Mel’s eyes widened.
“A lesbian bar?”
“That’s right.” Quinn shifted uncomfortably.
Brynn had mentioned having a bar, so Quinn had assumed that Mel would at least be cool with such things. Had she been wrong? Was Mel surprised or upset?
“My friends are going to be beyond excited to hear about this,” Mel squealed.
Quinn breathed out a tiny sigh of relief, grateful she hadn’t weirdly misstepped.
“Oh yeah?”
“My friends should be coming in for lunch. Oh, and you’ll get to meet my girlfriend. Well, I mean, we’re engaged. Her name is Willow.”
Quinn’s heart swelled. She was about to meet her target market. This was wonderful news.
“Oh, I’d love to meet your friends. Maybe they can give me some fun ideas for the bar.”
“I’m sure you’d get three thousand different ideas,” Mel laughed.
“Perfect. They can join the three thousand ideas in my head.”
Quinn was glad when the lunch rush started. She was already killing it when it came to tips. Quinn was so busy taking care of her tables that she didn’t even see Mel’s friends come in. It wasn’t until her largest table left that Mel pulled Quinn aside.
“Come meet my friends. They just sat down.”
Quinn’s smile broadened as she followed Mel over to the table. Her eyes scanned the faces until they landed on one that was familiar. A beautiful face framed by blonde hair.
“Autumn?” Quinn asked.
Autumn startled; she didn’t seem to recognize her at first.
“Oh, goodness. Hi there.” Autumn smiled widely.
“I didn’t know you were working here,” Autumn continued.
“It’s my first day. I wanted to get something part-time while I finish setting the bar up.”
“I didn’t realize the two of you would know one another.” Mel was clearly confused.
“Autumn is doing the mockups for my bar’s design project. Hopefully, she’ll be intrigued enough that I’ll be able to convince her to stay on and see the project through to completion.”
Quinn could be wrong, but she thought she could see a faint red blush touching Autumn’s cheeks. The look was beyond adorable.
“I’d say your luck is pretty good. I’m already having a great time designing the mockups.”
“Good news for me then.” Quinn met Autumn’s blue eyes and felt like she was diving into the ocean.
Mel was glancing between the two of them. As if Quinn and Autumn were a puzzle she wanted to solve.
“Let me introduce you to everyone,” Mel finally announced.
Quinn pulled her eyes from Autumn’s and forced herself to look away.
“This is my partner, Willow. And these are my friends, Brianna, River, Piper, and Autumn who you seem to know.”
“It’s nice to meet you all,” Quinn smiled.
