Running Out of Time

Jesse

I smiled at Audrey as she made her way through the crowded bar to get to me. Gabby’s was packed tonight. Something to do with the drink specials. It still wasn’t my favorite place, especially not when it was this busy, but Audrey had asked if I wanted to join her, and there was no way I was saying no to that.

Besides, it was about time that we went out in public again. Things had been great between us lately. We saw one another nearly every night. Most of our time together was spent either back at my place or at her dance studio, though, and although that lent itself to a certain other sort of fun, it was also nice to see her dressed to the nines and grinning at me across the crowded space.

“Hey,” she said, hopping up on the stool next to mine. She looked around. “Man, it’s busy in here. I mean, Annabelle said that it might be for a Friday night, but I kind of thought that she was kidding. Who are all these people?”

I laughed and shrugged, happiness welling up in me just from se