Chapter 2
1. And she followed him to the bar. Scribbles beseeched her "What wilt thou drink?"
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Amaretto and Coke please.
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Oh you're a proper girly girl aren't ya? I teased. She laughed and leaned over the bar. The light caught her bare shoulder. I knew this move, I obliged her.
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That's a pretty tatoo, when did you get it?
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A couple of weeks ago, her reply
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Oh, so it's still sort of brand new..., I traced a line with my thumb, classy.
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Thanks, she smiled. I ordered our drinks and played my hand.
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You can leave if you still want to, or you can come hang over there with me and my friends. I was helping her out. We need another girl to balance out the group anyway. She would be doing me a favor as well. We needed each other.
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Oh, erm.., she looked skeptical
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Like I said, you don't have to, but we're a fun group.
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Ok, she smiled, can't hurt.
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You should tell your friend where we'll be.
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No, it's cool, I don't want to interrupt her. I'll send her a text. She handed me her drink and quickly rapped out a text message on her Blackberry (she got extra points for that). Let's go.
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I handed her drink back to her and we made our way over to my friends. I made the necessary introductions.
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Be nice guys, she just got dumped.
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She rolled her eyes. I didn't get dumped, punched me in the arm with her free hand, my friend's just off with some man.
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And I have to give it to my friends, they couldn't have played their roles better if it was scripted. The girls immediately made her feel like one of them (I have to give you women props on your ability to do that, only when you want to of course). Squeals of "I love your dress, where did you get your shoes" rang through the air. I let them have her for a few minutes while I went back to the bar and returned with another couple of drinks.
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This served another purpose, she was inevitably going to try and find out things about me, and I trusted the girls to offer up niceties.
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I wandered back into the group with the drinks in my hands and handed them to the girls, as a thank you and a peace offering, I was about to steal their 'fabulous'(their word) new friend away.
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We retreated from the group and found a relatively quiet corner to talk. Your friends are nice.
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I thought you might like them. They must really like you though, they're not usually THAT nice. A compliment to her.
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After much small talk and banter, her hand on my chest she said, I feel like I've known you for years.
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That was my plan all along, I replied, cheeky smile.
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You are SUCH a player, she smiled as she turned around and settled into me.
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Maybe I am, I wasn't going to lie to her, there's a few 'dos' I try to follow.
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1. DO be honest and open, people tend to respond in kind, so if you're dishonest and closed off, she'll be dishonest and closed off and you will NOT be getting her number.
2. DO give her options, never make her feel like she has to do something, or she more than likely won't.
3. DO always make her feel comfortable. If she's at ease with you, she will be more likely to share her secrets with you, including her phone number.
4. DO make sure she laughs and has fun. That one speaks for itself
5. DO make it effortless, never try too hard, be yourself and simply apply your natural personality to the situation.
6. DO not assume at anytime that any of this is foolproof or guaranteed to work. If you fall flat on your face, dust yourself off, learn from it, improve your technique, and try again.
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The DJ was playing some dancehall and then some r&b, seemed like he was playing it for us, as she wined (sp?) pon me?
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Do you want another drink? I whispered in her ear.
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Are you trying to get me drunk mister?
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Never! I chuckled
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Ok, one more.
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Amaretto and Coke coming up, I took a few steps in the direction of the bar and then thought the better of it, before some random idiot comes and steals all my hard work. You coming?
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She rolled her eyes and took my outstretched hand.
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