"What's up with you?" toms voice broke silence

"Nothing" Hal snapped the truth is he was angry at him self, angry for letting that girl make a fool of him and angry that now she wouldn't leave his head.

"Its just you've been whipping that table down for the last half hour" Hal's eyes dropped to the table, the bright blue had contracted a rather washed out circular patch where Hal had been scrubbing.

"sorry I'm just a little…, I'm not my self today" Hal's mind was already drifting his tone trailing off as his eyes glassed over once again

"com'on lets go down da pub have a drink" tom said with a lop sided smile eye brows raised which all ways gave him a half startled half dopey look

"alright" Hal was thankful for any distraction to say the least thus silly little girl would put him weeks behind in his recent progress with people, and the physical need he felt to run home sit in the fetal position and set up his dominos was unnerving.

As he pushed open the heavy metal door of the pub the smell of drink, body odour and cigarette smell almost made him gag, the sound of chatter and clinking glasses droned out by only by the wail of the karaoke singer and the pubs tellies which was airing some kind of sports race and has captured the attention of a few fat baled man waving their drinks in the sovereign cover hands.

"slobs" Hal mutter under his breath as he made his way across the thick sticky carpet towards the bar.

And that's when he saw her, he felt like he had been punched in the stomach all the blood rushed to his head and he could hear the pounding of his own heart his mouth felt dry and he could feel all this strength leaving him. She was were a plain black T shirt which was about 2 sizes to small resulting in her midriff showing, her dark hair was in a bun and her lips pushed in to a pout

"hello again" she smiled, that smile really didn't help Hal's situation at all

"Hi" was all he could force out his mind was racing, what was she doing hear? How dare she be here? first she comes in to the café with out warning and now this? Hal could feel the arguer being replaced very fast by relief to see her again. She cocked her head to the side, her green narrowed eyes fixed on him, something about the way she was biting her lip my Hal feel as if he were about to faint.

"So what can I get you?"

"two…ummm beers if you would" Hal tried to get his head together if only she would stop looking at him like that. "So what brings you to pub work?" Hal's pathetic attempted at convocation was only to distracted from the fact he couldn't physical take his eyes off her, she seem almost more beautiful than he remember although her face head being in his mind all afternoon.

"um, a bit of extract crash and the company's good" she laughed nodding her head toward three old drunks slumbered in a corner as she poured the drinks.

"what's your name?" Hal asked as he handed over that changed oh god it didn't sound so desperate in his head

"oh no, just take them" she said interacting the drinks, "the boss is a dick head and I get my own back by given drinks to people I like ands its Lizzy" she said pointing down at her name badge with a smile

"so you like me?" Oh god that really did sound desperate even in his head

"good bye Hal"

"How did you know my name?"

She laughed lent right over the counter till their faces were almost touching so close Hal could feel her cold breath on his face and smell her perfume, tapping his name badge she smiled one last time, spun around and disappeared through a door labelled "staff only"

It took Hal several seconds to register what happened and that half the beer was now over his hands.

"Lizzy" his murmured

Later that night as Hal lay in bed replaying that nights events over and over and as he dream he saw her, Lizzy the beautiful girl with dark hair and green eyes.