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Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Bailey and Ben walked towards the stage; and just on the other side next to the band, was a monstrous table the length of the hall. Ben stopped them at the head of the table. The table was covered in delicious offerings; every foot or so down the length of the table, was a fresh pitcher of wine with crystal goblets, followed by spectacular looking dishes. There was food Bailey had never seen before; little pies all different colors topped with odd looking fruit, some fruit was peculiar, one looked like a sesame seed bagel only it was white and pink and not a bagel. It was white inside with little black seeds, the outside was a bright red pink color, it was quite neat looking. Bailey stared at it not know what it was.

“That's a dragon fruit you’re going to burn a whole through if you stare at it any harder” said Ben indicating to the fruit.

“I hope that's a rhetorical name, because if that came from the ass of a dragon I'm leaving right now” said Bailey wrinkling her nose. Ben just laughed.

“No it comes from a cactus, it’s kind of like a melon, its good, sort of sweet, it can be an acquired taste for some.”

“So what’s good on here?” she asked Ben pointing to the table and its contents.

“Well it’s all good, a little different and some may actually bit back, but it’s good. Id stick with the little sandwiches and pies they are delicious, and they don’t bit back, also I would stay away from the wine until later, just so you know it defiantly has a bite to it. You don’t want to be too indulgent with that wine; it will knock you flat on your ass with just one glass, its Elf wine. You only drink it if you want to be drunk like now!” he smiled as he grabbed a glass and downed it, while grabbing another.

“I thought you just said-” Bailey began to say

“Your human, it will knock you on your butt, not me” his smile grew from ear to ear as he downed a glass of wine.

Bailey didn’t want to understand the “You’re human” remark instead she noticed that Ben had finished a second glass of wine.

“Don't you think you should take it easy, I don’t want to have to carry you home you know” when Bailey said home she felt sad she had been trying not to think of them since what happened in the garden but, she missed her family and Dean more then she was letting on. She missed her mother’s witty remarks and pies. When they left that night Ben had taken a few pies with him, but he had eaten them before Bailey could the next morning. Bailey broke her flash back and looked up to the glasses spread out along the table; they were full of dark liquid.

Bailey wasn’t a drinker but she was oddly tempted to taste it, she wondered if it would be sweet like fruit wine or bitter like the ones her mom drinks. She turned to Ben who snagged a piece of cake and shoved it in his mouth. Bailey made a face and laughed, some of the icing was dripping down his cheek. Bailey raised her hand and wiped it off with her finger, Ben stood looking at her. Bailey smiled and placed her icing tipped finger in her mouth and licked off the icing, and then with another more devilish smile she asked in a rather sexy and curious tone. “What would happen if I had just a tiny glass of the wine?”

Ben cleared his throat; he was suddenly taken a back to the morning where Bailey attacked him over breakfast. Quickly removing the image from his head he looked down at her and replied “Well first your eye sight will go its horrible, things become much better looking than they actually are. Then after that, you will go out on to the dance floor and start a very drunk jig, since you lack the balance and beauty of the elves you will look very comical, and then” Bailey cut him off “So you get drunk then eh, doesn’t most alcohol do that? You could have just said that?”