"ID please."
Talia looked up at the broad, butch bouncer standing before her, and shamelessly got out her fake. The Bouncer squinted at it, holding it up to the light, before handing it back.
"Alright sweetheart, go on in" she waved.
Talia entered the bar, relieved.
Talia didn't see the bouncer again till around two AM, near the bar's closing. Talia was dancing on a near empty floor. Her pale pink lipstick was smudged and messy short waves of dark hair framed her face.
"So, tell me Maria, what's your real name?"
Talia spun to see the bouncer smirking. The bouncer had remembered the name from her fake ID.
"What makes you think Maria isn't my real name?"
"Come on sweetheart, that ID didn't even have the holographic image on it."
"Then why didn't you stop me at the door?"
"Because I wanted the chance to come and talk to you once I got off door duty."
The bouncer moved her hand through her salt and pepper crew cut in a suave fashion.
"And what did you want to talk to me about?" She smiled.
"You still haven't told me your name."
Talia leaned in, icy pink lips close to her ear, and breathed her name.
The bouncer leaned back and smiled, repeating Talia's name like it was music.
"And I still don't know your name."
"It's Dana." She said, eyes darting down.
A ballad came on. Talia put her arms around Dana's neck, pressing her body into hers, swaying with her.