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not really watching the TV at all.
“ Ughh , I gotta get out!” She picked u p her cell off the coffee table. She hadn’t talked to her best friend Marissa since the morning of the funeral and be cause the two were also co-workers, Chloe dialed her friend with high hopes of being distracted by work-place gossip that she’d missed over the past few days.
“Hello?” Marissa answered.
“Hey,” Chloe didn’t attempt to disguise the relief in her voice. “it’s me. What are you doing?”
“Chloe! How are you doing ?”
“ Fine,” she winced at the pity in her friends tone. “ I’m going fucking stir crazy. You busy, wanna have a drink?” She crossed her fingers silently praying that Marissa was free.
“Hell yeah I wanna have a drink. Who’s car we taking?”
Chloe smiled her relief . She could always rely on Marissa to be there when she needed her. The two had been friends for years, and Marissa’s boisterous nature was the perfect compliment to Chloe’s more reserved attitude. “Do you just wanna meet me at that new Irish pub on main and seventh?”
“ Betcha I beat ya .” Marissa hung up and Chloe smiled to herself thankful that her best friend was always there when she needed her.
She touched up her make-up, and laced on some boots before checking on her mother and sneaking out the door. She left the TV on so that if her mother woke, she’d think Chloe was still zoning out on the couch.
Fifteen minutes later she pulled her silver car into the parking lot of the Irish pub and noted that Marissa had indeed beaten her to the bar. When she entered the establishment, Marissa waved to her from where she stood at the bar. She leaned casually against it, one hip jutted out in form fitting jeans while two men hovered over her, drooling over her low cut shirt and exposed ample cleavage.
As Chloe approached, Marissa let her eyes rove her friend disapprovingly before she whispered to one of the men then stepped away to meet Chloe. “Seriously? That’s what you’re wearing?”
Chloe’s brows shot up. She knew better than to be offended. “Sorry , I’m not really in the mood for male company right now.”
Marissa turned her eyes and plucked a pretzel from a bowl on the bar before popping it in her mouth and shrugging one slim shoulder. She turned to Chloe and smiled broadly before winking. “More for me.” Then she turned and sauntered back to her place at the bar with Chloe on her heels. “Sorry guys,” Chloe heard her offer, “ girl’s night only.”
“What?” One of the guys sounded genuinely offended. “Come on baby. Two men, two ladies, what’s the problem?”
Chloe smirked, she knew Marissa was a huge fan of the opposite sex, but nothing turned her friend off more than a pushy guy. She watched as Marissa turned abruptly to the man that had remained silent. She stepped close and pressed her body into his. “Well if he’s gonna pout, then I’ll take your number.”
The guy jerked his wallet out of his back pocket and yanked out a business card as he smiled and handed it to Marissa. The other guy cursed under his breath and stomped off.
“I’ll call you.” Marissa kissed the guy on the cheek , leaving a smudge of red lipstick on his smiling face before she turned to Chloe, “Come on, we’ll grab a booth.” Marissa stopped to rap her knuckles on the bar, “Celeste, two bo ttles of Bud light please.” Then she followed Chloe to a booth by the window.
“I thought you said you haven’t been here before,” Chloe whispered staring at the bar tender as she grabbed the two requested bottles of beer from the cooler behind the bar.
“I haven’t.” Maris sa smiled broadly pulling a ten- dollar bill from her sequin purse and holding it out to the approaching bartender, “But I’m a fast friend.” She winked at the bartender, “Keep the change.”
Chloe accepted a bottle from her friend and took a sip
“ Ughh , I gotta get out!” She picked u p her cell off the coffee table. She hadn’t talked to her best friend Marissa since the morning of the funeral and be cause the two were also co-workers, Chloe dialed her friend with high hopes of being distracted by work-place gossip that she’d missed over the past few days.
“Hello?” Marissa answered.
“Hey,” Chloe didn’t attempt to disguise the relief in her voice. “it’s me. What are you doing?”
“Chloe! How are you doing ?”
“ Fine,” she winced at the pity in her friends tone. “ I’m going fucking stir crazy. You busy, wanna have a drink?” She crossed her fingers silently praying that Marissa was free.
“Hell yeah I wanna have a drink. Who’s car we taking?”
Chloe smiled her relief . She could always rely on Marissa to be there when she needed her. The two had been friends for years, and Marissa’s boisterous nature was the perfect compliment to Chloe’s more reserved attitude. “Do you just wanna meet me at that new Irish pub on main and seventh?”
“ Betcha I beat ya .” Marissa hung up and Chloe smiled to herself thankful that her best friend was always there when she needed her.
She touched up her make-up, and laced on some boots before checking on her mother and sneaking out the door. She left the TV on so that if her mother woke, she’d think Chloe was still zoning out on the couch.
Fifteen minutes later she pulled her silver car into the parking lot of the Irish pub and noted that Marissa had indeed beaten her to the bar. When she entered the establishment, Marissa waved to her from where she stood at the bar. She leaned casually against it, one hip jutted out in form fitting jeans while two men hovered over her, drooling over her low cut shirt and exposed ample cleavage.
As Chloe approached, Marissa let her eyes rove her friend disapprovingly before she whispered to one of the men then stepped away to meet Chloe. “Seriously? That’s what you’re wearing?”
Chloe’s brows shot up. She knew better than to be offended. “Sorry , I’m not really in the mood for male company right now.”
Marissa turned her eyes and plucked a pretzel from a bowl on the bar before popping it in her mouth and shrugging one slim shoulder. She turned to Chloe and smiled broadly before winking. “More for me.” Then she turned and sauntered back to her place at the bar with Chloe on her heels. “Sorry guys,” Chloe heard her offer, “ girl’s night only.”
“What?” One of the guys sounded genuinely offended. “Come on baby. Two men, two ladies, what’s the problem?”
Chloe smirked, she knew Marissa was a huge fan of the opposite sex, but nothing turned her friend off more than a pushy guy. She watched as Marissa turned abruptly to the man that had remained silent. She stepped close and pressed her body into his. “Well if he’s gonna pout, then I’ll take your number.”
The guy jerked his wallet out of his back pocket and yanked out a business card as he smiled and handed it to Marissa. The other guy cursed under his breath and stomped off.
“I’ll call you.” Marissa kissed the guy on the cheek , leaving a smudge of red lipstick on his smiling face before she turned to Chloe, “Come on, we’ll grab a booth.” Marissa stopped to rap her knuckles on the bar, “Celeste, two bo ttles of Bud light please.” Then she followed Chloe to a booth by the window.
“I thought you said you haven’t been here before,” Chloe whispered staring at the bar tender as she grabbed the two requested bottles of beer from the cooler behind the bar.
“I haven’t.” Maris sa smiled broadly pulling a ten- dollar bill from her sequin purse and holding it out to the approaching bartender, “But I’m a fast friend.” She winked at the bartender, “Keep the change.”
Chloe accepted a bottle from her friend and took a sip
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