breath after downing his as well.
“That lady,” Antonio said, leaning forward with his elbows on the table, “she used to be a meth head. Now she’s clean and sober. She’s been working here for about five years now, paying her way through college.”
Jake nodded his head, properly put in his place. People could change. He should know, he was one of them. The change, however, wasn’t always for the better. She might have changed her life, but the physical damage had been done. She was going to have a hard time replacing those teeth and she needed to gain weight in the worst way. Just the knowledge about their server made Jake respect her. He didn’t know how Antonio knew the things he did, and he didn’t ask. He had enough on his mind at the time. Jake held up his hand and motioned for the server to bring them another round.
Within minutes, she was there with a double for each of them. “Keep ‘em coming,” Jake told her, throwing back his drink. “In fact, just bring the bottle.”
The server smiled and sauntered off. She returned moments later with a full bottle of Patron tequila.
Half a bottle later, Antonio and Jake were laughing like old friends. “You should have seen his face!” Antonio bellowed around hoots of laughter. “It was kind of purple because the blue dye mixed with the red from anger!”
Jake howled and slapped the table at the thought. Antonio wasn’t that bad after all, he decided. Who could not like him? “I tied my college buddy to his bed while he was passed out one time,” he told Antonio, “I cut his clothes off of him and then called his girlfriend. Oh, man, she was pissed!”
“Oh fuck no you didn’t!” Antonio howled. “Did she kick his ass? Tell me there was some serious ass kicking!”
Jake snorted. “It took three weeks to convince her that I did it as a prank!”
The men were laughing hysterically, but they didn’t care. They tried to sober up when their server, Molly was her name, came over with a tray of shots. “Here ya go, boys,” she said, setting several drinks in front of each of them. “Starting off with a Buttery Nipple, then moving on to a Wet Pussy, then a Blow Job, Sex on the Beach, and finally a Screaming Orgasm.” She pointed to each drink as she named them. “Compliments of the ladies at the table by the window.” She winked at Jake and then went on about her other tables.
Jake looked at the drinks and then at the table of women who sent them over. “Well,” he exclaimed, “looks like we are getting laid by liquor tonight!”
Antonio hooted and waved at the women. They giggled like school girls and waved back. “Yep, cause Lord knows that is the only way we’re getting any tonight!” They each took their shots in the order they were laid out in front of them.
Antonio waved the server back and said, “Send those lovely ladies another of whatever fruity concoction they are drinking.” She smiled and nodded.
“Man, I needed this,” Jake said, leaning back in his chair and feeling relief for the first time since he died.
“Me too,” Antonio agreed. “I think that redhead has it for you,” he pointed out.
Jake immediately looked around, but the redhead he was looking for wasn’t there. He wondered what Shelly was doing right at that moment and his dick perked right up to agree with him. He took a deep breath and willed that appendage into submission.
“Oh, that redhead isn’t here,” Antonio said with a knowing smile.
“I don’t know who you’re talking about,” Jake muttered around his glass before taking another drink.
“I think, my friend,” Antonio said with a toothy grin, “I think you do.”
***
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