sheepishly, although I still think it's weird that he said "Beer Wench" the same way that he did back at Oktoberfest, and he slapped my ass like that too.
"Where have you been?" asks Monica, throwing her arms around me in a warm hug. I raise an eyebrow at her, because she still doesn't seem like the shy Monica I know.
"Sorry," I say, hugging her back, because I do appreciate her friendship, and it's about time I start acting like it. "I just had the strangest experience…"
I shake my head, wondering to what extent I should tell them about my crazy encounter with Mr. Morgan, but I see one of the tuxedo- clad vampire characters in the corner, putting his finger over his mouth as if to tell me to be quiet. I nod and am quite glad he's making me keep it all a secret— what exactly what I say, anyway? All of it so completely unbelievable, not to mention that I don't want Monica and Mark to know what a huge slut I was back in Bavaria.
"What happened?" asks Scott, raising his eyebrows in curiosity. I could swear that I see him wink at me, as if we were in on a private joke.
"Oh, nothing." I shrug my shoulders as if it's no big deal. "I just thought I saw someone I knew from school. But it turned out not to be them."
"Who?" asks Monica, all ears for juicy gossip.
"Oh, someone I knew from elementary school."
"Longer than you've known me!" she pouts.
"But no one knows me better," I say, laying my head on her shoulder briefly to show my affection. "I'm so glad I invited you to this costume party. There's no one else I'd rather go with."
"Awww!" She looks so grateful that it almost seems she'll start crying. "But what about…" she lowers her voice and whispers to me, "Chad?"
"I think he and I are done," I announce resolutely.
"Really?" I can't help but notice that she's barely concealing her happiness upon hearing this news.
"He's not the right guy for me. Too stuffy."
I down my drink, because I could sure use another one, and say, "Oh, looks like I'm out. Who needs a refill?"
"Me me me me me!" says Monica, hanging on my shoulders as if she's already a bit tipsy.
"Sure, Mon," I say, no longer feeling above bringing her a drink, although earlier I had been annoyed at her for wanting me to break up my time with Mark to go get her an ice-breaking drink. "How's it going with Scott?" I whisper, and she says, "It's going great!" Her cheeks are rosy and she looks genuinely happy for the first time that I can remember in a long time. "I'll tell you on the way to the bar."
"Another round, boys?" I ask, as Monica and I start heading to the bar.
"Yes, Beer Wench," says Mark, and reaches out to pinch my ass under my sexy beer maid costume skirt. Scott nods and winks at me once again.
"Don't you think they're being weird?" I ask Monica, as we walk away from them.
"They're just in a party spirit," she says. "You never know what can happen at a costume party!"
Indeed , I think, and turn back to get another look at handsome Mark before he's out of my line of sight. I see his broad shoulders and I think about him fucking me with his huge cock. I think I'll go home with him tonight and see if he does it as well as he did in Germany. And I can't believe that just a few minutes ago Monica was sucking on one of my nipples while Mark sucked on the other, and here she is innocently holding my hand on the way to the bar. If only she knew what we had just done together, she'd never believe it.
But as we wait for the bartender to notice us, Monica's hand hits my ass, as if she was bumped into by someone from the side— or maybe it's on purpose. And she says, "This beer wench isn't nearly as good at serving beer as you would be, up there in your sexy costume."
"Thanks, Monica," I say, although it's not something she would normally say at all, and I wonder what she's been up to.
"The Morgansboro Ball is certainly very magical," I say, linking arms with her.
"Yes it most certainly is. Mandy."
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