As if sensing my gaze, I saw him starting to turn his attention towards my direction, and I quickly turned back around leaving my disillusions outside...before stepping into the house. "Theeeeeeeyre heeeeeere." Lori chimed loudly, entering the house a few seconds behind me, Eric in tow, his bag and hers (I assumed) hooked in each arm. Eric's parents stepped out of the kitchen both smiling widely. "Welcome Hanna, so happy you could join us this year." His mom pulled off her apron and hung it on. Cass felt a bit of disappointment in ending the kiss but followed him down on the couch. ‘Anything good on TV?’ he asked and opened the pizza box. ‘I have no idea.’ ‘Why don’t we find something to watch?’ he asked around a mouth full of pepperoni and pineapple pizza. Cassidy shrugged and grabbed a piece of pizza for herself. They settled on watching some very old Law and Order re-runs, which Cassidy didn’t have a problem with. She liked the show. ‘So, how was your day?’ he asked her. ‘Good, I. "Britney Spears? Maybe 15 years ago," Madison snorted. "She's a campdisaster nowadays." Yeah, we asked for girls you're hot for not your iPod playlist," Lucindaquipped."Errrr oh, also Barbra Streisand was and still is so gorgeous and I adoreElisabeth Taylor and Lucille Ball," Daniel replied. Looking aroundknowing he had only made the situation worse. Where had those names comefrom? He felt his mind had betrayed him.Laughter began anew. "That is the most ridiculous list of women I'veheard for a. Besides, that’s where I’ve hidden my ax.”I laughed again as I slid off my barstool and followed him over.We had scarcely taken our seats when someone began announcing something over the PA system. A large mass of people began moving toward the inner room of the bar through a set of large batwing doors. The PA system was a bit garbled and I couldn’t make out what was being said, so I asked him.“There’s a bull-riding contest every Monday night,” he said. “To fill the time till the main band comes.