HOPE

Part Six

I had a whiskey and soda and nursed it along while Debbie teased Celeste and threatened to flash her. “You do that Debbie and we will both jump your sexy bones right here and invite Brad over to join in as well.!” Celeste laughed and agreed with me. “I second the motion on that one!” Debbie was a great person and not once did she ask any personal questions that would make me uncomfortable.

Debbie got up to take care of something business related and I used the opportunity to kiss Celeste. She returned the kiss and we had a hard time restraining ourselves from going any further. One guy passed by the table and saw us then stopped to talk. I noticed the bartender and all the bouncers watching him very closely to make sure he behaved.

Surprisingly enough, the man was very nice and very polite to us. “Good evening ladies. I have to admit, you both look nice and I like your costumes. I think you two also make a cute couple. Well, I've pestered you two long enough and my own girlfriend is waiting for me. Enjoy the club and stay safe ladies.” I was surprised he had not tried to make a pass at us and had been very polite.

I finished off my drink and decided one more would not hurt as it had taken two hours to finish the first one off. I had no intentions of having a third one though as I had to be very damned careful to keep my wits about me. It would not take much for for my secret to get out and then I would have to move sooner than I wanted in order to stay free.

When Debbie came back she was laughing. I heard you guys met Greg. He is my accountant and is here with his girlfriend tonight. She pointed them out to us and I was surprised to see his girlfriend was extremely attractive. “I hooked those two up almost three years ago on a blind date and they are still together. He is a bit shy and so is she so it was a perfect match. Holy shit! He's actually doing it!” I spotted him nervously getting down on one knee and holding up something to his girlfriend. She saw what he was holding and her eyes went wide with surprise. She smiled and put the ring on and kissed him instantly.

Debbie drug us to their table to congratulate them both. “Greg, Janice, this is Celeste and this is her girlfriend, Hope. We saw the proposal and had to congratulate you both on it. I have to admit Greg, It's about time you made an honest woman out of her.” Janice laughed and hugged Debbie. “If you had not talked me into dating him, this wonderful man would have slipped away from me, so thank you so much Debbie.”

“I'm happy for both of you. If you guys need a pair of good mechanics then let me know and I'll send you to Celeste and Hope here. They run a small repair shop on the West side of town and work on all sorts of different vehicles. You should see the old Triumph they are restoring now. It's a great looking bike.”

We were invited to sit and join them so we did. Janice it turns out was a lawyer and a very good one at that as she worked for the local branch of the A.C.L.U. I kept a card she gave me since it might just come in handy in the future. She made a joke about my costume in Japanese and thought I would not understand her. I surprised her by telling her in Japanese that she was right and that Celeste did indeed have a tiger by the tail.