I had been at the bar about thirty minutes, waiting for my good friend Kan. We had planned to get a few drinks, and then head out to a local seafood restaurant, where they had a special on stone crab. After dinner we were going to run a few more of the bars on Duval Street, hoping to meet some interesting women.
Kan was running late, which was strange for him, so when my cell phone rang I figured something was up. I looked at the caller ID and confirmed, yes, it was Kan.
Answering the phone I said, "Hey Kan, I was wondering where you were."
He explained he had some car trouble and wouldn't be able to make it. Apparently one of his wheel bearing had gone bad on him and he needed to get it fixed.
"You sure you want to work on that tonight, I'll be glad to come pick you up," I said, hoping I could convince him to work on the car later.
Explaining that he was going to need the car the next day to travel up to his parent's house, he had to get it fixed right away. He apologized for screwing up our plans, but promised me he'd treat me to the stone crab the next time they had a special.
"Well, I can't refuse an offer like that. Good luck with your car and drive safely," I said before hanging up the phone. I'd have to do the cruising by myself.
I was about to get up and head over to the seafood restaurant when an absolute goddess stepped into the bar. Wearing a pair of jeans with a neatly laced white blouse, which she left unbuttoned damn near down to her navel, she moved her sleek body through the doorway.
Once she was inside my attention was drawn to her face, or more exactly to her hair. It was jet black, pulled back so tight against her head it made me wince. In the twirling lights inside the bar, her hair seemed to sparkle as if it was still soaking wet. As she moved to the bar and sat down on a stool, I could see it was tied up into a tight bun, which also glistened in the light.
She must have noticed me looking at her, because she looked over and said, "Hello." Simple as that... hello, yet the voice, no the accent, it was immediately obvious she was not from Key West, hell, she wasn't from the US.
I noticed a few of the guys sitting near me ogling her and commenting on her body, especially how her breasts were barely covered by her blouse. Before they could do anything, I immediately jumped up and sat down in the stool next to her.
Prying my gaze from the dark, black and wet looking strands of her hair I looked at her eyes and said, "That is a beautiful blouse, such delicate lace, is it from your country?"
"My blouse," she replied, running her hand down the lace, nearly exposing her breast as she did, "no, no I got it at J.C. Penney."
Feeling my face flush a bit, "Oh J.C. Penney... it is a lovely blouse."
"Thank you," she replied.