I flagged down our waiter and got the check."So what are you doing next?" Crawford asked me. We were the only two left at the table."I hadn't even tho...ght about it." I sighed."The hotel lounge has a show called 'Dragon Ladies'. It's supposed to be very good." She smiled at me hopefully. "The second show starts in at nine."I checked my watch; roughly an hour to buy tickets and get seats. My other choice was to go up stairs and remember how lonely a hotel room could be. "Fine." I replied,. So I decided to throw a Fourth of July party. I emailed invitations with the info. I told everyone to bring drinks. It was going to be like your typical party, only it was going to be the greatest bash ever!I even sent the email to Luke, making sure he would notice that I also sent it to about forty others. There were, surprisingly, a lot of people in Beverly Hills that summer. A lot of people were interning in Los Angeles, had summer jobs, or were hanging out before they went to camp, etc. Who. She smiled at me. Simple it is to tell. A brief, little smile; but summer came to me in that moment and winter melted away. Oh, you may say it was the heat of the fire or the sweet, strong mead but I say it was her smile that warmed me then.We went together to the feast. The ram went uncomplaining to the knife and the druid pronounced the omens good that year. This I already knew. Rhiannon touched my arm as we talked and, for once, I didn't get drunk with the other warriors. Thus and thus, it. “Mmmm,” she purred, as she touched the front of my shorts. “You feel like you’re ready right now, wanna go upstairs?”“You always get me so hard, just being around you, you know that. We’ve got the whole weekend ahead of us, let’s hit the road, I’m eager to get there,” I said as I took her hand and leaned over to kiss her. It started as a gentle little peck. The next thing I knew her arms were around my neck, and her fingers were running through my hair. She always does that when she’s having.