“Babe!” Sam shouted as she slammed her glass down “The blue cheese or the ranch?!?!”
“Huh?” Colin asked.
“Blue cheese or ranch with those wings, hun?” The waitress asked.
“Oh, uh, blue cheese.” Colin said.
“Alright those’ll be right out.” She smiled.
“Thanks Donna!” Sam called as she spun around and asked, “Is everything okay with you?”
“What do you mean?” Colin asked, “I’m fine.”
“Babe, you’ve been staring off into space for forty minutes.” Sam said.
Colin sighed and took a swig of bourbon “I guess I’m just feeling a little nervous after Saturday…”
Neither of them noticed the pink eyes returning to the window in front of the bar.
The blonde Amazon took a sip of porter with a gentle smile.
“Relax, I’m here, I know these guys, and we’re gonna take this nice and slow, nothing crazy….”
********* Two-and-a-half hours later… **********
The pile of empty glasses rattled as the speakers boomed.
“I aM tHe sTOrM tHaT iZ ApPRoAchIng!!!!!!” Colin drunkenly sang.
“Goooooooodblyeeeeeeee!!!!!!” Sam belted with him.
“Annnd that’s enough of that.” The bar’s owner said as he got his best customer off the stage.
“Come ooooon Mack, we didn even get to the goooood part!!!!” Sam whined with a belch.
“Sorry, other people want a turn on the karaoke machine.” Mack said, “No do you two have a ride or should I call an Uber?”
“I’m their ride.” a woman said from the doorway.
“Are you sure cause you don’t look like any of her friends…” The manager said.
“They already had an Uber ordered…” she said as she lead the drunks outside.
Mack just shrugged and went back to business as usual.
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Sam groaned as she clutched her pounding head. She sat up on the couch as her phone dinged over and over.
“Okay I’m up! Jesus….” Sam groaned.
She looked up and saw the notifications, prompting her to sit up and go through the calls left in her messages.
Lucy: Hey Sam, are you guys coming home soon? Colin said we were watching movies later…
Christy: Hello Sam, We haven’t heard from you guys yet, is everything fine?
Wendy: Hey Sam, Colin had work today and he never showed up, where the hell are you?!
Commissioner: Are you there Sam? You never reported for duty and we just wanted to see if you were sick or-
April: Sam, please answer me, where are you?! I haven’t heard a word from you all day!
Sam looked around in a panic, one thought on her mind.
‘Where am I… WHERE’S COLIN?!’
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Colin yawned and looked around the room, asking “Hey Sam, did we check into a hotel last night?”
“Who’s Sam?”