Despite coming from a family that seemingly thrived on chaos, Thyme was anything but pleased with the current state of the city. More problems meant more of push to manufacture both at home and at work, which really meant more stress for her. It was admittedly all self-induced, but Thyme chose to ignore that as she sat down at the mostly empty bar. Usually she preferred drinking in the peace and quiet of her own home. Today was a particularly obnoxious work day though, and she’d chosen to find the first bar she could to take the edge off.
“I’ll take a Paloma, please. With actual grapefruit juice, not soda,” Thyme pretended not to see the eye roll the bartender gave her by glancing around the building, catching sight of someone just a few seats down from her. “And another order of whatever that young lady is having,” she commented, loud enough for aforementioned lady to hear. The unspoken she looks like she could use it hung in the air as Thyme tilted her head in the girl’s direction.
As another drink was placed in front of her, Rosa glanced over at the attractive young woman who was now the only other person at the bar. It would be rude not to at least thank her, wouldn’t it? As Rosa chewed on the inside of her cheek and contemplated it, she slowly slid out of the bar stool and made her way over to the other bar patron.
“Hey,” Rosa painted on the best smile she could, even though she still felt the emptiness from losing her sister inside, and didn’t know how to cope, and had substantial guilt that she should be doing something about it rather than drinking at a bar. “Thanks for the drink. You’re a lot prettier than the usual creep who tries to make a pass at me.”