August Anderson (
seeagreatergood) wrote2011-08-09 04:30 pm
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001 [warning: sexytimes]
Happy Hour at Allen's is, as usual, loud with competing voices and scents, all of which are less important to Auggie than Annie and Jai's laughter and the second beer in front of him.
Well. Almost all. Occasionally Auggie cocks his head at the sound of heels or the floral scent of shampoo and listens to Jai and Annie's reactions. Jai has one chuckle for redheads and another for brunettes, while Annie has a groan for blondes that Auggie is told is rather hypocritical of her.
"Did the last three girls all have tequila, or was it just one carrying enough shots for her whole party?" he wonders.
"The last four," Jai corrects, audibly smirking. "Your nose must be getting tired."
"I don't get it. Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow -- you'd think people could hold off on the faux-Mexican debauchery until Saturday."
He hears Annie sit bolt upright.
"Oh crap, it's Friday, I have a thing with my--"
"Sister," Auggie and Jai chorus with her. Auggie grins, in spite of the dirty look he's sure she's giving him, and adds, "Jai, you owe me ten bucks."
Jai sighs and digs in his pockets. "Which ought to just about cover your cab ride." He slaps the money onto the table at Auggie's ten o'clock. "Annie, I'll walk you to your car, I'm headed that way."
"Now there's a Pyrrhic victory," Auggie says, with a sigh of his own. "Annie, did he really give me a ten?"
"Yes!" Annie says, laughing, and squeezes his shoulder as she stands. "You're so paranoid."
"I'm wounded that you don't trust me," Jai agrees, also standing.
"You'll heal, I'm sure. Have a good weekend, you two. Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"Same to you, Auggie," Jai says, with an eyeroll crystal-clear in his voice.
"That'll be a boring weekend, then," Auggie calls after Jai's cologne and Annie's heels, then turns back to his beer. Now where is he going to find a ride with all these tequila-soaked early birds?
Well. Almost all. Occasionally Auggie cocks his head at the sound of heels or the floral scent of shampoo and listens to Jai and Annie's reactions. Jai has one chuckle for redheads and another for brunettes, while Annie has a groan for blondes that Auggie is told is rather hypocritical of her.
"Did the last three girls all have tequila, or was it just one carrying enough shots for her whole party?" he wonders.
"The last four," Jai corrects, audibly smirking. "Your nose must be getting tired."
"I don't get it. Cinco de Mayo is tomorrow -- you'd think people could hold off on the faux-Mexican debauchery until Saturday."
He hears Annie sit bolt upright.
"Oh crap, it's Friday, I have a thing with my--"
"Sister," Auggie and Jai chorus with her. Auggie grins, in spite of the dirty look he's sure she's giving him, and adds, "Jai, you owe me ten bucks."
Jai sighs and digs in his pockets. "Which ought to just about cover your cab ride." He slaps the money onto the table at Auggie's ten o'clock. "Annie, I'll walk you to your car, I'm headed that way."
"Now there's a Pyrrhic victory," Auggie says, with a sigh of his own. "Annie, did he really give me a ten?"
"Yes!" Annie says, laughing, and squeezes his shoulder as she stands. "You're so paranoid."
"I'm wounded that you don't trust me," Jai agrees, also standing.
"You'll heal, I'm sure. Have a good weekend, you two. Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"Same to you, Auggie," Jai says, with an eyeroll crystal-clear in his voice.
"That'll be a boring weekend, then," Auggie calls after Jai's cologne and Annie's heels, then turns back to his beer. Now where is he going to find a ride with all these tequila-soaked early birds?
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"Want to get out of here?"
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He rattles off the directions -- it's pretty straightforward.
"Can you remember that? I've never taken a motorcycle up there, so I'm probably not going to be able to tell you when to turn."
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He (considers adjusting his pants, but decides he's probably okay for the moment) folds up his cane with a few practiced moves and stows it in his bag.
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A faint smell of leather rolls out of the bike's right saddlebag as she opens it.
"But I'm nice to my passengers. And I get the rest of the safety gear," she says, pulling on a jacket that creaks slightly in a satisfyingly durable way.
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"Yeah, okay."
(Chivalry is one thing. Risking another head injury like the one from Iraq is quite another. Besides, Elizabeth doesn't seem like the type to view chivalry kindly.)
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He resists the urge to make a terrible Spaceballs joke.
"Okay," he says, a little muffled, "just show me where to sit."
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As long as he doesn't mind that her (now leather-gloved) hand strays a little further back than his hip as she guides him into the passenger seat.
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He also is not shy about using her for balance as he swings his leg over and settles in, sliding back to give her plenty of room to seat herself.
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"Yeah. Can I scoot forward?"
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He puts his hands on her hips to guide him and scoots forward until his hips are nestled snugly against hers, then wraps his arms around her waist.
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Vivi really does purr.
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James does, indeed, have a very good memory; she follows his directions to the letter, humming to herself (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQTFRq1hjtM).
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It is, as promised, about half an hour to his place: an old warehouse that's been converted into a chic apartment building.
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He pulls off the helmet.
"I have a space in the parking lot -- number sixteen. You can use it, it's not like I ever do. What did you say a minute ago?"
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"I like it. I've had it about four years. Very accommodating landlord."
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*bereft of her parentheses
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"Thanks for the ride."
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