"I'd invite you to join me for a drink, but I don't know if I could break Freddies heart like that!" Jon laughed as the pair re-entered the bar, Max furrowed her brow in confusion, "Oh, don't look at me like that! He practically jumped down my throat when I sat in your seat just now!"
"Well, now I feel like I'm gonna have to join you for a drink, otherwise I'd be the one doing the heart breaking," She let out a sarcastic sigh as she shook her head, following Jon to a table, "so you'll just have to put up with me by the looks of it!"
"Alright, alright… Would you like a drink?" He asked her, she reached towards her bag to get her purse "don't worry about that doll, just tell me what you'd like."
"Oh, just another beer then please" As Jon walked away Max grabbed her phone.
Max: OMG, just met the cutest guy in the bar. WHAT DO I DO
she hurriedly typed and sent it to Jenna, within seconds she had a reply
Jenna: Picture proof please hun? Just have fun, you're only there for a couple more days!
She quickly chucked her phone back in the bag as Jon returned with a tray, 4 beers and 2 shots were placed in between the pair as he sat back down.
"I always buy two at a time, saves on making two trips," he explained, as Max glanced over the bottles and glasses "and the shots, are just because it's Saturday, I figured that if you had anything better to do, you'd be doing it instead of sitting in a bar with a complete stranger"
Max took a long swig of her beer "Well, I should be working, but sitting in a bar with a complete stranger completely trumps that right now!"
"I'll cheers to that!" Jon put his bottle in the air and the clang of the bottles pulled attention to the pair as they laughed "What do you do then, Max?"
"Nuh-uh, not talking about work! It's the bane of my life! Shot?" Max picked up her shot and drank it in one, instantly regretting it at sambucca filled her throat. Apparently her face mirrored the disgust she was feeling because Jon cracked up as he drank his. He stood up motioning for Max to follow him, she wasn't sure why but as his eyes poured in to her she knew it was where she wanted to be, he grabbed both of the drinks they had left in one hand, her hand in his other and pulled her out of the bar in to the swimming pool area. They sat dangling their feet in the cool water and talked for a while just small talk about films and music before there was a lull in the conversation and the real talking began.
"So, Jonny-boy, what is it you do for a living?"
"Nope! If we aren't talking about what you do, then we sure a hell aren't talking about what I do!" he grinned, his smile captivated Max, almost as much as hers captivated him. As she giggled it was all Jon could do not to kiss her.
"Hmm, okay then. So what brings you to the big apple?" she asked trying to trick him
"Work and that's all I'm telling you! Anymore and I think you'd be able to figure it out. What about you? Just work? Or..?"
"Nah, I got here a week and a half ago, works almost finished then I'm on to the next project, my best friend's coming out to visit with her son and that tomorrow though. There's some wrestling thing going on on Monday apparently that her son want's to go to, I dunno."
"You're a wrestling fan?" He almost scoffed, Max was having a tough time reading Jons reaction, whether he was annoyed, or found it funny.
"Nah, I haven't got the first clue about it, it's never really been interesting to me, but James is obsessed with it… Since I'm in town, it's been so long since I've seen Jenna and James's birthday is coming up, we decided to go along, hey, fancy walking me back to my room?" Max got up, Jon followed, nodding his head
"I see! Well, that explains what you're doing Monday night, what about tomorrow? I hope I'm not jumping the gun, but I'd like to see you again and it's not like I've got very long to make that happen?" Max giggled, she'd tried so hard to play it cool for the last couple of hours, but as the alcohol flowed it was getting more and more difficult.
"I'd love that, but I'm going out for drinks with Jenna tomorrow night for a catch up and THAT is non negotiable, I'm afraid." Max was almost as disappointed saying the words as Jon was hearing them, he wasn't about to give up though. Especially as they were already stood at her hotel room.
"Before then? Have a drink with me before?" He pleaded, not that he needed too, Max was already hooked.
"Deal, I'll be here working all day, so just come get me any time after 3" she beamed, tip toeing to reach his cheek on which she planted a kiss before turning and entering her hotel room, shutting the door behind her. Leaving Jon stood in an empty hall way, leaning his forehead against the door and Max planted face first on the sofa both beaming at the events of the evening.