Chapter 8
Carli had dragged Hope out to a bar after lots of begging on her part. Hope knew she was going to say yes but wanted to give her friend a hard time. They made it to their usual bar the She Bar. It wasn't crazy with loud music like other bars you could actually talk to people without having to yell at them. Carli was on her third drink and was dancing her life out in the dance floor while Hope went to the bar to grab more drinks for them. Hope loved to see her friend so carefree, she had to admit she was a little more fun when she had a few drinks on her. She waved down the bartender order her drinks and paid when she was turning around her drinks flew out of her hands and to the floor.
"Oh my god I'm soo soo sorry,I really am, did I get any on you? I'm sorry." a brunette said.
The beautiful girl standing in front of her looked really upset at what she had done, Hope couldn't even be mad at her.
"It's ok, I'm sorry I should have been more careful when I turned around." Hope said.
"No its not your fault at all, its all on me I'm sorry, let me replace your drinks please it's the least I could do." she offered and Hope just nodded and smiled. They walked to the bartender the girl ordered three shots and Hope's and Carli's drinks. While waiting on the drinks she turned around and extended her hand.
"I'm Alex by the way," the girl said.
"I'm Hope, nice to meet you," Hope smiled and shock the girls hand.
"Again I'm sorry about earlier, in my defense the guy behind me gave me a little push that caused me to trip a bit and knock your drinks off your hand." Alex said and smiled, Hope just smiled back.
"Don't worry it gets kinda crazy here sometimes, accidents are bound to happen." Hope said and the girl just nodded.
"This place isn't what me and my friends were expecting I mean the name is She Bar," she chuckled "was expecting to see more girls and less boys to be honest" she said with a laugh.
Hope followed with a laugh of her own.
"I'm guessing you're not from here then, it's a well known bar around this area only people that are not from here always think that" she said to the brunette.
"You got me, me and my girlfriend aren't from around here, we came to visit a friend and thought she needed a night out so here we are" Alex said and as she was about to talk again the bartender got her attention.She handed her two drinks to Hope and grabbed her three shots.
"Well nice meeting you considering the circumstances." she laughed.
"Yeah nice meeting you too, thanks for the drinks" she help up her drinks and started to walk back to where Carli was.
"Oh she's pretty what's her name?" Carli raised her eyebrow "Already forgot about your barista crush there? moving on too soon my friend."
Hope stared at her friend in disbelieve. She sure was a crazy person and funny too when there was alcohol in her.
"Shut up, here's your drink. She accidentally dropped my drinks and just replaced them. She was nice and very taken too." Hope tried to look for the girl but she couldn't find her. The brunette was pretty indeed but not compared to Kelley. Hope was now comparing every girl she meet with Kelley. 'What the hell' she thought to herself.
"Come on Solo dance with me." she dragged her friend out of her thoughts and pulled her to the dance floor.
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Kelley was sitting by Tobin waiting for Alex to come back to their table with drinks. She was taking forever just as Tobin was about to get up to go look for her girlfriend Alex was walking back from the bar with a round of shots for them.
"I was about to go look for you what took you forever" Tobin said and Kelley playfully punched her.
"Geez Tobs take it easy she's back and with alcohol may I ad that's what matters" Kelley laughed and tried to grab a shot glass but Alex moved it from her reach.
"Is that all you want from me" she acted offended but then started to laugh. "Sorry though, I had a bit of an accident. I dropped someone's drinks and well I replaced her drinks. She was really nice we talked while waiting for the drinks I think you would like her Kelley she was pretty, I'll point her out to you if I see her" she winked at Kelley.
"Please the last thing I need is to meet some random chick here, I bet she was straight as a board, we should have just went to a gay bar like I said guys" Kelley said in disappointed tone.
"We thought this was a gay bar Kelley" Tobin laughed "Come on guys let's just have some fun cheers" Tobin lifted her shot glass and the other two followed suit. They drowned their shots and smiled at each other.
"Thank you guys so much for coming to see me, you guys I really needed this" she said hugging both of her friends. Tobin and Alex had been together for two years now and had recently moved to Portland so coming to see Kelley was easy. They had been friends since high school so when Kelley had decided to move to Seattle they were stoked to have their friend closer to them.
Kelley decided it was her turn to get them some drinks so she walked to the bar and spotted a familiar girl in the dance floor. She was sure she was dreaming, it was Hope and she couldn't believe her luck. Out of all the bars she could have gone to. They decided on this one and here she was. The blue eyed girl she had meet at the bean. Kelley was staring with the biggest grin on her face. Was this really happening the girl she couldn't get off her head was here at the same bar as her. And then there she was staring back at Kelley with the same fave of disbelief that they ended up at the same bar.
Hope stopped dancing as soon as she caught sight of the freckled face girl. She was here and staring right at her. Hope thought to herself what the hell. She started walking Kelley's way not noticing her friend giving her a weird look Carli just went back to her dancing thinking Hope was just going to the restroom. Hope reached Kelley with the biggest smile on her face.
"Fancy meeting you here" Kelley said with a shy smile
"Hi" was all Hope could say
"Hi"Kelley said giving Hope a hug which Hope returned more than happy.
"Who would have thought we end up in the same bar same night, I'd say you're stalking me but if that were true I wouldn't mind it at all" Kelley flirted
"Well in that case, I might be stalking you" she flirted back and Kelley put her head down and chuckled trying to hide her flush.
"You're just full of surprises aren't you" she said and when Hope was about to say something back she felt a pair of hands grab her shoulders.
"Dude what the hell where's our drinks" Tobin asked not seeing that Kelley was talking to Hope.
"Oh hey again" Alex looks over at Hope " this is Hope who I ran into and dropped her drinks earlier. ..sorry again for that" she said giving Hope a smile
"Like I said it's ok"she turned to Kelley" alright I have to go it was great seeing you tonight. Try not to stay up too late we have a long day ahead tomorrow" she winked at Kelley. She didn't know if it was the alcohol or what it was but she found herself winking more than she had her entire life. Kelley smiled at Hope.
"I can't wait, but why don't you stay have a drink with us" Kelley asked hoping she would say yes. Hope looked over to where Carli was looking pretty miserable. She was a light weight for sure.
"I wish I could really, but see that girl over there" she pointed to Carli "Gotta get her home" she looked over at Alex "Thanks for the drinks earlier, nice meeting you" She looked over at Tobin who had a confused loom on her the whole time and just waved at her.
"Oh ok, bummer but I'll see tomorrow then. Be safe" Kelley went in for a hug again but this time it was a bit awkward since they had an audience that was wondering what in the world was going on. Hope left and all four eyes were on Kelley.
"OK who was that and how do you know her?" Tobin asked "and see you tomorrow? Do you have like a date with her or something? Why haven't we heard of any of this?" Alex was curious too about how Kelley knew Hope. But decided to leave all the questioning to her girlfriend. Kelley walked to the bar to order their drink and they followed.
"It's not a date, at least I don't think..I don't know...I meet her at the coffee shop I work. And well this just happened today she offered to show me around the city and who am I to refuse a pretty girl" she was smiling as she said the last part and that's all her friends needed to know Hope was someone special to Kelley.
Hope was a little upset she had to leave the bar thanks to Carli who had almost puked on their way put of the bar. When they got back to Hope's place she got her friend to bed in the guest room. Deciding on a quick shower, when she was ready for bed she laid down and saw that she had a new text. When she saw who it was her face lit up a little.
Kelley: Hope you got home safe. Goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow. Can't wait for my tour of the beautiful Seattle ;)
Hope: I did get home safe thank you! Excited now are we? Remember I can still be a psycho killer or something you sure you still up for it?
Kelley: Never been so sure of anything in my life ;) see you tomorrow ;)
Hope: It's a date ;)
Hope was smiling like an idiot and she just couldn't wait for tomorrow. She was too excited thinking about the freckled face girl she forgot to set her alarm for the next morning.