When You Least Expect It

Chapter 3

Hannah was in awe in seeing the men she fantasied over as a teenager just feet from her and thought some looked even better now than they did then! She walked over, plastered a smile on her face and started handing out the leather bound menus to each person and welcoming them. Chris was filling water glasses as Hannah took drink orders, which included quite a bit of alcohol, making Chris and Hannah exchange a glance.

Hannah was at the last spot when she noticed that one seat was empty. She was just going to say something when the nice looking man next to that seat spoke first.

"What is your name again miss?" He asked.

"Hannah," She replied with a smile.

"Can I call you Hannah?"

"Of course!"

"Excellent! Please call me Joey. We are waiting for one more person. My brother is on a conference call and should be down in a minute. Can you get him a Jack and Coke? Top shelf, please," He told her with a wink.

She smiled and took the orders to the POS and entered it in, seeing the tab start to rise. She went to the bar with Chris and took the two trays of drinks in and got them settled. She had learned that if she let the talking and laughing continue uninterrupted, they drank more and raised the tab. Her and Chris stayed on the sidelines and just watched as the group continued on, replacing drinks as they needed.

She went to the man on the end and asked if they would like to order some appetizers or starters. She asked Joey and he opened the menu and rattled off several items for the group to share and nibble on. She walked away smiling and put the orders in.

The evening continued and the last person still hadn't arrived. Hannah didn't know what to think, but kept on enjoying being in the same room with all the banter and joking. The groups had been together for months on tour and clearly had a close relationship. They had been eating and drinking for an hour when Joey said they should get their dinner orders going. The men started including her and Chris in on the banter and they were having a great time and hated to stop it for such a silly thing like work.

Hannah reluctantly started with Joey and took their orders, handing Chris the menus in a pile as they went down. Getting everything down, she went to the POS and was entering when she heard the door open and close and a chorus of greeting to the new person. Not wanting to break stride, she finished putting in the orders and before she sent it off, she needed to get the new person's order. She hit pause on the machine, feeling a presence behind her that gave her goosebumps, turned and ran into the large, hard and warm chest of a very sexy and handsome man.

Falling back some, Hannah felt strong hands grab her to steady her, "I'm so sorry! Are you ok?"

Hearing the voice was intoxicating enough, but taking a deep breath of his smell was another thing! She looked up and was shell shocked by how attractive the man was and couldn't take her eyes off him. He was tall, with very broad shoulders, bright green eyes that held a hint of mischief in them, a great smile that made her want to drop her panties and dark brown almost black hair that made her fingers itch to touch it.

Somehow she pulled herself out of the fog and pulled her eyes away from his face, "I'm fine. I'm so sorry that I ran into you!"

"It was entirely my fault for sneaking up on you and for being so incredibly late. A beautiful woman like you shouldn't have to wait on any man!" He flattered her.

Hannah blushed at his words, "Thank you...Would you care to place your dinner order?"

He smiled at her again and she swallowed to make sure she didn't say something to embarrass the hell out of herself in front of the HOT and sexy man before her, "Yes, please. I'll take the lamb chops with Brussel sprout hash and potatoes au gratin."