~ Excerpt ~
"How was your night off?" Nikki asked as
she brushed past me, leaning to grab a bottle from the spot on the higher
shelf. I barely had to duck to get under her arm to take an order.
"Good," I
yelled back as we passed each other again moments later. We were used to this,
the chaos of working in one of the popular themed-bars on The Strip. I'd worked
at plenty of the bars but working here, for Shannon, was the best job I'd had.
"Did you give
Zane a lap dance for his birthday like I told you to?" Nikki nudged me
with her elbow and I spun a bottle in my right hand before pouring the drink I
was working on.
"Right. Because
that would've ended well," I answered with a laugh and shook my head.
"No, but I did actually dance with him. His
ex-wife showed up and caused a huge scene. It was kind of a mess."
Nikki shook her head
and glanced over at me before pulling out two beers and passing them back to
the customer she was helping. "I don't know why you two don't just fuck
and get it over with already." I threw a bar rag at her and she laughed
again, glancing at the clock beside the register.
"Trust me, Nik, that is never going to
happen," I said over my shoulder as I passed her.
"Well, if you're
not going to fuck the hotness monster, I'm totally going for it next time I see
him." Nikki winked as she stopped directly beside me to take an order.
"That'll never
happen either!" I laughed at Nikki's shocked expression. "First of
all, you seem to be forgetting that Zane doesn't do locals."
"Details."
She waved a hand dismissively as she finished filling a glass, nearly sloshing
whiskey all over the bar.
"Second, I made
him promise not to fuck anyone I work with."
Nikki slammed the
bottle into place. Ignoring the customers momentarily, she spread her arms
in a gesture that clearly said ‘what the fuck’. "Why? Why would you twat
block me like that?"
I tried not to laugh, but I couldn't help
it. I heard Nikki mumble under her breath
as I turned to take a few more orders.
"Sorry, but
you're a double no for him. You'll have to find a new hotness monster." I
passed her the vodka, noticing the bottle was almost empty. "By the way,
he doesn't really count as a hotness monster if we know how to find him."
"Whatever. He was my
favorite hotness monster," she sighed in faux dismay.
~ Playlist ~
Broken
by Seether featuring Amy Lee
E.T.
by Katy Perry
Just
Friends by Jason Reeves
You
Make Me Sick by P!nk
Over
and Over by Three Days Grace
Breathe
Me by Sia
Scars
by Papa Roach
Titanium
(Cover) by Madilyn Bailey
Feels
Like Tonight by Daughtry
Good
Enough by Evanescence
Don’t
Let it End by Nickelback
Sober
by P!nk
Kiss
Me Slowly by Parachute
Runaway
by P!nk
Disappear
by Stephen Speaks
Hush,
Hush by Avril Lavigne
I’d
Come for You by Nickelback
Nobody’s
Home by Avril Lavigne
All
of Me by John Legend
My
Heart by Paramore
Maegan’s writing career, like most, started with a journal. It was a
gift from a family member and she wrote in it religiously. When she finished
filling it with the story of the life she wished she was living, she continued
on with the next journal. And then the next.
Born and raised
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Maegan studied Stage Production Technology in college and
now works as a seamstress in a department store full-time. Her love of theatre
and family ties to that world guided her to work part-time backstage in the
various theatres in Tulsa. She spends a lot of downtime backstage reading
(Thank Goodness for ereaders!) and the idea for Perfectly Broken was born
during the run of The Lion King for four weeks in Summer 2013.
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