Chapter 16 Regrets

(Thomas)

As the night had grown deeper, the club had begun to bustle with people and the music had grown steadily louder. We were now almost yelling at each other to be heard. Twenty minutes ago, the couple that Jack had invited had left and the table now only seated close friends: Jack, Grace, Lydia, and myself. My brother returned from ordering another round of drinks and slumped back into his chair.

“So … uh … how’s Ruby doing?” he leaned in towards Lydia.

I shook my head at him and thumped my palms on the table. “Seriously?” I chuckled, “As if you weren’t just sweet-talking that brunette by the bar!”.

“What!” Jack shrugged his shoulders, “The more the merrier!”. He grinned and winked.

“You fiendish devil!” Lydia tapped a finger at his arm. Her face glowed in amusement.

“Why don’t you ask Ruby out yourself?” she sneered at Jack in mock seriousness. Grace looked up from her phone and nodded in agreement.

“Oh, nice of you to finally chip in!” Jake poked at her annoyance with a laug