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[color=royalblue]L[/color]ocation: The Pit
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[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT][color=red]“Long night for ya?”[/color] Rig asked. 

Jed hadn’t realized how obvious his irritation was. He was pinching the bridge of his nose and wincing his eyes shut, both between fast drags of a lit cigarette. [color=royalblue]“Is it that obvious?”[/color] Jed replied, glancing over to Rig. 

[color=red]“Well,”[/color] Rig paused, checking I.D’s mindlessly as he spoke, [color=red]“Your face says it all, hotshot.”[/color]

Jed laid his head against the cool bricks behind him, one leg was propped up and used to rest his arm on. Another heavy drag, and a cloud of smoke escaped his lips with each word, [color=royalblue]“I just want more.”[/color] He shook his head.

[color=red]“I’ve heard that one before.”[/color] More I.D checking, but everyone knew that the Pit welcomed everyone unless you looked like an actual toddler. Rig continued, [color=red]“And I know you’ve heard the same responses from everyone you say that to.”[/color]

[color=royalblue]“[i]‘Just go get it.’—‘What’s holding you back?’—‘You’ll make it eventually!’[/i] Yeah, I’ve heard it all before. . .”[/color] Jed flicked the ashes from his cigarette. [color=royalblue]“I just want it now! I’m tired of waiting for something to happen. I’m tired of being rejected.”[/color]

[color=red]“All super stars have a story, ya know.”[/color]

[color=royalblue]“I’m an author, Rig. I’m not trying to be a movie star.”[/color] Jed rolled his eyes.

[color=red]“Hey, who said authors can’t be stars?”[/color] Rig turned to him, leaning against the frame of the entryway, adjacent to Jed. [color=red]“All I’m saying is that you need to enjoy the pages, or you’ll forget what you’re writing.”[/color]

Jed’s eyes flicked open, the stars somehow shining a little brighter after that statement. One final sizzle from the burn of his cigarette and he nearly huffed the smoke into Rig’s face. [color=royalblue]“Rig, I don’t know why I doubt that you can be smart sometimes.”[/color]

[color=red]“That’s a little insulting,”[/color] Rig replied with narrowed eyes. But a smirk arose from the humor of the remark. He turned to the newcomers, [color=red]“Check out this one though? She’s a real babe. How much you think that son of a bitch paid—.”[/color]

Jed stiffened, interrupting Rig with a fast backhand to his chest out of reaction. Her alluring strut, her golden thighs beneath the hem of her tight, white dress, and her long brown hair that contoured her amazing body—it all added to an unexpected seduction; and Jed couldn’t decipher whether she aimed it towards the rich man on her arm or him and Rig—perhaps everyone. But as she got closer, it was the way she looked at Rig that helped resurface his memory of her. While he’d never gotten her name, he’s spoken to her at parties a multiple of times. But it was this very reason, these exact events of hers, that kept him from diving deeper into who she really was.

Jed was no rich man, and she was no average gal. 

After their greeting, and after Rig allowed them to go inside, Jed immediately stepped between Rig and the next patrons to come up. [color=royalblue]“Rig,”[/color] Jed started, [color=royalblue]“How come you never told me you knew her.”[/color]

[color=red]“She comes here all the time, how do you [i]not[/i] know her?”[/color]

Jed scoffed and patted him on the shoulder as he darted inside, [color=royalblue]“I gotta go.”[/color]

The lights were always a bit disorienting to face when he came back inside after a smoke break. But he knew how to maneuver around the crowd to get back to his position behind the bar quickly. Thanks to her white attire, he was able to spot her amidst the haze of purples and pinks. [color=royalblue]“Uhhh. . .”[/color] Jed groaned under his breath, trying to come up with a smooth introduction.

He picked up a glass and a rag, beginning to polish it as he slid his way to their part of the bar. Jed’s words were aimed towards the man at first, though his eyes never left her. [color=royalblue]“You look like you need a drink.”[/color] He spoke loudly over the music, [color=royalblue]“To come to a bar with a girl like her, you need to loosen up!”[/color] And while the man was still lost in the ambiance, he shot her a wink.[/INDENT][/INDENT][/INDENT]