Euphoria
Chapter One
"What can I get for you two?" the bartender said with a smile.
"Two shots. Surprise us." Stacy said smiling back.
He smiled while flipping his towel on his shoulder and said "Alright, 3 Wise Men for two pretty ladies."
Stacy grabbed the drinks and gave me a cheerful smile while giving me my shot to take. I looked at her uneasy.
"Oh come on girl, lighten up. It's your 21st birthday for Christ's sake. Loosen up and have fun!"
I scrunched up my face at first, but I ended up taking the shot anyways knowing she was right. I was stressed out from college and I was in a dying need to have a good time. Shortly after our third shot I felt so liberate and just wanted to have fun. We decided to go to the dance floor and let loose a little. After a while we got a little exhausted and went back to the bar for more drinks. Before I ordered my drink a cute guy no taller than 6 feet and no older than 23 came up to me with a smile that had me mesmerized.
"You look very beautiful tonight." he said to me while checking me out.
"Well thank you. You're not too shabby yourself." I said smirking.
"Can I buy you a drink?"
I bit my bottom lip a bit and smiled. "You may sure can."
We did cheers and took a shot together.
He asked the bartender for another drink and looked back at me. "So, tell me about yourself."
I'm pretty shy and I didn't know what to tell him. So instead, I just asked him what he wanted to know.
"The basics. Anything." while smiling.
I titled my head a little to the right. "Hm…." I looked back at him and smiled. "Well, my name is Ally. I study journalism at Felician College and I dorm at Rutherford Campus with my best friend Stacy who I actually met there. And uh, today's my 21st birthday."
"Nice to meet you, Ally. Happy birthday by the way. My name's Adam. Adam Henrique. I'm 22 and I play hockey for the New Jersey Devils. Ever been to one of our games?"
I laughed. "No, I'm sorry." and smiled at him while I took another sip of my drink.
He smirked at me. "Well, I think one day you should. It's only about 20 minutes from your campus and I'm pretty sure you'd have a great time. And of course, you'd get to see me play."
I looked up from my drink and he winked at me. I covered my smile and looked down at the ground. He was so gorgeous. Why was he even talking to me?
"I don't know I'm kind of busy with school and all." I joked to keep my calm but I was actually dying inside.
"Well… How about you give me your number and I'll call you sometime?" he said as he was looking around his pockets for his phone.
"Why are you looking for your phone? Did I say yes?" I said to him with a straight face.
He looked at me awkwardly and I broke out laughing. "I'm just kidding." He was relieved and embarrassed. He gave me his phone and I put my number in.
Stacy came up to me and said it was really late. We had to do some errands tomorrow so she suggested it was time for us to go. I looked at the time and it was almost 3 a.m. I jumped out of my seat, started to grab my things, and looked at Adam one last time.
"Promise to call me?" I said smiling.
"Promise." he smiled back and lifted his drink up for cheers.
I lifted my drink up too and put my jacket on. "Thanks for the drink; hope to see you soon." I told him as I started to walk away.
