Four Beers And A Lager
The bar area was empty. The band was coming to the end of a set so I went to get the drinks in before the paying crowd got the same idea.
I wandered over to a section of the bar where a barmaid was standing poised for action. I glanced down at the coins in my hand to see if I'd got enough to pay without breaking into another note.
"Hi. What can I get you?" she asked.
"Four beers please," I said looking up at her, "and ..."
I stopped mid sentence because she wasn't looking at me, she was staring over my right shoulder.
"I'm sorry," I said and looked round to see who she was serving. The bar was empty. There was nobody there at all except me and the barmaid. I looked back at her.
Her right eye was fixed on me. It was a very nice eye. Her left eye seemed to have a mind of its own and gazed crazily out into a secret world somewhere over my right shoulder.
"You finished with that order or you going to keep me in suspense all night?"
"Four beers and ... a lager please."
I paid for the drinks, took them over to a table and sat down, waiting for the other guys to come through.
When I looked back at the bar, one of the girl's eyes, the crazy one, was still fixed on me, the other was serving the next customer.
I wandered over to a section of the bar where a barmaid was standing poised for action. I glanced down at the coins in my hand to see if I'd got enough to pay without breaking into another note.
"Hi. What can I get you?" she asked.
"Four beers please," I said looking up at her, "and ..."
I stopped mid sentence because she wasn't looking at me, she was staring over my right shoulder.
"I'm sorry," I said and looked round to see who she was serving. The bar was empty. There was nobody there at all except me and the barmaid. I looked back at her.
Her right eye was fixed on me. It was a very nice eye. Her left eye seemed to have a mind of its own and gazed crazily out into a secret world somewhere over my right shoulder.
"You finished with that order or you going to keep me in suspense all night?"
"Four beers and ... a lager please."
I paid for the drinks, took them over to a table and sat down, waiting for the other guys to come through.
When I looked back at the bar, one of the girl's eyes, the crazy one, was still fixed on me, the other was serving the next customer.