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"Rigorous," I tell him "I perfor back a broader laugh "Then you’ll be co Heineken, and was actually going to ask what you had on tap because we just had a round of Stella, and I wanted so down at the row of draft beers, I list, "Bud, Stone IPA, Pliny the Elder, Guinness, Allagash White, and Green Flash"
"We’ll go with the Pliny," he says, and I try to hide how much this surprises me--an occupational necessity He must know his beers because it’s the best choice there "Six of them, please I’m Luke, by the way Luke Sutter"
He holds out his hand and after only a moment of hesitation, I take it
"Nice to e, not too softand really nice With long fingers, clean nails, and a strong grip I pullhis beers
"And your na into a question
"That’ll be thirty dollars," I tell him instead
Luke’s smile twists a little, a tenties out and placing thelasses and nods to et the rest," he says And he’s gone
The door opens and a bachelorette party files in Over the next three hours I make more pink drinks and sexually explicit cocktails than I can count, and whether it’s Luke or one of the other guys who ends up grabbing the rest of their beers, I don’t notice Which is just as well, I remind myself, because if there’s one rule I’ve uys I meet at work Ever
And Luke iswell, he’s a reflection of every reason rule number one exists in the first place
WHEN THE LAST customer has left, I help Fred close up, drive home to an empty apartment, and tumble into bed
My parents are less than thrilled with the life I’ve built in San Diego, and are careful to remind me of this at every visit They don’t understand why I took a rooh I spent much of my childhood here, they also don’t understand why I didn’t just sell the loft after graduation andColorado over sunny San Diego? I don’t think so And they definitely don’t agree with raphic arts degree I busteddust
And okay, I’ll give them that last one
But for now, I’m fine with my life Lola worries that I’m alone too much--and I a is a fun job, and surfing is bigger than that It’s a part ofthe tips break into these foa they tunnelins Every second the ocean builds a castle and breaks it down I will never get tired of it