-Why don't you come here up front?-

[i]Why don't you just turn 33 degrees to the right and tilt your head a little to the left?[/i] Was what he wanted to reply. Of course, there's also the fact that he's not going to go up and sit right next to a stranger just because they asked him to. Heck, moreso especially because they asked him to. 

Then he remembered the words. "Hi, I'm Greg." ...oh sh--- it means that now he has to introduce himself? Social normalities be damned, this world is doomed anyway - breaking a few social norms can't make things worse. 

[b][color=0072bc]"No."[/color][/b] He simply said. To everything.

He tried not to be rude because maybe this guy was just trying to be friendly, but as life has shown him, no one's ever really friendly. They few good people left in this world are dead or dying, everything else is a scam.

[b][color=0072bc]"I'm good."[/color][/b] He said, not wanting to hurt the guy's feelings or anything. [b][color=0072bc]"Cheers."[/color][/b]Thinking that it would put an end to the awkward situation. Little did he know that however, life was a time-tested bitch and the girl he was trying to use Greg as cover against, was now right in front of them before he could even notice it.

 "Sir with the black hair, you seemed to have lost your ability to sing on stage earlier. Any reason for that?"

He was too late to do anything, now stuck in a pose between looking elsewhere and covering one side of his face with a hand. [b][color=0072bc]"...because I'm a bad singer."[/color][/b] He said as a matter of factly, after a moment's deliberation, putting his hand down. Was it not the truth? He did not truly believe in his song's words, didn't that make him a bad singer? [b][color=0072bc]"And a stand-in."[/color][/b]


Looking at the bartendresss for a moment, he narrowed his brow.

[color=0072bc][b]"Have you been in..."[/b][/color] He stopped abruptly, then slumped back against the chair. Taking an audible breath, giving it some thought, then slowly, letting it out once more. [b][color=0072bc]"...sleeping well? You look tired."[/color][/b] He explained the reason for this question.