Need a drink? - [Male OC X Ford Pines] - Complete

23: Drinking

I turned with a smile as I heard the ringing of my door, a sound I'd heard pretty consistently all night that had finally slowed as closing time approached. "Welcome to The Pride Palace."

"The place is looking great," Stan said walking toward me.

"What'll it be tonight Stan?"

"Just a beer tonight," Stan said sitting at the counter. "Light."

The door rang again as I took out the beer for Stan. "Welcome to The Pride Palace." I set the drink down and looked to see who had come in.

Ford seemed to have stepped into something he'd never dreamed of. The man in a brown lab coat was looking at the flag above me, his mouth open, the rainbow backlights of my bar reflected in his glasses.

"Ford," I smiled. "Welcome."

Ford smiled as he walked up to the bar. "This is amazing..."

"I'm sure you've seen cooler things than some cheap colored lighting and-"

"No," Ford interrupted me. "This is the best thing I've ever seen. Just look at all this! I haven't seen this many rainbow lights since... ever!"

I smiled. "What can I get you?"

"What do you suggest?" Ford asked.

"Make him that red one you made me back in Febuary," Stan said, drinking his beer.

"I remember a time when Stan wouldn't even touch the fruitier drinks," I said, filling a martini glass with crushed ice. "Now," I poured the vodka, peach schnapps, and cranberry juice into the mix glass and stirred, "he'll try anything I make."

"Learned the hard way that just because it's pretty doesn't mean it's weak," Stan said.

I strained the drink into the ice filled cup and added a cherry. "Here you are, Ford."

Ford looked at the drink and picked up the cherry. "Is that a picture of us?" He pointed to the old picture and put the cherry in his mouth.

I looked back and took the picture off the wall. "It's the one I took at our senior prom." I set it in front of him. "Stan gave it to me not long after I opened up my first bar."

Ford pulled the cherry stem from between his teeth, having tied it in a knot. "Ha," he laughed, suddenly distracted, "I can still do it." I felt my face heat up a little. Ford noticed. "Heh..." he set the stem down. "Sorry... I'm embarrassing you..." He sipped the drink.

"It's no problem at all," I said, picking up the stem and throwing it away.

Ford took a longer drink. "What is this?"

"Red Silk Panties," I said.

Ford nearly choked on the drink as he looked up, laughing. "What?"

"You're drinking a Red Silk Panties."