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Authors: Elizabeth Kelly

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I am overwhelmed that Mr. Anderson would even think to send me stuff anymore; I wipe my eyes, running upstairs. I open my laptop to email him straight away, I tell him I love it all especially the packaging and I do like the new name. I thank both him and Cindy, telling them I love them too. I sit there for a few minutes just looking at the box, feeling loved from a life I left behind.

By seven o'clock I am back from Fairfield I decide to cancel dinner with Knox and eat at home, I sent him a text that I would be in the bar in a little bit. After dinner I go to change my clothes and put on some makeup. Nothing big just my go to makeup, brown Smokey eye and my matching lipstick. I wear my leather Jeggins with the rhinestone pockets; a white halter-top and my black high heal sandals.

I arrived at the bar by nine fifteen and park in my usual spot at the side entrance; I get a text as I am walking towards the door.

Paige: R U still mad at me? Can we talk?

Me: Sure but I am at Georges tonight, we can do lunch on Monday at school.

Paige: Thank you

I put my phone away and step inside, immediately I am met with a sea of people, man does everyone in town come into this bar at the same time I say to myself. I make my way through the crowd and try to get to the bar but they are three people deep. I see Knox and Max doing their thing behind the bar and smile, neither have noticed me but I catch Knox checking his watch twice.

I walk down to my usual area of residence which is not as bad but sill jammed up, I have never seen it so busy in here, I step to the side and bump into a girl with pigtails, a checked shirt tied up around her stomach, cowboy boots and daisy dukes. I can't believe what I am seeing; she looks just like Daisy from Dukes of hazard except she has brown hair.

Oh I'm sorry I say" and step aside, she walks behind the bar and sits her hands on Knox's shoulder while whispering in his ear, I notice the not so subtle boob rubbing off his arm. He laughs and nods at her then goes about making her drinks, what the fuck. Who is this chick, I see her pick up a tray and puts some beers on it and Knox puts the last drink on that he just made, he wipes his hands on the bar towel tucked into the front of his belt then Daisy kisses him on the cheek and walks off with her tray. I am surprised he doesn't look after her while she is walking finally the few guys in front of me move so I quickly step up to the bar.

Max sees me then waves he elbows Knox and nods in my direction. Knox turns around and smiles his beautiful smile at me; he mixes me a Jack & Coke and brings it over. "Hi beautiful, did you just get here? I shake my head no "I have been here long enough" I say, he looks at me questioningly. Daisy comes back with her tray and holds onto Knox's waist as she slides behind him, I cock my eyebrow while looking over his shoulder, "Bailey" he says, I look at him in the eyes "Knox" I say deadpan and sip my drink he smirks at me and runs his hand through his hair "Are you mad?" he asks "No should I be? Last time I checked you were not my boyfriend" I shrug my shoulders pretending not to be annoyed. He chews on his bottom lip looking at me, just then Daisy comes over and puts her hands on his bicep.

I shake my head picking up my drink and turn away Knox grabs my arm, I stop, looking over my shoulder "What?" I say as he pulls me back to him and gives me a kiss, a slow tender, melt into a puddle on the floor kiss, we break apart and he is smiling, I roll my eyes at him wiping lipstick off his lips. "Will you be my girlfriend?" he asked me. I laugh and nod my head, "I will tell Lucy here to keep her hands to herself, again!" he says, he gives me another quick kiss and steps back behind the bar. I see Max watching us and he is smiling, he winks at me and gives his brother a fist bump.

It feels good, today is actually a good day it has been getting better over the last few weeks. I still miss Summer so much but I can feel some of that void slowly being filled and the blackness at bay, I still have bad days but they are becoming less frequent. I turn to watch the guy singing on stage, he is terrible but as I watch him I smile, he is having a blast jumping around to his rendition of Queen's "We will rock you". The bar is still crazy busy, I am getting bumped left and right and the atmosphere is electric, who would have thought a little bar in Blackrock California would be the place to help me heal.

The crowd in the bar is fun, every time a new singer steps up to the karaoke machine the whole room cheers, Oh man, I think as I see Gemma step up to the stage. She is crazy but I kind of feel for her. She takes the microphone and announces, "this song is for our very sexy barman Knox" I burst out laughing while some of the guys in the crowd boo. I look over to Knox trying to hide behind Max which only makes me laugh more, I see Lucy looking between Knox and Gemma, she is not liking that little announcement. As soon as Gemma starts "Call me maybe" I turn to watch her, she is not a bad singer and dancing around having fun, some of the guys at the front of the stage are messing around with her, throwing dollar bills, man that's mean I think but it does look funny.

I feel two strong arms come around my waist and lean back, I know its Knox, I can smell his cologne "Come on" he whispers into my ear, I turn to him smiling taking his hand he leads me through the bead curtain and into a small kitchenette. He swings me into his arms and kisses me, softly at first then he speeds up crushing my lips to his, our tongues do a magical dance together. I run my hands through his hair pulling softly, hearing him groan deep within his throat, he leaves my lips kissing a trail along my jaw and down my neck just below my ear, I let out a soft moan and my body melts into his.

"Damn Bailey" he whispers while traveling along my collar bone and up the other side with soft kisses, his lips find mine again and his kiss is soft and tender once again. We finally stop, both breathing hard Knox put his hands into my hair at the nape of my neck resting his forehead against mine, he opens his eyes and I am mesmerized they are so beautiful almost as if they were glowing. He smiles and kisses the top of my nose, we stand there for a few minutes saying nothing but just looking at each other.

My heart is pounding; I can still feel the pressure on my lips from his kiss. He is smiling at me then he lets go of my hair smoothing it back into place. He pulls out one of the plastic lawn chairs for me to sit then kisses my forehead.

He reaches into a mini fridge and hands me some water, "Did I tell that I missed you this week?" He says as he sits down, "No I think you'll have to tell me again" I say rubbing lipstick off his lips, he takes my hand and kisses my palm "Well Bailey, I missed you".

It is almost unimaginable to see him being so tender, he is six foot two built like a brick wall, a hot sexy brick wall and he rides a Harley, they seem to contradict each other yet here he is looking into my eyes and holding my hand. I take a drink of my water to wet my throat "so is this a break you are on? Or do you pull random girls out of the bar for a quick make out session?" I tease. He shakes his head laughing "Na just pulling random chicks for some action" we both laugh and gets up to open the fridge again "Are you hungry?" he asks pulling out a Tupperware container. "No I ate before I came down". He puts the food into the microwave and hits the start button "I am starving, I ended up missing dinner because we opened early" he takes out some plastic cutlery and his food from the microwave then sits down beside me. How come you opened early?" I say as I smell the lasagna, yum it smells good "Town was mobbed with the football crowd, BRU had a home game so everyone stayed after" I nod and my stomach growls, "I thought you said you ate?" he looks over at me sideways, I smile "I did but that just smells good and my stomach is a traitor anyway" He laughs "What did you eat?"

I scratch my head "Eh a candy bar" I look over at him and he rolls his eyes getting up from his chair and grabs another fork "Here I'll share mine, I don't think Max will appreciate if you ate his" I take the fork "Thanks" I say taking a bite. "Oh my god" I groan "This is orgasmic" I say swallowing the lasagna, Knox chokes on his food for a minute then drinks some water, he wipes his eyes looking at me "Thanks I have never given a chick an orgasm with my lasagna before" he says. I laugh "You did not make this" he smiles "I did so make it" "No way this is too good for a 21 year old guy to make, you know if you buy it frozen and then put it in the oven, that's not cooking".

He is looking at me "Ask Max he saw me, he has been eating it since we were sixteen and if you still doubt my mad cooking skills I will be happy to demonstrate for you" I squint my eyes at him not quite sure if he is joking, he laughs again "I really did make it, from scratch, mom's secret recipe" he drinks the rest of the water and looks at his watch "Shit I told Max I'd be ten minutes" he says getting up, I go to follow and he shakes his head "No stay and finish MY home cooking babe" he gives me a quick kiss on the lips.

He opens the fridge again then puts Max's dinner in to cook, "I'll send Max in, he is probably crying out there" he says laughing, he leans down to kiss me again and winks "See you in a minute". I nod as he leaves, I quickly finish the rest of the lasagna it was really yummy. I get up to wash out the container when Max comes in, "Hey Bailey what you doing back here?" he winks at me; "Eating your brothers dinner," I say smiling while drying off the container. "Oh yeah, what you think?" he grabs his lasagna and a bottle of soda from the fridge sitting down. "Well like I told Knox it was orgasmic" Max cracks up laughing "Damn Bailey are you trying to steal my brother away from me?

First you make out in the bar then you compliment his cooking" Max is shaking his head shoveling food in his mouth "Seriously, did he make that?" Max nods his head still inhaling his food "Um hum, its awesome right" he says. "Yeah it is, so what about you?" he shakes his head no "Na mom and Knox would cook I would eat, she tried to teach me but I didn't really care at the time" he finishes off his lasagna dumping his container in the sink "Better get back out there" he turns for the door but stops looking back to me "Hey I am happy you guys are together, it's nice to see my brother smile again" he slaps the door frame and goes back to work. I decide to wash his container for him; I am smiling to myself thinking about what he just said. On my way out to the bar I stop at the mirror to apply some lip-gloss and fix my hair. I am wiping off the corners of my mouth when the beads swing back, Lucy the new waitress comes into the hallway looking at me, she sees me wiping my mouth and raises her eyebrows "Dang girl you hitting both them hotties" she asks laughing.

I smile "No just the one, for now anyway" I wink at her as I step through the beads. The heat of the bar is terrible, all theses bodies sweating together. As I pass through the bar I feel a pinch on the ass, I spin around to see Knox trying not to laugh serving some guy, I walk over to him and slap his ass hard and walk away. I can hear him laughing as I walk, it's a nice sound all deep and masculine. A few seconds later he is over to me with a Jack & Coke, "Thank you" "Your welcome" he winks as he walks back to the shouting patrons.

I stand at the bar watching the singers again "Hi Bailey" I hear from beside me, I look around seeing Sean from the computer store "Oh Hi Sean" Fuck what is going to try now "Hey I am having my annual winter party on Monday night up by the lake, I do a mean barbecue and there will be swimming" he says to me. "Sounds like you'll have a good time" I say sipping my drink when he slips his arm around me, I tense up "I will if you are there" he says into my ear. Oh man here we go "I don't think I can make it but thanks for the invite" I say holding up my glass to him, He smiles "Think about it" he says and squeezes my ass as he leaves.

I am standing there with my mouth open in shock at the neck of this guy, he seemed like a nice enough guy before "You might wanna close your mouth or I'll have to put something in there" I snap out of it when Knox walks past me and collects some empty glasses from around the bar, I watch him stop and chat to some guys before he walks back my way.

Grabbing his arm "Hey he was asking me to some winter party, I said no but he grabbed my ass I did not lead him on" Knox puts down the dirty glasses and put his arms around my waist "You are smoking hot Bailey, what guy wouldn't want to grab that ass and I trust you so you don't have to explain. I know what Sean is like when he gets a few beers in him" he kisses the tip of my nose " But I get to do a lot more" he winks and kisses me quickly. Max starts shouting at Knox to stop fooling around and go change out one of the Kegs, "Duty calls" he walks behind that bar into the back room. Did I just get lucky enough to bag this guy? Or am I dreaming because of I am I so do not want to wake up.

 

Chapter 19

At 2.30am the bar is finally empty, Knox and Max start clearing up the mess, Lucy is complaining about her feet hurting, Max is shaking his head at her "Well you are a waitress, so get used to Luce" he says. I am sitting at the end of the bar while Knox puts the chairs on top of the tables; Lucy is sweeping still grumbling about her feet. Knox stops what he is doing "Hey Lucy you can take off see you next week" he says unlocking the door for her.

After she leaves Max claps his hands "Thank fuck, I couldn't listen to that complaining anymore" Knox continues stacking chairs while Max restocks the bar, I grab the sweeping brush and pick up where Lucy left off, "Hey you don't have to do that" I shrug my shoulders "I don't mind" we all work in silence for a few minutes. Max opens the register putting the tray on top of the bar. Knox takes it and begins counting. I see them working together doing their thing, neither of them say a word but they each know what the others gestures mean.

"Something in your mouth" by Nickelback blares from my phone on the bar, I smile while answering, "Yes man ho what can I do you for?" "Is that an offer Bails? Wow it only took you three years," I laugh at Roger shaking my head, "No I didn't say I would do you" I go back to sweeping while I talk to him.

"How come you are calling me this late? Are you trying to ditch a chick?" I ask him. "Eh maybe" he blows out breath "Roger, why do you do this? Fine put her on" We have a system for ditching chicks, I pretend to be his pissed off girlfriend, which I don't like but he is a fool sometimes and picks up cling on's. "Yeah" I hear "What do you mean yeah, you do know you are fucking my boyfriend" I shout at her "W-what she stammers, oh shit I'm sorry, he said he was single" she says "Yeah well he's not so if I were you I would get dressed before I get there" I say sounding like a pissed off girlfriend. "Ok Ok I'm leaving" she says and I hear some rustling and her telling Roger he was a dick and not to call her ever again. He comes back on the line "Thanks Babe I owe you one" he says "Yeah you do you ass," I say laughing, He starts shouting through the phone at me so I hold it away "THANK YOU BAILS, YOU ARE THE BEST. I WILL MAKE IT WORTH YOUR WHILE, YOUR HOTNESS" he stops for a minute, I am shaking my head at him "You are a dick" I say, "I know but you love me, go on admit it"

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