Annette hummed a tune to herself as she wore her earrings then stopped, staring at the mirror. It had been a week since she had seen her 'vampire stalker' and although she continued telling herself how happy she was about the turn of events, deep down she was disappointed. She shook her head sharply and turned to get her coat. She was going to be late to work and there was no time to waste thinking about a guy whose name she did not even know.
Two hours later, Annette was so busy serving drinks that she could not spare a thought for him. 'Bloody Hell, Melissa. Watch what you're doing.' She hissed angrily as Melissa jostled her arm making her spill her drink all over the counter.
'You be careful.' Melissa retorted, 'And don't yell at me for your mistakes, Miss Clumsy.'
Annette growled quietly to herself. This was the third time Melissa had 'accidentally' nudged her out of the way whilst she was doing whatever the hell she was doing. Annette was getting crankier as the minutes passed. She was having a very bad day, what with all orders coming her way. She definitely was not in the mood for Melissa and was about to snap. She looked away and continued serving the drinks yelled at her. As she passed by Melissa on her way to the gin bottle, Melissa smirked at her annoyingly. Annette stretched her hand out towards Melissa and was grabbed from behind.
'Hey hey hey, Netta. Calm down. Just ignore Mel. She's an idiot definitely but don't let her get to you. I mean, what were you about to do? Pull her hair out?' Annette twisted around to see her friend and fellow bartender Luke holding her tightly. He normally served downstairs but the ground floor was so busy he was helping out upstairs.
She sighed wearily, 'I know, but I'm not in the mood for her foolishness and if she nudges me one more time so help me God I will...'
Luke chuckled. 'You know you can't do anything in here so best be careful or else David will have your head, not forgetting your job and paycheck.'
Annette smiled ruefully, 'Yeah, I know. I honestly don't know what I was about to do but I was certainly going to inflict some form of exquisite torture on her.' She ran her finger through her tight afro. Exquisite torture was right. With her temper this riled there was no way she would have been able to rein in her abnormal strength and if she had indeed pulled Melissa's hair, she was sure Melissa would have become bald in a split second.
'God I can't wait for it to simmer down. I desperately need a cigarette and to get away from her for a few minutes.' She sighed again.
'You and me both. You know what, in thirty minutes, both of us are gonna sneak outta here, busy bar or not, and get our ciggies. Alright?' Luke grinned at her.
'Definitely mate.' Annette grinned back and moved over to the other side to keep on serving.
'Hmm, I spy with my little eye a very eager cock.'