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Nice Boys, Naughty Women: Sports Bar Seduction
Harold Mazakis squinted into headlights of the oncoming traffic as he made his way down the heavily trafficked highway. It was the sort of area that just about every medium sized city in America boasted at least one of: a four lane divided highway near the interstate which was lined from end to end with hotels, bars, restaurants, and strip malls. His gaze shied away from the bright lights, primarily because he was working on a decent tension headache. His current business trip had been more than incredibly stressful. So far he had been in this town for more than two weeks without seeing his wife or his kids, and there wasn't a day where he had started later than seven am or finished earlier than seven pm.
He glanced at the red digits of the car's clock, noting the late hour. He couldn't have left work any sooner than ten pm. The locals were the biggest bunch of intransigent, hard-headed, feet-dragging... He cut off his mental tirade before it could get his blood pressure too elevated, which certainly wouldn't help his headache. Needless to say he didn't enjoy working with them. Of course the coup de grace had come yesterday when his boss had called to tell him that he was thinking very seriously about having Harry transferred to this branch permanently. It just went to show that no good deed went unpunished.
A rumble in his stomach turned his attention from his inner fuming as he realized that he hadn't eaten dinner. Harry began scanning the neon signs along the strip looking for somewhere to eat. Even though it was late and he really ought to be getting back to the hotel to get some sleep, he was
really
sick of fast food. Unfortunately that seemed to be the lion's share of what was on offer. Finally he saw something that at least looked like an eat-in place bearing the name: 'Scorchers.' They had a couple of franchises in Harry's hometown and remembered their food being pretty decent, although this one's sign looked a little different than the ones he recalled. He hadn't eaten at one in years so he figured it had probably changed. Harry flipped on his turn signal and pulled into the nearly empty parking lot.
With a weary groan he slid out of the tiny rental car, not without some difficulty given his stature, and made his way up the front walk of the restaurant. No one opened the door for him and he let himself into the fairly dim interior. The inside was fairly typical sports bar decor with polished wooden tables lit by overhanging lights, a long bar, and dozens of strategically placed flat-screens which he imagined usually displayed a variety of twenty-four/seven sports channels. At the moment, however, the screens were dark and no hostess awaited him behind the wooden podium. He found himself glancing around the restaurant, but still not finding any signs of life. He wasn't sure whether to explore deeper into the restaurant or whether to turn around and leave. He guessed maybe he had caught them in the middle of closing and was leaning toward the latter option when a warm soprano called out from the interior of the restaurant.
"Be with you in a minute tall, dark, and handsome!"
Harold's eyebrows lifted in mild surprise at the somewhat strange nature of the greeting. Still, he waited politely and about thirty seconds later a young woman emerged from the interior of the restaurant.
Oh crap!
Harold remarked to himself as soon as he took in her outfit.
This must be one of those...those
places. Off the top of his head he couldn't remember what people called these sorts of places. The server wore skin-tight, high-waisted shorts which were cut off just below her buttocks and an equally skin-tight, low-cut tank top.
"I'm sorry I didn't realize..."
If her outfit had been the thing that first caught his attention it wasn't the thing that arrested his statement mid sentence. It wasn't the long, muscular thighs that seemed to go on forever, the creamy complexion, nor was it full, youthful bust that filled the tiny top. Instead it was the startling, bold green eyes that seemed to be twinkling with amusement.
"Didn't realize what the big red letters c-l-o-s-e-d meant, eh?" She spoke sternly, but the slight upward curve at the corners of her lips belied her mock seriousness.
I didn't realize this was a breastaurant!
He complained mentally, the name coming to him finally, though he didn't dare repeat the statement out loud. If his wife realized he was here... The silence dragged out between them and she gave a toss of her long, wavy black hair before breaking it.
"You tired Mr....."
"Harold, my name is Harold." He supplied.
"Well you look tired
Harry
." She responded, adding the diminutive he had borne his entire life until his wife had put the kibosh in it when they got married.
"Umm...I should be going..." he half stammered, feeling strangely unsettled by her gaze. He desperately wanted to break eye contact with her but there wasn't really anywhere between her face and his boots that he could safely stare at.
"Oh I don't mind," she smiled at him, "you must be hungry or you wouldn't have come in. Why don't you have a seat. My name is Katie by the way."
Reflexively he glanced down at the name tag pinned to her black tank top. It took only seconds to confirm that it did, indeed, read 'Katie,' but it took him several more seconds to drag his gaze away from her magnificent cleavage. Apparently it was also obvious to Katie that it was a few seconds too long for the purpose, because when his eyes returned to her face she seemed to be suppressing a half grin and the mischievous laughter in her eyes seemed to have intensified. Before he could reply she had placed a long-fingered hand lightly on his arm and begun guiding him toward a tall table by the bar.
As they walked, Harold continued to worry about what would happen if his wife found out he had visited this place. She
hated
these places. In fact, she was quite the prude all around and she was quick to jump on him if she thought he was even checking out another woman, much less having dinner in a place
designed
for the purpose. Even as he worried, however, the intellectual part of his brain knew that the odds of anyone he knew finding out he had come to a closed restaurant after hours in a city strange city were next to none.
While his mind considered all that, he couldn't quite keep his eyes off Katie's tight, swaying backside as she led him to the table. Shortly he found himself seated at one of the chairs.
"I'm afraid the kitchen is closed," she said wryly. "I think we've got a few grilled chicken salads left in the back. You want the breast or the thigh?"
"Umm, the umm...breast." It was a simple question and he was embarrassed by way his hesitation revealed more of his urges than he wished.
"Gotcha." She disappeared briefly toward the back of the restaurant.
Ok, now is your chance to get out of here!
His conscience prompted but even as he yelled at himself his butt remained firmly planted in the chair. However inappropriate his being here might have been, Katie was the first person in two weeks who hadn't been arguing with him or complaining at him and it was refreshing to say the least. Besides he really
was
hungry.
Katie strode, strutted really, back toward the table a few moments later bearing his salad. She laid it on the table in front of him along with a utensil packet and a few varieties of dressing.
"Forgot to ask you what kind of dressing you wanted." She laughed. "I guess that makes me a bad server, but I make up for it with my charm, wouldn't you say?" She completed the statement with a hint of sarcasm but managed to compose her face into complete seriousness.
"I agree of course!" He said matching her sarcasm with overdone enthusiasm and breaking into his first smile of the day.
"Good." She grabbed the chair from across his table and set it up at a ninety degree angle to him. She climbed onto it, crossed her legs, propped an elbow on the table, and dropped her chin into her hand. She regarded him curiously as he ate. Trying to ignore her staring, he dressed his salad and began eating.
"So where you from?" She started off the conversation and continued chatting with him in that vein as he answered between bites of salad. A few minutes later she asked,
"How long have you been married?"
Harold felt himself blushing crimson as she suddenly reminded him of his wife and what she would think of what he was up to. Katie's conversation had been such a pleasant change of pace that he had almost forgotten he was sitting in a darkened restaurant with a half naked woman.
"I...umm..." he stammered.
"Aww, don't get all shy on me now Harry!"
"I really should be going." He replied and started to rise but she placed a hand on his chest and prevented him from getting up.
"C'mon Harry, don't be such a spoilsport! Show me a picture of your wife. I'm sure you've got one on your phone."
Harold didn't want to force his way past Katie, who knew what she might accuse him of if he got physical with her? He decided the most expedient thing to do would probably be to humor her. He fished his phone out of his pocket and pulled up a picture of his petite, blonde wife. Katie leaned down to look at the photo. As she did so her top slid down yet further and her bust spilled forward. Harold couldn't help but get an eyeful even though he quickly redirected his gaze to his wife. Katie snatched the phone out of his hand and manipulated the screen for a few seconds. He wasn't sure what she was about, but he assumed she was just adjusting the picture for a better look because everything looked the same when she handed it back to him after a careful scrutiny. She then straightened and clapped her hands together.
"She's
beautiful
Harry, you're
so