3 Heads & a Tail (9 page)

Authors: Vickie Johnstone

BOOK: 3 Heads & a Tail

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Kay nudged her arm.
“
Too right
,
I
'
m jealous
!
I wish I
'
d seen it
!
”
She twisted the straw
of her cocktail in her hand – a
P
ina
C
olada with a big umbrella and a huge slice of pinea
pple. Josie knew she would get
at least one of those three items stuck up her nose if she
'
d tried to drink that.
“
So, did you sleep with him?
”

“
No, of course not,
I
only kissed the guy.
I
'
m not a fast car in the fast lane like you!
And he
'
s not boyfriend material.
”

“
Okay, but he might be fling material!
If
he kisses
as good as
you say, imagine what he
'
s like in the sack. And that butt – my god, what I
'
d
do
to see that
out of those jeans. I think the memory would keep me going through the driest desert
!
”

“
Stop!
”
laughed Josie.
“
N
ow you
'
re putting evil thoughts in my head and I
'
m going to be stealing your ice cubes!
”

“
I think I need one!
”
giggled Kay, flicking one down her top. It didn
'
t get
too
far,
but
sort of nestled in her cleavage, which was ceremoniously pushed up by her
pink
W
onderbra. The heads of the three young guys
seated
at
the nearest t
able swivelled round
, t
heir
eyes popping
out on stalks.

“
I think you have an audience!
”
nudged Josie.

“
I
think you
'
re right
!
”
Kay
grinned
.
“
The middle
one is a bit of alright! What do
you reckon?
”

Josie
'
s face fell,
“
Oh
, no
!
”

“
T
hey might be fun,
”
teased
Kay
, pouting
.

“
But we
'
re having fun. We don
'
t need guys. Can
'
t we just have a
nice
night by ourselves?
”

“
Oh, come on
!
”
said Kay, turning and win
king at the guy in the middle. Scooping up their drinks in one easy action, t
hey were over in a flash.

“
Mind if we join you
,
girls?
”
asked the tallest, with ginger hair, freckles and laughing brown eyes.

“
If you don
'
t mind
,
that is,
”
added
the middle
and best-looking
one, wi
th blonde hair and blue eyes
.

The third one just smiled. He had brown, messy hair and deep brown eyes. Probably the shyest, thought Josie, as he kind of hid beh
ind his
pint. It looked like
ale.
She
approved.

“
Sure, why not?
”
grinned Kay, sipping her drink seductively through
a
straw. She flicked the end with her tongue. The guy in the middle nearly wobbled.
“
Pull up some chairs
,
boys
!
”

The three guys did as they were told. The middle one sat next to Kay, so close that his thigh was touching hers.
She
didn
'
t look disappointed. The ginger one sat
alongside Josie
and the shy one sat in
the middle
of the two guys
, facing the girls. H
e sort of hugged his pint of
ale
, which
languished
on the
beer-stained
table in front of him.

The ginger
-haired
guy was playing with the label on his bottle. Kay nodded to Josie. You know what that means, she seemed to say. Josie grinned: sexually frustrated!

“
So what are a couple of beaut
s like
ya
'
two
doin
'
all alone
in
'
ere
?
”
asked the blonde-haired guy.
“
Me name
'
s
Jon
.
”

Kay grinned.
“
W
e w
ere just waiting for you!
”
T
hen she winked.

Josie
sighed
and
stared
into
the depths of
her
glass
.
It was going to be a long night.

“
Do you want a drink
,
love?
”
asked the ginger-haired lad.
“
My name
'
s Jerome
.
”

“
Hello
,
”
mumbled Josie, trying not to look too bo
red with the situation.
“
I
'
m
fine
.
I
'
m ok
ay
buying my own drinks
,
thanks.
”

“
Uh
,
right
,
”
sa
id Jerome, frowning in confusion
.

Josie sighed.
“
I just never feel safe ac
cepting drinks off strangers.
”

“
And there
'
s none strange
r
than you,
”
said the
shy
guy, nudging Jerome.
“
She didn
'
t mean it as an insult.
”

Josie smiled at the brown-haired man. He was definitely the nicest and he may have just saved her from a conversation worse than death.

He smiled back
.
“
My name
'
s Kurt. What
'
s y
ours?
”

“
Josie,
”
she replied.

“
I
'
ve never seen you in t
his pub before.
Is t
his your first time here?
”

“
Yeah, I just moved
into the neighbourhood
and we thought we
'
d try the nearest pub.
”

“
So here you are in the Shed and Sheep,
”
smiled Kurt.
“
They have bands on most nights of the week, so you could be in for a treat.
”

“
Cool,
”
said Josie, who could do with some live music. Kay was most exploring the live action to her right
,
so
Josie
wasn
'
t expecting too much conversation
emanating
from
that direction.
“
What band is on
tonight?
”

Jerome
sighed
, feeling like a gooseberry
.
“
I
'
m off to
grab
a
beer
–
any takers
?
”

“
Same again!
”
said the two guys
in unis
on.

“
G
irls?
”

“
Another Pina C
olada for me!
”
said Kay, winking again.
“
Try not to get an umbrella though
'
cos I
'
m gonna end up sticking it up my nose!
”

“
I
'
ll ask!
Sure you don
'
t want one
,
Josie?
Us
,
guys are in here nearly every night. No tricky business. Barman knows us. Surely I can
get
you a
drink
?
”

Josie
noticed the barman give him a big smile so he wasn
'
t making
it
up.
“
Ok
ay
, another one of these honey
ale
s
then
please – the
golden one. But I
'
m watching you like a hawk!
”

“
Alright
missus!
”
said Jerome, waving
.

Josie watched him as the barman poured the drinks.

“
You weren
'
t kidding!
”
laughed Kurt, swigging his ale.

“
You mean about watching him? No, you can never be too sure. No offence, but you hear about girls having their drinks spiked all the time. I
'
m real careful. You never know what
sort of
dod
gy bloke is around!
”

“
You
'
re talking right there
,
girl,
”
said Jon.
“
You girls should be careful
, ya
'
kno
'
. We
'
re cool, b
ut ya
'
never know a lot of the time. Ya
'
gotta av
'
a brain on ya
'
and look afta
'
ya
'
self.
”