Two and three-quarter donuts later and Julianna’s stomach was beginning to protest. She chewed slowly, forcing herself through the remains of the pastry as she listened to Renton speak. There was the slightest of winces at the corners of her eyes at the sharp pang that was the start of a sugar-induced stomachache. The expression was simultaneous with the assistant insisting she wouldn’t regret it, if he noticed at all maybe he would think she was just silently disagree with him. Finally, she swallowed and washed it down with a long drink of her cooling coffee. It was possibly less the donut, and the thinking about Owen that left her feeling this way.
She suppressed an eye roll when Renton claimed to have meddling liberties. “Fine,” she said, even though she didn’t have to. She had already agreed to the party. Basically agreed to forcing herself to face Owen again, even though she wasn’t sure if she really wanted too. Julianna had been left with the impression that that ship had long sailed, and she had not been allowed on board. She closed the box of donuts and worked on centering perfectly with the edge of the bar counter, just so she would have something to focus on that wasn’t the chipper assistant-slash-almost-friend seated across from her.
Eventually, Renton was on his way with a ridiculously expensive quote for renting the bar and the business card for Julianna’s best friend and go to event planner: Maeve Reed.
Jules couldn’t help but hope that Owen would catch wind of Renton’s plan and cancel the whole thing before she’d have to face him. In the two weeks that passed she checked her phone obsessively for that one message that would call the whole thing off.
No such luck.
Which is why Julianna was currently, stuck behind the bar, serving whisky sours and dark and stormys to Owen and thirty-five or so of his friends and colleagues. She wore her usual black skinny jeans, but instead of the usual Hopscotch t-shirt she wore a deep blue button up. She also wore black suspenders and a cute matching bowtie; her hair loose around her shoulders. It was just a thing that they did at the bar when they had parties. A cute little old-timey thing that had been fun when it wasn’t a party for Owen.
Though few would notice, what really brought the whole outfit together, in Julianna’s opinion, was the expensive and familiar blue tie that was wrapped around her hips and fashioned as a sort of belt.
Julianna had planned to avoid Owen for most of the night, but it seemed she didn’t even have to try. Surrounded by guests that all wanted his attention, he’d never even had to come to the bar for his own drink. As far as she knew, he’d not even looked at her. Good. She didn’t really want to see him let alone talk to him. She remained pleasant to her customers and vehemently wished for the night to just be over.
She suppressed an eye roll when Renton claimed to have meddling liberties. “Fine,” she said, even though she didn’t have to. She had already agreed to the party. Basically agreed to forcing herself to face Owen again, even though she wasn’t sure if she really wanted too. Julianna had been left with the impression that that ship had long sailed, and she had not been allowed on board. She closed the box of donuts and worked on centering perfectly with the edge of the bar counter, just so she would have something to focus on that wasn’t the chipper assistant-slash-almost-friend seated across from her.
Eventually, Renton was on his way with a ridiculously expensive quote for renting the bar and the business card for Julianna’s best friend and go to event planner: Maeve Reed.
Jules couldn’t help but hope that Owen would catch wind of Renton’s plan and cancel the whole thing before she’d have to face him. In the two weeks that passed she checked her phone obsessively for that one message that would call the whole thing off.
No such luck.
Which is why Julianna was currently, stuck behind the bar, serving whisky sours and dark and stormys to Owen and thirty-five or so of his friends and colleagues. She wore her usual black skinny jeans, but instead of the usual Hopscotch t-shirt she wore a deep blue button up. She also wore black suspenders and a cute matching bowtie; her hair loose around her shoulders. It was just a thing that they did at the bar when they had parties. A cute little old-timey thing that had been fun when it wasn’t a party for Owen.
Though few would notice, what really brought the whole outfit together, in Julianna’s opinion, was the expensive and familiar blue tie that was wrapped around her hips and fashioned as a sort of belt.
Julianna had planned to avoid Owen for most of the night, but it seemed she didn’t even have to try. Surrounded by guests that all wanted his attention, he’d never even had to come to the bar for his own drink. As far as she knew, he’d not even looked at her. Good. She didn’t really want to see him let alone talk to him. She remained pleasant to her customers and vehemently wished for the night to just be over.
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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