Lara to her bed and put her on it. I turned to the door and watched as Peppa’s shadow walked past and listened to her door shut. I made sure Lara was comfortable and walked out of the room. I came to a stop outside Peppa's door and I raised my hand to knock but then had second thoughts. What was I supposed to say? I don't know what the hell happened tonight and by the look on her face before she ran out the pub, I don't think she knew either. So I leave.
Sitting there in the car I think back to earlier in the night. Lara walks over to the table where I’m sat with Jacob and a red head he bought and paid for from some escort agency, whose name escapes me. This is the third time he has used the agency for a date and it's bewildering to me why he would stoop so low. Lara was on her own, which was very unusual for her, as her friends Peppa and Monica were never far behind. She takes a seat next to me, puts her elbows on the table and rests her head in her hands and lets out a huff then opens her mouth to speak.
“Why do women worry so much over men? No don't answer that, move on that's what I say. You men do it all the time. Peppa is testing my patience tonight.”
I chuckle to myself as I think it's probably the other way round as Lara can be very testing herself. I ask her, “Talking of Peppa, where is she tonight?”
She reaches over for my drink and brings it to her lips, takes a sip and places it back in front of me, “Still in the car refusing to come in because of him.” She points her finger in the direction of Jacob.
I raise an eyebrow, “I thought you said she was over him?”
“She said she is, I don't get her, and she is being such a child about this.” She shrugs her shoulders, gets up and walks over to the bar.
Since I saw a half naked Peppa a few months back, I have started to look at her more. Jacob was stupid for letting her go. He let work take over his life and started to ignore her more and more, so she ended it. I knew he was still in love with Peppa, as he would tell me often when he was drunk. I made my way over to Lara to get another drink for myself, and she does her annoying finger wave to someone across the room. I turn my head to look and see Peppa at the other end of the bar and the image of her standing in her underwear flashes through my mind and a smile spreads across my face.
I turn away from her as Jacob gets my attention by tapping me on the shoulder. He lets me know he's going back stage to see if Viper is ready to go on, and I get myself ready to do my little speech. I noticed the stage door open. So I walk to the front, speak into the microphone and introduce Viper to the crowd. I watch the audience as the lads rock the place, the crowd go wild and you could tell they really loved them. I think to myself , it doesn't take a genius to work out these lads are going to be huge, they have the looks and their music is different.
As they exit the stage all three try and make their way over to the table, but get mobbed along the way. I have a little talk with Cruz, he seems nice enough, but I can tell he is the brains behind the band and he has a ruthless streak about him. Monica pushes her way through the crowd and slides up to my side. She looks up at me and smiles,
“Hi Noah, the band was amazing tonight. Any chance you can introduce me?” She flutters her eyelashes at me and I laugh.
“No Peppa?” I say, as I take a look around waiting for her to walk through the crowd at any minute.
Monica shakes her head, “No, she didn't want to come over because of Jacob.”
I put an arm around her shoulder, “Breakup's are hard but she is being silly. Anyway, who do you want me to introduce you to first?”
She looks around and her eyes stop on Cruz and I laugh, “Come on. I will take you over to meet him.” She smiled at me and pushed her way through the crowd, as she couldn't get over there fast enough.
After I left the two of them talking, I looked back over at Peppa and