She shook her head at her thoughts.

She already knew the woman talked too much and that just crossed her right off the list.

The woman was pretty though, she admitted, in that quirky way.

Not her type at all.

“Well…” was all she said before she turned back.

“I’m sorry were you doing something spectacular over there? Thinking of ways to cure cancer? Solve world peace? Wanna drink with me? I’ve got the whole bottle and it’s begging, no pleading, to be drained! Kelly, another shot glass.”

The woman actually had the audacity to scoot over to the empty stool next to her and grin at her.

She had a dimple in her left cheek.

“Maybe I wanted to be alone,” was all she could mutter.

“In a bar?” the woman exclaimed seeming to think the idea ludicrous.

“People come to bars for different reasons.”

“True. But people don’t come to this bar to sit and contemplate the world.”

She felt the need to turn away but found she couldn’t as she was again caught by the woman’s eyes. What exact color were they? She could say that they resembled almost aged whiskey. Or was it more in the chocolate vein?

“Well…” she said again at a loss. Dismayed at where her thoughts were headed. “It doesn’t really matter why I came here. Why did you come here?”

“Why does anyone come here?” the woman asked with a cheeky smirk and arched brows. She laughed aloud as if she’d made a great joke and she was the only one who understood it.

Kelly slid the shot glass in front of her and the woman poured her a shot.

“What shall we drink to?” the woman asked while lifting her glass.

Reluctantly she lifted the glass.

“To rest and relaxation?” she asked.

The woman frowned slightly but then shrugged.

“Not what I was thinking but…what the hell! To a little R& R! Down the bloody hatch with you.”

They both slammed back the shots quickly.

“Oh, oh, oh! The burn…baby I missed you,” she crooned to the bottle as she caressed her hand down the side of it.

Intrigued despite herself she leaned a little closer to the woman.

“If we’re going to be sharing shots at least tell me your name.”