This was nice, Valentine mused, nursing his beer as his eyes drifted over the crowd of people. With Damien gone to get them another round, and the TV switched to another channel while the commercials aired in the halftime of the game, there wasn’t much to do but people watch.
His thoughts miles away when something pulled his attention back to the present. A familiar laugh ringing somewhere at his right, Valentine’s eyes landed on Lottie’s back as the girl spoke with someone on her table.
Valentine smiled, brows high, shaking his head he forced his gaze away – back on the TV, on the blonde at the bar, at Damian who’d struck a conversation with the bartender, though somehow, his attention inevitably drifted back to Lottie.
Lottie who was talking with a man, rather – boy, who had rips on the knees of his jeans that Valentine found to be ridiculous. He tugged his phone, taping away before he thought better of it.
[sms 22:31] Out before Monday? Not very responsible.
Lottie was trying to convince herself that she was having a good time but it was proving hard. The two friends she thought would be out had yet to arrive and while the company was alright it wasn’t what she had expected. One of the guys kept talking to her and he was sweet but way too young for what she enjoyed. He had marked himself as a Dominant but she had yet to see any sign of any control from him and while he was clearly looking to see where the night might go she knew she would be way too much for him to handle. Still he was quite funny and she enjoyed that and it was as he was telling her a very amusing story about a class the previous week that she felt her phone vibrate in her bag.
Giving an apologetic smile she reached in and called up the message. Her face lit up in a grin as she saw the name ‘Major’ on the screen and as she read the text she gave a laugh of surprise at the unexpected message.
[sms 22.33] I’m very responsible as you well know. I could be at home studying right now or even about to go to bed like a good little girl!
With a smirk to herself she put her phone back in her purse and took a long drink, a warm glow inside her that made her miss the fact the boy had taken a step away.
Lottie's wild adventure 