Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters and the song used in this story. The song is called "Sunflower" by Post Malone and Swae Lee. It's the main inspiration for this story and I hope you'll enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Someone took a big L, don't know how that felt
Lookin' at you sideways, party on tilt
Ooh-ooh, some things you just can't refuse
The soft drums and synthesized horns of the song echoed around the room. The beautiful melodies and harmonies calmed the wild atmosphere, but it did not stop the swaying body.
His hand gripped the glass full of mojito as the girls surrounded him. Andy Flynn smiled as they slowly swayed their hips to the song, they had their backs turned toward him. He placed his glass on the table and grasped one of the girl's waist and swayed with her. The girl turned around and grabbed his head towards, only then he heard the people that surrounded them was screaming '5 seconds', he smiled at the obviously intoxicated girl and kissed her then heard the counting starts. When the counting stopped, he released of the girl and went back to their table. He bumped fist with his friend and chuckled. As per usual, the spontaneous kissing with a stranger could not be avoided since the bar was famous for that.
"Look at that woman," his friend, Louie Provenza pointed at the far side of the bar which have more lights. He could see a woman behind a laptop where a bunched of tissue was placed underneath the laptop and the sides, his guessed was to avoid the gadget from getting wet. She was holding papers while typing. He could see the half-empty glass of cocktail in front of her.
He raised an eyebrow. She must be a student but what the hell is she doing there if she is not going to enjoy it. A man leaned to the her, he must have said something funny to her seeing she was giggling. She is probably with her friends alright, he thought. A woman like her would never step in bar without her friends.
His feet were itching to go there, he wanted to know what she was doing in a bar doing those paperworks. He excused himself to his friends, he walked straight to the woman he was not stopped by the other women in the bar. He had one goal and that is to know who the mysterious woman is. He left his friends open-mouthed it was unusual for Andy to approach a woman in the bar since the women would always come to him first.
He sat beside her seeing it was empty. He clasped his hand and gently placed it on the table.
"Yes," she drawled placing the papers on top of the laptop and returned the stare. It was not the first time someone approached her, but she always rejected them. She was there because she wanted to get drunk and have fun, she was not there to entertain some horny drunk men.
"I'm just wondering, what a woman like you doing in bar with laptop and papers?" Andy said as his eyes ran over form. She was dressed for the place, he tried not swallow hard as his eyes lingered on her cleavage. He forced his eyes back up and smiled. Sharon noted that he was not drunk. His eyes were not droopy, yet. He just does not look like drunk and that made her reply to him.
"Well, I'm doing our research because my friends thought it would be fun to forget about it for just few hours, but, our mocked defense will be on Monday and we still had a lot to do," she explained as she continued to study him. A hand came out of nowhere and shut the laptop, then it disappeared before they could even react.
"Your twenty minutes is up, it's time for you to have some fun," the man said as he put away the laptop and papers. She sighed and rubbed her temples. She picked up her glass and emptied it like it is just a water.
Andy gaped at her when she drank the full glass of cocktail, she must be a heavy drinker if she can drink like that. It struck him that he had not introduced himself yet.
"I'm Andy, by the way," he offered his hand, she was about to shake it when the man took his hand and shake it.
"Nice to meet you Andy, I'm Gavin," he introduced chuckling at the surprised look of Andy. Andy threw a look at the woman asking for help. Albeit, he had accepted gays it was still a struggle to him when it comes to conversing with them. The woman gave him a small smile before replying.
"I'm Sharon," she said. Sharon threw a warning look at Gavin before shaking her head when he just smirked at her, "straight or..."
"Straight," he answered. He smiled cheekily at Gavin, "sorry Gavin," he apologized.
"No, I was just playing with you. I know you're straight the moment you went to this woman," he said pointing at Sharon. He gave him a wink to which Andy replied with a grin. Gavin excused himself leaving the two of them. When he left, Andy felt like he had already met Gavin. Moreover, the name Sharon was familiar to him. There was a famous Sharon in their campus and Andy felt like it is her.
"Sharon what?" Andy watched as she poured her glass again, she offered him, but he already had enough alcohol and he wants to remember this night, and Sharon. He could not do that if he drinks some more. They have been drinking for almost four hours.
"Sharon O'Dywer. " He closed his eyes briefly, he knew it. She was the daughter of Judge O'Dwyer and a CEO of a company. She was taking political science and if Andy was not mistaken, she's only second year but the way her name left the professors mouth from that faculty, she must be smart.
"You're that Sharon," he said with recognition.
He knew her but she couldn't be bothered by it. She felt her head starting to get fuzzy, he's attractive. Sharon let her eyes wander over his body, her hand itched to touch his broad shoulders, his shirt was pulled tight across his chest. She quickly reverted her eyes from his body before drinking again. Her head was starting to get fuzzy.
"If you knew my name then we must be in the same Campus," a smile was playing on her lips.
Andy had noticed the way her eyes ran over his body; he had the sudden urge to flex in front of her and show off, but he did not do it. He studied her features; she had a faint blush on her cheeks from the alcohol. Her eyes were already glassy, but it made her emerald eyes shine more. Her wavy hair which made her softer yet sexy at the same time. Her glossy red plump lips tempting him to kiss her. She's a goddess.
"You know, it's rude to stare," Sharon said as he continued to stare at her. Her head bowed when she felt her cheeks turned red.
"I could not help it when a beautiful woman like you is in front of me," he smiled at her demureness.
"How many women from this bar received that from you?" Sharon was flattered but she knew he must have said that to all the women in the bar, what could the men do in a bar than getting a woman.
"I'm only here to have fun and enjoy, you're the first woman I talked to, " he answered as if reading her mind. He wasn't lying when he said. Beside from the occasional 5 seconds of kissing some random woman and dancing, he never had conversation with any of them. He might like the bar, but he does not like to sleep around like his friends do.
Somehow, she believed him. Maybe not all men go to bar wanting to get laid or worst she has a girlfriend.
"Are you single?" she asked staring at him as if she could see his soul.
"I am. I would not be here if I'm not." She nodded in relief and smiled at him. She was scared someone will approach her because her boyfriend talked to her. She emptied her drink and announced, "I feel like dancing," she stood up and rearranged her dress.
Andy's mouth opened as he saw the way her black dress clinging to her curves, she combed her hair with her fingers before walking away from the table but not without throwing him a look. He looked at her giggling friends asking if he could follow her, but they only winked at him which was an approval.
Andy smiled and rubbed the top of his upper lip as he followed her. He glanced around the room he was not surprised at the eyes that's following her, he felt a sudden possessiveness over her. He sent silent a prayer to Judge O'Dwyer not to kill him for being near his daughter or for whatever happens tonight.
The men were starting to crowd her when he stood behind her and stared at them, they backed off. She was not his but he's not going to give her to just anyone. Clearly, she was already tipsy because this Sharon was way different from the Sharon who showed her demureness at his compliment earlier.
Her hips were swaying along with the music, she had a smile on her face which he could not take his eyes off. She was so carefree now. She was dancing with the other women then he saw her friends joined her.
Andy was keeping a respectable distance even if he was already itching to wrap her in his arms. When a song came on with a wild beat, a lot of people came to the center to dance making Sharon moved back to him. He had thought she would stop dancing, but she did not. He swallowed a groan as he felt something coming alive from the mere feel of her round bottom swaying side to side.
Her hand wrapped around his wrist and placed it on her waist, his little control went away when he felt the softness of her stomach, he wrapped his both hands around her waist and swayed along with her. Their hips grinding together as he kept his hand on her waist.
Andy nosed her hair away from her neck and smelled her neck. Even if they were surrounded by the smell of alcohol and smoke his nose still caught the faint smell of vanilla and jasmine. Her head tilted to the side as an invitation, Andy wrapped his arms tighter around her, pulling her more to his front.
If she was letting him do this then she must be already drunk not just tipsy. But Andy could not careless anymore as placed a kiss on her neck and licked the spot. Before he could do more, Sharon turned around planted her lips on top of his.
Her hands wrapped behind his neck then he felt her tongue teased his mouth open. After the initial shock, Andy pulled her to him their tongues dueled, his hands wandering on her back. He could feel himself harden as he felt rather than heard a moan coming from her. His right hand came to her hair and held her tightly to him. The sudden need to breath broke them apart but Andy did not let her pull away completely. His hands were massaging her scalp as they try to regain their breath.
Andy stared at her face eyes close, her mouth was slightly open trying to get some air, her lips was swollen from their kiss, she's really a beautiful woman. He just wants to take her home and had his way with her, but he could not do that, and he would never do that unless they were a couple and not drunk.
When their breath returned to normal, Andy stepped away from her and guided her to their table, she was swaying on her feet, so he wrapped his hand around her waist. They were met by Gavin at the table, her other friends had their head bowed. He wondered how long they have been there.
"Her alcohol tolerance is not that good even them," Gavin chuckled pointing at the other girls. Andy guided Sharon to her sit, tucking her hair behind her ears as it keeps covering her face.
"Don't spread lies Gavin, I'm not drunk yet," she slurred at him. Andy had to bite his lip to keep from laughing.
"You all need a ride home?" He asked Gavin as he was the only one sober enough to decide. He still had no idea about the name of the other two ladies who was with them, but they can walk but it's not that straight. They gathered all their things, Sharon tried to stand up, but she fell back to the chair.
"Come on guys before this one black out completely," Andy said as he made Sharon stand up.
"I'm not going to black out and I can still walk on my own," Andy released her when she tried to walk but she was swaying on her feet and was about to fall when Andy caught her before she completely fell flat on her face. She was giggling as they walked outside the bar.
"God, this is so embarrassing," Gavin groaned as Sharon was being guided by Andy. All those times they went there, this is the first time that she did not control her alcohol intake.
"You're so handsome Andy and so nice," she slurred as he put her in the backseat along with the other girls. Andy went behind the wheel and started the car.
"What about your friends?" Gavin asked as they drove away from the bar.
"I'll send them a text later. Where are we going, by the way?" Gavin gave him the address. The drive was silent with occasional giggling of his passengers, he could hardly understand what they were talking about. Along the way, Sharon fell asleep in the backseat.
When they arrived in front of the City Tower Condominium, he had to carry Sharon to whomever condo unit they were at as Gavin could not do it. Gavin opened the door to let him in before guiding him to the bedroom.
"Just lay her there and we'll do the rest," Gavin instructed and left for the bathroom.
Andy stared at the sleeping woman, he run his fingers on her cheeks to her jaw. He dropped a kiss on her forehead before leaving the bedroom.
They thanked him for driving them home but not before giving him a card which he did not look at if they were just drunk and playing a game. Nevertheless, he put it in his pocket and left.
While in the car, Andy run his fingers through his hair studying the card they gave him. It has Sharon's name and number on it, he smiled and thanked them in his head. He was enamored by her, somehow, he'll find a way to pursue her. The taste of her lips still lingered on him, and the image of her after they had kissed was planted on his mind.
Or you'll be left in the dust
Unless I stuck by ya
You're the sunflower
You're the sunflower