He smirked, taking the freshly poured stills and downing it in a swallow. The spirits burned, his eyes flickering painfully as he reached for the lime... Elena whirled up beside him, breathless. ‘Already hitting the bottle?’ She waved to the crew still out on the floor. Rude looked away from her, leaning both arms on the counter. An empty chair opened up next to him and Elena promptly claimed it, signaling to the bartender for another round. She scooped her head under to try and look Rude in the. . uh if you had made a decision on moving in with me?" Jim asked in a hesitant voice."Yes I have," Jenny said."And?" Jim asked when Jenny didn't answer right away. He feared the worst."The answer is yes!" Jenny said and exhaled heavily.Jim almost leaped out of the bed with excitement. He pulled Jenny to him in an emotional hug. "Thank you, God I love you," Jim exclaimed."Not so fast sweety," Jenny said, trying to settle her lover down."What's wrong?" Jim asked his heart sinking."Nothing really.. On that special day, I decided to dress like this only to visit the dentist. Once I had made my appointment on the telephone, I was surprised on how fast I could get it for that same morning. There I was, among a lot of patients who had gathered in the waiting room due to a machine malfunction. Something had gone wrong with this stuff and was the origin for the setback. The hall had comfortable chairs or sofas, a dim but nice illumination, air conditioning and lots of magazine tables. Her face showed more than a few age lines and her curly black hair had more than a few steaks of gray-white. Jack was never good at guessing ages but he figured that she was older than his mother. who was 45. If he could look in her purse and see her driver's license, he would've seen that she was actually 49. She wasn't heavy like his mother or any of her friends, but she still wasn't a woman he would look at twice. In fact, all she really was to him at that moment was an annoyance. Someone.