Ice and Fire

Stephen froze when his eyes finally focused on the corner she was sitting in. It was a familiar, but emaciated face, and her figure, as well as her appearance, made him feel an icy quiver in his heart.

Stephen stared at Cherry, and slowly started to walk up to her.

She sat in the corner and blankly stared at all the people twirling around on?the dance floor. She was there because she missed Emily, not to see other people having fun.

Cherry wasn't aware of the fact that Stephen was standing beside her until he called out her name. "Cherr, you're here!"

When she heard someone calling out her name, Cherry looked backwards, and saw that it was Stephen. She tried to quickly adjust her mood, and a reluctant smile appeared on her face, which was even more uglier than a grimace. She said, "Stephen, how did you know I was here?"

Stephen suffered when he looked at Cherry's face, and he had no choice but to withhold himself from speaking.

"Don't forget that this is my territory. I always know when you're here, " said Stephen.

Cherry believed that what he said was true. After all, it was his bar, and that meant that everything was under his watch, her included.

Embarrassed, Cherry quickly replied, "I'm so sorry..."

However, Stephen felt an unbearable pain pierce his heart. He fixed his eyes on Cherry, and said, "How are you doing these days?"

She was shocked by his greeting, and because Stephen acted just like a friend, this reminded Cherry of Emily one more time.

"Fine, not so bad, " said Cherry.

Stephen stared at her all the time during their talk. He said, "Not so bad, but it seems that you're not a bit happy at all."

When she heard him, Cherry looked down, and lowered her voice. She replied, "No, I'm actually leading a good life now."

to say, "Cherry, Emily..." but his words were quickly stopped by

the eye, and said, "Please, don't talk about Emily. I came here just to relax." She tried to hide her sadness, because she didn't want it to be mentioned, or noticed, by

a while, he asked, "Would

She hoped that the alcohol would do a quick job to

told him to bring several glasses of cocktails to her table.

and as she looked at the full table, Cherry couldn't help but

worried when he saw that Cherry was so anxious. He knew that she still missed Emily very

Cherry didn't listen to Stephen for a second, and instead kept on gulping one drink after another, almost emptying all of the cocktail glasses on

the empty glasses, Cherry said to Stephen, "Give

soothe her heavy heart, and to release all the sadness that had been built inside of her for so long with

do that, but he also knew that

Stephen followed Cherry's wish, and called the waiter to bring some wine

saw the wine, Cherry started to drink again, despite of the fact that she started to feel uncomfortable and wanted to vomit.

immediately felt sick to the brim. Cherry started to feel like throwing up, and when she eventually realized that she couldn't hold it anymore, she got off of her seat and quickly ran towards the toilet.

he saw Cherry's unexpected move, Stephen hastily ran after

the ladies' room. He ran directly inside, and didn't pay any

the custodians was cleaning the toilet, and she saw a girl running into the

it was Stephen, she immediately greeted

the

the custodian, and quickly got out.

while he gently touched her

still feeling ill, and didn't

some time passed, Cherry felt much more better, but her stomach was still cramped, and she couldn't figure

than before, and asked again, "How are you feeling now? Would you like to go to the hospital