Entangled ✔️

Chapter 5

In which our hero invites himself for a dinner with our heroine

They met at another sports bar a few days later. Adam waited in a booth where he could easily watch the hockey game. Ahana was a few minutes late, and she again took the seat beside him.

The first time Adam had thought it was part of her brashness. Now he realized that it was easier for Ahana to sit beside him like this, without making eye contact. He didn’t mind. And he didn’t feel an ounce of guilt for eyeing all the luscious girls in the bar. He even got the waitress’s phone number, and Ahana gave him an encouraging nod when he did.

Why wouldn’t she? She was in love with Jason after all. Adam was a little irked by that. While he liked the freedom, he was so used to jealous girls that he took it for granted. Obviously, Ahana had no interest in him.

Why did that bother him? He had no attraction to her. She wore enough garments to clothe three women, and And he didn't even know her body shape . Really, he felt sorry for her.

Jason was an upstanding kind of guy, but like all guys, he wanted to spend his nights with something soft and feminine, not frizzy and hard-edged. She was realistic about her unattractiveness, but the matter-of-fact way she debased herself drew on his sympathies.

Ahana wore her hair down tonight, and it made her more feminine. Her hair was by far her best feature. Probably her only feature. It was long, falling just past her shoulders in soft, curly waves of brown and red highlights. She didn’t seem like the kind of girl who highlighted her hair, so they must be natural. His wanted to run his fingers through it so badly that they actually twitched.

“So what’s the game plan?” Ahana asked before digging in to her food. Did this girl even know how to be a girl?

“Did you try flirting?”
“Um…sort of, but I don’t think it worked.”
“Why is that?”

"Well, I told Jason I liked his tie and asked him where he purchased it.”
Adam started laughing. “Ana, he’s going to think you’re buying a tie for another guy.”

“Oh…I guess you’re right,” she replied, unable to hide her disappointment at her first foray into flirting.

Adam leaned in toward her and whispered into her ear. “You should have said ‘I like your tie and wonder how it would feel wrapped around my wrists.’” Adam laughed at Ahana’s shocked expression, but he was annoyed she pulled away from him, especially when a silky strand of her hair brushed his cheek.

“I can’t say that!”
“I suppose you couldn’t. Scratch the flirting for now. Maybe I can just give you some advice.”
“I’m willing to listen.”

“You’re very severe in your looks. We both know you’re not the prettiest girl, but you should at least play up your features.” He’d just hit a new level in douche baggery, but she didn’t react to his words.

“No kidding. Tell me something I don’t know.”
“Your hair looks better when it’s down. Always wear it down.”
“It’s a lot of work to wear down. It’s easier to tie up.”

“Jesus, Ahana, do you want Jason to notice you or not?” he asked, slamming down his drink with too much force. “I thought you were a hard worker.”

“I am,” she replied, acting offended for the first time.

“Well, then work hard at this like you would an important presentation .”

“I plan on a makeover, Adam, but only after my Friend breaks up with Jason.”
Adam. sighed. “Let’s say she breaks up with Jason, and he moves on. Jason’s just going to pass you up. You blend in with the wallpaper. I bet you get shoved a lot.”