" So, the recital's still on then?" Definitely. Why wouldn't it be?" That's good," Mom replied. "I don't know. For some reason I wasn't sure."Mom put ...he pie slices on a couple of plates and brought them to the table but she didn't set them down."Boy, it's been really hot here today," she said, glancing toward the living room where the sound of the evening news drifted down the hallway toward us. "Do you think you can help me with something before we have our dessert." Sure Mom," I answered,. As with all work nights out most people tend to disperse home or to other clubs towards the end of the night but I worked with a couple of gay and bi guys so I would always tag along with them to the gay clubs. It was about 2:30am by the time we got to this club and we were all quite drunk by this time so I was just hoping to have a couple more drinks to finish the night off and have a good dance, I wasn’t at that point expecting or trying to pull anyone. We were in the club for about an hour. “As I said, I’m not sure that they’ll fit.” Well, the guy’s tight jeans were another precaution. “You won’t see me in a suit; that’s for sure. I don’t work Christmas Eve.” Okay. Her jeans would be her only protection. They were enough. Hell! Eric’s niceness was enough.“But I can wear jeans?”“I’d love that.” He seemed actually positive about the idea. Which meant that he was thinking about seeing her shape, and not thinking about seeing her -- and worse feeling her or entering her -- naked. "And don't give me any bull." You always did know when I was up to something," I replied with a smile. "Maybe that's why we're better as friends than as a couple. To answer your question, I'm trying to get Cassidy interested in me. I want to get to know her better so I thought I try a little game to catch her eye." Still the player, aren't you?" Sarah leaned back and looked me in the eye. "Do yourself a favor and forget about all your old games. Cassidy is a nice person and my good friend; just.