Never Enough - By Ashley Johnson Page 0,9

down and I'd have to avoid him all night. And seeing as how I didn't have to work tonight, that should be rather easy. He'd have no chance to even approach me with Gary there and we could both forget that last night ever happened.

Somewhere in all my thoughts I drifted back to sleep. Trevor was in my dreams. He sang the most beautiful love song to me and I melted like butter in his arms. He told me how much he liked me and how he’d been waiting to make me all his. He also told me he’d been watching me ever since I first walked into The Lounge a few years ago. His hair hung perfectly in front of his eyes like it always did. I loved it. You could still make out the bluish gray color and it was absolutely mesmerizing to look into them. I was totally mesmerized by him. I believed everything he said. This was the perfect moment. Like something in the movies kinda moment. I’m talking cue the lights and action! Instant silver screen moment. The kind that gets nominated for an award and we were sure to win. He leaned in to kiss me and as our mouths opened to meet, I lost my balance and fell.

I woke up in a panic sweating and glanced at my phone. Shit! It's 5:00 in the afternoon. Uncle Gary called three times and Halley texted. I frantically grabbed the phone and called Uncle Gary back.

He answered right away as if he were waiting by the phone to try to call one more time. "Macy, I have a favor to ask. I know this is your night off but just hear me out." Any favor he asked, I typically didn't hesitate to help out. After all he helped me.

"What you got?"

"I already made plans to go out of town tonight you know and..."He paused. I had a bad feeling where this was going and my stomach got queasy. I had forgotten he had mentioned this to me last week. "I forgot the band was playing tonight. Would you mind staying there and keeping an eye on things? You know, make sure the guys get their money and you and Halley can drink on me." He let out a small chuckle, “Just make sure the place doesn’t burn down alright?”

Instantly I replied, "Sure thing. I’ll take care of it for you. I mean if anything happens I know where the fire extinguishers are. Have a safe trip." I prayed he couldn't hear anything in my voice that would give me away and know something was up. I even threw in a laugh at his little joke to keep him off.

I cursed under my breath and threw the phone after I hung up. There would be no avoiding Trevor now. He was going to walk up to me and I would turn into a puddle of a giant hot mess with everyone around. Part of me wished I could call Gary back and tell him no, that I had already made plans of my own and I had forgotten he had already told me, but he was probably half way out of town already when he had decided to call. I would have to come up with a plan tonight, one that involved absolutely no liquor. Yeah right, who am I kidding that wouldn’t happen. I had to laugh under my breath at that suggestion. I would definitely need to drink just to keep my composure around him. I stood there trying to devise anything, any kind of plan to help me when the door turned.

Halley and Marcus came walking in empty handed. That was a shock. She usually came in from a day of shopping with at least one bag in her hand. Guess she just couldn’t find anything today. I tried to greet them as chipper as I could so they wouldn’t catch onto anything. "Hey guys how was your day?"

"We had fun. We tried that new Mexican restaurant, I can’t remember the name though, but it was pretty good. They had deer enchiladas, talk about amazing! How was your time alone?" She batted her eyes at me as if I would tell her something magical had happened between Trevor and me. I rolled mine in return.

"Wonderful I slept til just a few minutes ago. I feel so much better now. Oh when are you going to be ready Hales? Gary forgot the band was playing