𝐊𝐍𝐄𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐒 - 𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐗 𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐑

02 - The Pub

Alex Turner

I can't stop thinking of that girl last night, Arabella.
Why didn't I ask for her number? Wait, no I can't do that. I'm taking a break from relationships. No but we can still be friends, but she's so pretty.. I don't fucking know. It's not like I'm ever going to see her again.

"Have you written anything yet, Al?" Jamie asked sitting down next to Nick at the pub we are at.

"No not anything yet." I said. My life hasn't been interesting right now to have ideas to write a song.

"Jamie we already came out with an album this year, Suck it and See. We aren't going to come out with another album right away." Matt said taking a sip of his beer.

"No fucking way, really?! It's like I definitely didn't work on the album with you guys." Jamie said sarcastically.

"Oh shut up." Matt told Jamie as he smiled and looked around. "Oh hey love!" He smiles as Breana comes up to us.

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We have been here for an hour now and I'm getting bored. Breana and Matt is talking, Nick and Jamie is talking to some other guy. I can join them but I'm not in the mood to really meet someone new right now.

I think I'm going to get another drink. I walk up and and the bartender turns around to face me. Oh shit.

"Alex? I guess my wish of running into each other came true" Arabella smiles at me. She has a beautiful smile, I love her smile, the way her eyes squint and how her smile would be just a little crooked.

I smile at her "I didn't know you work here!"

"Well it would be a little creepy if you did know wouldn't it?" She said making a joke out of it. I roll my eyes playfully. "Anyways what can I get you?"

"Um.. a margarita I guess." I said sounding like I was asking her a question. "Please." I smile.

She's sighs. "I hate when people ask for margaritas, but anything for you Alex." She says smiling a lot, she smiles quite a lot. Not that I'm complaining.

She soon comes back with my margarita. "Ah thank you." She smiles to me. She has her hair in a low pony tail and a few strands out of her her front. She can rock any hairstyle.

"So what brings you here Alex?" She asks me while I take a sip of my drink. "You just came in here alone?" She questions.

I chuckle. "No, I'm here with my friends." I tell her. "They are part of the band."

She smiles. "Right, The Arctic Monkeys" she smirks at me like she's poking fun at me. My eyes widened
as I tilt my head a bit back.

"How do you know the name? I never told you." I say shaking my head and smiling to myself. She waits a second before she speaks again.

"Let's just say.. I'm really good at finding out about everything." She says and I laugh at her. "What!! It's true!"

"Okay sure." I chuckled.

"I'm being 100% honest." She says.

"100%?" I ask.

"100%!" She says

"Well look who made a friend! Who is this?" Matt came up. He's for sure going to make fun of me later.

"Uh, this is Arabella." I tell him. I turned my head to look at her. She put her hand out and Matt accepted it and shakes her hand.

"I'm Matt, and this is Breana." Matt says with a welcoming smile as she shook Breanas hand.

"Hi." She says welcoming. "Well um I guess I should get back to work now should I." She looks at me.

"Yeah probably." I say kinda sad we can't talk more.

"Alright.." She smiles one last time. "Nice meeting you two." She tells Matt and Breana as they both say you too back and she goes back to doing her job.

All three of us walked back to our table. "Well, when did you meet her?" He smirks at me.

"Uhh last night at a party Miles brought me to." I tell him and he smiles bigger.

"Oo at a Party?" He dramatically gasps "I mean you did smile at her pretty funky you must really lik-"

"Oh shut up it was nothing." I roll my eyes.

"Nothing?" He said with an unconvinced face. "So she's a nothing?" He asks with a straight face.

"What? No! She's.. just.." I exhale. "I'm taking a break from relationships right now." I tell Matt.

"Alex? Break? I don't believe that." I glare at him "I don't think there was ever a time you were single" He chuckles. I just smirk and look away.

"Hey guys we are getting ready to leave, I want to go to bed." Nick says as him and Jamie gets their jackets and Breana gets her purse.

We were all about to walk out of the door. "Hey I'll catch up to you guys I just think I forgot something on the table." They nod at me so I walk up to Arabella and doing what I should've done last night.
"Hey."

She immediately smiles which makes me smile "Hey." I look at her for a second.

"Is it okay if I can get your number? I definitely would love to be friends and hang out sometime." I smile at her and her smile grows bigger.

"Sure. You can have my number Alex Turner."

July 14, 2023
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