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the bus is too crowed and there is not enough seats. you are squished against the window next to [[rebecca->meg]].you feel every jolt along your spine and your stomach is about to burst. it is only one night [[arrive->outside]]

she convinced you to come. she promised an amazing night "the best night of your life" you believed [[her->her]]

she was your best friend. What happened? [[arrive->outside]]

they don't even check your ID. you are eighteen on your first night out with [[friends->strangers]] and it will be [[fun->next]].

you enter fairyland. the flickering neon sign outside says different but you know better. the sky inside is blue red green purple and you can't keep balance the drumming noise pushes you back (the high heels don't help) you know the rules for [[here->rules]] [[dance->dance]]

[[strangers->outside]]

eat nothing drink nothing and you can leave [[...->next]]

you moves are awkward and you don't know how to move you gangly limbs in the right way not like rebecca she curves her body with the beat that vibrates though your bodies. she is a natural. copy her [[moves->dance2]]

this is better you can do it now you don't care about what the world has to say, it's just you, the music vibrating though the body you don't care you don't care you don't care how have you never done this before? just you and the [[girls->friends]] having a good time not worring about boys or what other people think and [["oh my god it's him!"->him]]

you don't see rebecca for the rest of the night. "don't worry we'll set you up too" say the [[girls->demons]]

not girls. fae. they will keep you here forever. those are the last words you hear. an [[hour->time]] passes

a [[boy->no]] joins the group

a minute? an hour? a day? time doesn't exist [[here->here]]

nonononononononononon ononononononononononononon onononononononononononononononono [[oh no->boy]]

what is he doing here? don't even [[look at him->?]] slowly the girls are dancing away. you are abandoned with [[him->next2]]

is he attractive? more importantly do //others// find him attractive? how would you [[know?->boy]]

you know what this means. they are setting you up. it is everywhere especially tonight in this hell of sexual bodies in this brothel the hundreds of coupled bodies line the wall inviting you to join them in their lust-fueled orgy this is your future [[accept->yes1]] [[leave->no1]]

you continue to dance with him. his moves are as awkward as yours but in a different way. a preformed awkwardness. he has practised. he has done this [[before->girls]]

you leave. you don't need him. you never did. you are relieved end.

they did this. they thought they did you a favour. you see them from the corner of your eye, praising themselves for playing cupid. inexplicable you feel [[betrayed.->closer]]

he moves closer [[stay->yes2]] [[leave->no1]]

"i hate these places" the music drown him (you wish it did) "i'm in hell right now haha" he has no idea he shouts at you. you shout back. your conversation evaporates into the air and is absorbed by the storbing lights. he offers you a [[drink->drink]] [[stay->yes3]] [[leave->no2]]

you know what that means [[...->yes2]]

you head over to the bar together, pushing past the hands the torsos the mouths. he [[buys->buy]] two shots one for you. one for him. you [[drink->drink2]] it

you say you are on antibiotics "what a shame, that's a waste of a night" [[...->no1]]

you hope this doesn't mean you owe him [[...->yes3]]

magic in a glass it is silver and sparks and sure death it rolls down your throat into your stomach like a [[promise->promise]] and a [[curse->curse]] "let's go somewhere quiet where we can talk" [[stay->yes4]] [[leave->no3]]

[[he gave you something. you have to give him something in return->drink2]]

you broke the rules. you will be trapped. [[here in fantasia->drink2]]

he holds your hand and pulls you through the surging magic [[of the night club->fae2]] you catch glimpses of people you know contorted into new awe-some forms. you push through them like food caught in a throat. finally, you come to a dark booth. [[sit down->yes5]] [[leave->no1]]

you thank him for the drink and you say you need to find you friends. you [[don't care->no1]] if he gets angry

[[of faeryland->yes4]]

it is quieter here but you just feel more exposed. you are concious of the people around who might [[see->see]] you. you talk but say nothing. he puts his hand on your leg [[stay->yes6]] [[leave->no1]]

is this ok is he okay what will people say what will people think [[this night is not for you->see2]]

this is it this is it this is it he leans over you and kisses you. you let him. you've come this far anyway. might as well follow through. it's... nice? you don't know. any pleasantness of this close human contact is tainted by the pushing eyes you feel on your back this is as far as you let him, coarse kisses and exploring gropes. but the next night, will it be further and further? [[...->yes7]]

you trade facebook details. "i'd love to see you again the next night" he says. you're sure he would. you leave the [[nightclub->place]] changed. end.

[[they could be your friends, if you try and be like them->dance2]]

[[in faeryland->later]]

[[of this fool's paradise->fae3]]

[[of the fanciful reimagining of reality->fae]]

your body is not [[yours->yes5]]

you leave fairyland [[changed->yes7]]