Total pages in book: 121
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 118693 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 593(@200wpm)___ 475(@250wpm)___ 396(@300wpm)
“Another drink?” Autumn shouted.
I stood. “My turn to buy this time.”
She gave me a thumbs-up as I grabbed the three empty beer bottles and made my way to the bar. Trying to get through the packed bar was insane. I had rubbed against so many men and women I felt like I needed a cigarette.
I sat the empty bottles on the bar and motioned to the bartender for three more. Two girls stumbled up next to me, clearly trashed out of their minds.
“God, I need to get mindlessly fucked.”
The guy on the other side of them snapped his head and smiled. Rolling my eyes, I waited for the bartender to bring me the beers.
“Too bad you couldn’t break the hot firefighter.”
That caught my attention. Leaning a little closer, I tried to hear what they were saying, but only caught every other word.
“He’s…not going…old girlfriend…pining over…cock.”
My eyes widened as I turned to face them. They were barely twenty-one, if that.
The blonde caught my stare. “I’m not into that. Sorry.”
I laughed and held up my hands. “Me either. You mentioned a firefighter?”
She nodded. “Yeah, there’s a whole group of them here. Two of them are fucking hot as hell. But they are both no-goes.”
Leaning in, I asked, “Why?”
She motioned she couldn’t hear me. “Why are they no-goes?”
With a pout, she made the letter X with her fingers. “Pining over their ex-girlfriends. Whoever they were, they were stupid bitches!”
I laughed. The bartender set the three beers down in front of me.
Turning back to the girls, I smiled and shouted, “Be safe and have fun, ladies.”
They yelled out in unison, “Girls’ night!”
With a lighter heart, I headed back to our table. Right as I got there, I stopped.
Finn. He’s here. I can feel it.
I spun around looking for him.
“Um, if you want to dance, Rory…can you put the drinks down first?” Autumn shouted.
“What?” I asked as I kept searching feverishly. My heart was racing and there was a growing tightness in my chest.
“Finn’s here.”
Clare jumped up. “What?”
“How do you know?” Autumn asked.
How did I explain to them I had a feeling? They would both think I was nuts.
I climbed on the chair and started looking.
“What are you doing, Rory?” Clare shouted.
“He’s here! I want to see if he’s with someone.”
“Ohmygod. She’s going to get us kicked out!” Autumn yelled.
I scanned the entire club. I was feeling a bit dizzy and wished I had eaten a bit more before we went out. “She said ‘group’! Look for a large group of guys!” I called out.
Clare climbed onto her chair. “This is insane. What if he sees you?”
Autumn reached up and tugged on our arms. “He’s not even here, you idiots! Get down!”
“Ladies, are you looking for a dance partner?”
Glancing down, I looked at the guy smiling at us. “No. We’re not.”
His smile dropped and he quickly moved on to the next woman.
Shaking her head, Clare yelled out, “I don’t see a large group of guys! Maybe they left?”
I needed to talk to Finn. If that meant tracking him down in a damn club I’d do, it and I didn’t care if I made myself look like a fool or not.
“I know how to disperse the crowd!” I yelled.
Clare turned to me with a horrified look. “No, Rory. Don’t do it. Don’t call out F.I.R.E.!”
I gave her a surprised look. “I’m not going to yell fire!”
“Fire? Fire? There’s a fire?” the young girl walking by screamed out.
“No!” Clare and I both screamed, “NO FIRE. NONE!”
The girl spun around and looked at us. “What the fuck is wrong with you two? You could have caused a stampede! Crazy-ass women!”
She stomped off, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
“We need to get a line dance going,” I said. The music had finally stopped and the DJ was taking a quick break.
“We’re not in a country bar, Rory!” Clare replied.
“Keep looking! The crowds are dispersing!”
“Rory?”
The sound of his voice made my entire world come to a standstill. Clare grabbed my hand as I turned and saw Finn. There was a girl standing next to him, looking up at me like I was insane.
He’s here with someone.
I didn’t think it was possible for my heart to hurt even more than it already did.
He’s moved on.
I swallowed hard and started to get off the chair. Finn reached out and grabbed me by the waist, helping me down. My entire body came to life. Tingles raced across my skin as I gazed into his eyes.
“Let me help you,” he said as his eyes lit up. He felt it. I know he felt it too.
“You’re going to break your neck.”
I turned to see Wes helping Clare down. They way they looked at each other had me smiling. Until Finn asked, “What are you doing here?”
His anger-filled question pissed me off. Here he was with some bimbo who was clearly barely old enough to drink and he was asking what I was doing here.