Fallen Desire by N. L. Echeverria

shocked as ever, I’m really unsure of what’s going on.  The girl is standing over us laughing hysterically. 
    “Alright that’s it!  I’ve had enough and there is no way I’m taking this bullshit.”  Kim jumps up to her feet and stands to face the girl that shoved both of us down.  I want to yell to Kim to not do anything too crazy as the girl looks pretty frightening and towers over Kim.  Before I can even get to my feet Kim lands a right hook straight to the girls face and knocks the girl five feet back onto her ass.  Now Kim is the one laughing.  The girl doesn’t even have time to get up.  Kim grabs me by my arm and lifts me to my feet then pushes me toward the door to leave.  The look on my face can’t possibly describe how shocked I am. 
    I’m stunned into silence by what just took place .  How can a skinny pretty girl that looks like she doesn’t have an ounce of muscle hit a girl that is three times her size down to the ground with one blow?  I don’t even realize we’re outside until I feel a small chill on my shoulders.  I just keep replaying what just happened in my head trying to make sense of it.  “What the hell happened back there, Kim?”  She still has a grip on my arm and is pulling me toward her car.
    “Oh, it was nothing.  Just been taking some boxing classes the past couple of years and I guess they have really paid off.  Hell if I’m going to let anyone bully my friend around, let alone kick me like that,” she says sticking her chin out. 
    “Those must be some boxing lessons because I think you turned into the Incredible Hulk back there.  That girl was almost three times your size.  Guess I’m lucky to have you on my side.”  We get to her car and climb in.  “So are we cutting the night short and heading home then?  I would have to guess that we don’t want to go back in there.” 
    She looks at me mockingly, “Of course we aren’t going home.  We got all dressed up to have some fun and that is exactly what we’re going to do.  We aren’t going to let some bully ruin our night.  I know plenty of clubs here in town.  I’m going to take you to my next favorite place to hang out.”  She starts the engine and speeds off down the road.  The other club isn’t more than a few minutes away, and before I know it we’re pulling into the parking lot of another night club.  We weren’t at the other club long so it’s still early, but I’m beginning to wonder how long Kim plans on keeping me out.  We walk straight into the club just as we did at the other one, no waiting in line.  Walking into the club it almost looks identical to the one we just left except it has two floors.  Everyone here also seems to know Kim.  When we walk in the door there’s the bar and some tables off to the side and then a huge dance floor in the center of the room.  There are stairs that lead up to a second bar and dance floor.  This place is also packed with people dancing and just hanging out. 
    Instead of finding a table, this time Kim just takes me straight to the dance floor.  “Come on, Lindsay!” She’s screaming over the loud crowd and the loud music. “We’re not going to waste time.  Let’s dance and have some fun.”  We walk straight to the center of the dance floor that is on the bottom story and start dancing to the music.  I try to forget about what happened at the other place and get back into my trance on the dance floor.  I’m definitely happy she isn’t giving up on our night.  Even though the room is shoulder to shoulder with people on the dance floor, I still am able to clear my mind and just let the music take over.  Time goes by really fast as we dance to song after song, and I notice I’m beginning to get tired, and with it being so crowded I’m hot and sweaty. 
    “I’m going to take a break and go get something to drink – you want to come?”  Kim shouts into my ear, and it was still hard to hear her. 
    I’m