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-George POV-

The familiar buzz of the looming crowd outside snaked its way through my ears racking my brain as I nervously wiped down the bar one last time before the herd of boars came in and trashed the place. I had been working here for about a year now and I'd come to the conclusion that Fridays were the worst day, unlucky for me because my shifts always land on a Friday. Fridays were always the busiest day for sure, you had the fresh-out-of-school teens who were making the most of their new drinking rights, then there were the groups, mainly women, who were gossiping throughout the club and the occasional male group, their drunken laughter ripping through the air. 

It was about 15 minutes before we opened but the line was already snaking down the path outside according to my coworker Karl, Karl and I had become friends on my first day he was also relatively new but still knew the place enough to teach me how to get by. Me and Karl always tried to sync our shifts so that we wouldn't have to deal with the night alone but unfortunately it never always worked, tonight wasn't one of those nights though as Karl came bustling through the doors, late as always but fashionably late.

"Karl, we open in less than 15! Why are you so late?" I question a slight harshness coming off my voice.

"Sorry, sorry, you know me I can't help it!" He defends unaware of my tone while throwing his hands up in the air.

"Fine, just get back here and help me prepare, we have a long night ahead of us." 

"Alright calm down I'll be there in a sec." He rolls his eyes sensing my anxiety.

I always got anxious on Fridays, like I said they are the worst day but it's because of how unpredictable they are, me and Karl always stick together incase either of us gets into a situation that isn't uncommon here.

I gulped as I realised people were slowly starting to filter in, the music blaring loudly playing god knows what and the multicoloured lights flashing to the beat. Karl eventually joined me behind the bar as we started to serve people at the beginning of a very long night. 

Small time skip bc I'm lazy af :]

I was only half way through my shift but the tiredness was starting to creep up on me as I escaped to the toilet. The cold knives cut into my skin forcing my brain to keep me awake as I rubbed my eyes looking into the mirror at the mess I looked. 

Holy shit... it hadn't been that long and my hair was already a mess, my brown eyes dull and tired and my face slowly paling as the night went on. 

Fuck I really could use a drink right now... I thought as I prepared myself to face the flashing lights that burned into my eyes. But boss has a strict policy "no drinking behind the bar, you're here to work not to get shit faced." That's the first thing Karl taught me, he had learnt the hard way, almost lost his job because of one small shot of tequila. It was unfair but I suppose I understood I mean who would want a shit faced bartender serving them. 

"George, where are you it's getting busy? Get your ass out here." I hear Karl yell as I roll my eyes, Karl could never cope when it got busy and I couldn't blame him, the people here were so impatient and rude but I was the one who could multitask making both of our jobs easier.

I walk out of the staff bathroom to be greeted with a hysterical Karl as he fumbled around trying to make all of the drinks.

"Alright I'm here." I whisper to Karl as he exhales a sigh of relief, "Right who's next?" I ask out to the waiting customers as they slowly start to filter over from Karl to me.

"Uh I'll just take a vodka lemonade, make it strong for me will ya?" Comes a low, tired voice.


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687 words 

I really don't know what to think of this but ok- ik it's pretty short but I hope w/ time as I get better the chapters will get longer!!

I wonder who it could be at the bar? :o

Anyways I'm pretty shit at writing but do I care? Absolutely not! You chose to read this so put up w/ it :D

Thanks for taking the time to read this and I hope it wasn't too shit!! :]]

- We rolling with it <3

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