Hollow Hearts

Looks up with a slightly confused look on his face. “I was saying stuff out loud?” he asked, letting out a sigh. “I honestly didn’t mean to. Things are a little stressful right now. I’ll try keep quiet.” 

“Yeah, you were. Lucky this place is empty or you’d get a few more funny looks.” Andrew replied, pausing for a moment and looking down at him, “Stressful how? You okay?”

“Funny looks wouldn’t bother me. I mean, it’d only draw attention to this face, and that’s a good thing for everyone,” Hunter smirked. Though it didn’t last long, as he started to answer the question. “I haven’t heard from my dad in a long time, I mean I’m used to going a while without a word, but never three months, and my mother hasn’t heard anything either...” 

“I’d love to! I mean.. If you don’t mind the company..”

“I don’t mind at all.” 

“Oh, that’s.. that’s really nice of you. But I don’t really drink.”

“Okay, if you’re sure. But my company is still pretty damn good, if you’d like to take advantage of that”

“Well, I’m not going to say that until it is the end, and that’s not until he’s retired,” he said with a shrug. He finished his drink and called the bar tender over to get him another.

Hunter shook his head. “He’s fine, on tour again actually. Hopefully his last one before he retires” 

“Better than thinking at the time. Still smoke from time to time.” He thought for a minute before answering the question. “I don’t mind you asking... My dad was MIA for a while, for all I knew he was dead, and it was the most likely thing to happen, so I just assumed.”

“Yeah, still taking it as a compliment.” 

“I’m not going to say a word. I spent a month in Amsterdam stoned because I started using it as a coping mechanism. I’m not going to judge or anything, just let me know when you want more vodka.” 

“I know that a lot of people liked, it but I think it was just women who got really in to the idea of it”

“Yeah, I can see why though, I mean I have considered seeing it.”

“I’m taking that as  a compliment.”

“I wasn’t going to actually.” He took a drink and nodded. “Okay, well, I should probably tell you that’s not a way to deal with stuff, but it’s up to you what you do, so I may as well just go along with it.” 

“I haven’t either”

“Dang, can’t even ask if it’d be worth my time watching.” 

“You know it would probably be a good source of money though, you could be like Magic Mike or something”

“Never actually seen that, probably should.”

“Maybe you are in the wrong line of work then, Hunter. Maybe you should go looking for an exotic dancing gig you know?”

“Well no, I wouldn’t want to do it all the time, just a bit of fun really. Though  could probably give the girls at Bottoms Up a run for their money.” 

“You can’t be serious? You would actually do that? That’s crazy…”

“Yeah, some places in Europe can have a lot less boundaries than here, and well sometimes it’s fun to just be naked.”