A/N: HELLLLO everybody! SO! For a long time I wanted to write a Sophie/Sian fic as well after reading all the amazing stuff here on FF and eventually I got an idea for a story that I hope is original. I don't really do a lot of fanfiction writing so keep in mind that this is kinda like my first proper fic...
This is a AU set 6 or 7 years on from the current story in which Sophie and Sian have never met before and do so in a bar.
Also I can't do accents to save my life so I haven't gone out of mah way. And I couldn't work out how to get the scene break things so "..." indicate scene breaks or whatever.

Disclaimer: I doesn't own nothing to do with Corrie :(

A Webster Walks Into A Bar...

Part 1 - In Which We Come To Meet/Love Our Heroines

Sophie walked through the bar doors but stopped hesitantly after they closed behind her. This was not her type of thing; she'd never been one to drink away her sorrows, at least not where other people could see her. However it was too late now, she was already through the doors so she took a deep breath and made her way to the counter.

The place wasn't full yet so Sophie managed to grab a stool at the bar, ordering a vodka and lemonade from the nice-looking man who served her. Stop it Sophie, she told herself. Thinking about guys like that was the last thing she needed right now.

After the drink was poured though she just stared into the glass and ran her finger around the rim, not being able to bring herself to lift it to her lips.

"If you're not going to drink that I'll take it off your hands." A voice from her right said causing her to take in her surroundings for the first time. The voice came from a blonde girl whom Sophie noticed had the most beautiful blue eyes she'd ever seen. Wait, what? She asked herself, except not realising that she must have said it out loud as well since the blonde girl said to her, "Your drink, if you're not having it I'll gladly. After the day I've had I'll take as many as I can get."

Sophie looked off to the side sadly while replying, "Can't be worse than the one I've had."

"I don't know," the blonde chuckled. "I got fired from my job today and now I've been stood up as well."

Without even thinking Sophie let it all out, "I caught my boyfriend of 18 months cheating on me. With another guy." Her eyes widened slightly at the admission to this total stranger but then thought what the hell, what did she have to loose afterall?

"Okay I take it back," the blonde said taking a sip of her glass. "You need it way more than me."

"Thanks." Sophie said sarcastically, finally taking a decent mouthful of her drink.

"Here," the blonde pulled out a tenner. "Let's us sad cases get some more drinks eh? My shout."

"You know I might just take you up on that."

"I'm Sian by the way." The blonde told her with a smile that seemed to light up her face.

"Sophie." The brunette replied, catching Sian's infectious smile.

...

Sian laughed at another funny story that Sophie told her about something random to do with her family, though she couldn't quite recall how they got to it. She couldn't believe how open they were being with each other, the girls had only met a few hours early and now (many MANY drinks later) it felt like they'd known each other for years. Both bad-mouthing their respective boyfriends, now ex-boyfriends, Sophie had explained her how her and 'Will' (Sian cringed at the name for some reason) had taken a romantic holiday to Southport to get away for a while but that had obviously not worked out too well, resulting in Sophie's need to find a bar.

In return Sian had explained to her that she had gotten fired from her office job because she had finally snapped at the boringness of it (she understood that it was for some people, but not her) and 'talked' to her boss, at the encouragement of her boyfriend. However on hearing that she had in fact called her boss a 'fascist moron' and several other colourful statements, it appeared 'Dave' hadn't been too serious with his encouragement and now was yet to return any of her calls. Tonight they were supposed to be meeting to work out where they stood but now to Sian it seemed all too clear where exactly that was.

"I swear," Sophie told Sian with a frown. "With the track record I've had I don't know why I should bother anymore. I'm obviously not meant to settle down or anything."

"That's not true!" Sian exclaimed. "It just means you haven't found the right person yet." She gave Sophie a little shove with the hand not holding a drink. They were both fairly drunk by now and a little tipsy in their actions.

Sophie snorted. "Easy for you to say," she told the blonde. "Look at you, you've probably got guys falling all over you."

But Sian shrugged her off, saying straight away without thinking, "Come off it, you're beautiful." As soon as it left her mouth Sian's eyes widened. Where did that come from? She asked herself while still staring at Sophie to see whether she'd noticed or not.

However Sophie either seemed not to have realised how Sian had said it or wasn't fazed by it as she just laughed and said, "Ha! You need your eyes tested you." Sophie then gave another chuckle and downed the rest of her drink.

Sian wasn't sure what to say to that so just gave an awkward laugh back and copied Sophie's action with the drink. "Another?" She asked the bartender who obliged by refilling both the girls' drinks, however giving them wary looks. He hadn't forgotten the rounds of shots that they'd also consumed at some point that evening.

The bar had now filled up considerably which meant that the rest of the seats at the bar were now taken, causing the girls to have to shuffle closer together in order to hear each other properly. The random, half-drunken conversation continued for a while more, Sian's comment being forgotten though the blonde couldn't help but notice how gorgeous Sophie's smile was, at the same time not knowing what to think of the fact that she couldn't help but notice.

"But it just doesn't make sense!" Sophie exclaimed suddenly, causing Sian to jump slightly at the unexpected outburst.

"What doesn't make sense?" she asked the brunette who gave her a look as if to say 'DUH! Where have you been?'

"Dave of course!" Sophie told her.

Sian frowned, she'll admit that she was fairly drunk, but she had no idea where that train of thought came from. "What are you talking 'bout?" Sian questioned, brow still furrowed.

"I mean," Sophie started to say very animatedly, if she ever was able to see herself Sophie would be aghast at how much she was acting like her sister at the moment. "Why would Dave just dump you because you got the sack!" Sophie continued. "What's that got to do with whether he loves you or not?"

Sian sighed. "I honestly have no idea, but I think we can safely gather that he never really loved me or anything if he could just run away so quickly," Sian admitted sadly.

"Eh, he doesn't deserve you anyway," Sophie told her nonchalantly while emptying yet another drink.

Sian couldn't help but giggle as she watched Sophie reach for another glass, only to find out it was empty when nothing fell into her mouth. "All the drinks are gone," Sophie stated as if it was the most heart-wrenching thing in the world, earning her another chuckle from Sian who picked up her purse.

"I think maybe we've drunk them dry," Sian laughed, Sophie soon joining in.

"I guess I should be going then, though I have no idea where I'm gonna go," Sophie told Sian reluctantly.

"What do you mean?" Sian asked, half carrying Sophie out of the bar since the other girl hadn't seemed to find her feet quite yet.

"Well I can't very much go back to the hotel now can I?" Sophie smirked. "Not with HIM there."

Sian saw the look of disgust on Sophie's face and her heart went out to her. "You can stay at mine if you want?" She offered. "It's not very far from here, literally just down that way." Sian pointed in the direction as if it would help.

"I don't know," Sophie joked. "You might be some psycho axe-murderer or summit who finds girls at bars and gets them drunk so they're helpless." They both couldn't help but burst out laughing at that image of Sian as an axe-murderer. The blonde was on the smallish, ahem, petite side so the issue of being able to even lift the axe was called into question.

"Oh yeah Sophie, I'm totally an axe-murderer just waiting for you at bar. Especially in this dress." Sian laughed. "Where would I hide the axe?"

Sophie almost fell onto the footpath in fits of giggles, earning them both some looks from passersby, "You really want me to answer that?" She asked, bursting into laughter again.

Sian righted her before she took another tumble and couldn't help but giggle along with the girl in front of her.

"Fine," Sophie stated. "Whisk me away to your evil lair oh axe-murderess Sian!" Sophie used her arms to dramatise what she was saying, causing Sian to giggle even more and drag her with a short "Come on" in the direction of her flat.

...

SO! What did you think? Please review and let me know if I should continue or not cause I won't unless people say too. Also if you have any advice or thoughts about my writing or what-not since I'm pretty new to it and am not sure how good or bad this is tbh :/ I also apologise if this seems too long for a first chapter, I didn't want to make it too short and then all of a sudden BAM! Lots of words :S