"And what do you do for a living?" she asked as she casually propped an elbow up on the bar.
"I do data-base consulting work for several small companies in town," he replied.
"Computers...fascinating," she said. She smiled coyly at him while absent-mindedly fingering the long-stemmed wine glass.
"So, other than talking to strangers at bars, what exactly do you do?" he asked.
"Oh, this and that," she answered, knowing it was best to give a vague reply.
"Hmm....sort of an evasive answer, don't you think?" He smiled and watched her facial expressions.
"Evasive?—no. Vague, perhaps." She raised the inner corner of her eyebrow and flashed him a smile along with a flirty little tilt of the head. "My interests are sort of on a 'need to know' basis."
"Well then, I suppose I need to know. What exactly are your interests?" He slid his left hand onto the bar and ran his index finger lightly across the inside of her elbow.
"Let's cut to the chase. Do you mean, 'Am I interested in leaving this bar with you tonight?'" She grinned. "Honestly, you seem like a really nice guy, and I've enjoyed chatting with you, but no—I don't see us leaving together, if that is what you are hinting."
"Well, then obviously you don't really believe I'm that nice of a guy," he grinned and leaned toward her just a bit.
"You are nice enough," she said standing to her feet. "I'm just not looking for a one nighter." She slowly moved to stand behind his left shoulder and leaned over to whisper into his ear. "But if I were looking, you would definitely be leaving here lucky tonight," she purred softly. As she turned to walk away she made sure the tips of her breasts brushed against his arm.
He shifted slightly, leaning back to prolong the feeling of her tight tits against him as they slid across the back of his shoulder. He turned around and watched as she sauntered slowly toward the left-hand side of the room. "Damn little tease," he muttered to himself as he eyed the soft sway of her hips and felt the throbbing ache between his legs sharpen. She sat down at an empty table in the far corner of the smoky bar. Still he couldn't help but grin as he turned back around and dipped his hand into the pretzel bowl next to him.
She asked for a glass of red wine and sat with her legs crossed at the knee, smoothing the fabric of her blue silk dress while she waited for the server to return with her drink. She scanned the crowd slowly and looked at each man seated near the bar. Mr. Computer Consultant would have made a pretty hot catch for the night if she were into that sort of thing. No harm in a little fun flirtation though, as long as she didn't let things get out of hand. She certainly had no intention of going home on the arm of a stranger tonight for some quick little rut on a lumpy couch and a 2 a.m. cab ride home alone.
The waitress plopped her drink onto the faux-wood table top and folded a paper cocktail napkin beside it. She lifted the glass to her lips. As she swallowed the first sip, a tall gentleman pulled out a chair at her table and sat down across from her.
"Mind if I sit here?" he asked after the fact.
"And what if I said, 'yes, I mind?'"
"Now, why in the world would you want to do that?"
"And why in the world would you want to sit down at my table?" she asked bluntly.
"How else are you going to get to know what a wonderful guy I am unless I sit down and we talk?" He smiled and leaned against the back of his chair.