A black Ford and red Dodge Ram pickup trucks parked in front of Vince’s Bar. This was the place that the soldiers agreed to go to for their beer. Aside from being a popular hangout place for people, it was also near the B. S. A. A. training camp. A bunch of young soldiers with the exception of one came out of the two vehicles and made their way inside Vince’s Bar. The soldiers were very excited to be able to go out of training and just have fun-drink beer and meet some pretty ladies. When they got inside, they saw that the place was almost full of people.
Some were drinking and eating while there were some ho were playing billiards and the rest were flirting and getting friendly with other people. The soldiers made their way to the tables and made themselves comfortable. They were actually a big group with four members of the red and blue team plus their team leader-it’s no wonder they were already getting a lot of attention. “This place is great! ” commended Trent, looking around the place. “The atmosphere is good, the food smells delicious, they have billiards table, and there are plenty of ladies around.
“Don’t forget the free beer,” interjected Andy, smiling at the members of the blue team. Ah, well.. not for us,” mentioned Curt, leaning on his chair and crossing his arms. “Captain Luciani shouldn’t you be the one paying for the beer since you’re our team leader? ” asked Mike, looking at his superior with a questioning look. “Why should I? I’m not the only one who lost in the bet, plus you should be paying for my beer for ruining my reputation,” taunted the male agent, addressing his team members. “Oh come on sir, I’m just kidding! ” answered Mike who was very apologetic to the older man.
The rest of them just laughed at their companions. “Hey shouldn’t someone order the beer already? proclaimed Shane. The blue team members started looking at one another and their team leader, trying to decide who will approach the bar. Before they started pointing out members, someone already volunteered. “I’ll do it,” stated Owen, standing up from his chair. The young soldier made his way to the bar-stealing the attention of the ladies he had passed by. Even though the young soldier was just wearing a fitted white t-shirt, dark jeans and black sneakers, he looked very handsome-no wonder the ladies just can’t stop looking at him.
When he arrived at the main bar, he gave his order to the artender and once he got the drinks, he quickly returned back to their table to avoid the numerous introductions and invitations he got from the ladies in the bar who were interested in him. He then somehow regretted volunteering to get the drinks because he had to decline and make excuses to every woman that came up to him. But what can he do? He was not even interested in them. After the drinks came the food started coming to their table as well.
The teams and their captain were having fun talking with one another and just enjoying their day out of the camp. “God this is so much fun! proclaimed Jacob, wiping the tears that formed at the corner of his eyes after laughing so hard with their team captain’s story. “I just hope that Captain Stark gets here soon,” uttered Mike, looking at his fellow soldiers and Captain Luciani. “Yeah.. but, sadly she isn’t,” answered Adams, putting his beer bottle down on the table after taking a drink from it. “Here she comes now” stated Parker, tilting his beer bottle towards the direction of the bar’s entrance.
They all looked at the direction where their male captain was pointing at and when they saw who their captain was pointing ut, everybody had a smile on their face especially one in particular. I walked into Vice’s bar after parking my red Toyota Corolla. “Captain! ” greeted the high-spirited trainees, standing up from their seats and saluting at the woman wearing a red plaid shirt with a white shirt underneath and jeans who was walking towards their table. “Captain? ” I repeated, looking to my left and right. “I don’t see any captain here.
All I know is that I’m just a civilian who wanted to drink some free beer! They applauded and howled at my response. The soldiers then offered their newly arrived guest a hair then they returned to their respective seats. “You’re late, Stark,” proclaimed Parker, handing me a cold bottle of beer which I gladly accepted. “I’m sorry but, I had to make sure Ada couldn’t snoop through our apartment,” replied the female agent, settling on her chair. “Well since we’re all here, I want to make a toast,” began Parker, causing everyone at the table to hold their drinks and look at the Italian man.
“To the future-our future and whatever it holds for us. Everyone was silent. The male agent’s words no matter how simple it was bore a heavy meaning-was he referring to the orld’s future? Or each and everyone’s future? Or both? It was definitely something to think about. “And Mine and Loki’s engagement “I said looking at Loki. ” When’d you two get engaged? ” Parker asked excided. ” Yesterday ” Loki answered. “Cheers,” ended Parker, raising his beer bottle. “Cheers! ” everyone exclaimed, raising their bottles vigorously. The night continued and so did the exchanging of stories, devouring of food and drinking of booze.
Everyone was having fun, they were like teenagers living their lives without any apprehensions-it was like there’s no tomorrow. I excused myself from the table and walked towards the main bar. While the soldiers didn’t mind my leaving the table, Loki on the other hand stood up from his chair and followed me. I took a seat on a vacant bar stool somehow near the bartender’s station. “Vince, l’ll have the usual,” I requested, resting her arms on the bar counter. “Hey Aril, I haven’t seen you in ages,” greeted the man behind the bar counter. “So where’s your partner? ” “Right here next to me “. A glass of my usual drink was placed in front of me.
I stared at the glass then at the person who placed it. miled at my friend and sat back down on my chair. “Thanks, Vince. ” The man smiled back and then walked away to tend to his other patrons. I drank from my glass and turned my head to look at Loki and the others who were at the billiards table which caused me to smile. “Is this seat taken? ” I turned to my left, to the person who asked the question. It was a decent-looking man with messy short blonde hair and grey eyes. He was pointing at the stool next to mine. “No, it’s not,” answered. The man sat next to me facing me. “Hi! I’m Scott,” introduced the man, extending his hand.
I looked at he man’s hand and reluctantly extended my own hand to shake it. I was trying to be polite. “Nice meeting you Scott. ” The man noticed that the woman didn’t give her na playing hard to get he thought. me-probably “So,” began the man, looking at me with hungry eyes. I rolled my eyes and turned my attention to my drink on the bar counter- knew what’s coming because I had heard this line numerous times before. This always seemed to happen whenever I was out and my fiance was not around to scare the foolishly brave men interested in me.
“What does a pretty little girl like you doing alone in a bar? The man continued eyeing me while waiting for my reply. “First of all,” I started, grabbing my glass and facing the man. “I’m not a little girl. I’m probably older than you by almost a decade. Second, I’m not alone l’m actually here with my buddies. ” I tilted my head to the direction of my companions which caused the man to look at the group of men playing billiards and talking to one another in the nearby table. “And third,” I stood up with my drink in my hand. “I’m engaged. ” I tried walking away but was stopped when my arm was pulled back by the man which caused me to drop my glass on the floor.
Parker stood up from his chair upon seeing what was happening and made his way over. The others took notice of what was happening and stood up as well in case of trouble. “Come on, where are you going? We’re not yet done talking,” stated the man, still holding tight on my arm. I was starting to get pissed and was going to handle the situation when someone intervened. “Hey! The lady is engaged so back off,” exclaimed Parker, going in between me and the man. Scott however, didn’t let go of my arm despite Parker’s presence. “My friends and I don’t want to ruin your night man,” proclaimed the Italian.
So just let her arm go. ” I looked at the man who was squeezing my arm tighter and then at Parker who was trying to solve the problem peacefully. I thought that the situation which I found myself in was actually very pathetic because in reality I could just twist Scott’s hand easily and deliver a punch to his stomach or probably a knee to his groin but, if such a situation could still be resolved peacefully then there was no need to use violence. The man was pissed off by the intrusion of the male agent but upon seeing that he was outnumbered by my companions, he decided to let me go. “Are you okay? sked Loki as I was making my way behind Parker while she was rubbing her bruised arm.
“I’m fine. ” Parker and the rest of the soldiers just stood in their places waiting for the man to walk away. “This is not yet over,” threatened Scott, looking at Parker then at me. “Bitch. ” “What did you say?! ” Loki grabbed the man’s shirt. I and the rest of the trainees tried to calm the male agent. Our attempts were useless as the two males continued to exchange insults with each other. To make matters worse, the heated exchange of words got the attention of Scott’s companions who all immediately came to his rescue.
At the same time, the trainees who were at the billiards table also rushed to the commotion. The tension between the two groups was already brewing fast and it will only be a matter of time before a fight would soon break. “Loki! ” called Parker, trying to separate the male agent and the other man who were still holding onto each other’s shirt. After some more attempts from both groups to separate the two men, they were finally able to do so. Both men were still breathing hard in fury while their companions held onto them. “We don’t want any trouble,” stated Shun, looking at the other group while still holding onto Loki.
We’re not here looking for a fight, we just want to drink our beer and play billiards and I bet you want the same thing. So let’s just forget everything and just enjoy the rest of the night. What do you say? ” Surprisingly, both groups became quiet, Rosenberg was probably right, everyone just wanted to enjoy the night and not bash one another. The soldiers let go of their friend while Scott shrugged off his friends’ hands that were still holding onto him. “Whatever,” uttered Scott, spitting on the floor and staining Loki’s shoe.
