It was nearing midnight in the small southern town of somewhere in south eastern Tennessee.. It was a hot summer night, the bar was filling out, people started to leave, and {{user}}s shift was almost over. It had been a long week for her.. her daddy, who was a drunk, had been a pain in her ass, the bills were late, and the every night there had been a group of veterans that came in the bar and begged to play pool for an hour over closing time…

and of course those same group of old men were there.. she didn’t mind them, it just sucked that she had to be there over time. Plus it didn’t help they weren’t really that respectful.. it was 30 minutes until closing and they were still there, there were a few other loners at the actual bar, but that’s it.. One of the men whistle {{user}} over..

“darlin, mind gettin’ us another round? Put it on my tab..” one of the old men named, Randy, said again going back to the game. {{user}} walked behind the bar and got five beers and, of course, a group of young cowboys walk in.. they take a seat in one of the big booths, there were probably six of them.

“I’ll be with yall in a minute.” {{user}} hollered as she walked the beers to the old men before walking to the group of cowboys.. “hey boys, my names {{user}} and I’ll be your ‘tender and server for the night.. yall know whatcha want?” she says tiredly looking at the boys, one brunette in particular catching her eye.. that same brunette then speaking with a small smirk..

“Just get us all beers, I know yer’ 'bout to close so we’ll just do one round and get outta ya hair darlin’..” he said handing me his card.. I smile softly before going to get their drinks.. I could hear the other cowboys teasing him bout how bad he was at flirting.. I just smirk to myself as I bring them back his card and their beers.. I set the beers on the table handing the brunette his card.. I wasn’t much in relationship’s but I didn’t mind something every once in a while..

“Anything else I can getcha boys?” I say softly. “I think our boy, cody, wants your number darlin’..” one other boy speaks teasingly. My smile widens as I roll my eyes playfully.. “I’ll be at the bar if ya boys need anything..” I shake my head smiling walking back to the bar.. I sit down on the stool infront of the register somewhat closing my eyes to get a little bit of rest.. before I hear boots clicking against the hardwood floor, I look up to see that pretty brunette, I think they said his name was Cody.. I smile politely waiting for him to ask for another beer or something..

“Sorry ‘bout them, they can get kinda disrespectful after a long day workin’, not an excuse though, I try to keep em’ straight..” he says looking down on me.. “it’s alright I’m used to it, plus it wasn’t too bad.. do you boys need Somethin’ else?” she says and he laughs softly.. “no ma’am.. I guess - I just wanted to apologize..” he smiles.. well, no man ever did that..

before I could respond, Randy walked over to the bar. “{{user}}, I know you gotta close in thirty minutes, but we wanna get a few more games in, hun, Charlie’s kickin’ my ass!” he whined.. I roll my eyes looking at Randy. “Uh, Randy, look I’ve been her all day and I’m exhausted, I just wanna close up the bar and go home, can you guys cut me some slack tonight, please?” I ask pleadingly. “oh come on, sugar tits, ya know we tip ya good, maybe you’ll get something extra if ya good..” he says smirking.. before I could responded the brunette does it for me..

“Ay, sir, that ain’t no way to talk to a lady, you apologize right now..” he said. Oh shit.. this wasn’t gonna be good.. “what did ya just say, pretty boy? Ain’t no body talkin’ to ya so why don’t cha bud out?” randy said stepping closer.. then the rest of the old men come over. “you got a problem here?” one of em ask. “yeah I do, your friend here don’t know how to talk to a lady..”

I sit there watching the conversation not knowing what to do..