Serenity Torres was a 27 year old bartender who was just trying to make ends meet. She lived with her best friend since high school in a apartment. One night while Serenity was working a late shift, a strange man comes in and orders a drink. but who...
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It was the night of the event. I texted the manager and he said just to come in comfortable clothing since they have something I need to specifically wear. I put on a white sweatshirt with some grey sweatpants. I slicked back my hair and put on my regular makeup. My sister was staying at a hotel, so I wasn't scared of walking out of my room like this.
I walked out my room and headed towards the door. As I opened it, I was met with Noah at the door. We both stopped in our tracks, catching each other off guard. "Oh, I didn't know you were coming" I say. "Oh well uh, I was coming to drop something for Lina, as an apology for Nova" he says. I then look down at the box of pastries he had in his hand from a local bakery. I looked up at him, as he had a flustered look on his face. "Well, she's in her room probably watching some tv" I say. He nods his head as he heads inside. I closed the door behind me and started walking to my car. As I got in, I got a call from the manager. I answered the phone. "Hello sir" I say. "Hello Serenity! I'm sorry for calling out the blue, but I am required to ask you a quick question" he says. "of course, what did you need to ask me?" I say. "Well, the uniform that your required for this certain event is quite...revealing" he says.
"How revealing?"
I couldn't believe this. I was currently in the locker room trying on the uniform, if you want to even call it that. It was a bikini top with short shorts. I don't even think these are shorts, this must be underwear.
It was shiny black teal with rhinestones at the waist line. And the top was teal with a black outline. As I looked at myself in the mirror, I turned to see that my tattoo was showing. Really bad time to have this. But they were paying good money, so I wasn't too mad about it.
I put on the teal flipflops they wanted me to wear. They also wanted my hair to be down. This was the first time in a very long time that I had my curly hair down unless it was straightened. They wanted to go for the beach girl wet look, which totally didn't make me feel like a stripper on Friday theme nights.
As I was applying some gel to my hair, a girl walked into the locker room. She walked over to me, but she looked scared for some reason. "Ms. Serenity, everyone was wondering if you're ready?" she asks. "Oh yea, just give me like 5 minutes" I say. Before she could walk away, I stopped her in her tracks. "oh, by the way, I love the pigtails" I say. She was wearing a hot pink tank top with orange shorts with hot pink flip flops. Her hair was in two pigtails and had pink and orange scrunchies on them. "oh, uh, thank you!" she says. She then walks away with a brighter smile on her face. She reminded me so much of Evie.
I finished getting ready and walked out. No one was in the arena yet, so I was good so far. I walked over to the bar and started setting up. As I was setting up, I hear commotion coming from one of the nearby locker rooms. "You need to focus or else you're going to lose!" one man said. I then heard a big slam which sounded like a door. I then saw someone walk out, and it was no one other than Zryan himself. We caught each other's eye. He was currently shirtless and only had on sweatpants. If my mouth was dry before, it certainly wasn't anymore. Before I could take in more of his toned abs, he walked away. I then saw his manager come out, trying to go after him but couldn't.
He sighs deeply before he turns to me. "Oh hey! How you are feeling so far?" he asks. "I'm pretty good, just setting up" I say. They only have cocktails and beer on the menu, so this should make my job a tad bit easier. "that's great! I'm just trying to catch up with Zryan but he's in one of his little moods" he says. I kind of feel bad for the old guy. Having to deal with a man baby is the worst. "It seems like he's always in a mood" I say. Before the man could respond, Zryan walks back into the room. He walks past me and the old man. The old man looks at me and I nodded my head, indicating he should go.
As he left the area, I started to finish setting up. I'm glad I'm not his manager, because I would've quit an hour in.
Everyone was coming in all at once, all excited for the big fight. According to his manager, this is just a small event. Small event my ass.
I already was getting orders back-to-back for drinks, but luckily they got a guy to help me out. Everyone was getting their drinks before the big fight so they can enjoy it while seeing two people beat the shit out of each other. As I was finishing up the last drink, I suddenly heard my name being called from across the room. I give the customer their drink before turning around and seeing a very bad sight.
"Noah, what the hell are you doing here?" I say as I walk over to him. He was wearing a casual t shirt and shorts. I was so used to seeing him wear suits, this was a rare sighting. "well, I came for the event I invited you too. But I didn't know you worked here" he says. "well, it's just a small job I'm handling right now" I say. "Oh well, can you get me a sidecar and a French 75?" he asks. I nodded my head as I got started on his drink. "oh, Serenity I should tell you that..." "Serenity what the hell are you wearing!?". I look to my left to see Nova. She was also dressed casually surprisingly. She had on a hoodie and sweatpants, something I never thought I would see.
"Nova, she's just doing her job" Noah says. "so, this is what you're doing on a Monday night?" she says. I ignored her question and continued making the drink. As I finished up, I gave them both and drinks and walked away. "Hey! Come back over here Serenity!" Nova yells. Everyone at the bar turns to us. I swear I'm about to lose my job and go to jail.
"What Nova?" I say as I walk back over. "Look, we're going to talk about this when we get home" she says. I roll my eyes at her before walking away. I couldn't believe that she was here
Then the announcer comes on the speaker, saying the fight was beginning. The bar cleared up faster than I could blink. I sit in the corner as I take a deep breath.
