Relationships are an interesting thing. People will meet and have an instant connection and yet that same connection can fade away almost as fast as it started. Nothing with starting a new relationship is how expect it to be and the twist and turns are what keep everything interesting. They are funny in that way. Just keep in mind this isn't a love story.
"I'll have a whiskey ginger," He looked up from cutting limes and immediately noticed her piercing green eyes and auburn hair. He felt a smile come across his face that disappeared as quickly as it happened once he noticed what was going on.
"Oh uh I don't actually do that," he stammered. "I just kind of walk around and try not to get in the way." He laughed nervously, "but I'll grab the bartender for you."
She smiled at him, "okay awesome!" He laughed nervously and walked away. Usually when he interacted with customers he would just walk away and not actually help whoever came up to him. But she caught him off guard and he thought maybe he would have a shot. After all he did not blow it that badly with that first interaction.
He had only been working at the bar for a little over a month at this point and other than getting aggressively hit on by older women nothing to exciting really happened. He hadn't been home in a long time and when he came back he realized that most of his good friends left the small town that they grew up in just as he had so this limited his social options quite a bit. This job at the bar seemed like a blessing for not only his social life but also his liver. After being home for a few months he yearned for being back at school. When he thought about it he actually forgot what a hangover felt like. Even though most of his friends graduated and left just as he had he missed the opportunities college life offered and he knew he could always make new friends there if he had to. On top of that he was someone back there. In this small town he was just another forgotten face in someone's class photo hanging up on their wall. His love life wasn't really their either. He had been on and off with his long time college girlfriend for the past year and a half as much as he loved her he knew he messed up with her this last time and that chance to rekindle most likely was long gone. He did miss the rush of the single life though and who knows what would happen if he took a risk.
He sighed and grew tired of the pity party that he was throwing for himself. He walked up to the bartender, "hey there is this girl on the other side who wants a whiskey ginger, and she is kind of cute so if you could make her drink next you would really be helping me out here."
Jessica, the bartender, gave him that look that only a disapproving sister would give but reluctantly made the drink for him. After thanking her way more than he needed to, he brought the drink to the red head. "Here ya go," he said
"Thanks! Man you guys sure are fast here?" she said
"Yeah, Jessica is pretty good at keeping the drinks flowing." He knew he had to play it cool if he was going to get her number. "I'm Jason by the way."
"I'm Dayna" she said. She took the drink from the counter and walked away from the bar.
Jason was disappointed in the fact she decided to walk away until he saw her look back at him and smiled.
"I'm in," he thought.
