Get Together

The bar curves into the room, dark in the barely lit room. Through the windows, the diamonds of lead panes trickle the sallow light of street-lamps. The smoke twisted in its artistic way, forming curls in the gloom, illuminated only by the age-speckled bar lights. Along the wall was every hue of amber liquid in their inverted bottles The bar is hundreds of conversations told in loud voices, all of them competing with the rock music that dominates the atmosphere. The crowd is young, students from the university for the most part.

In a private room, Jameson is there waiting for his friends to come, faint sounds of the people partying outside can be heard, drinking half of the bottle of whiskey Jameson was contemplating about what he heard about Jillian.

He had a lot of regrets, at that he was so foolish to let her go. His father was so forced full in that, telling him to stay away from Jillian because she came from a poor family. He didn't mind that fact, all he knows he loves her very much, she makes him very special, but as time progresses his father further forces him and threatens him to not succeed the company to him, so he had no choice but to break up with her.

He saw the woman he loves the most was so broken, he's also broken but not as much as her, he can't really do something at that time, Jameson was struggling in his father's hand. He is like a puppet and he feels the same way, he was just a tool of his father.

He loses the chains after he broke up with the girl he loves, in exchange he has to pay a long-lasting pain. He regrets that time he didn't really cherish Jillian, all she does is support him all the way, and he didn't fight for her. He's blaming himself, he is dumb, an idiot, and a coward.

But he has hope again to reconcile with Jillian, the problem is he doesn't even know where Jillian is. The only clue he has is what Art told him, he saw Jillian while driving, for so many years she was living in the same city as him, but he didn't see Jillian. He badly wants to see her and tell all of his regrets.

The sound was getting a little louder, the peak of the party started. Jameson woke up a bit, he poured the whiskey in the shot glass, and he drank it in one gulp.

The door opened and Dominic walked in, his face full of smiles, like something good happened to him, something like a woman kissed him on the way to the room.

"Whoa! Slow down cowboy, drinking alone?" he picks the bottle to pour into the glass "Half already? I'm impressed"

While Dominic did that Jameson just rested his head to the seat, he was listening to Dominic's irritating voice.

"So what happened to you?" Jameson asked him.

"What do you mean dude?"

Jameson pointed at his cheeks to let Dominic know there was something in his cheeks, he took his phone from his pocket and used it as a mirror, he saw a lipstick stain, he swiftly wiped it off.

Dominic was embarrassed at that, admittedly he said to Jameson that a woman dragged him before he reached the private room and kissed him. Jameson's eyebrow raises, he knows Dominic's attitude, a woman will drag him? That's possible but apparently Dominic "Drag" the woman. Dominic displays a helpless face.

Another person walked in and it was the chef, Jon.

"You started already? That's unfair" He whined like a child.

"Stop whining you idiot, I just got here. Jameson did all of this" Dominic said while pointing to the bottle.

"Really?"

"Yeah, by the way, I heard from one of your employees that you arrived at your restaurant stinky?" he said as he tried not to laugh.

Anger was visible in Jon's face "That woman is crazy, can you imagine I'm buying her fish but she throws a bucket of disgusting water at me"

His voice has a trace of grievance that makes Dominic burst out laughing, he shook his head to calm himself. Jameson also chuckles, he knows Jon wants revenge.

"Where is Arthorin?" Jon asked.

"He said he's gonna be late," Jameson said.

"What? Late again?"

"What do you expect from him, he's gonna be late"

They continued to chatter while drinking, sometimes laughing.

After a few minutes, Arthorin arrived. They said he is late so they give him a punishment, he needs to drink five shots consecutively, he drank all of it.

"Whooo! Art is now an adult" Dominic

They all laugh, it was surprising that Art would drink it all, last time he would only drink one shot but this time he drank five, that was really surprising.

"So dudes, what is the issue?" Jon asks.

"Nothing really happens, all of the girls are into me," Dominic said coolly.

"Shut up idiot, your confidence is really off the roof" Jon dissuade him.

"At Least I'm not the one, who went home stinky," Dom said that while laughing

Jon was angry, it was such a disgrace to him, his employees were seen in such a state that he had to really wash and scrub himself carefully so that the smell of fish went away, and he had to change his car seat and wash it because the smell lingers inside.

"Calm down guys," Art said " you should know that girl Jon, seems interesting"

"So you are interested now in girls Art?" Dom teased Art.

"Well, that woman works in that stand so she won't leave it" Jon smirk while saying that.

"How about you Art?" Dom asked.

"Well I met a girl in th--"

Dominic stopped him right after Art said the word girl "Wait what? A girl? That's new Art"

The three of them smiled widely, Art was talking about a woman and they never heard him talking about women and he is shy when in front of girls. He was embarrassed.

"Let me talk first, okay?" he said. "I met her in the orphanage, she's the intern nurse there. Nothing happened"

"You didn't get her number?" Dominic asks, Arthorin just shook his head as a sign of no.

"Weak" Jon chimed in.

"Speaking of girls" Jameson smirks.

"I have tried to reach out to Ryan Vergara's secretary," he said confidently.

"What are you gonna do Jameson? Why don't you focus on your company first?" Art dissuades him.

"No Art, he stole all our partner company, I want to bring him down in the near future" Jameson's eyes are burning with hatred.

"Do what you want Jameson, I warned you" Art said flatly.

"Stop it guys, we are here to enjoy, stop with the business talk" Dominic cheered them up.

They agreed at that, and they started to get drunk again. Jameson was enjoying the company of his friends, it relieved his stress a bit.

Thinking back again, he has one last very important problem, he wants to find Jillian. All of his life will be smooth again, he doesn't care about his father's opinion, he is not gonna make the same mistake he made in his past.

"Guys I need help finding someone"

"Who is it?" They face Jameson.

"Jillian," he said seriously.

The room turned silent.