i like pleasure spiked with pain / OPEN

[devlin james christof]

it was a busy night at the bar, so it seemed. devlin had the night shift tonight so he had time to kill until around midnight. and what better way than to go have a couple drinks down at the bar? walking in, he smirked around at the many familiar faces. devlin knew a lot of people around town and quite a few knew him in return, commerce was a busy casino and he was always around. he strolled up to the bar, ducking past a couple of people seemingly having an argument. sitting down on the stool he smiled at the bartender, "derrick, my man." he shook the man's hand and patted the man on the shoulder. "jack and coke, thanks bud."

he span around on his stool and devlin's eyes roamed the crowded room. all at once his vision was interrupted by a girl bumping into the side of him, nearly knocking him off his seat. he blinked a couple times and looked at the woman that had stumbled into him and placed his hand on her arm, "woah, you alright there love?" was she drunk? or perhaps just unco-ordinated. he'd soon find out.

[jennifer sofia martinez]

going to the bar seemed like a good idea to jenni, that is until she got there. the plan was to meet up with some friends, have a few drinks, and just have a good time. yeah, then she got there and all of her friends sent her texts giving either a lame excuse not to go or just said they changed their minds. she let out a long sigh before walking in the bar, shaking her head not letting them ruin her night. she walked over to the bar, ordering an appletini. she sipped her drink, checking out the room as she flipped her hair over her shoulder. not a single cute guy in sight, not that she minded. when it came to meeting cute guys, sure she was flirty but she always had that nervousness behind it. what if they freaked out at her being trans* and became violent? what if they already knew from some one else and was just trying to get her hopes up? these were the kind of things that crossed her mind when it came to meeting people.

anyway, she set her drink down on the bar before turning around again. that was when the drunken fools knocked into her, she lost her balance in her wedged shoes making her knock into some one. she had felt bad, and immediately began shaking her head. "i'm fine! i am so so sorry!" she felt him touch her arm and she looked over at the guy and smiled. he was cute, very cute. "those fools over there bumped into me," jenni shook her head at the two idiots guys and sighed, putting a hand out. "jenni, jenni martinez." with her other hand, she picked her appletini from the bar and sipped it slowly before setting it back down.

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