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song, two stepping
it with the best of them, line dancing and back again. When a slow
song came on Penny laughed. “All right, back to the
drinks.”
    “ Yes ma’am,” he grinned. “Bernie love, we need another round!”
he hollered to their waitress as he escorted Penny back to the
table. Pulling her chair out he smiled. “Ma’am,” he wiggled his
brows at her.
    Penny gave him his hat back as she took a seat once more.
Settled now between James and Dieter she grinned first at one man,
then the other. “Man they sure make some beautiful men in the
forces don’t they?” When she had her next drink before her she
lifted it. “To the men that women love to drool over,” she teased.
Getting a ‘here-here’ from Daisy she slapped her next shot back
like a pro and then leaned back while waiting on another fast tune
to come on.
    “ Oh boy,” Marius muttered, lifting a hand for another round.
“This is going to be one of those nights I can tell,” he said,
eyeing the women at their table. “You lads have explained the rules
to them have you not?”
    “ We didn’t exactly have time given they don’t usually let us
get a word in edgewise Sphinx,” Victor said, shooting a grin across
the table at Daisy.
    “ Ahh, well, live and learn works too,” Marius said, taking the
pitchers of beer and setting them on their table. “Thank you
Bernadette,” he smiled at her. “Oh, and Bernie, bring us three of
the platters will you when you have a minute, no rush. Thanks
darling,” he sat back in his chair.
    “ Rules to what?” Daisy said as she cuddled up against Mikhail,
her fingers now twirling the bolo tie that he was wearing. “Are you
going to take me home and ravish me big boy?” She was more than a
little buzzed because she simply didn’t drink, at all.
    Penny laughed and shook her head. “Oh D, honey. I love you
like a sister but you can’t hold your booze for shit.”
    “ You’ll be passed out long before we leave at this rate D,”
Mikhail said, taking her latest shot from her and downing it
himself. “No more for you for a while and you will eat if you want
any sort of ravishing. Because, at this rate, you’ll only be
hugging the toilet all night and not us.”
    “ Don’t want that,” Daisy said, shaking her head. “Not when
there is ravishing to be done!” She exclaimed loudly and then
pressed her face against the side of Mikhail’s neck. “You smell so
good. I think that we need food, and water. I need lots of water so
that I’m totally sober when you take me home. Maybe we can get
Penny and the boys to all divvy up and ride in the other vehicles
so that I have you all to myself on the side of the road
somewhere.”
    “ Foods on the way Daisy,” Marius said with a chuckle. “But I
don’t think the entire bar heard your plans for jumping Mik on the
side of the road. Perhaps if you’d say it again just a little bit
louder so the entire town will know of your devious plans for the
man.”
    Penny laughed and shook her head. When the next fast song
came on she grinned. “Who’s going to dance this dance with me?
James? Dieter? Victor?” She asked happily. “Or do I have to go and
find some lone bloke to dance the two step with me?”
    Dieter got up and held out a hand. “It goes against
everything in my German soul to do this but when in Rome do as the
cowboys do,” he said with a grin. Pulling her up from her chair he
spun her around and moved with her to the floor.
    Penny moved into Dieter’s arms and grinned up at him. “Oh you
smooth mover you.” Her hands on his shoulders she moved into line
with him and then began to dance along with an old favorite of
hers, Boot Scootin’ Boogie.
    Victor shook his head at the man. “For someone that claims he
can’t do this he’s actually not bad,” he chuckled watching them
dance around with the rest of the floor. “Oh, hello,” he shot up
from his seat and dashed into the crowd.
    “ Spotted one of his conquests obviously,”