Anyone who knew her would know that Abigail’s life was pretty much tied to her phone, hence her offer to surrender it to him, in a gesture of trust and good faith. And while he didn’t take her up on it, he did agree to hearing her out anyway, which would no doubt lessen the guilt in her. ❝Alright then.❞
Squeezing past him in the hallway, the brunette headed for the bar, glancing over her shoulder to make sure he was following after her. Approaching the bar, she was quick to place a drink order for them. ❝Whatever he wants, a cosmopolitan, and two of the strongest shots you have.❞She figured that if she was going to spill as planned, then she needed some proper liquid courage to back her up.
In no time, the shots were served up first. Glancing to Marco, she said, ❝I don’t do this often, so…❞ Throwing back both shots, Abi forced them down in succession, wincing as they went down. After placing the shot glasses back onto the counter, she promptly gathered her bearings to face him. ❝Right. Look, I didn’t leave because of what happened. I left because I had a job. I got my orders back for New York, and my flight was at 1pm.❞ A sharp inhale sounded from her, as she carried on. ❝Now was I hiding from you when I got back? A little bit, yeah, but that was because I felt bad for not messaging you after I left. I felt guilty, and thought maybe you think I’m a bitch for ghosting you. I mean, I did act that way, but you didn’t deserve that, especially considering I came on to you that night.❞
Moving to the side he let her past him, taking a few seconds before he eventually followed her out towards the bar. He waited while she hit the bartender with an order, giving him a quick nod in acknowledgement as he sat himself down. “Whiskey on the rocks.” Once again, he waited for her to begin her little explanation. The the solemn look on his face, it probably seemed more dire than the whole thing truly was. Though watching the way she took down both shots, maybe there was more than he realized rolling his way. While she faced him, his eyes were down glued to his drink after it was placed down in front of him. Both hands on the glass was he rolled it around on its edge as he listened to her.
By the end of it, his lips pulled up forming a small smile, giving a single shake of his head. “You wouldn’t be the first chick to disappear on me.” The sentence carried a much deeper meaning than she’d realize and while there was nothing amusing about that, he had long learned how to play such things off. Turning his head to look at her, he let a few seconds of silence fill the air as he chose his next words. Did he continue the little guilt trip she seemed to be on or did he throw it aside and call it a day? “I probably did.” Some girl he left alone before sunrise was probably cheering her on. He sure as hell wasn’t a saint. “You know I didn’t wait by the phone waiting to see if you were gonna give me the time of day.” He wouldn’t have minded it but he knew what the exchange was from the moment she came around him that night. “What I wanna know is,” taking a sip of his drink, setting down as he turned his body to face her now. “If you hadn’t had a flight to catch, would you still have made the same shitty move?”