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nto a martini shaker and shook it up。
Oh; fuck; Vanessa thought。 Here’s when he pours out his heart and
tells me all about how he’s been in love with Ruby forever; but she
doesn’t seem to notice him。 And he wants me to play Cupid and
blah; blah; blah。
“What?” she said。
“Well;” Clark said。 “I see you and Ruby e in here all the time。”
Here he goes; thought Vanessa。
“And you never e up to the bar and talk to me。 But I’ve kind of
had a crush on you since I first saw you。”
Vanessa stared at him。 Was he joking?
Clark poured the drink out of the martini shaker into a short little
glass and squeezed a few limes into it。 He pushed it toward her。 “Try
that;” he said。 “It’s on the house。”
Vanessa picked up the glass and tasted it。 It tasted sweet and sour
at the same time; and she couldn’t taste any alcohol in it at all。 It
was good。
“What’s it called?” she said。
“Kiss me;” Clark said; with an absolutely straight face。
Vanessa put the drink down and leaned over the bar。 Serena and
Dan could dance their pretty asses off for all she cared。 She was
about to be kissed。
The Kiss on the Lips DJ had just broken up with her boyfriend of four
years and was playing sad; slow; love songs back to back。
Gorgeously dressed couples held onto each other and swayed to
the lonesome riffs; barely moving beneath the soft lights。 The air
smelled of orchids and candle wax and raw fish and cigarette
smoke; and there was a peaceful sophistication to the evening that
was both unexpected and familiar。 It wasn’t the rocking slam…fest
that some had hoped for; but it wasn’t a bad party; either。 There
wa
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