From the Green Room to Forever

I was on the dance floor when I spun around and noticed him standing at the bar, staring at me. He raised his glass, and I could read his lips saying, "join me?". I never do things like this. My mother always told me never to talk to strangers. I could tell even from afar he had a presence. I walked toward him, nervously biting my lip. He was about six feet tall, with tousled sable hair. As I got closer, I noticed he had piercing green eyes. When I approached him, he smelled of bourbon and musk. The scent was intoxicating. This was a real man, I thought. I had never seen anyone like him. He was wearing worn jeans and a black shirt, a little unbuttoned enough that I could see he was cut like a Greek god. He asked if I wanted a drink, which of course I said yes, but I should have said no. I've had one too many already. We finished our drinks and went back out on the dance floor. I guess my friends got tired, as I noticed they were now sitting down, giving me the thumbs up as I followed him. We danced all night, sweat dripping off of our bodies. As I writhed up against him, his mouth was all over me. He sunk his teeth into my neck, and my blood boiled. It wasn't painful, it was erotic. That's when I realized......

I shot up out of bed like a cannonball. My head was throbbing along to the beat of the music that was still blasting inside my head. My mouth was like cotton, my eyes irritated and burning. I was not in my bed, in my room, in my home. What was in that last drink? How did I get here? Where am I? The room was empty and dank. There was only the bed that I lay on, an armchair, and a small bedside table. I only had the light of the full moon outside the windows. It was strange that there wasn't much inside, but it was a grand room. It was washed in emerald green. The four poster king-sized bed was a beautiful, ornate wood. On the bedside table there was a small glass of water and two tiny little pills. The pills were also an emerald green color. Something to cure my headache I thought, but there was a note next to them. It read, "Yes or No?". My brain told me no, but of course I didn't listen. Which perhaps is the same reason that I ended up here in the first place. I did not question why I was here, because something inside of me told me that I was supposed to be. I felt like Alice about to jump down the rabbit hole. (We all know she didn't fall.) He walked into the room, looking even better than he did at the club. He was only wearing his jeans now. Did I sleep with him? I must have gotten so drunk, because I don't remember anything after....Wait! "What did you do to me?! Where am I?!" I then noticed I was missing my phone and my purse. "Don't worry Sarah, you are safe here with me." How does he know my name? I never asked his, and he never told me. I was so drunk that I didn't even care to ask. Now he had me, and I have no idea what he is going to do with me. Is this the end? No one night stand is worth this much. I don't care how gorgeous he is. "What do you want?", I asked. He motioned to the pills on the bedside table. I am asking you to join me. "There is nothing waiting for you in your old life. Be with me, and I can show you the world. Give you things you've never dreamed of." This wasn't real, no way. What a ridiculous offer. I should give up everything, just like that. "No way! I don't even know you. What did you do to me at the club?!" He said, "I didn't do anything to you that you didn't want me to. I know you are yearning for something more in your life. Freedom, adventure, riches. I can give that all to you, and more." This is crazy! Just like that? What should I do? I knew it was completely crazy, and I should try to run. I didn't want to. There was something in his eyes that pulled me in. And he was right, there was nothing waiting for me in my old life. My family was gone, and I worked too long at a thankless job that I hated anyway. Life in my meager little apartment was lonely. I had no boyfriend or husband, no one waiting for me at home. My friends will be okay without me. Hell, they were egging me on. I didn't even really give it much thought. I just know that I wanted him. I wanted to be with him, even though I had no idea who he was. I glanced at the two pills on the table. Without even realizing it, I had already swallowed the two little emeralds. I left the green room, never to return to my old life. This is what I wanted. This is where I wanted to spend forever.