Let me see your palm

“Hey Teddy.” He greeted, doing his best to muster a smile and sitting down next to his friend. He was already exhausted and he’d barely been out and about, but spending time with pleasant company seemed like just what the doctor ordered. “Thank you, I could definitely use one. How have you been?” 

“It’s my pleasure, really. I’ve been well, thank you. I’m enjoying the peaceful times we’ve fallen in.” The country and the world was in chaos, but Klamenth had been free of disaster or death these last couple of weeks. “But the look on your face tells me there might be something on your mind. If you’d like to share, I’m free to listen.”

Arlo laughed and held up his hands in defeat. “Well I tell you what, when you’re good and legal, preferably drinking age, I would consider, maybe, coming out of retirement for your birthday. But that’s a big maybe.” He slipped his gloved hands back into his pockets and shrugged. “Offer her that free dinner deal, maybe she’ll be more up for it.” Arlo shook his head, snickering. “Oh no, I was not Nomi, I tried to stay out of trouble. There were certainly a few boys there that wanted to be Nomi though. I was not very proud of my work at the time.” The witch grinned broadly. “Yeah, the gayboyhood, it’s in downtown Vegas, all the gay clubs and bath houses and strip clubs all in one area. Pretty ghetto part of town though if you don’t live in one of the penthouses.”

“No, you definitely were not legal in my stripping days. You’re barely legal now.” He laughed and shook his head. “I am way too hold to be giving you a lap dance, kiddo. Besides I’m sure you’d much prefer one of those pretty girls, I’m a little rusty these days.” Arlo smiled and shook his head. “Don’t worry about it, it was like the Showgirls club, a little more sleazy though, and in a worse part of town. We were in the gayborhood, which in those years was not the nicest place.”

Arlo did his best to muster a smile for Roxanna when he noticed her, shaking his head when she sat next to him. “Absolutely not, I’d love the company.” He laughed a little more honestly when she offered to buy him a drink. “Thank you, that sounds great. Tell them I want something strong and fruity; a cosmo sounds good.”

He laughed. “I really should be, I love meeting all our new people.” He grinned and nodded, slipping his hands in his pockets and making to follow after him. “I would love to. I’m sure you heard about the riot at least? That had to have made the news.”

Arlo needed a drink, he needed to get out, to get away from the dreams that had been haunting him. Paradise; when he closed his eyes he’d be  nestled away in his home back in Las Vegas, his beloved husband asleep by his side; no drug issues, no abuse; just wedded bliss. Every night he’d fall asleep to wake up tangled in sheets with Riley, before getting up to run his store with his lover in toe. Then the sun would shine through the windows of his flat and he’d wake up to another cold and empty bed.

These heavenly dreams were killing him. He didn’t want to think about his ex, about their problems, his guilt. He didn’t want to miss someone he knew was toxic. Pulling it together, he slipped in to the bar and made his way to the nearest stool.

Annemarie did not like the thoughts that had been rolling through her head, since running into her Sire again. This happened every time they saw one another, and as much as she hated it, she also reveled in it. But, what she wasn’t prepared for, was the thoughts of what could have been, but here she was.

Arlo smiled brightly and waved off the concern. “Fine, fine, you just startled me a bit, I think.” He held out a gloved hand to greet the stranger. “Arlo, though you can keep calling me dear if you like. I don’t think we’ve formally met.”

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