Of all the romances I've been in or seen in this place, some go bad; that is a part and partial to the whole thing we call "life". Some go bad over some stupid thing or another; types of food, family in-laws, which magizine subscription to cancel. Sometimes, you can lay down a good bet on which couple's going to live a fruitful life..and which one going to go down in flames.

Then there's that couple dancing in the back; newlyweds and darn proud of it too! They danced the night away until sun-up, laugh there way back to their hotel rooms and return for another night of dancing and laughter. Sometimes they go shopping. But she spent more time admiring the objects then buying them. She looks at them like they're priceless museum pieces under as much scrutinny as if she had an electron microscope! But he never seemed to mind. Some considers her a bit odd but that's allright; I comb my hair with a fork also (But I never serve the customers the same fork, I want to keep my ten year status going for another ten <G>)

I've seen them come here from time to time, always dancing, always laughing. It's good too, laughing. I had the opertunity to talk with the guy, Eric, I recall. Good guy, not much in personality; but he tips well.

• Me: "Eric, long time no see."
• Eric (Smiling): "It's good to be seen."
• Me: "I have your usual: Sea-Song Cocktail with a lemon twist. Be right down in a sec; what ever happened to that french cook that you hired a while back?"
• Eric (Frowning): "I think he quit. Left off somewhere to get a new job. Some Chief of Security gig in some derlict space station, Deep Space-something-or-rather."
• Me: "Talk about career change. How's it taste."
• Eric: "Not bad." Looks from behind at Ariel (Nice name, I think I recall it in Greek class, but I'm not sure) "I went to no ends to have her." *Dreamly look on face*
• Me: "Say again?"
• Eric: "I fought a sea monster. Ram a derilect ship into the biggest demon of the sea. Nearly drown myself. All for her. What does that say about me?"
• Me: "Your dedicated." (Started to make another Cocktail) "Love have no bounds, nor boundaries. In fact, it can never be explained." (nodding my head towards the Lady at the table sitting next to a Prince) "See her; she became a prisioner to some cursed Beast just to save her father's life. She sacrificed her freedom, her dreams, everything she hoped for. She was a litteral prisioner, bound by her own word to stay with him. So love is not only blind; it's nuts."
• Eric laughs and takes another sip."How do you keep up with the bar? Seems like everyone knows about it but no one knows where it is?"
• I smile my cryptic smile: "You know. Your here."
• Eric's eyes clouded over, as if confused: "Yea, but me and Ariel were trying to find this place and we couldn't. It wasn't in the travel logue-darn AAA-and then we turned a corner-again-and there you were. How?"
• I smiled even wider as I slipped another Cocktail on front of him. And, as an afterthought, I slid a tall glass of pink-colored liquid to him.
• Eric: "What's this?"
• Me: "That's on the house. The other is Tuna Juice. I had a friend drain it while he was making tuna salad for someone. Basically spring water packed in the can. For the lady."
• Eric laughed and slapped a generious tip on the countertop. He took the drinks and went to his Ariel, who was reading the inscription of a Ming Vase (Actually, it was made in Taiwan. But why spoil the mood <G>). He handed her the drink and she sipped it cautiousy, them she smiled and litterally threw herself on him; laughing and asking "How did you know this was my favorate?" and such. And when they left, I found another tip from Eric, almost triple of what he originally gave me earlier.

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