—— ▸▸ rue sat back in one of the lounge chairs, watching everyone else. as much as she wanted to go home and watch some netflix . . she had to admit, the free entertainment was unmatched. people stood up and either gave cringe worthy performances or . . they gave an applaud worthy performance. after a while, she decided to make a small game out of it. grabbing a few handful of napkins . . she started writing numbers on them, lifting one after each performance. most people got a solid 4 or 5 . . a few got 1′s and only one girl who she’d met once at pop’s earned a 10. as she felt another presence next to her, she handed over some napkins. ❝ feel like rating these awful performances with me ? ❞ she questioned before chuckling. ❝ no amount of alcohol could make me go up there and embarrass myself . . what about you ? ❞