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“You think?” I ask, glancing up and offering him a grin of my own. I finish pouring the draft beer into the mug and slide it across the counter towards an older man who’s here almost nightly.
“Definitely. I only speak from experience,” he says, glancing over his shoulder towards one of the sisters.
“Which one?” I ask, tossing the towel over my shoulder.
“Payton, the oldest,” he says, pointing to the taller and slightly thicker woman across the room. Her smile is wide and her face radiates happiness as she teases and jokes with her younger sisters. “Dean,” he adds, extending his hand across the bar.
“Linkin,” I answer, giving him a firm shake.
“The stripper?” the other guy I don’t know asks, a wide smile sweeping across his face.
“The one and only,” I reply with a laugh.
“Ryan,” he says, offering his hand. “The one in the blue is mine,” he adds, nodding towards the woman standing beside Lexi.
“How in the hell did you end up next door stripping, man?” Levi asks before shoving a handful of popcorn in his mouth.
“That’s an interesting story.”
“Let me guess… Grandma,” Ryan says, rolling his eyes.
“That woman,” Dean adds, letting the rest of his thought trail off. But I can’t help but notice the way each of them smiles and shake their heads, as if recalling some story or situation, which centered around the spunky ol’ woman.
“She’s something,” I confirm. “Why aren’t you guys over there with them?” I ask nodding towards the group that they can’t take their eyes off.
“Technically, it’s sisters’ night, which means we’re not supposed to be here,” Ryan answers.
“But we never leave them by themselves unattended for too long. They seem to find trouble just about anywhere they go,” Levi adds. I give them a nod before heading back down to fill an order for a group of couples at one of the back booths.
Just as I start to make my way back towards Levi and the guys, a vision in tight red pants comes up to the bar and throws her arms around Ryan’s shoulder. She says something to him that makes him laugh, and watches while he pulls out his wallet.
“I just received word that my fiancée says road-head might be on the menu tonight if I buy the next round,” Ryan tells me, an anxious gleam in his eyes. He pulls a twenty from his wallet and sets it on the table. “Six shots of tequila.”
“I think she meant more beers, Ry,” Lexi tells him with a laugh.
“Yeah, but if road-head is on the table, I want to make good and sure she’s tipsy enough to fulfill the offer.” Dean and Levi each laugh beside him.
I grab six shot glasses and pour the golden liquid almost to the top of each one. Grabbing a tray, I set each shot, six wedges of lime on a plate, and a saltshaker in the middle. Before I can take his money, Lexi’s hand shoots out and stops my movement. One look at her emerald eyes sends lightning bolts of lust straight to my groin. “I need six draft Stellas too, please.”
My eyes hold her gaze just a few seconds longer than normal. “Comin’ right up,” I tell her as I get to work filling the order. The smile is still present on her face, which seems to lighten her mood considerably. “Good day?” I ask, setting the six mugs of beer onto a second tray.
She smiles again and my heart jumps in my chest. “Yeah, it was. You?”
“Can’t complain,” I say grabbing my towel and holding my hands up around me. “Just another night in paradise,” I quip with a smirk and a wink.
“I can see that,” she says, shifting her weight from side to side, taking a big drink from the mug closest to her. The conversation seems to be over, but she has yet to move, which makes me smile even more.
“Hey, Lex, you wanna dance?” some needle-dick preppy boy says just over her right shoulder.
“There’s no dance floor,” she replies, offering him a friendly smile.
“Sure there is,” the preppy douche says, nodding towards the area in front of the jukebox with no tables.
“Sorry, Andy. Maybe another time,” she says, taking another drink of her beer.
“Aww, come on. One dance ain’t gonna kill ya,” he pleads, a winning smile pressed firmly against his arrogant face.
“No, but I might,” I say, the words flying from my lips before I can stop them.
