Chapter 3

                                    

                                          
Lou leans on the door frame and lit her cigarette. 'you really need to quit smoking.' Debbie's voice echoes through her mind. She gives a bitter smile to an empty street. "I'm trying. But I have no reason to... not anymore." She takes in the cigarettes.  
                          
After 30 minutes, Lou walks back to the club. She looks towards the counter and sees you mixing drinks. She admits mentally that you are a quick learner. 'that gin and tonic looks good.' Lou head behind the counter and grab a drink behind you.  
                          
"Here you go." you pass the drinks to the customers. 
                          
Lou smirks standing behind you and change her mind, "not bad, wanna make one for me?" she can see you jump a bit and quickly turns around. 
                          
You hold your hand close to your chest "Okay. But don't stand behind me like this again." 
                          
Lou can't help but chuckle. "Did I scare your little heart out?" she moves around and take a seat in front of you. 
                          
Lou watches your hands move as you make her a gin and tonic. 'how did she know?' she wonders as she looks at your expression. Adorable. the one word that pops in her mind. 'tonight, you're mine.' Lou just keeps smirking in front of you. 
                          
"wanna spend a night together?" Lou said casually. 
                          
"no, Not really." did she just reject me? She questions herself. Then you continue, "why me anyway? You got so many choices." you point around the club. 
                          
"hmm. I slept with half of the girls here." She takes a sip. "except you." Lou can see you dumbfounded.  
                          
"well then, Sleep. With. The. Other. Half." you said slowly to emphasize  that you're not interested in one-night stand. 
                          
Lou is curiously now. She wonders if you're really not interested or just playing hard to get. She put down her drinks "I'm not interested." 
                          
"you're my boss, I'm not gonna to sleep with you." you tell her directly. 
                          
"Then I'll fire you." Lou looks at you with her chin up 
                          
But you won't budge "Even if you fire me, I am still not going to sleep with you." 
                          
Lou smiles, "yet." she can see you getting flush with anger. Her smile widen, "you look like you wanna eat me."  
                          
"yeh well. Not in a good way. Now if you excuse me, I've got work to do." you walk away as Lou chuckles. 'I like her.' Lou admits to herself. 
                          


                          
Not a lot of people can resist Lou, especially not to her blue eyes. Debbie was the first, and now you're the second. 'how can she resist my charisma?' she wonders as she put on her clothes. She looks at the woman who is sleeping in her office couch. 'she is definitely playing hard to get. That's what they always do.' Lou opens the door and walk downstairs.  
                          
Just like any other night, you are cleaning the club after it closes. You see Lou walks toward the bar and just looks at you. "Hey. Get me something to clean up my throat." 
                          
"you know, I'm mopping over here. Why can't you get it yourself?" you said without looking at her. 
                          
Huh. Lou is definitely not amused right now. 'She needs to know who's in charge.' She looks at you harshly. "because you work for me." 
                          
She can see your sheepish look. 'it works.' 
                          
You walk behind the counter and takes out a bottle of water. Lou looks at you flustered. What? "what happens to pour it into a glass?" she asks. 
                          
"I just cleaned all the glass." you go back to work. "and you have lipstick on, so no." 
                          
'Do I?' Lou wipes her lips with a tissue. 'bright red.' she frowns and realize the woman upstairs left her a little gift. 'Argh. I hate this.' she tells herself. 
                          
"and besides, you always tell me to hurry up so you can lock it up." you tell her. Then comes the question. "why do you sleep with so many girls? I mean don't you want a relationship?"  
                          
It's just a question, but somewhat Lou feels defensive. She never like to talk about herself. There was someone but now she is in jail, she is definitely not sharing it to anyone. Lou would rather be a loner and heart breaker than be someone weak. Or at least that's what she thinks. 
                          
You turn around when she didn't reply. You can see her cynical smile. "you think you know me, huh?" 
                          
You feel bad immediately, "I'm sorry. ... I was just ..." 
                          
She interrupts you as you shudder a bit, "you know what. I do it for fun. Satisfy?" Lou turns around and face away from you. She chucks down her bottle of water and stare at the shelf in front of her. 'that was harsh. I shouldn't say that.' Lou tries to apologize in her mind.  
                          


                          
"Good night, Lou." you said sheepishly. She didn't even look at you. "mhm." and that is all she said. Lou sigh when she sees you walk out of the door. Looking around the club, it just so empty. Maybe it's not the club. maybe it's the emptiness inside her.