Accidental Night with the Wrong Bartender

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d in my head, the m

uch, I just wanted to numb th

then another, until the noise in my

bar, heavy and relentless, and I

d kiss my best friend like I wasn't even there. Like I was invisible. Like the three

parate them while asking him for an e

t... Like he had been endur

it wasn't because she felt ashamed... No.

her, to show me what he mean

een a meant for h

.. Not only with his

chase after m

more tha

what Polly sa

bear being her for so long?" I repeated

rs wrapped loosely around a glass I hadn't paid for, staring at nothing i

rned to look at it... My eyes beg

nting me... Haven

der asked, already re

hinking, blinking

me? I was drinki

in... Why wo

the more I drank, the more

e sour bitter taste changing the taste

inside me... the part that always overthough

idn't want t

t was what s

keep my virginity until my wedding night... M

y he went for

t on living after my parents died too

s ti

any reason to

ess

d to the mask

the guests more masks to prevent th

be.

my eyes met his, a sly sm

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ber walking do

ng the hallway...

, thick, expensive, and also the way the lights above me bl

istant now, muffled, as it b

thing was ringing

oo much alcoh

I didn't drink m

glasses

more. All the doors looked the same... dark wood. I squinted my eyes... while

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was

o be it. O

new I had left the door open. S

shed the door, a

small smile appe

d in. I rested my head on the back of the door, strugg

messing

.. Sh

ting out a strange laughter as the door c

expensive... was it soap, maybe, or cologne? It didn't look like the sm

ound again... Bu

, a towel draped loosely around his wa

ght painfully

s...

yes trailing o

slow lines down his skin. My eyes trialed one... I watched it, until it disapp

hook my head. My lips were arched downwards into a fr

n't supposed to

ren't supposed

ty bartender a few minutes ago... This person before me just st

too far go

ce thick, unfamiliar even to my own ears. "I've been

eauty a little bit. Confusion flashed across

doing here?" His cold

at how cold

s he s

ready have a

his word, too, just like ever

blurred wi

to leave me j

rged again... It was vi

permission...my best friend's hand wrapped around a man I lo

ally p

gly to my ears. A sob left my lip

ing at the handsome bartender, my chest heavy. "Al

denly moved, covering t