Just A Girl From The Bar

Chapter 1: Sexy Blonde

It was a pretty dead night for a Friday. Apart from the two guys sitting on the bar stalls, staring into their drinks, and the group of guys in the corner messing about and drinking - the place was quiet. It was only 8pm so it was possible that the place could suddenly fill up, although, I was praying it wouldn't so I could go home early. I was in charge tonight as the manager was away for the weekend with her boyfriend.

As I stood behind the bar, absentmindedly wiping over pint glasses, my attention was drawn to the door as it swung open and a massive group of girls came in giggling, clearly already intoxicated. Great. I won't be going home anytime soon. They stumbled in and made their way over to the tables next to the group of guys in the corner. Their attention was (obviously) pulled by the girls and their interest perked as they looked the girls up and down. I couldn't help but roll my eyes and scoff at the typical guy behaviour.

"Well you look happy." A voice brought me back and I looked forward to see who had spoken. It was a blonde; she was wearing a smirk as she stared at me. I placed the glass down that was in my hand to give her my full attention. I hung the towel over my shoulder as she gracefully perched on the end of one of the free bar stalls in front of me.

"What can I get you?" I asked, deciding to ignore the blonde's previous comment about my mood.

"Well, I'd like a diet coke. And they," She pointed to the group of girls currently flirting with the guy - "will have anything alcoholic." The blonde smiled and I nodded. I turned around and put together a mixture of different alcoholic drinks and a diet coke. I placed them on a tray in front of the blonde.

"Anything else?" I asked. She shook her head and pulled out her credit card. I nodded and punched in some numbers on the till. "I'm sorry; I'm going to have to see some ID."

She opened her purse again and pulled out her ID. It said she was 25, not that she looked it, but I really couldn't be bothered to pull her up on it so I nodded. She put it away and I took her credit card. I swiped it through the till and gave it back to her. Our hands touched slightly as I handed over the card. She smirked when she felt me pull away faster.

"Well thank you…" She paused, indicating she wanted to know my name.

"Emily." I smiled.

"Well thank you Emily, would you mind bringing the tray over to me and my friends?" She put her purse into her bag and looked up at me with a smile. I wanted to say no but I couldn't, the words came out before I could stop them.

"Yeah, sure." I picked up the tray and made my way around the bar and followed the blonde to her friends.

It's now 11:30pm and the girls were still here drinking. The blond that had ordered the first round of drinks keeps glancing over at and smirking. I really don't know why and it's making me really uncomfortable because she's really hot.

I look over at the group and notice some of the group have gone. I guess the guys must have got lucky and taken some of them home. One night stands are never good and a lot of them will be doing the walk of shame tomorrow. I then notice the blonde isn't there. Where did she go?

"Looking for me?" I jump, slightly surprised at the interruption and look to find the blonde smirking at me – again.

"Err-erm n-no." I stutter and she laughs lightly.

"It's okay. I know I'm irresistible." The blonde winks and I think I can actually feel my cheeks go red. What is happening? This girl is a total stranger, Emily. You don't even know her name!

"Anyway…" She pulls me away from my thoughts and I look back at her. "Could I get another diet coke?" I nod and move to do it straight away. I place the drink in front of her as she pulls out her card again. I shake my head and push her hand back.

"On the house." I smile and she looks at me sceptically so I continue. "You have already bought god knows how many rounds. This one is on me." She smiles gratefully and takes her drink. "So why aren't you drinking?" I ask without even knowing I was talking. She was as shocked as I was that I was trying to start a conversation but she didn't ignore me. She took a seat at a bar stall and took a sip of her diet coke.

"Decided to stay sober tonight since I knew none of them would." We both looked over to the group as they were pouring shots into each-others mouths.

"I take it you're celebrating?" I asked, shaking my head at the drunk-girl behaviour.

"Kind of. My friend, Iris, just got engaged.

"Congrats to her." I smile as I wiped down the counter.

"Yeah, he's a bit of a dick but she likes him so I guess I'll have to deal with it." I smirk at the blonde's obvious dislike for the guy one of friends was going to marry.

"So, are you seeing anyone Emily?" The blonde asks with a raised eyebrow. I look up at her with a suspicious look.

"Not for a while now. How about you?"

"Single." She hums. I nod and continue with tiding up behind the bar so I can get home and get to bed. The blond continues to drink her coke but I could feel her eyes on me the whole time. Just as she was finishing her drink the rest of her group comes over and nearly pushes the blonde off her stall.

"Ali!" One of the girls squeals. "Why are you sitting here alone?" I look up and watch the interaction between the blond – "Ali" – and her friends.

"I'm not alone. Emily is here with me." She looks over at me and winks.

"Who's Emily?" A different girl asks.

"Is she you're newest fuck buddy?" The first girl asks again, squealing once more.

"Ali is getting laid!" Another girl joins in, speaking in a gangster voice.

"Emily's over there." The blonde points at me and then I see the other girls staring at me. They eye me up and down before turning back to the blonde.

"She's hot!" The second girl shout-whispers.

"I know she is." The blonde looks at me and smirks and I feel myself go red again.

"Can we go now? My fiancé is probably waiting for me." The first girl lazily says as she looks down at her hand. That must be Iris.

"Yeah, can't leave Owen waiting alone in bed." The blonde sighs as she downs the last of her coke. Iris lightly hits the blonde on the arm, nearly causing her to spit out the drink. The blonde turns and glares at Iris.

"You said you'd be nice to him." Iris crosses her arms and pouts. I see the blonde roll her eyes and stand up.

"Whatever." She waves her hand in Iris' direction. "I'll meet you outside." The girls nod and stagger out of the door. She turns back to me and smiles.

"Can I have a napkin?" I look at her confused but get her what she asks for anyway. "Thanks." She says as she pulls a pen out of her bag. She scribbles something on the napkin and hands it to me. She turns around and walks over to the door. Before leaving she turns to me and smirks.

"My name is Alison by the way." She winks and walks out. Leaving the door swinging from her exit. I shake my head and look down at what the napkin says.

"Sexy blonde – (212) 702-673.
See you soon, Emily ;)"

She had dotted the "I" in my name with a heart. I smiled at the number I had been given. It had been ages since someone had hit on me and it felt good. I pulled a pen from my apron and wrote "Alison" underneath the number. I put the pen back in my apron and the napkin in the back pocket of my jeans.

I got home and I was lying in bed trying to fall asleep but I couldn't. Thoughts of the blonde – Alison – kept going through my mind. I wanted to text her, but was it too soon? She was interested right? She would want me to text her, that's why she gave me her number. You know what; I'm going to text her. What could go wrong?

I picked up my phone from my bedside cabinet and unlocked the screen. I picked up the napkin with the number on it and started a new message, inserting the number.

"Hey, sexy blonde ;). It's Emily. From the bar x."

There we go, send. I waited until the message had sent then saved the number onto my contacts under "sexy blonde". I placed my phone back down, happy now that I may be able to sleep. I close my eyes but a few moments later my phone buzzes causing me to open my eyes. I pick up my phone and look to see who had text me. It was Alison. That was quick. I opened the message and read it.

"I knew you would text ;) just didn't realise it would be at 3am ;). Haha x"

I looked over at my alarm clock and it was actually 3 in the morning. Wow, I really need to go to sleep. I decided to text back then put my phone on silent so I could get some sleep.

"Well, I had a certain sexy blonde on my mind ;) x"

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