The song of Solomon

1.

Her friends came early to her small apartment  to help her dress up. Scavenging on her fridge or whining that they're going to be late. It was Friday night and she was just done with the final exams on the uni. Now summer holidays are on. Not that she could leave the city but at least she could take a break from endless reading and anxiety. They choose to celebrate their final day of the semester in a jazz bar that a friend of hers recommended long ago but they never had the chance to go. Sophie,her best friend Emilia and Emilia's tail as she called him Kit.

"This is taking forever!" Kit complaint coming from the kitchen. Sophie stomping to get her sandals came along. She wore nothing extraordinary but a black little dress.

"Alright..god! I'm ready!" Sophie smack his shoulder and turn to Emilia. "I had nothing else!" She had but she empty her closet and nothing looked good enough.

"Nothing else... And for that you spent an hour and half in the bedroom?" She furrowed her brows and gave her purse to her hands. "You look great. Now let's go or we'll be late and they will cancel our reservantion!"

"Your hair looks greasy." Kit teased and Sophie automatically touch the top of her head.

"Really?" She asked panicked.

"Oh fuck off,man. Just walk " Kit roll his eyes and open the door so they could leave her apartment.

Emilia was the driver for the night mostly because knew that Kit would have a glass or two for sure. They arrived outside the bar and the PR guy show them the table. It was a small place, compared to others and Sophie found it funny how it was so famous to the people of the city and they had to make a reservation. But the atmosphere was wonderful. Wooden bar and frames across the walls. Decorated with paintings and drawings and she as an art student was much appreciating this. "Wow,this place is cool." Sophie said stand.

"It is, right? How come we never were here before?"  Emilia was looking around and squeaked from happiness. "This place is so good!"

Waitress came smiled at them, wishing them good evening. "What can I bring you to drink?"

"Hm, something really good to celebrate," Emilia cocked her brows. "Wine? Champagne to celebrate the end of another year?"

They exchanged looks and all agreed on wine. Sophie was starstrucked this place  it's a gate to another age. Another world. "I wanna buy a place like this."

"You can't afford your own place yet." Kit reminds her with a snort looking around.

"Why you always have to ruin it?" Sophie shot him a look. "How can you stand him?" She teased Emilia.

"For that exactly," Emilia smiled brightly. "He never bores me," she twiched her nose and kissed Kit's cheek. Waitress brought their order. "So to the successful end of one year and the best summer," she tossed glass and clinged it together with the rest.

"Amen sister." Sophie said taking a sip from the wine. The same time the band took their seats back on the small stage they had across. Sophie saw the man for the first time under the ring of her glass that she slowly put down. Without a blink observing him. He walked casually without turning to see towards the tables at all. Careless. He takes the seat on the piano stole as the rest took their positions as well. Most of them instruments she assumed as she couldn't afford a look to the rest. Her eyes pause on the pianist. Dressed in black pants and white shirt with rolled up sleeves. On the top a black vest came to finish his look. He wasn't very tall but he looked enormous and broad. Her lips parted on the sight as he fixed his sleeve and Sophie swallow thick. She takes another sip feeling weirdly her pulse catching up speed as she looked at the man. His face almost dark and handsome. Elegant nose and plush lips from what she could see at least due to his heavy beard. She almost jumped on her seat from surprise when music started to play and woke her up from the daydream.