✓ Chaos Theory | Diego Hargreeves [1]

【CHAPTER THREE】

—chapter three.

  ❛ I can take care of myself. ❜  

THE BAR WAS CRAMMED THAT NIGHT.

Though, Friday's were often like that.

There were a few good bars in the city that attracted the most attention, but unfortunately, she had to choose to work for Wallow's -- really, Wallow's, what did that even mean? -- which was occasionally wildly popular, but only well known for the cheap booze and the generally pleasant atmosphere...except on the days the place was not half empty.

Friday nights, of course, meant everyone was packed in and yelling and losing their mind for no good reason. It meant her and the few others on shift were clambering just to hear someone a couple of inches away. It also meant every single packed shift meant she looked a mess nearly 90% of it.

This shift played no different. Elodie's hair stuck in sweaty loops to her forehead, already shiny and beaded with droplets. Actually probably every inch of her was covered in sweat at the rate she was going, and of course the heat had to be cranked so high up, so she was practically boiling in her own liquid, a red-hot lobster for some unlucky asshole to deal with.

Elodie set down the glass and whirled back around, glaring at the back door.

"Charles, you filthy jerk -- get yer' ass out here already!"

Garbled mumbles echoed before a head of long, dark hair finally reappeared. The curly locks held tight to several boxes staggering in front of his face. He stumbled for a second but steadied himself and even managed to flip her off while putting the boxes down.

She only grinned at that, no time to spare on a comeback or snarky response. Elodie slid two new drinks across the counter and a five dollar bill for change to another and twisted back around even before she took another breath. 

"Woo-wee, look at you go. Tryna give me a run for my money, are you?"

She rolled her eyes. "The only run I'm 'running' is running this here bar all on my own, and you all know it."

"Please. You'd be dead in seconds if I wasn't here right now."

With that, she spun around again pushing past him with only slight aggression. His laughter echoed behind her, and that infused her with a grin of her own. "You wish, bitch."