Birthday Kisses

PARTY!

Well, Birthday Kisses was supposed to be a one-shot, but then it got a prequel (the day of hearts dance) and now it's getting two more chapter and a three-chapter sequel, so my one-shot is now a trilogy.

PARTY!

6:03 PM

Cassandra put on her favourite (okay, only) black skirt and blouse, throwing a favourite red waistcoat over the top. She tied her hair up in a half bun, letting the rest flow down her back and went out to meet the rest of the party by the stables.

7:03PM

"So, why aren't we eating at the Ugly Duckling?" Varian asked sitting down at the table with is friends. Cassandra smiled across at him.

"Have you ever actually eaten at the Ugly Duckling?"

"No."

"The best word to describe it is sludge."

"Hey, I used to be the cook." Lances interrupted.
"And it was minimally better for those few months." Eugene said.

"Right, thank you."
"So, let's have some big bowls of pasta, and then go and drink."

"Well, as long as the drinks are better at the Duckling than the food."

Everybody at the table was silent.

"Wait, there not?" Varian said.
"Ha! No." Eugene said.

"Wait, then why are you guys always drinking there?"
"No idea." Lance said loudly.

8:03 PM

"Do you have any wine?" Cassandra asked Big Nose who was behind the counter, he shook his head. "What do you have?"

"Beer."

"Anything other than beer." Cassandra asked, she didn't like beer. "Literally anything at all?"

"Well, whiskey?" Big Nose said bending down under the counter and bringing out a dusty bottle.

"Whiskey it is."

Varian came up behind her.

"Make that two."

"Don't you think you should start on something a little less ...

"Ha! I'm actually a whiskey man. Drink it all the time." Varian lied, wanting to impress Cassandra with his worldliness.

"But you've only ordered milk in here before." Big Nose said.

"I drink in town usually." Varian answered. He took the glass offered to him and downed it in one, before coughing and spluttering.

"Yeah, you've got a real tolerance for it." Cassandra said dryly.

"It's gone off, it burns." Varian croaked.

"It's supposed too."

"Really? Why would anybody drink that?"

Cassandra' smiled, she patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on, I'll buy you a beer."

9:03PM

Varian went up to the counter to order himself a second beer, having slowly drunk the last one whilst listening to Cassandra telling stories of where she had been to the group.

"It's your eighteenth birthday then?" Big Nose asked.

Varian nodded.

Big Nose sighed, his chin falling into his hand as he rested against the bar, a dreamy look on his face.