Nico was tired of his job at the pizza shack so to break the monotony he went out looking for something to do, he called up his friends and they were being lame, so he had to make alternate plans. He ended up going to the Barcade to play some pinball and drink Iced tea. After placing the high score on the X-men machine, he went to smoke a joint of some killer kush that he scored from the dispensary by the Barcade. That’s when he saw Cat a tall awkward looking punk chick with blue hair and expertly done eyeliner. She didn’t notice him at first because she was with her friends who were so drunk and loud that Cat couldn’t see the handsome Hispanic man smoking a joint on the edge of the patio. Until one of her friends had exclaimed “it smells like some chronic I want a hit” the group of ladies walked towards Nico, like always cool as a cucumber in an ice box. Nico introduces himself with his Latino swagger. “I’m Nico, if you babes want to hit this joint I’m going to need some names, mama told me not to smoke with strangers” the ladies all giggled in unison before introducing themselves “I’m Andrea, and this is Karen, and the blue haired one is Cat.” His eyes locked with Cat for a moment and then he handed Andrea the joint. “Where are you from Nico?” Asked Andrea after hitting the joint. “ I’m originally from Detroit but I’ve lived in Denver since I was 12” that’s cool she replied and handed the joint to Cat. “ are you ladies from Denver?” Nico asked inquisitively. “I’m from Canada, she’s from Indiana and Cat is from Colorado Springs.” Andrea was the group spokesperson apparently. Nico couldn’t help but notice the amazing hazel eyes that Cat possessed and her Rockabilly meets Punk outfit. Expertly done victory curls, with a plaid miniskirt spiked heels and a strategically ripped Ramones shirt. “Don’t be shy, I don’t bite unless there is a safe word.” She let out a musical laugh that hit Nico in his very soul. She Handed the joint back to Nico and asked “how long have you been at the bar tonight?” He responded “only about an hour, I play pinball for fun and sometimes in a league” she was curious “pinball league?” she queried. “It’s a bunch of people who play for a grand prize of a thousand bucks it lasts two months, I won it for the third time this year.” Somewhat impressed she said “ you must be pretty good” The always humble Nico responded “I’m okay there are people who are a lot better than me, I’m just lucky I guess” they finished the joint and Nico always the gentleman expressed his gratitude “thank you babes for smoking with me, I appreciate it” Andrea stated that they were going to the bar for some drinks, Nico had to pass being two years on the wagon. He went inside as well, the ladies went to the bar, he turned to see if Cat was looking as he went into the room with the pinball machines. She did and that made Nico incredibly happy. He threw a couple quarters into the Game Of Thrones machine and started to play. Thinking about the Beautiful woman he just met, was throwing him off of his game, normally intensely focused he was playing sloppy and distracted. He went to the other side of the room to play the Medieval Madness machine when he saw her approaching him, this time without Andrea and Karen. She stopped and said “sorry about my friends they can be a little obnoxious when they drink” Nico kindly replied “don’t worry abou it, they remind me of my sisters when they get messed up” she smiled at the response he gave her. Nico asked her if she would play a game with him. So they played Medieval Madness with Nico as the left flipper and Cat as the right flipper. The smile on Nico’s face was from ear to ear. After the game was over Nico thanked her for playing with him and then asked for her number “ can I call you sometime?” She said “I think that would be okay” she gave him her number and went to go find her friends after she was gone Nico did a happy dance, which was between a salsa and a bachata step. He put in his headphones and turned on some Dillinger Four.
To be continued....
