Ayden smiled when he got Iolani's text, and quickly scanned through the directions. The party wasn't too far from here. He'd gotten dressed already, dressing his best to please Iolani. He liked to look nice, especially to please a woman. He continued to keep his mind free of inappropriate thoughts about Iolani, but it felt like he was attempting to climb up a sheer rock cliff that almost went completely straight up. She was possibly the most gorgeous woman he'd ever seen in his entire life, and he definitely wanted to do many things with her. He'd been going crazy since their almost kiss, but he held it in, trying not to bother Jeff. Speaking of Jeff, he was almost as excited about the date as Ayden was. He couldn't stop going on and on about how he was so proud of Ayden for finally landing a chick and how Ayden was going to 'get some.' Ayden just rolled his eyes good-naturedly and slipped on his gold watch that had been given to him by his widowed mother on his 18th birthday. Once upon a time it had been his father's.
Ayden strolled out to his car, whistling an off-tune version of some old song from the 60's that he couldn't remember the title of. He opened the door to his shiny silver sports car, got in, and imputed the directions into his GPS before driving off. He marveled at how far he'd come from when he'd lived as a child in some tiny town in Illinois near a tiny mine where all the boys had worked. Those had been good days, but he sure didn't miss being dirt poor. He'd gotten a book published about a year ago, and it funded most of his expenses while he worked at a part time job in a psychiatry office. He bobbed his head to the beat of an AC DC song playing on the radio as he neared his destination. After ten minutes of looking for parking, he finally found a spot and pulled into it before getting out of his car and locking it. He walked up to the doors and smiled suavely at the bouncer.
"Lani sent me," Ayden told him, holding out his I.D. for the man to check. The large, mustached man nodded stiffly and waved him in the doors. Inside, Ayden looked around for Iolani, but couldn't see her among the throngs of dancing people. He debated calling her, but she probably wouldn't even hear her phone over the loud, steady thrum of the blaring music. He sighed and resigned himself to at least 20 minutes of wandering around aimlessly, looking for her. For some reason, he felt a sense of melancholy sweep over him. He needad to find Iolani.