the day dream

10:45 PM

Once again, another Thursday night in the city. I walk in knowing already the faces I'm going to see but only one stands out from the rest of them...damn, that bartender. Knowing me, I rushed to the side of the bar where she's at, trying to make eye contact, waiting for her and only her to come to me. Two girl friends, one on each side of me telling me what they want to drink but she sees them, then sees me. Nothing. They leave after I tell them "I got you" and that's when she starts to make her way towards me. As fast as they left, she came up to where I'm standing, leans across the bar and waits for me to yell in her ear, "Three shots of patron, one redbull/vodka, and one corona." She smiles, nods and turns around to grab the drinks. As I wait, my eyes scans the crowd that's here tonight..."nah he bootsie, ew she ugly, damn are you foreal?" type shit running through my head. Acting like I wasn't paying attention to her at all, she suddenly appears with my drinks and screams, "16 dollars!" I throw down the money, leave her a tip, turn and shove my way through the crowd.

12:30 AM

Dancing my life away with a drink in my hand, it looks blue so I'm assuming an AMF. Music is starting to change, I feel the DJ mixing his way out of "don't stop believing..." and towards "please don't stop the music". Urgh, ofcourse. Now I need a stog. I force my way through the piss infested hallway that leads to the back where I can get some kind of fresh air. Great, a dead end. I just trapped myself with a bunch of dudes. I quickly pull out a cigarette, spark it, and inhale ever so deeply. Oh how I wish this was weed right now. Then, without a warning, I was already wishing for something else. Her, she was standing right there, leaning against the rail smoking with three other guys. Wow, what in the hell is she doing out here? So I just stood there, smoking casually, meeting her gaze a couple of times. She then leans towards the big guy to her right and tells him something. Fuck, was I staring? No way, I was making sure I wasn't! Oh no, oh no, she's slowly walking towards me. I'm totally getting flustered, hella shit going through my head and...and...it's too late, she's here, right in front, staring straight at me.

The Conversation

"Hey."
"Uh, hey."
"You come here a lot huh?"
"I guess so, you work here right?"
"Please, you know the answer to that."

Suddenly I hear someone calling my name. Dammit! It's my co-worker telling me she's going on break.

To be continued...tonight.