Chapter 1
"Who is that?" Jack asked Bobby.
"Who, Fairy?" Bobby teased.
"The new waitress."
"That's Katrina. She started a week ago but she wouldn't be interested in you."
"Whatever," Jack said as he sipped his beer. He continued to watch the new waitress move around the room, delivering beers and avoiding the groping hands of guys too drunk to realize that she wasn't interested. Katrina had chestnut hair with red and gold highlights that showed when she walked by the lights hanging from the ceiling. She was too far away to see what color her eyes were but her figure was perfect. She was skinny but with curves in all the right places and she was the tallest woman Jack had ever seen, maybe even as tall as he was.
"Hey Katrina, two more beers over here and move your sweet ass."
"Shut up Bobby. I'll get there when I get there." I walked towards the bar. "Jackass" I mumbled under my breath while avoiding yet another attempted grab at my ass. The money working at Joe's was good but not good enough to deal with drunks every night.
"Here's your beers, Bobby." I said as I glared at him and turned to walk away.
"Don't leave yet, you haven't met Fairy." Bobby said as he pointed toward Jack, walking back from the bathroom.
"Hi. You must be Jack" I smiled as I wiped my hand on my apron and stuck it out to shake.
"Hey. How'd you know who I am?" Jack asked.
"You are the only Mercer that I haven't met yet, so it wasn't hard to figure." I smiled at him and turned to go. "Nice to meet you." I called over my shoulder as I went to get more beers from the back.
"God. Does she have a boyfriend?" Jack watched as I swished my hips maybe a little bit more than strictly necessary walking away from their table.
"Why Fairy? You thinkin' of going straight?" Bobby smirked as Jack bristled.
"Shut up Bobby!" Jack exclaimed as he took another swig of beer.
"Hey Bobby, where's the Greygoose?" I shouted from the back room, frustrated that I wasn't finding what I was looking for.
"Behind the Coors." Bobby called, glancing in my direction.
"It's not there." I whined, becoming even more annoyed at bobby's apparent lack of interest.
"I'm coming. I guess break time's over, little brother." Bobby said as he patted Jack on the shoulder in apology. He got up and walked into the back.
"I can't find the stupid vodka and that Councilman idiot insists that it be the Greygoose." I said, ranting, when Bobby walked into the store-room.
"I put it behind the Coors so no one would get to it." Bobby said as he retrieved it from behind the bottles.
"I'm sorry. I didn't see it."
"Don't worry about it. Hey, you got a boyfriend?" Bobby looked at me questioningly.
"Why? You gonna ask me out?" I smirked at him, knowing that I wasn't the kind of girl that he normally went after. My boobs weren't big enough and I wasn't vapid enough to tempt him. Bobby was the kind of guy who only went after one-night stands. He was slightly commitment-phobic if you asked me but…
"No." Bobby said, interrupting my train of thought. "The Fairy just about pissed himself when he saw you walk by and I thought I might help him out a little seeing as how he doesn't know how to deal with women." Bobby smirked when he saw me blush.
"Thanks Bobby. I'll keep that in mind." I smiled as I walked past him to go deliver more beers.
Throughout the night I kept seeing Jack staring at me and looking down, guiltily, when I caught his eye. Finally, it was time to close down the bar. I walked up to Jack and smiled. "Here's my number. Call me sometime… soon." I handed him a slip of paper with my number on it and walked out the door to go home.
"Bobby, did you tell Kat anything?" Jack asked suspiciously, looking at the number in his hand before programming it into his cell phone.
"Now why would I do something like that?" Bobby raised an eyebrow in question. "I know you don't swing that way so I wouldn't get her hopes up like that. Besides, how do you know I don't want her?"
"She's not your type and would you quit it with the gay shit already?" Jack growled.