Spirit Bear 3 (A fanfic)

Chapter 5

Peter was sitting around at his office, he was bored, and had little to no work to do. Peter stood up, he figured he might as well just go home early. He signed himself out again, just as he was leaving one of his co-workers stopped him. Her name was Cassidy, "your leaving early?" she asked curiously. Peter turned and looked at her puzzled, "uh yeah, I've finished doing most of my work," he answered suspiciously, "why?" 

Cassidy looked over her shoulder, "well, I was curious if you wanted to catch a drink or something?" Peter shrugged, "why not," he said "I've got some time." Cassidy smiled, "oh great, lets go to the bar, over by Ms.lonalds!" Peter started for the door, "see you there," he said. He got into his car and started for the bar, "I wonder why she wanted to go get a drink with me," he said to himself, "Im pretty sure she was new to this town, maybe I'll show her around sometime."

 Peter pulled up to the Button Beens Bar, he exited his car. Peter noticed Cassidy driving up, he waved to her as she pulled in. They both walked in, and sat down at the bar. A tall man, with squinty eyes, asked them what they wanted to drink. Peter ordered a martini, while Cassidy just got a plain beer. 

Peter looked at Cassidy, her short brown hair covered a little bit of her face. Peter smirked, "so," he said "why have you called me to this, uh, magnificent bar?" Cassidy giggled, "well, I'm trying to make some friends, you seem like a nice guy," she answered. Peter smiled, he had a feeling she had a bit of a crush on him, "ok, Cassidy, tell me a little about yourself," Peter said bluntly. The tall man gave us each both our drinks and walked off again, Cassidy took a sip of her beer and answered, "well I'm a single mom of two kids, a girl and a boy." 

Peter smiled "oh, really?" he said, "how old are they?" Cassidy put down her drink, "well my oldest one is 15 in ninth grade, her name is Jessica, and my younger one is Liam, he is in the 2nd grade and is 8 years old," she said. Peter smiled, "oh thats cute," he said sweetly, Cassidy blushed, Peters phone started to ring. Lora was calling, "excuse me," Peter said politely, as he answered it, "hey Peter," Lora started, "would it be ok, if I went out for a little bit, I'll be home by 6 o'clock?" Peter glanced at his watch, it was 4:00, "where are you going for 2 hours?" he asked, Lora answered calmly, "I'm just going out with my friends, my phone will be on me the whole time," she promised. 

Peter rolled his eyes, "alright fine, just be back by six," he said. Lora thanked him over and over, happily, "I love you, dad!" she said excitedly. Peter paused, he blushed, "I l-l-love you too," he said. Lora hung up the phone, and Peter put it down. Cassidy sat there patiently, "who was that?" she asked curiously. 

Peter smiled, "that was my adopted daughter Lora, and she just called me dad," Peter explained. Cassidy sighed with relief, "oh thats cute, I thought that was like your girlfriend or something," she said joking. Peter smiled, and giggled a little, here is my chance to totally surprise her, he thought to himself, "what?" he asked. Peter laughed, "oh, no no, you see I'm gay," Peter said bluntly. Cassidy sat there, blushing with embarrassment, "oh," she said, "uh so do you have a boyfriend then?" 

Peter laughed again, "no I have a husband, its a funny story, really, how we m-m-met," Peter said smiling. Cassidy looked at Peter with eyes of curiosity, "tell me, how you and your husband met!" she asked excited. Peter smiled "ok, it all started when I was 15," Peter started, "I was a wimpy kid, lots of bullies would pick on me, one of those bullies names was Cole. Cole was a criminal, and one day he broke into a electronic store, after he stole from it he trashed the place. He bragged to some kids at school about it, and I told the police on him, he ended up beating the hell out of me, that left me with a speech impenitent, and a limp." 

Cassidy covered her mouth, "oh my goodness," she said quietly. Peter smiled, "nah i-i-its nothing really," Peter continued, "I had horrible nightmares after that, Cole was sent to a remote island and got mauled by a bear. He changed after that mauling though, after trying to kill myself twice my parents sent me there with him as well." Cassidy's eyes widened, "oh my god he was mauled by a bear!?" she asked, Peter laughed again, "it wasn't just any bear, it was a spirit bear!" Peter said proudly, "when I came to the island I saw it too!" 

Cassidy looked at Peter puzzled, "a spirit bear?" she asked, "yes a spirit bear!" Peter reassured her. Peter took a sip of his drink, "it was pure white and beautiful, once I saw it I forgave Cole, me and Cole became best friends, and now me and Cole are married with a daughter," Peter said happily. Cassidy smiled with awe in her face, "that is the most exciting how we met stories, I have ever heard!" she exclaimed. Cassidy laughed, "when you started talking about how you met your husband, I was like oh great, this going to be so boring, but I was pleasantly surprised!" Peter smiled, "well I do have a good sense of humor" he said laughing. Cassidy took out a pen and wrote some numbers on it, "this is my phone number," she said, as she handed it to Peter. Cassidy smiled "I was right," she said, "your are a nice guy."