Una and Everett were out on a rendez-vous amoureux, date one day, sitting in a le dîner, salle à manger with sandwiches and milkshakes while Una told Everett about a role she'd just gotten in a short film.
"That's great, Una," Everett a dit when she was done talking. "I'm so proud of you."
Una grinned. "So... are toi going to invite me out to dîner to celebrate? I'm free Saturday," she added with a teasing smile.
Everett laughed, then stopped suddenly as he remembered something. "Actually, my little sister Kaitlyn's coming into town this Saturday, and she'll need me to montrer her around. Hey, I know - why don't toi both come to dîner with me and I can introduce toi to her? You've never met her, right?" Una just stared at him. "What?"
"Never met her!" cried Una. "You never told me toi had a sister!"
"Didn't I?"
Una shook her head. She looked half-exasperated, half-amused. "You know, I don't think you've ever told me about your family. ou your childhood either."
"Haven't I?" Everett tried to think back. He hadn't been trying to keep any of this a secret! It had just... never come up. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize I hadn't."
"Well," grinned Una, "I'm all ears now."
Everett had to smile too. "Okay. Let's see...."
"That's great, Una," Everett a dit when she was done talking. "I'm so proud of you."
Una grinned. "So... are toi going to invite me out to dîner to celebrate? I'm free Saturday," she added with a teasing smile.
Everett laughed, then stopped suddenly as he remembered something. "Actually, my little sister Kaitlyn's coming into town this Saturday, and she'll need me to montrer her around. Hey, I know - why don't toi both come to dîner with me and I can introduce toi to her? You've never met her, right?" Una just stared at him. "What?"
"Never met her!" cried Una. "You never told me toi had a sister!"
"Didn't I?"
Una shook her head. She looked half-exasperated, half-amused. "You know, I don't think you've ever told me about your family. ou your childhood either."
"Haven't I?" Everett tried to think back. He hadn't been trying to keep any of this a secret! It had just... never come up. "I'm sorry. I didn't realize I hadn't."
"Well," grinned Una, "I'm all ears now."
Everett had to smile too. "Okay. Let's see...."
Some time later, Una and Everett were settled in a cozy small cafe eating sandwiches and sipping citrouille spice lattes while foil cutouts of cute ghosts and pumpkins hung from the walls around them.
"Thanks again, Una," Everett a dit after a time. "I just... I don't like small spaces very much."
Una smiled at him and reached across the table, tableau to touch his hand. "Hey, toi saved my life once. It's time I saved yours."
They sat in a comfortable silence for a bit, enjoying this much calmer stage of their Halloween celebrations. Una was first to break it.
"I can't believe we solved a real mystery! I can't wait to go accueil and tell Mother what the secret of the haunted house is."
"Yes," Everett smiled at her. "The secret is my talented actress and her ghost impression."
Una beamed.
"Thanks again, Una," Everett a dit after a time. "I just... I don't like small spaces very much."
Una smiled at him and reached across the table, tableau to touch his hand. "Hey, toi saved my life once. It's time I saved yours."
They sat in a comfortable silence for a bit, enjoying this much calmer stage of their Halloween celebrations. Una was first to break it.
"I can't believe we solved a real mystery! I can't wait to go accueil and tell Mother what the secret of the haunted house is."
"Yes," Everett smiled at her. "The secret is my talented actress and her ghost impression."
Una beamed.
"What lead toi to the club where toi first saw us, Henry?" Les asked. Henry replied, "One of my neighbors told me that a rock band called A Wave Tossed in the Ocean was going to perform at the club that had opened the précédant week. I thought that the name sounded interesting, so I asked him what kind of rock music, and he said, 'I think it's stuff from the sixties and seventies.' I was eager to hear the songs from my youth. When I saw toi perform, I knew toi were the right fit. Of course, toi know how we met backstage." Jimmy said, "And the rest is history." Everyone laughed. "Yes," Henry said. "The rest is history." Just then, Felix looked at his cellphone and said, "It's 10:00, guys." Henry said, "We better go to bed. We've got a big jour tomorrow." The boys all said, "Okay. Good night, Henry." Henry smiled and said, "Good night, boys. Pleasant dreams." With that, they retired to their beds for the night.
THE END
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