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The next night I had to work, seven to midnight. I didn't like working much longer after that because that's when all the creeps started coming to the bar. The usual crowd was milling around the place, I was behind the bar doing what I normally do. I was surprised the hired me considering I wasn't experienced at all in bar-tending.

"Can I get a gin and tonic?"

I turned to find Collin sitting there, "Coming right up."

I poured him his drink and then he recognized me, "Thanks for showing me where to find the peanut butter."

I laughed, "I'm glad I could help you. Is there anything else I can get for you?"

"An order of humus sounds good." he smiled setting down the bar menu. I nodded and disappeared to go his humus which was freshly made every day and served with amazing pita chips.

"There you go. Enjoy. Let me know if you need anything else." I smiled.

"When does your shift end?" he asked.

"Midnight." I replied.

He looked at the clock, "That's in fifteen minutes."

"Yeah why?" I asked. This guy was impossibly cute but I didn't want to launch right into another relationship. I had just gotten out of one, I needed some time to pick up the pieces.

"Let me buy you a drink and then see to it that you get home safely." he smiled.

"I'm good. I've walked home thousands of times before." I laughed.

He frowned, "That's extremely unsafe especially for a young woman like you."

This guy was making me blush like I was in the sixth grade again. I smiled, "You don't even know where I live."

"That's why I would make sure you got there safely. Besides you can't live too far from here if you walk. I need the exercise anyway." he laughed.

By then end of my shift Collin as promised bought me a drink, "Bartender please get this young lady a drink!"

The bartender who worked after me was a good friend of mine, "What can I get for you?"

"Just a Coke would be fine." I rolled my eyes at Nico. He was a good friend of mine and a lot of the times I could actually end up talking to him about my problems. In turn he'd invite me over to his house for Italian food and movies with his boyfriend Will.

"So Thalia, what made you want to become a bartender?" Collin asked.

"This is just until I get my photography business in order." I shrugged. My phone rang and Luke's picture flashed across the screen.

"Do you need to take that?" Collin asked curiously.

I shook my head, "No, it's not important."

I finished my drink and as he promised Collin made sure that I arrived home safely, "We live in the same building."

"I guess we do." I smiled.

"Would you allow me to walk to your door?" he asked. I nodded and we headed towards the elevator. Collin walked me to my door.

"Well I guess this is goodnight." Collin smiled.

"Goodnight Collin." I smiled. He kissed my hand.

"Can I see you tomorrow?" he asked.

I nodded, "I'll order pizza."

"Sounds wonderful." he grinned, "Goodnight Thalia."

After Collin disappeared down the hall I walked into my own apartment and found Luke sitting in the living room.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"I came to get my things and then I heard you outside so I thought I'd just say hi." he smiled sheepishly.

I rolled my eyes, "Get you shit and get out."

Luke stood from the couch, "Who was he?"

I raised my eyebrows, "Why would you care? You're the one who wanted to see other people. I figured that it was stupid to dwell when you moved on so quickly. How's Kelli?"

"She's good." Luke muttered.

"Get your shit and get out." I sighed. Luke's jaw was tight and I had to admit he looked extremely angry. He picked up the box of his things and headed towards the door.

"Have a nice life Thalia." he said before opening the door.

"You can't be mad at me for doing exactly what you did. You seem to forget that you had Kelli lined up before you even broke up with me." I called before he closed the door.

The next morning I met Annabeth at the mall. She had decided to bring Percy with to give us a guy's opinion on things. I told Annabeth about the previous night.

"He's jealous already." Annabeth laughed as she held up a slinky black dress, "Would you wear something like this?"

I shrugged, "I'd have to try it on. He was extremely angry with me when he left."

Percy handed me a blue dress, "I can't believe he did that to you."

"It happens. I hope Kelli makes him miserably happy." I laughed.

"You're so cool about it though. I wouldn't ever consider breaking up with Annabeth after we've dated for so long." Percy shook his head.

I laughed, "Well Luke made his choice. I can't dwell on it forever."

She moved on. I couldn't manage to wrap my mind around the fact that Thalia had moved on. I guess that's what I had wanted but I had thought for sure it would take her a couple months. Maybe that only happens in the movies.

Kelli was already at my apartment, "Where were you, your shift ended hours ago?"

"I had to run a few errands." I shrugged and grabbed a beer from the fridge.

"Don't lie to me I can smell Poison by Dior. You were with her weren't you?" she asked.

"I went to go get my stuff from her apartment." I shrugged, "She wasn't even there."

Kelli rolled her eyes and stormed out of the room, "You can sleep on the couch!"

She slammed the door and I sighed before flipping through channels to see if there was anything interesting on. I found the show Thalia and I used to watch on Friday nights. For some reason we had found it entertaining to watch Ancient Aliens on Friday and Ghost Adventures on Saturdays. Kelli was a fan of reality television. I couldn't even watch Impractical Jokers like I could with Thalia.

"What did I do?" I muttered. I've made the biggest mistake of my life. How was I going to get Thalia back?

Collin came around six and I had called for the pizza. Since I hang around with Nico so often I know where to order great Italian food from.

"What kind of movies are you into?" Collin asked.

"That entire wall of shelves over there is full of movies." I pointed to the shelves on the left side of the room. Collin instantly set off to find a movie and in a matter of minutes had pulled one of my favorites.

"I never would have pegged you for the horror movie genre." he smiled handing me The Rite.

"There's Disney movies mixed in there too." I laughed.

The pizza arrived shortly after I put the movie in the DVD player and Collin and I settled in on the red sectional. Halfway through movie Annabeth texted me and asked me how things were going. Well I guess you could say they were going pretty well. Collin put his arm around my shoulders pulled me closer.

"You didn't warn me that this movie was going to be this scary." he whispered.

"I didn't peg you for someone who gets scared easily." I whispered resting my head on his shoulder. Maybe I could see Collin and I going somewhere. He was definitely boyfriend material and he was British, that was a perk.