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way.
    Fortunately Jake and his friend
were too absorbed in their conversation to notice.  

 
    Chapter 7

 
    Jake

 
    “What do you mean, ‘That’s the
girl’?” Zach asked after I quickly spun him back around and forced him into his
seat before Ruby and her friend could spot us.
    “That’s Ruby,” I whispered, still
reeling from the fact that she was sitting only ten feet from us. “Don’t look, they
might notice us.”
    Very casually I turned around to
take one more peek.
    Yup , it was Ruby all right. And,
oddly enough, her friend looked familiar, too. I took one more glance back;
they were hunched over and talking in a way that made them look suspicious, like
they were conspiring together in an act of terrorism, or maybe plotting to
overthrow the government.
    “You can look, but be casual and
quick about it,” I explained. “Ruby’s the one on the right, in the blue shirt.”
    Zach twisted to his side slightly
as if he were looking at the people playing darts. “I can’t see ‘ em real well; they’re turned a little too much away from
us.”
    “Yeah, I know, but I’m telling
you, it’s her.”
    “Who’s her friend?”
    “It’s funny, but I’m trying to
figure that out myself. She looks familiar, but I can’t place her for the life
of me.”
    I turned around one more time.
Nice! No wedding ring!
    “Shit, dude. You know what?
They’ve spotted you already. They sitting funny, like they don’t want you to
see them.”
    “Huh. Really?”
    “Without a doubt. They on to you,
bro.”
    I wanted to turn around but I
didn’t.
    Part of the wall behind the bar
was a mirror, and if I moved my head ever so slightly to the left I could peer
between the liquor bottles on the shelving and the beer taps to get a good look
at her.
    Just then she got up and walked
over to the bathroom.
    My dick unexpectedly jumped for
joy at the sight of her.
    Sweet Jesus she was fine!
    Who would ever think a
loose-fitting, long-sleeved shirt and pair of sweatpants could ever look so
good? Normally, I like girls dressed to the nines, but in Ruby’s case, she was
so sexy she could have worn a used garbage bag and still look devastatingly attractive.
Actually, it was a good thing she wasn’t dressed up: she would have probably
stopped my heart right then and there, or at the very least given me a stroke.  
    From the mirror I could see the
other men in the bar turn to stare at her. In my already frustrated state it
was hard to watch. A couple of guys in particular really ogled her hard, all the
way to the bathroom; I thought about going over there and bashing their faces
in.
    Guys can be such tools.
    She returned a couple of minutes
later, walking past the same two horny dinks. My blood positively boiled as
they drank her in with lecherous eyes.   
    “So man, you gonna go talk to her?”
    “Yeah, I should at least say ‘hi’
or something.”
    Of course I was going to say
‘hi’. I just wasn’t ready yet.

 
 
    Ruby

 
    “Really? You know Jake? Tell me
about him.”
    “I don’t know much, other than
he’s the cousin of my boss. He comes into The 69er
frequently. I’d say once a month maybe.”
    “The 69er? How long have you been
working there? You never told me that.”
    “Like, since, a year ago.”
    “Oh. Geez, we don’t get out much
anymore, do we?”
    “Yeah girl, you’ve all but
disappeared on me since you started nursing and dating Dan. How do you know
Jake?”
    “Well, like I said, we went to
high school together. Our social circles never really overlapped, so I don’t
know him that well. But he liked me.”
    “Oh really?” Julie arched her
eyebrow. “Do tell.”
    “It didn’t amount to anything. I
blew him off. He was popular, and a total player, with a capital ‘P’.   He
was always getting into fights and trouble, and I wanted nothing to do with his
promiscuous, dangerous lifestyle.”
    I paused for a second, reflecting
on how he used to be. Then I continued, “How is he now?