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How About That Rain Check
The next night
Pogue reevaluated his thoughts and had decided not to pursue the bartender. He came to New York to get away from his girl trouble not add another girl to the list. But that didn't stop him from going back.
He came in just in time to see Flame start to dance on the bar. The place was packed and the crowd was singing along as 'One way or another' played through the stereos.
He was moving his way through the crowd when he caught a glimpse of some guy with a mischievous smirk looking intently at Flame moving closer to the bar. Pogue tried to push his way threw as he saw the guy wrap his hand around Flame's ankle. He watched as she tried to laugh it off and jokingly tell the guy to get off but he didn't.
Pogue finally reached the bar and grab the guy by the shoulder and moved forward. "Hey babe, sorry I'm late traffic was a bitch" he said looking up at her
"No problem, I kind of figured so I saved this seat for you" she smiled knowing what he was doing.
Pogue turned and glared at the guy behind him and watched as the guy started trailing back into the crowd.
"Well didn't you just come in the neck of time" she smiled at him. "You just got yourself a drink on the house"
Pogue just nodded grateful for the drink and turned to scan the packed bar.
"Here you go hot stuff" he heard from behind him but noticed it wasn't Flame's voice. He turned to see a guy behind him with a t-shirt that said 'Guys do it better'.
"I saw what you did for Flame aren't you just the gentleman" the guy winked
Pogue cleared his throat uncomfortably and looked around for Flame.
"I'm Justin, in case you're wondering"
"Uh, where's Flame?"
"O she's over there taking tables" Justin said leaning in a little closer.
"Um thanks…I think I'm going to uh go speak to her real quick" Pogue said quickly putting his beer down.
He got up to turn when Justin caught his wrist. "You know if you ever decide to switch lanes Flame has my number."
He tried to play it cool as he noticed the other people surrounding the bar were looking.
He laughed awkwardly "Even if I did go that way, you wouldn't want me I've been told I'm an extremely jealous person"
"I'm sure I can handle" Justin said licking his lips
Pogue's eyes widened as he almost tripped over the leg of the stool and quickly sauntered his way threw the bar in search of Flame.
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"What would you like" Flame said to the people at the table.
"I know what I want" she felt a hand slide against her arm "I'm Mike by the way"
Flame turned around and raised an eyebrow seeing it was the guy from the bar earlier.
"Good know I got the name to go with the face of jerk who couldn't keep his hands off when I file the harassment report"
"O come on, you were staring right at me"
"Its part of the show" she scoffed
"You know that we had something. Then that asshole of yours came. I should have just taken care of him then sent him on his way"
"Funny you weren't saying that when he was standing next to you"
"If he came right now I'd do it"
"Well then how about you turn around" Flame looked passed Mike's shoulder to find Pogue standing behind him with narrowed eyes
Flame stood between them and put a hand on both of them "Look how about we just forget about it and not do anything stupid"
"Sure no problem, nothing stupid" Mike said as he started to turn around but then twisted back and punched Pogue in the face.
Pogue quickly recovered and sent a punch twice as hard towards Mike and Mike fell on top of the table.
Mike tried to get up but ended up slipping on the glass that fell on the floor. Pogue was about to go back after him but Flame grabbed his bicep. He turned towards her as she saw Meg coming out with a bat.
"Your going to get kicked out anyway so how about that rain check" she said.
Pogue just nodded as they made their way towards the exit.
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They walked in silence for awhile before Pogue spoke up. "I thought you were the bartender"
"I am but we were short tonight so I had to fill in and Justin was running the bar"
"Yea that guy caught me off guard; he tried to ask me out"
"Yea I know, I told him to try" she smirked
Why didn't you tell him I'm not …you know"
"How was I supposed to know? We didn't really get a chance to talk. You're the one who wanted the rain check"
"So that was your way of getting me back"
"Why would I want to get you back? I don't even know you." She lightly chuckled.
"Well then how about I start with my name"
"Nope"
"Why not?"
"It's going to ruin the whole mysterious thing you have going for you"
"Mysterious" he laughed
"Yea" she smiled. "You don't need to learn mine either you can just call me Flame"
"Alright, but what are you going to call me?"
"Well you came to the rescued twice in one hour. I think it's safe to say you might just be my hero. So I'm going Batman"
"Batman? Why not Superman?"
"You might have the physical physique for it." She grinned as she looked him over. "But from the looks on that cut and bump on your head you're not impenetrable."
"Thanks for that by the way" she continued.
"No problem"
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They stopped at a bench and sat down.
"Let's play a game" she exclaimed
"What kind of game?"
"Well how about you tell me one thing about me from what you noticed in the past two nights"
He took a second to think about it and then answered "You've been dancing for years"
"How do you figure?" she grinned
"Yesterday during your routine out of all of them you looked the comfortable. It seemed natural to you"
She lightly laughed "You're right I have been dancing for years. That's one of the main reasons me and my parents don't get along. They wanted me to be a doctor but I couldn't, when I'm performing it's when I'm my happiest. I'd do it for life if I could"
"Why don't they want you to?"
"Dancing and singing aren't really looked at highly in the society I was raised in" she said dismissively
Pogue could tell she didn't really want to talk about it so he quickly changed the subject.
"So what did you notice about me?"
She thought for a moment before a grin grew on her face and answered "That as much as you try to hide it with your broody eyes and leather jacket you're kind of clumsy"
He looked at her for a second.
"I saw you trip off the stool"
He laughed. "That shouldn't count I felt like I was being trapped by your friend"
"Okay fine I have another one. You're a runner"
"Actually I'm a swimmer" he smiled
"No I meant from your problems"
"What makes you say that?"
"You came into the bar and said you had a girl problem. I know you're not from around here by looking at that fake id you showed me yesterday, so you must have left there to get away from her. By the way I know you're not a southerner, so you should really get your id fixed instead of saying you're from Texas." She laughed
He laughed too "You are not like most girls"
"Ah come on, that one's obvious" she joked and they started laughing all over again.
They sat on the benched and continued their little game for hours and didn't even realize it. For awhile Pogue forgot all about his problems with Kate that led him to New York in the first place.
"What time is it" Flame asked as she grabbed for her phone. "O my god its 3:30 in the morning
"Want me to drive you home?"
"Nah its okay my ride is at the bar" she said getting up dusting off her jeans from the dust on the bench. When she looked up Pogue was inches away from her.
"By the way, it's over. There is no girl anymore."
A grin graced her lips as she leaned closer to his face "Night Batman" she said before slowly backing away and walking back towards the bar
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