It had been two days since Nikki had endured the dream of what she could gather was a past life, either that or she had one hell of an active imagination. Things since then had returned to normal, she worked at Rousseau's when she was shifted to, sometimes doing the early shift whilst Cami did the late shift or she did the late and Cami the early. The two of them where the only female bartenders left after Jane-Ann had died a few days earlier, neither of the cousins knew what had happened to Jane-Ann, she had been fine the last they saw of the girl. But the cousins were quickly learning that asking questions was out of the equation, not many people liked to voice their opinions on things, instead liked to live in the knowledge of not knowing something that happened right under their sniveling noses.
What made it worse was Jane-Ann's sister Sophie worked at Rosseau's as well in the kitchen as the cook, every day the cousins had to see the pain she was in, even underneath the facade Sophie wears every day. Nikki knew Sophie better than her cousin, due to her living in New Orleans longer but she didn't know Sophie that well, she knew her and her sister Jane-Ann had a lot of secrets. Secrets people like Nikki had no place knowing.
"Are you sure about this"
Nikki sighs and places the last bottle on the shelf before turning to see her cousin leant on the bar, a pleading look in her eyes. She was going on a date and wanted her youngest cousin to rescue her. Nikki would have laughed and done just that if it wasn't for the fact that Cami hadn't been on a date in almost a year and Nikki was concerned that the poor girl had forgotten how fun they could be.
"Go, yes he may be a bad boy but you never know you might enjoy yourself"
"I know but.." Cami sighs
"No buts Missy, i can cover your shift here, god knows i have nothing better to do" Nikki shrugs "Just go and have fun"
"Okay just one date" Cami nod's, her resolve caving under her cousins glare "And i promise i'll take your shift on Saturday to pay you back"
"You do that, now go and have some fun" Nikki laughs "If you're back before me, stay up and tell me all about it"
The two cousins hug before Cami leaves the bar and Nikki chuckles turning back to cleaning the glasses humming along to the jazz song playing softly in the back ground.
"A whiskey when your ready love" A British voice sounds from behind her a couple of minutes later.
Nikki sighs steeling herself for dealing with a foreigner and grabs the tumbler turning around and placing it in front of the guy without looking at him and reaches over to grab the whiskey and pours it into his glass.
"Will that be all" she asks kindly, her eyes trained on his shoulder.
It wasn't that she hated foreigners but ever since she moved here two years ago they were always the ones that hit on her, leered at her as though she was a piece of meat. She could handle herself but no woman needed to know how strong a man could become when his ego and a shit ton of alcohol was involved.
"I'd like to see the face of the girl who is serving me" he replies with a smugness to his voice that only the British could produce.
Nikki lifts her head and her brown eyes lock on a pair of dark blue eyes that widen slightly as they stare back at her. She breaks the eye contact and looks over the man in front of her, he was defiantly British, he had pale skin, fair colored hair a strong jaw and a sense of danger pouring from every pore of his body. As Nikki continues to stare she realizes she had seen his face before, two nights ago in her dream. She takes a startled step back and begins to breathe heavily.
"Are you okay Nikki" Sophie asks rushing over to where Nikki is stood.
"Yeah" She nods steeling her breath "Just a sharp pain in my head. It's probably nothing"
Sophie looks over at the younger girl and then over to the man sitting at the bar, she knew who he was of course but she just couldn't help but wonder why seeing his face had caused the girl in front of her to drop ten shades of color in her face and her breathing to become so erratic Sophie was scared that Nikki was about to have a heart attack.
"If you're sure" Sophie says deciding to drop the issue and instead keep a close eye on the pair "I'll be in the kitchen if you need me"
Nikki nods and thanks the older woman before reaching over for a new glass, she pours herself a scotch and downs it quickly. Once the bitter burn fades from her throat she looks over at the man again to see him watching her silently, his eyes taking in every one of her movements, if it wasn't for the fact she'd seen him in a dream she would have thought it creepy, but then again creepy seems to be the main item on the menu recently.
"Sorry about that" Nikki sighs deciding to be the one to start a conversation, he'd never come back if he thought one of the bartenders was crazy
"No need to apologize love" he replies his lips lifting a little at the side "You can't predict things like that happening"
"I might have lied a little to Sophie" she shrugs earning a chuckle from the man "Its just you look like someone I've seen before"
"Likewise" he replies before downing his whiskey
Nikki reaches over and fills his glass before walking down the bar to where another patron is waiting and serves him.
The rest of the night is passed in orders, drunken men and Nikki watching the man out of the corner of her eye discreetly. He doesn't make a move to talk to her again and she doesn't to him, she just serves him his drink, or replaces the whiskey bottle and carries on with her duties. He leaves just before the bar closes leaving $300 on the bar to pay for his tab, as she watches him walk out the door she lets out a deep breathe and leans back against the bar.
"You sure you're okay" Sophie asks coming over to Nikki as the last few patrons dwindle out
"I'll tell you in a minute"
The two of them kick out the rest of the patrons and as Nikki locks the door and turns to look at Sophie she sees the woman leant against the bar pinning Nikki with a look that leaves no room for argument.
"I had a dream the other night" Nikki begins
"What kind of dream" Sophie asks
As Nikki tells Sophie about her dream and about how the man at the bar was featured in it she watches Sophie's face closely and can see fear pass over the woman's features as she stares back. Once the tale is finished Nikki throws back her glass of scotch and waits for Sophie to say something.
"That isn't possible?" Sophie murmurs more to herself
"Tell me about it" Nikki sighs and cleans the glasses
"Stay away from him Nikki" Sophie pleads grabbing Nikki's hands "Him and his brother are bad news"
"I wasn't exactly going to shack up with him Soph, after all it was only a dream"
"I know but please promise me"
"Fine i promise, i'll stay away from him and his brother, whoever the hell his brother is"
Sophie nods accepting Nikki's words and the two of them work in silence to clean the bar before closing up and leaving for the night. As Nikki walks back to her and Cami's apartment she can't help but feel as though someone is watching her. She speeds up her walking and almost falls into the apartment due to the force in which she opened the door. Once she's locked the door she turns and screams as she sees Cami stood there.
"Nikki?" Cami asks concerned.
"Long night cousin, i'll tell you about it in the morning, same as wanting to hear about your night"
"You sure"
"Yeah" Nikki nods and walks over to give her cousin a hug "Night Cuz"
"Night"
END NOTE - Not a big fan of this chapter but it kind of wrote itself. SO yeah i know it's shit but please let me know what you think.
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