Nothing I Ever Wanted.
Chapter 1
I walked up to the bar and signalled for my usual, A Long Island Ice Tea. I sat at the bar and waited, talking to Jimmy the bar tender most nights was my only human interaction, it's the way I liked it, people where not trust worthy and in my eyes they needed to be avoided at all costs. Does that mean I am not a person, no, of coarse I am a person, and I'll never stab my self in the back? Jimmy was fun and laid back and had a bar to run so didn't really want to know to much about me.
He sat my drink in front of me.
"Quite night?" I asked looking around the bar that was usually pack.
"Yeah, Charlie's has Kareoke on tonight." He laughed.
"I told you that's why you need to get strippers," I bragged.
"You know what Bailey, your right, some hot girls running around in hear wearing next to nothing, hell I'ld love coming to work then."
"See, I was thinking male strippers. I'd sure hate to lose me as a customer." I grinned.
"You wouldn't come to see sexy girls and a group of horny males?" he laughed.
"No, but I would come and see sexy males, and if you had male strippers, there would be girls from all over the city here for you to hit on." I pointed out.
He thought for a second.
"I can compromise." I laughed.
"Yeah?" he smirked. "Hit me."
"Female pole dancers." I said proudly.
"How is that a compromise, you'll still be stuck with the horny males."
"And a boytoy sale once a month." I quickly finished.
"My girl, you watch to much tv." He laughed scrufflign my hair and walking away.
I smiled and stared in to my drink, circling the straw around in the brownish liquid watching the splashes the bubbles made.
"It's not going to drink it's self." Jimmy said from the island in the middle of the bar as he pour a shot of vodka in to a glass.
I looked at him he moved and revealed a guy across the bar looking at me. When my eyes met his he smiled.
I smiled and quickly looked away. I could feel he was still looking at me. I wanted to die. I snuck a look out of the corner of my eye, yeap still looking. Was I being stalked? How long had he been sitting across the bar? Was he behind me when I came in? What if he was going to follow me when I left.
I got the courage to look over properly again, only he was gone. I sighed and took a long sip of my drink.
"You know when I saw you walk in the bar, I thought you would have ordered a Angel's Delight." A smooth male voice said.
I looked up to see the same guy from across the bar sitting next to me looking right in to my eyes.
"Really?" I said sipping my drink for confidance. "Maybe I should have ordered a devil's decoy." I said smugly drinking my drink again slirping not realiseing it was empty.
I looked at the man. Who was signalling to Jimmy for two more drinks. He looked back at me and smiled.
Maybe I'd had too much to drink, but he was definitely handsome. His smile was massive, his teeth were perfectly white. His eyes blue and full of happiness, his hair was a 'modern Mohawk' that people supported these days when actual Mohawks were seen as incorrect.
I shook my head and looked away when I realise I was staring. As I took a deep breath Jimmy put the drinks on the bar.
"Then again there's nothing wrong with a long island ice tea." He smirked as he took a sip of his beer.
I stared at his smile again the laughed and looked away putting my hand around the back of my neck as I looked down.
"I'm sorry, I'm you're type of company." I said looking at the bar matts.
"My type of company?" he laughed. "And what type of company am I meant to be keeping."
I felt a piece of hair get tucked behind my ear, I jumped and pulled back.
"You don't even know my name, your not going to give me any chance at all?" he said smoothly.
"You can say all the nice things you want, my heart left town a long time ago." I laughed drinking some more.
"I don't want you're heart," he laughed.
"Sorry I'm a nun."
"I don't want sex either." He laughed. "What to you say we start again."
I looked at him he smiled. So handsome. But no one was trustable. The fact that he was cute made him even more dangerous.
"I'm Mike." He said holding out his hand.
I looked at it for a second.
"Bailey." I said reluctantly grabbing a hold of his firm masculine hand.
"Do you come here often Bailey?" he asked.
"Most nights." I smiled. "I have never seen you here before."
"Yeah, I'm not from New York." He smiled.
"Where are you from?"
"Ohio." He said proudly.
"Oh, nice I'm actually from California." I paused, and they have nothing to do with each other." I laughed.
"It's ok." I smirked. "Why New York?" he asked.
It was a fair question, why would I live in new york when I have fresh air and beaches on the other side of the country.
"Life decisions lead me here." I said honestly. "I kind of like being invisible." I said with out thinking.
"I don't know how you could ever pass as invisible." He flirted.
"It's New York." I said sarcastically. "I don't mind I like it like that." I smiled swirling my straw again.
A few moments went by, I could feel him continuously watching me.
"Man, I'm starving can I buy you something to eat?" He asked so overly hopeful. Although I would probably never even think of him again once he realizes I'm not what he wants then walks away I still didn't want to break his heart.
"Sure." I smiled, "there's a taco bell a few blocks back." I suggested.
"Bailey, is this guy bothering you?" Jimmy said leaning on the bar in between us.
I thought about it for a second, I could get out of this right now but he wasn't doing any harm he was being quite nice, and he was incredibly good looking, it's not like I had friends but that was my choice, since my life went down hill three years ago I hadn't let any body in and I hadn't let any thing out. Why couldn't I bend my own rules? Why should I bend my own rules, I'm only going to get hurt.
I looked at Jimmy and smiled. "I'm fine thanks, Jimmy."
"Just be careful." He smiled. "I would hate to lose my most valued customer." He said and walked off.