He was staring at her.

Nicole felt her confusion rising up again along with her heart rate. She was wearing a red glow stick, so why wasn't this guy backing off? Shouldn't he be chatting up one of the other green glow stick girls who were obviously entranced by him? She let her gaze wander to a nearby cluster of the girls. They were staring her way, eyes wide and whispering amongst themselves.

[i]Wait, this doesn't seem right,[/i] Nicole cast the man a skeptical glance. There were plenty of other good looking guys in the bar, so why were they all staring at [i]him[/i]? Was he famous or something? She was doubtful of that, but she couldn't completely dismiss the possibility, especially with all the gawking. She suddenly realized she was staring back at him and quickly dropped her eyes to the floor. He cleared his throat.

[b]"I'm looking for my little sister. She might have gone through here going by Kallie?"[/b]

The name didn't strike Nicole as familiar. The man must have noticed the puzzled expression on her face because he held up a finger and reached for his pocket, drawing out a cell phone. After fiddling with it for a moment, he showed her a picture of the missing girl. Nicole looked at it. It depicted the brunette girl she had seen sitting at the bar not too long ago.

"Oh," Nicole said in recognition. "Yeah, I saw her here a while ago. She's over-" she stopped abruptly. Nicole had been about to point out the girl's location, but the seat was now empty. "Well, she [i]was[/i] over there a minute ago. I swear, I'm not lying." She added, looking up at the man imploringly. "She must have left already..."

[i]I was no help at all.[/i] Nicole felt kind of bad about it, although she wasn't really sure why. It's not like it was her job to watch this guy's sister. But still, she didn't want to turn him away like this, not after he came all the way to this odd little bar to find the girl. Nicole stared at her feet again, feeling her face grow warm. "Um... maybe I could help you find her? Now that I know what she looks like, and all, maybe I could be useful." She twisted her red glow stick nervously as she waited for his response.