"Well, well if it isn't Lindsey MacDonald.
What caused
you to drag your sorry ass back into town?" Lilah
sneered before taking another sip of her fifth whiskey
sour of the night. She wasn't drunk yet but she had
been pleasantly buzzed until she caught sight of a
familiar dark head of hair out of the corner of her
eye. God, what were the odds of running into her old
nemesis in this tacky dump?
She was on the prowl and had grown bored with her
usual hunting grounds. On a whim, she'd decided she
was in the mood for out of town businessmen tonight
and thus her appearance in The Sunset Room of the
Santa Monica Holiday Inn. Unfortunately she hadn't
found anything worth her while and thus her pissy
disposition and choice of drinks. A row of cherries
attested to the slim pickings the evening had offered.
Lindsey heaved a heavy sigh and shook his head, too
intelligent to think that Lilah was a figment of his
imagination but hoping against hope anyway. He turned
to face her, recognizing that she was well on her way
to getting sloshed and already too buzzed to move on
to a new drinking hole for the evening. He might as
well sit down next to her or she'd embarrass him by
yelling insults across the bar.
"Yeah, give me a Scotch, neat and a glass of water."
Lindsey ordered the not so good-looking bartender
before turning to Lilah with a patently false
welcoming smile.
"Lilah, how the Hell are you?"
"I'm just fine Lindsey." She looked him up and down,
noting his beat up cowboy boots and faded jeans. "Gee,
I didn't know the rodeo was in town."
"That the best you can do Lilah?" Lindsey 'tsked
tsked' sadly.
"I froze your bank account." She retaliated smugly.
"I had a spell placed on your stash of chocolates so
that each one adds a pound to your figure." Lindsey
sipped contentedly at his drink.
"You pig!" She hissed. He laughed and she glared at
him balefully before a razor sharp smile twisted her
features.
"I slept with Angel before you did." She leaned in
close and purred in his ear.
Lindsey calmly knocked back the rest of his drink and
stood up without a word. Lilah's eyes widened as she
saw her ex-colleague turn and kiss first Angel and
then Wesley in greeting.
The three men returned her stare with wry smiles.
For one of the few times in her life, Lilah was struck
speechless.
"I forgive you." Lindsey said sincerely before taking
a proffered arm in each hand and leaving the bar. He
couldn't resist one final wink over his shoulder.
"Fuck!" Lilah finished her drink. The bartender opened
his mouth and quickly shut it at the look in her eyes.
Another whiskey sour appeared in front of her and
another cherry joined his comrades on the bar.
The End