The ambiance of the bar chosen by Jared was one she was unaware to have existed in the town she had known the entirety of her life. With stained glass lamps hanging over each booth and a black marble bar harboring comfortable chairs made of leather, she was actually rather excited to be a ‘normal girl’ back in society. She recalled all of Amanda’s stories about meeting guys through phone applications or co-workers and meeting them in places such as this. Only now, she was not traveling across a well-traveled floor for a one night stand or a blind date, instead, she was moving across the establishment to find comfort in someone she had actually come to regret not meeting sooner. She questioned if she would be in a different set of circumstances while she met his gaze and he would offer that
