Reciprocate

'The usual, just one, the rest would make their order when they arrive.' I told eddy. He is a nice chap , smooth with his bar-tending and always engages his clients amicably.

'Here you go boss ' Eddy said after he sat the drink on the coaster in front of me.'Enjoy it=)'

'Thanks man' I said as I reached for my wallet' here you go '

'Oh,the tab has already been taken,by that lady over there' eddy ended of with a wink as he proceed to mix his next drink.'cheers mate'.

Strange,firstly, I've never been offered a drink by a woman before and I'm pretty sure I haven't engaged with any woman in the bar yet. The first thought that came to my mind was that eddy probably misunderstood the lady and gave the drink to the wrong guy. That wasn't the case when I lock on to a pair of eyes looking straight back at me.

Stage 1, an act of interest.

Stage 2, reciprocating act of interest.

Stage 3, approach.

It didn't took long for free drink lady to strut over after we exchanged smiles. She looks like a mix and judging from her build, I'm guessing she'll be in the modeling industry or making big bucks using the assets she possessed.

'Hey there' free drink lady said' I've seen you around this place often, I'm Hayley. '

'Thanks for the drink, I'm obligated, my name is Jaycee ' I replied, a little flabbergasted by her approach.

There was quite an awkward pause when all she did was smile at me and I'm feeling an inner vixen in her waiting to pounce on me. I've seen girls like that approach my mates and all, they have been known to be very domineering and initiated. They are normally cougars(term we give for slighter older woman) and their attention don't often last long. Well, this one fits the characteristics given to me from my mate's compilations just that she doesn't look close to a cougar to me. She'd probably just pass off slightly older then myself.

We went on with some light conversation over stuffs and more introductions. I began to loosen up and thought that I could use her for company while waiting for the mates who seem to be suffering from chronic lateness.

'So what are you doing after this? ' she popped that question haphazardly .

'I'm waiting for my mates to join me , for dinner. They're always this late for our meet ups.'

'Oh, why not you tell them that you're joining them for dinner, and we head to somewhere else' she said that as she closed in and held my hand. 'Its a little crowded and noisy here'

I was astounded from her advances, changing the mood of an innocent conversation. Well, I was probably naive then ,how innocent can the conversation get right, with such approaches.

'I don't think that would be possible , my mates are arriving soon' I pushed away ' I'm sorry'

Then Hayley saw that ring on my finger.

'Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you're attached' she said.

'Yea, its OK , I'm cool '

Things were feeling extremely awkward at this point of time now.

'You know' Hayley said as she leans over to whisper into my ear' she is one lucky girl'

I smiled upon hearing that.She left me after a friendly peck on the cheek and i watch her sauntered to the exit.

'You can't blame her for taking such initiative' eddy said while cleaning up the cups 'She used to be with a guy and you look very much like that fellow. Words say that he died in a car accident. Sad life I'd say, she probably still haven't gotten over him. '

Its melodramatic. I felt sorry for her . I was wondering if I could be the person to ease her pain even if its just a delusion.Probably, I shouldn't even have been appearing in front of her all this time.