Arabelle

Chapter 30 - Bar II

Bella’s POV

“Oh crap!” I heard Ian say beside me,

I had a similar expression hanging on the tip of my tongue but I kept quiet,

Richard was sitting a few feet away, looking at me with wide eyes, from how his eyes looked drowsy and sleepy, I could tell he had quite a few drinks already,

For some reason, I couldn’t pull my eyes away from him, and he seemed unable to do the same,

“We can just leave if you find this uncomfortable” Ian said,

I turned to look at him, he was looking down at me with worry, I smiled and said “Don’t worry about me, I am fine, let’s go and have some drinks like we planned”

He looked like he didn’t entirely buy the idea, he looked at Richard once more, Richard had turned away and had returned to his bottle, Ian turned back to look at me, then he said “If it’s okay with you then I have no problems”

I smiled and Ian did the same, he pointed at a booth at the far end of the room,

“How about we sit there?” he said,

I nodded and said “Seems okay to me”

We walked toward the booth but we were stooped on the way by a waiter “I am sorry but that particular booth has been reserved for another customer who will be shortly” he said with a smile,

I looked around and saw that most of the booths were already occupied

“Is there any one that’s free then?” Ian said,

“Of course, there is one right there” the waiter said with a smile and pointed towards the supposed free booth,

Both Ian and I turned to see where he was pointing and I heard Ian let out a cuss when he saw the booth and I once again refrained from saying the words hanging just at the tip of my tongue,

The free booth was located right next to Richard’s, sometimes I could  swear that the universe hated me,

“Let’s just leave” Ian said,

I felt it was a waste to leave just like that, we were already here, there was no point leaving just like that,

I turned to Ian with a smile “We are here already, there is no point in leaving, and the night is still young remember?” I said,

Ian looked like he wanted to argue but he simply nodded and said “if it’s okay with you then I have no problem”

I smiled and walked towards the booth, I slipped in and Ian followed after me, he took the sit opposite me,

“So what do we do now? Because I don’t have much experience when it comes to bars, I am indoor girl” I said with a smile,

Ian chuckled and said “Don’t worry my dear, you are in the presence of a master, I will educate you properly, now we get wasted”

I couldn’t help the laugh that escaped my lips,

“Bartender, two scotch and Vodka please” Ian hollered with a smile on his face

I laughed and said “You are quite a character Ian Langrove”

“And you are just an angel aren’t you” Ian said and threw a wink at me,

I laughed and suddenly before I could get a grasp on the situation, Richard was standing in our booth and grabbing Ian by the collar, hurling him to his feet, his eyes blazing,

“What the f**k do you think you are doing?” Ian said, his voice was cold and menacing, his eyes were shooting daggers at Richard,

I sat looking at the two men with wide eyes and this time the words were out of my mouth before I could stop them,

“Oh heck no!!”