Sarah groaned as she got out of bed. She had a long night at work. Serving beers and shots wasn't glamorous but it paid the bills. Cracking her shoulders she walked into the bathroom to get ready for another day of the most boring job she had ever had. Turning on the hot water, she knew something was going to have to change soon.

As she got out of the shower she caught a glimpse of herself in the full length mirror. She had dark circles under her eyes and she was getting too skinny. As she turned to walk away she caught a glimpse of the angry red scars the covered her back. Trying not to have another panic attack,

Sarah sat down on the side of the tub and put her head between her knees. As she felt her heartbeat slow, She took a deep breath and got up and went to get ready for work. Yes, something had to change soon.

2 HOURS LATER

Sarah Slid a beer over to another faceless customer. She was seriously considering just leaving town. She didn't know what had possesed her to move to a small town with such a stupid name.

As she left the bar, an all too familiar panic set in. Sitting down on the curb, she put her head between her knees, the blood rushing in her ears, she never even heard the motorcycle pull up next to her or the guy on it talking to her.

As her head slowly cleared, she felt someone sitting next to her talking about the most stupid things she had ever heard. As she slowly turned her head to look at him, his chatter cut off and his head snapped over to look at her. " feel better? " The stranger asked. Sarah simply stared at him.

He had blond spiky hair and the bluest eyes she had ever seen. " My sis used to have panic attacks. sometimes me babbling to her about random shit while she had them used to help. So did it help? " Sarah stood up so fast the her shirt got stuck on the curb and ripped, exposing her back.

She heard the stranger take in a sharp breath and she reacted how she should have when she snapped out of her panic attack. She picked up her bag and ran back into the bar. She heard heavy fast footsteps behind her as she slammed the door shut. fumbling around in the dark, She tried to lock the door but it was too late.

The door flew open and she could see his angry face as he came for her. Sarah let out a scream and ran behind the bar, feeling around for the shotgun she kept there. As the stranger came closer, she panicked and started grabbing random bottles and throwing them at him.

As he ducked to avoid being brained by the flying bottles of booze, another figure appeared in the doorway with a gun drawn. Sarah let out a scream and froze in the act of throwing another bottle. As the stranger realized that she had stopped throwing bottles, he stood up straight and walked over to her with his hands up in the air and said in a calmiong voice " I'm not going to hurt you. All i wanted to do was give you this."

He held his hand out and in it was her cell phone. Sarah felt like the stupidest person in the world. He wasn't going to attack her. Sarah stood there trembling as the stranger turned to the guy with the gun and motioned for him to put it down. He slowly walked over to the bar and set the cell phone down and backed away with his hands up.

Sarah darted foward and snatched it up and moved back to where she was. The stranger slowly backed up towards the door. Sarah found her voice and called out "Wait." As the stranger looked at her with a curious expression on his face, She said " The least i can do after throwing bottles of booze at you, is offer you and your friend a drink." Sarah looked at the spiky haired stranger hopefully.

He seemeed to be deep in thought for several minutes. Finally he nodded and they walked over to the bar. "So, You wanna tell me who did that to your back? I'm assuming that's why you ran from me when we were outside." Sarh shrugged and said " No one important." He could tell that's all he was going to get out of her for now. As they finished their drinks, he really looked at her.

She was about 5'8 maybe 120 pounds soaking wet. She had black hair with purple streaks in it and the greenest eyes he had ever seen. But all he could think about was the scars covering her back. They couldn't have happened more then 3-4 months ago. Before he could stop himself he said " Me and my boys are having a party tomorrow night and we need a bartender. We'd be willing to pay you very well. " Sarah stopped and thought about it. She did need the money.

Shrugging her shoulders she said "Sure. when and where?" The blue eyed stranger said "Tomorrow at 9pm. Be at this address. " He said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a business card and handing it to her. Teller-Morrow automotive was written on it.

As he and his friend stood up to leave, she called out " Who should i ask for?" He stopped, Turned around and gave her the sexiest smile she had ever seen. " Just ask for Kozik at the door." Then he and his friend were gone, leaving Sarah there very confused.