Snippet #2542596

As Red finished his fifth drink he tried to ignore the glares he received every time he made eye contact with Big Tony who was now running the bar. At this point Red was feeling pretty light headed, and of course, was rather angry like always. Occasionally he'd eye the man he had yelled at earlier, toying with the idea of roughing him up in the parking lot.

Suddenly though out of the corner of his eye Red noticed the table of three girls behind him shooting giggles and glances his way, in his mind they were probably laughing at his unruly appearance or drunken demeanor. As his fist tightened around his glass in silent anger he did his best to ignore the group, his eyes transfixed on the glass of whiskey in his hand in an effort to take his mind off of his constant nagging anger. He was quickly brought back to reality however by the loud clatter of crutches on counter top.

Curiously he turned to look at the newcomer who was sitting next to him and he immediately recognized her as one of the girls from the table behind him, only he hadn't noticed in the quick glance he'd shot them earlier that the poor girl was missing several limbs and an eye. His face momentarily showed his surprise as he eyed her up and down, however he instantly returned to wearing his almost ever present scowl.

The way she had nudged him and blatantly asked a question that he could tell was honest curiosity and not small talk made him somewhat like her immediately, a fact he wouldn't admit to himself having long ago decided his disdain for most people. Having let out an open chuckle Red quickly downed the remainder of his drink before responding. "Ill tell you that if you tell me if you've ever thought about wearin a peg leg" He asked unafraid in his usual gruff voice, his slightly yellowish cigarette stained teeth grinning behind his beard the whole while. The entire time he waited for a response he stared at her, but not the kind of stare many people would give when faced with a person whose body was so broken, instead he stared at her like she was everyone else in the room-a completely normal person.