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Glenn

It’s barely mid-afternoon and First Shot is already packed with people That’s what you get on Labor Day weekend, I guess There are soand we’re still short-staffed I really shouldn’t leave No matter what plans I have

Grabbing another glass from behind the bar, I pour a beer froives ular, and I put the beer on his tab He always clears it by the end of the night As he walks away from the bar, it feels like three more people take his place The crowd is a hydrafor drinks

I could call Frankie and Wallace, but they have plans, and even though I know they would come at a moht now Because they would give me a hard time for what I’m about to do About what they couldn’t—or wouldn’t—do

Besides, they just don’t spend as much tile I reeiven that they’d be here hanging out, the visible faces of First Shot Help out when they needed to, hang out with me when there wasn’t a need Now that just doesn’t happen as much

It’s not like I don’t see theed

My birthday was three days ago The five of us—Frankie, Annabelle, Wallace, Tia, and me, had a nice dinner Well, as nice as it can be when you know that the woe is a point of pride for ether ere all doing separate things It’s the thing we could connect over e’d been apart, like when Wallace was in fucking Afghanistan I’ to bail on it just because h

I haven’t started it yet Since I’ it, I can taketo Nashville, getting ht I’m sure that I’ll end up with someone in my bed If I’m lucky, I’ll end up with more than one someone in bed with me

But now I’ I should postpone the trip, because this is insane Granted, First Shot has had crazy crowds ever since we opened Even with the concept and the business plan, none of the three of us could have anticipated the speed at which ould expand or how its popularity would grow

But this is probably the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen I called in back-up, and even had to call the back-up’s back-up Behind the bar is so croith people slinging drinks that we’re practically stepping on each other The dance floor is packed, and I think we’re probably at our capacity I haven’t checked, but the line is probably around the block

I catch eyes with a couple leaning over the bar and lean over to hear their orders He has to yell for et what’s on tap and she wants a vodka cranberry”