Nothing A Few Drinks Can't Fix

Justin led Chang into the plush, dark maroon booth sitting her down first, before sitting at the end. Effectively choking off her escape until she answered his questions to his satisfaction. The man Justin had called Andre soon came over with a short glass of rum and coke, with a small straw in it, as well as a glass of water. As he placed the glasses on the table, the man gave Chang a wink and a smile.

The man had thick black hair that was slicked back showing off his twinkling black eyes. He had a long lean muscular build as if he ran fairly often. His tight black jeans stopped right at his hips showing off the top of the "v" below his abs.

At the sight of the half naked hunk of man-meat in front of her, winking and smiling at her, Chang blushed and shyly turned her face away. Even though he was not even half as handsome, or as muscled, or muscled in the same right ways, or had even half the charm as Him, Chang still felt nervous from the amount of exposed flesh he was baring, and her own appearance.

Chang knew she looked like an absolute disaster and was horrified about having shown up in the state she was in. If she could dig a hole in the floor and bury herself, she would do so immediately

Justin grabbed a napkin off of the table and dipped part of it in the glass of water. As he did, Justin straightened Chang up motioned her to come closer and close her eyes. Once she had obeyed her friend started to clean her face gently, removing the streaks and grease.

"So, what's got you looking like you just came out of a horror film?" He looked at her with just the corner of his eyes as he paused his ministering, "Hmm?" Chang immediately pulled the glass towards her and took a long chug through the straw as he paused.

"He showed up on my way here.." Looking down at the table as she spoke, Chang tortured the straw between a few restless fingers. Justin was visibly shocked by her words, stealing whatever words he had planned to say, leaving them in silence for a moment.

"Do you ou mean that guy you talk about sometimes, the one you always get all cryptic with me about. What was it you told me 'the guy you want the most, but want to never find you the most.' 'Your dream man.' That one?"

Hearing him recount in broad daylight what she had haltingly told him about Jian while drunk, Chang felt her cheeks burn. She never spoke of him otherwise, which had led to an increasing curiosity in Justin, as her roommate and best friend.

When they would get drunk at their little apartment he would "casually" bring up the topic fairly often. At this point and time he knew quite a bit but not quite the core things.

Some things she kept closely guarded in her heart, closely keeping the wound in her heart stitched closed.

Justin frowned looking at how nasty the cloth was and turned it over wetting it, and proceeded to clean the rest of her face. As he did, he beckoned for her to continue.

"Sooo what happened? Your dream man shows up and you come out looking like a garbage pail kid? Details girl! Details!"

Taking a deep breath Chang mustered the courage inside to tell him the rest. " I ran when I saw him, and when he came after me I hid in a dumpster bin."

Justin had thought he had been shocked beyond belief by this girl already, but he couldn't believe her words. 'I'm pretty sure she loves him, or at least cares for this guy, but why hide..?'

He demonstrated with the soiled napkin to her disheveled appearance."So you did this to yourself..? Chang...Why, what makes you go this far?" He could not help but ask, even though he could see her face twisting more the longer she spoke about it even though she had not told him much.

At the sight of her watering eyes and her biting her lip silently, Justin could not bear to continue asking. Pulling her into a hug that she reciprocated gratefully, Justin rubbed her back giving his friend the silent support he could see she needed. They were both silent for a few moments before he straightened her.

"OK, drink that up girl, go in the bathroom, and fix your hair. Your face looks good, you had about enough eyeliner to sink a ship, so you got a nice smoky eye look now! I'll see about finding some clothes for you, those definitely will not work!

Let's move past this funk and get you ready to meet the boss-man! Don't you worry girl, you be yourself, he'll love you! Just be with him like you are with me, that little, spunky trouble maker that you are!" Chang pouted a little at him using that term and rolled her eyes.

Laughing at her expression Justin put an arm around her shoulder. "Perfect, alright get a move on girl, the shows gonna start soon!"