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again.
    “How bout those three in the booth?” he suggested instead, nodding in the opposite direction.
    Rusty followed his gaze and grimaced. “Wow, you really have been out of the game! You know better than to roll up on a three-top, Nicky. The fat one will always end up wanting to go home early and ruin it for everyone.”
    Nick grunted. “Sounds like her and I might have something in common."
    “Go get her then, killer! Your secret’s safe with me.”
    Nick snorted, nonchalantly checking his watch again. When he looked back up his eyes met Amy’s big blue ones, making him regret coming even more. His heart fluttered and things promptly went into a three-drink slow motion.
    With Stacey at her side, they bounced across the flickering room, their boobs doing the majority of the bouncing. Amy stuck her hand up into the air and smiled at them, her trim black leather jacket fitting almost as tightly as Stacey’s red one. Both blonds strutted across the dance floor in high heels, cutting through the crowd with authority and looking like something out of a modern day Warrant video.
    “Sweet Jesus!” Rusty said, pointing with his rocks glass and nudging Nick in the side. “Here comes the gruesome twosome!”
    Nick shifted in his stance and straightened his shirt.
    “And would you get a load of Stacey! I am so going to pull that tonight,” Rusty grinned as the fit blondes closed the gap.
    “Hi guys!” Amy smiled brightly, giving Nick a big bear hug.
    She squeezed tighter than he did, her thick perfume making him wonder if he should burn his outfit later.
    “How are you?” he asked, pushing away as Rusty pulled Stacey closer.
    Amy grinned, the blinking lights reflecting off her teeth. “I’m good. Single again!”
    Nick nodded, glancing over to see Stacey struggling to break free from Rusty’s eagle claws. A smile broke out across Nick’s face as he shook his head.
    Amy stood on her tippy-toes and leaned into his ear. “But I heard you’re not.”
    He frowned and she returned to his ear.
    “Single.”
    He tipped his head back and then shook it. “Not anymore.”
    She puckered her brow and leaned in even closer, brushing his ear with her soft cheek, causing his muscles to tense. “Who is she?”
    Nick shrugged. “Just a girl,” he shouted over the thumping tune.
    She laughed. “Just a girl?”
    Rusty poked his head in between them with an arm still wrapped around Stacey’s waist. “Hey, how good does Stacey look? Did you say hi to Stacey yet, Nick?”
    Nick smiled and waved.
    She stuck her face in close to Nick’s, revealing some serious cleavage and a ton of make- up. “I heard you have a girlfriend, Nicky!” she said, with a laugh that smelled like tequila.
    "Yeah and soon they're gonna need a good priest!" Rusty cackled.
    "Ooh," Stacey cooed. "That serious, huh?"
    Rusty laughed. "That's just to get rid of the flies and glowing pig eyes! His girlfriend is bat shit crazy!”
    Nick frowned. “She’s not crazy, and I don’t see what you’re problem is,” he said, taking a serious tone.
    Rusty’s face stiffened, his drink sloshing in his hand. “My problem, Nick, is that your girlfriend tried to kill me with some kind of Mr. Freeze bullshit today and I don’t appreciate it!”
    Stacey's face wrinkled. "What?"
    Nick looked to Stacey and Amy and laughed. “ You hearin this? Guy loses his job and now he’s losin his mind.”
    Rusty stepped closer, almost nose to nose with Nick, who held his ground with a steady smirk. “You just don’t want to hear it, Nick! Just like always!”
    Nick closed the distance between their noses. “Just because you wanna end up all alone doesn’t mean you have to drag me down with you!”
    “Boys!” Amy yelled over the music, pushing in between them.
    Rusty’s face soured. “I never said I wanted to end up all alone!”
    Nick laughed loudly. “I thought you said you were getting a cat!”
    Stacey and Amy turned to Rusty with matching looks of puzzlement