Chapter 6

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The four actors took Cathy and Patty to the Brown Derby.

"Sam was right. This does look delicious enough to choke a hungry hippo" said Patty.

"Indeed" Chad laughed.

"And this, my dears, is our regular table. We have a regular so Sam always knows where we are" said Digby.

"Oh, great" said Patty.

"And you just wait till she takes our orders" said Chad.

"Yes indeed. She always knows what we want" said Pat.

"You have usuals?" said Cathy.

"Yes we do. The most usual usuals of any usuals" said Digby.

Sam then came over with her pen and paper.

"Okay. Let me guess. Quesadilla with soy cheese for the lactose intolerant Chad" she said.

"Thank you, luv" said Chad.

"Shrimp Caesar salad with no almonds for the allergic to nuts Digby" Sam guessed.

"Yes indeed, ma'am" said Digby.

"Cheese pizza for the simple things loving Tim" said Sam.

Tim nodded seeing as his drink was wearing off.

"And a barbecue bacon cheeseburger with the barbecue sauce, bacon and cheese on the side for the rational Pat" said Sam.

"Wow! That's the wildest!" said Patty.

"Yes indeed. Sam is a girl who knows what she's doing" said Digby.

"And that just leaves you, Cathy and Patty. What can I get you?" said Sam.

"A plate of hot dogs for me, Sammy" Patty said straight-up.

"And I think I might try a shrimp Caesar salad too. But I can keep the almonds" said Cathy.

"You got it. It's on the way" said Sam.

"Are hot dogs your favorite, Patty?" said Chad.

"You betcha, Chad" said Patty. 

"Then it's the perfect birthday lunch for you" said Chad.

"Indeed. Are you enjoying your birthday in Australia, Patty?" said Cathy.

"Yeah. In fact, Chad told me it's his friend Jeremy's birthday too" said Patty.

"Goodness. Maybe you could celebrate together" said Cathy.

"Yeah, but he hates celebrating his birthday and he never told Chad why" said Patty.

"Blimey! How can you not like your birthday? There's nothing like a good wild party to pass the time" said Digby.

"I dunno, Digby. It's Jeremy. He does a lot of things differently" said Chad.

"Could we visit him tonight?" said Patty. 

"Of course. He loves making friends" said Chad.

"Thank goodness. I was hoping he'd enjoy something on his birthday" said Cathy.


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