Rule

“Okay.”

Ayden looked up under raised eyebrows.  “Okay?”

“Yep.  Let’s do this.  Let the birthday fun and debauchery commence.”  She squealed loud enough to make my ears hurt and rushed around the table to wrap me up in a hug that squeezed the life out of me.

“Trust me Shaw, you will never forget today.”  She was right because by the end of the night this birthday would prove to be life changing.

Breakfast was amazing and we stuffed ourselves so full of fried goodness that by the time we hit the mall I needed to do a few laps just to keep moving.  I tried on a million pairs of jeans and ended up buying quite a few.  I grabbed a pair of Chuck Taylors that I always wanted but was never allowed to have and stocked up on boring old t-shirts and tank tops.  At the thrift store I scooped up an awesome old school leather jacket and a couple western style shirts with pearl buttons that I knew would look awesome with my new ski

At the salon I got a hot pink mani-pedi and just for kicks had them add little black stars.  It was cool and totally against the normal pale and pearly colors I went for.  The lady doing it had bright green dread-locks and a tattoo across her forehead so I was thrilled when she gri

We ran back to the house to get dolled up for di

I was laughing hysterically at Ayden doing some impression of a guy failing around on the dance floor, we had drawn our fair amount of attention everywhere we went tonight and had had to pay for very few drinks.  At the moment a guy from CU Boulder was trying to tell me all about his illustrious football career or rather he was telling my boobs about it since I don’t think he had looked up from the girls once.  Ayden was rolling her eyes and trying to avoid some guy in a banker suit that was offering to do her taxes for free if she gave him her number.  It was silly and fun, I didn’t have to work hard at the flirting or being charming.  I was well past my way to being wasted so conversation was out.  All I had to do was smile and sit prettily on the bar stool, two things I was apparently really getting good at.  Another Cosmo that I definitely didn’t need appeared before me and Mr. Football was leaning even closer to me when some sixth sense, maybe it was my fight or flight response suddenly kicked into over drive.

I lifted my head up and swiveled around on the stool practically kneecapping the leering football player.  I looked around, craning my neck to see what had my skin suddenly feeling too tight but all I saw was the regular bar crowd mixing and mingling.  Football player was trying to get my attention back by ru

Football player’s eyes went huge because well, Rule was Rule.  Gone was the dark hair spiked up in a crazy mess, now he had it all shaved on the sides and bleached out into a startling white mohawk that was several inches tall.  He had on a tight black shirt with a flaming skull in a Viking helmet on it and a pair of black jeans that had a hole in the knee.  Both his full sleeves of tattoos were on optimum display, so was the chain he wore from his wallet to his belt as were his heavy black motorcycle boots.  He should look sloppy and unkempt next to the V-neck sweater wearing footballer, but he didn’t.  He looked hot and rumpled and clearly not to be messed with because footballer pushed away from the table in a hurry and vanished into the crowd.

“And what did you do to your hair?”

I was drunk, admittedly probably not the best state to try and go toe to toe with Rule in after getting a two week break from him, but I liked my hair and he wasn’t going to rain on all my birthday vibes, especially since he clearly didn’t even know what the day was.  I shook his grip loose and sucked back the tart drink in one swallow.

“What are you doing here?”

He lifted an eyebrow at me and took up the same spot football player had vacated, looking down my low cut top and all.  “This bar is right around the corner from the shop.  Nash and I stop by all the time after work.  I just finished a client.  I know they Id at the door, how did you get in?”

I flipped my hair over my shoulder like I had seen endless a