Derek couldn't stand the sight of his empty house anymore and he had only been home an hour. So he grabbed his keys and drove to the nearest bar. The place was packed but he managed to wiggle his way through the crowd and up to the bar. He looked around and thought to himself that maybe this was going to be a better night than he had originally thought.
There were four female bartenders and two male bartenders, all wearing some variation of red, black, and white. One of the females came and stood in front of him.
"What can I get for you soldier boy?"
She asked looking at Derek who was still dressed in his army fatigues. Derek looked the girl up and down. She was wearing a black pleated skirt that hit maybe mid thigh, a white button down shirt that was unbuttoned and tied in a knot under her breasts. She had on a red lace bra that you could see plenty of along with ample cleavage and a black tie hanging between her breasts and half way down her stomach, almost pointing to her belly button ring. She had curly brown hair pulled up in a pony tail and beautiful brown eyes. After a few seconds of checking her out Derek responded,
"What do you suggest?"
She smiled and replied
"Well that depends. Are you drinking to relax, forget something or someone, or to just plain get wasted?"
Derek smiled and thought for a minute before answering,
"Just to relax for now."
"Well then I suggest beer or a mild mixed drink."
"Beer is fine thanks."
"What kind?"
"What do you drink?"
"Well if I'm drinking beer it's usually bud light. But I know a lot of people like Sam Adams, and Heineken & Land Shark is both popular."
"Bud light it is."
"Bottle, can or draft?"
"Man, you ask a lot of questions. Bottle is fine."
"I've got to make sure I give you exactly what you want."
Kylie smiled at the man and reached in the cooler and grabbed his bottle of bud. She took the cap off and slid it to him.
"Let me know when you are ready for another one."
Derek took a long swig of his beer and watched the girl walk down the bar getting drinks for other people. He watched her talk to one of the other girl's bar tending then pick up a bull horn. The whole bar heard her say,
"Hey everyone this gentleman here wants to take a body shot off of Abby here. Do you think she should let him?"
The whole bar cheered. Derek watched as Abby climbed up and lay down on the bar. He watched closely as his bartender poured a shot in and over Abby's belly button then the guy she had pointed to stood up and sucked the liquor off of Abby's stomach. The bar erupting in cheers again as they watched. He laughed as Abby climbed off of the bar and wiped her stomach off.
As Kylie kept making her way down the bar getting people their drinks and pouring the shot on Abby's stomach she kept looking down the bar at the soldier who had sat down there. He was handsome in his army fatigues with his short brown kind of spiky hair and brown eyes. He was about 5'11" and weighed about 185 pounds she would guess. Something about his eyes was disturbing her though.
Kylie watched him take one last swig off of his beer so she made her way back down to him.
"Need another soldier boy?"
"Why don't you have a name tag on? What if I left and you were in the bathroom and I wanted to leave you a tip or something?"
Kylie laughed then said,
"The boss thinks that it is safer if the customers don't know our names. But mine is Kylie."
She stuck her hand out to shake his. So Derek reached his hand out and shook Kylie's.
"Well it's nice to meet you Kylie, I'm Derek. I do need another drink but I want to know something first. What would you have given me if I was trying to forget something or just trying to get wasted?"
"Well if you were trying to forget someone or something I would have started you with a couple shots then have kept the strong mixed drinks coming. If you just wanted to get wasted I would have just kept giving you shots."
Derek laughed
"Man you really know your stuff. I'll just take another beer for now though."
Kylie handed him another beer then worked her way down the bar again. Derek finished his drink and flagged Kylie down.
"Hey how much do I owe you?"
"It's on the house soldier boy. I refuse to charge some one who comes in here in there uniform. I figure they risk there lives fighting to keep us free the least I can do is give them free drinks."
Derek smiled at Kylie and said, "Well thank you. I wish all people thought like you do."
Kylie smiled back and said, "Ahhh so you are trying to forget someone."
She turned around and poured a drink and slid it across the bar to him.
"Drink a few of those. It's one of my favorite drinks and it will help you forget."
Derek took a drink noting that it was a bit strong, but he really didn't care. He sat there in a daze, sipping his drink, as he finished it and sat the glass down a new one slid in front of him. He looked down the bar and saw Kylie smile and wink at him.
Kylie watched the clock grabbing her keys and cashing out her drawer as the clock struck midnight. She had opened the bar up that afternoon which meant her shift ended earlier than everyone elses. She climbed over the end of the bar and walked through the crowd; she came and stood behind Derek's chair. She cleared her throat then said,
"Give me your keys soldier boy."
Derek turned around on his stool slowly. He looked at Kylie,
"And why should I do that?"
"I know how much liquor I put in those drinks, therefore I know that you are in no shape to drive."
"And just how am I going to get home if I give you my keys?"
"I guess I will have to call you a cab or take you home myself , if you can even give me directions to your house that is."
Derek smiled and fished the keys out of his pocket, knowing he was semi hard and that Kylie could see that as she watched him get his keys. He handed them too her and stood up and followed her as she made her way through all the people out the door and to her car.
"Get in soldier boy." Kylie said as she unlocked her doors and got in the car herself.
Derek got in the car with Kylie and gave her very specific directions on how to get to his house. 15 minutes later they pulled up in front of his house and he turned to Kylie and smiled as he said,
"See I told you I wasn't that drunk."
Kylie laughed as she handed Derek his keys.
"Well either way I think I can give these back to you since your car is still at the bar and I know you can't go anywhere now."
Derek looked down at the keys then at Kylie.