IN SHOCK

Emily fought the tears back as she emptied the bitter clear liquid in her glass down her throat.

“Isn't that too much to be taken in all at once?" A clear voice asked. "Keep your opinion to yourself, Ben!" Emily responded while keeping a straight face , not once turning to face "him".

“Ben? Who's that?" The voice asked and its owner proceeded to sit on the chair closest to Emily.

Emily raised her head to look at her new companion and not surprisingly she couldn't focus on the person in front of her, she knew the drink had started taking full effect and she wasn't in the right state of mind to start a conversation with a stranger.

“Not interested" she replied.

“Not interested in?" The stranger asked again. “Listen here Mr whatever, I'm most certainly not in the mood for small petty talk, so run along and go find someone else to have those talks with cause I promise you I'm not the ONE" Emily said in a clear tone.

“Mr whatever" had a slight frown on his face as Emily could gradually observe the stranger in her front, she noticed he was handsome and had a good body build and for some reasons that made her more irritated.

“Just don't talk to me" she added and then requested for a glass of water from the bartender.

“As you wish, I'm here for a drink and have no intention of bothering you or anyone else" the stranger said and then proceeded to request for a drink and they both sat in silence, waiting for their orders.

Emily got her glass of water first and she downed the whole glass, and dropped it aggressively back on the bar table.

She then turned to have a proper look at the stranger but he had taken the next two seats far away from her, she wondered if she was a bit too harsh and felt a bit of guilt.

She contemplated apologizing for the sudden outburst but felt it was unnecessary for someone she'd probably never cross paths with again.

“They are all the same anyway" she thought.

She turned to steal a quick glance at him and thought he looked so familiar for a second.

“Where's Sandy?" She thought and turned to search for her friend with her eyes and caught her figure at the distant corner.

“Typical Sandy" she chuckled as she observed Sandy with a guy standing far off at the corner of the room.

Emily decided to go say hi to Sandy's new friend and carefully made her way through the tight crowd to Sandy.

“You can't be this close to me in public! Emily's here and I don't want her to get suspicious" Sandy said angrily.

“I can't stay away from you, I needed to see you and you don't have to worry about Emily, I've broken up with her" He said and leaned in to kiss her.

Sandy felt her heart racing as Ben came closer, she knew she shouldn’t be talking to him, more less kissing him!

Emily was just few paces away but at that moment the voice of reason in her head faded away as he placed his hands around her waist, gently drawing her in , their face nearly touching, he kissed her.

“What the hell?! Ben!" Emily said out loud and stared unbelievably at them.

Sandy gasped and shook in fright "Em's, it's not what you think" she said in a shaking voice.

Emily couldn't hear anything at that point, the world around her was shut off and she prayed silently this was all a bad dream.