire bar heard me, undoubtedly. I was livid, and that doesn't even begin to cover it.

"Caty, I..." He stammered, not expecting my reaction.

"Don't even. You knew damn well exactly what you were doing!" By this time, we had gotten some unwanted attention.

"Please, just talk to me," Jason finally got out.
"Wow! You have time to talk to me all of a sudden!" Still yelling. His hazel eyes were a mixture of hurt and anger.

"Hey babe, is he bothering you?" Zack wrapped his arm around my waist pulling me into him. I sure hoped Zack knew I could not act to save my life, nor could I lie to Jason. We had a known each other way to long for me to be able to lie to him and get away with it.

"Yes he is. He doesn't know how to keep his distance." I said matter-of-factly. I could see the anger building in Jason's eyes. He knew he deserved what I was giving him, after every thing he has done to me, but Zack playing the boyfriend card was just the cherry on top.
Our history was a rough one, despite being high school sweet hearts. We had not been in a stable relationship together until that last five years or so. We were always off and on. Whenever we were off, he'd go find him a piece of tail while I locked myself up in my bedroom, ignoring him the best I could. But whenever I tried to move on and start dating, he'd show up in my life wanting me back. It was like he had a psychic power to be able to tell when I was starting to move on. I loved him deeply, though I hated him. I hated the fact that deep down I still loved him. But I have finally given up after being told for the last time he didn't have time for me. I was finally thrown out of his tornado of a life.

"Caty, just..." Jason's eyes fell to the floor, "just text me later." He mumbled and walked off. If he had a tail, it would have been between his legs.

Zach kept his arm around my waist as we went back to the corner where the pool tables were located. Our group gave us a funny look, but upon seeing my facial expression, they realized there was something going on. Was I really that open of a book? Could I not hide anything from anyone, including strangers? Hell Zack came to my rescue and I do not know why.

"I need a drink," I sighed, heavily sitting on the bar stool, "a strong one." Seeing Jason sobered me up. I hated him. I hated the power he still had over me. Val came over wrapped her arms around me in a tight hug, causing me to stiffen. She had just met me a few hours ago, yet she acted as if we were childhood friends. I did not really know what it was like to have female friends. I currently had one, but we don't see each other because she moved to northern Texas when we got pregnant with her boyfriend, then I moved to California, so we only text and snapchat. Even then, we did not become friends until after she moved, due to her boyfriend hating me. So having a female hugging me to comfort me like I was a dear friend was definitely strange. When Val pulled away from her embrace on me, Zack handed me a glass filled with an unknown concoction. I did not care, I shrugged it. The alcohol hit me instantly, numbing my pain, but not the anger.

I rested my face in my hands, it flushed with heat from the drink. I wanted to go home, and I wanted to go now. My night was going better than excellent. I was having a blast for the first time in a very long time. Then Jason showed up. His senses must have been tingling and he just had to come stop it. I took a deep breathe before standing up.

"I'm going home," I slurred as I braced myself on the chair to keep myself from falling. "Nice meeting all of you." I started to walk away, or should I say tried to because I remember hitting the floor, not even attempting to brace myself, I felt hands picking me up. I did not try to fight it. I just wanted to go home.

Notes

Well, here's the next chapter is Catys whirlwind adventure of life.

Hope you enjoyed it :) Feedback is always appreciated.

-ForAVengeance