Creative Writing: I miss nights out.

I miss nights out.

I miss speakers blaring from rooms as make up and clothes are thrown from chair to bed and back again. I miss borrowed highlighter and "can you help me with my eyeliner?" I miss bodysuits drunk me won't be able to do back up and deciding how to style my hair.

I miss pouring drinks that get stronger as the night goes on and flimsy paper straws. I miss "take it again, I was blinking". I miss "let me go in the middle" and "pull my dress to cinch me in". I miss beer pong with Sourz shots and singing into a spoon. I miss knowing the best lighting was above the microwave and that final spray of perfume. I miss sharing secrets we wouldn't sober and laughing all night long.

I miss "what's your name" to the taxi driver and huddling close in queues. I miss conning someone to pay my entry and buying shots in 3s. I miss dancing until my feet hurt and sticky club floors. I miss my going out trainers because I refused to wear heels. I miss compliments in girls toilets and asking for lipstick. I miss squishing into cubicles and rotating who golds the drinks. I miss "he's cute" and "it's girls night" and "can we go back to Vinyl?" I miss apple-bottom-jeans and Mr Brightside and "I hope they play ABBA". I miss friends going on adventures and returning with Princess crowns. I miss "do you think the DJ's got inflatables?" and "deflate it so we can take it home". I miss shout-outs for birthdays and confetti falling from the sky.

I miss the lights coming up and the pounding in ears as we leave to fight for a lift home. I miss greasy chips and plastic forks and running across that road. I miss drunken chats around the kitchen table and stumbling up the stairs. I miss taking my make up off and smiling.

I miss hungover days in the living-room with blankets and sharing stories about the night before. I miss finding videos you didn't know you took and naps from 3-4. I miss "shall we get deliveroo?", crime documentaries and crappy tv. I miss the "goodnight" knowing you'll wake up with a less sore head. I miss doing it all again a few nights later.

I miss nights out.

I miss my friends.