OUR FIRST MEETING

"Need a refill?"

Emily looked up from her almost empty glass and saw the voice belonged the friendly bartender.

She smiled and nodded her head in approval watching as he refilled her cup.

"Hey Ems" Emily turned and noticed her friend Sandy who had a big smile plastered on her face walking towards her.

Sandy has always been the life of the party and was a very attractive young lady with her blue eyes and the most beautiful smile ever, little wonder while she never seems to run out of suitors.

They met when Emily had just moved to New York and they've been best of friends ever since.

“You've got to get up from here and have a bit of fun, meet people, interact you know" Sandy said with a subtle eye roll while still maintaining her smile.

She then pulled the next stool and sat directly facing Emily and changed her countenance to be more serious and said "Em's you need to forget about Ben, he's a jerk for breaking up with you that way, life's just one and if it's meant to be he'd be here right now asking to get back together and apologizing to you".

"I'm fine, you don't have to be worried about me. I'm over him and I just needed to clear my head that's why I decided to tag along to party." Emily replied in her most lively tone in an effort to make Sandy less worried about her.

"Ems I know but..." Sandy's face turned pale and she stopped halfway staring way past Emily.

Emily noticed this look on her friend's face and turned to check what caught her friend's attention

Lo and behold, there he was with his tall muscular figure and well chiseled chin while laughing and talking to a group of friends.

"Ben" Emily said quietly.

Ben was Emily's first love, and she was his or so he said. They had met at a Christmas party two years ago where he bumped into her.

He quickly apologized and introduced himself, they instantly clicked off and became good friends. Within a month, he made his intentions known and they started dating.

Her face broke into a look of relief thinking he was here for her, cause earlier on she posted on her i*******m and tagged her location that she was at the music festival in hopes he'd come find her and they would be together again.

Ben looked up and his eyes went straight to Sandy and she thought she noticed a look of want in his eyes, then before his eyes went from Sandy's to hers and she thought she'd melt as his deep brown eyes met hers, Ben always had that effect on her.

He made his way towards them. “Hi girls” He said.

Sandy muttered something inaudible and excused herself leaving Emily and Ben awkwardly staring at each other.

Emily decided to excuse herself also but tripped when she got up from her position.

“Easy there" Ben said as he reached to support her holding her waist. Now in his arms, Emily remembers why she fell for Ben in the first place.

His muscular hands holding her tightly, his familiar scent that used to drive her crazy and still do.

“Get yourself together, Em's" she thought and held onto the table for support. "Why are you here, Ben?" She asked hoping his presence had something to do with her.

Ben smiled and said " I'm here to have some fun, that's all" his piercing eyes scouting her face for a reaction, which unfortunately for him was met with the opposite.

"Same here, I need to be by myself for now" Emily said and sat down. Ben gave a nod and quietly left while still having a look of disbelief pondering if Emily was truly over him.

“Oh well, I've got someone new now anyway" he thought to himself as he made his way through the bustling crowd.