she walked in like she owned the place
she may have
how in hell would i know the difference
she came over sat at the table next to me and stared at me like i was some kind of stain on the chair cushion
she pulled out a pack of smokes and carefully tapped one out
she held the pack towards me
i hesitated
it had been a long time since i had one of those but they still called out to me
occasionally in dreams i still smoked and woke up with the taste of stale smoke on my breath
what the hell
i nodded and she tapped one out for me as well
i grabbed the book of matches on the table and lit one and cupped it towards her
she leaned forward and as she lit the thing i got a pretty good eyeful of her
she was attractive
i would say she was my type but i could say that about pretty much any lady sitting next to me with a low cut top that was leaning over
i lit mine and blew out a cloud of blue smoke into the air
didn’t cough
felt proud about that
she blew out a cloud as well and just looked at me
so what do you do
i stared at the cigarette and thought for a moment
you could say i’m between things at the moment
she nodded and ordered herself a white wine and got me another glass of whiskey with a couple drips of water
thank you
she smiled and stared at me in a predatory way that was alarming and alluring in a single instance
my pleasure
i took a long drag and watched the bartender pour our drinks
i’m mike
she watched as i blew out the smoke
i know
that surprised me and smoke got into my eyes and i felt them water
she laughed as i rubbed them
you don’t remember me, do you mike
oh shit
i tried to casually search my mind for where we had met before but if there were a bell, i’d be damned if i could ring it
it’s okay
but i could see it wasn’t, not really
i’m sorry
she laughed at that and our drinks arrived and she took a nice long drink as i tried to recall where we would have met
you’re not sorry
i really wasn’t
more surprised than anything
last week, we met here
that didn’t help
i’m here a lot
she nodded and put out her smoke and tapped a fresh one out
i know, you told me
seems i told you a lot
she shook her head no
not really, you just sort of rambled on about nothing
sounds like me
she laughed again
i liked her laugh and what it did to her low cut blouse
you had me laughing the entire evening
that doesn’t sound as much like me
she laughed again
i was on a roll
we didn’t
she looked shocked
you don’t remember
sure, sure, it’s just
no, we didn’t
i didn’t think so
now finish your drink
why, what’s the hurry
you told me you don’t do that on the first date
that is definitely something i would say
well this is our second date
i felt the blush creep up my cheeks and it wasn’t from the whiskey
i don’t even know your name
she raised an eyebrow
if you can do half the things you said the other night i’ll remind you
turns out her name was lillie
my second favorite flower
😁
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