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“You haven’t seen me dance.”
She grinned at me.
“Then you must be a singer,” I said.
She almost choked on her drink.
“Correct,” she said. “Boy, you’re good. Remind me never to play twenty questions with you.”
I slid my drink along the bar toward her, so close I could smell her perfume. It filled my senses and made me feel like I was flying.
“Where are you from?” I said.
“A little out-of-the-way place called Earth,” she said, looking up at me through her eyelashes.
“Earth?”
I’d studied many star maps over the years but I couldn’t remember ever hearing of a planet or moon with that name. I would the moment I got a chance.
“It’s not well developed yet,” she said. “It’s still going through its first real technology phase.”
“What’s that you’re drinking?” I said, motioning to the funny little colorful drink on the bar.
“Translator,” she said, addressing the translator strip on her neck, “allow original pronunciation. It’s called a mojito.”
“A mojito,” I said, practicing the sound on my lips. “Translator strip, save pronunciation under ‘delicious Earth drink.’”
“Whoa. You don’t want to do that.”
I frowned.
“Why not?” I said. “It’s not delicious?”
“It is to me. But maybe it doesn’t suit your taste buds.”
I looked the drink over. It was brightly colored and I could smell the alcohol from over here.
“It looks plenty delicious to me,” I said.
A smile spread across her gorgeous wide mouth. I was so embarrassed. I’d actually looked her in the eye when I said it. I must have come across as a seedy pervert.
“Here,” the girl said, sliding the glass over to me. “Try it.”
“I can’t,” I said. “It’s yours.”
She pushed it further toward me.
“I insist,” she said.
“Do you want me to use a different glass?” I said.
“Do you have any diseases I should know about?”
“No.”
“Then drink.”
The glass was thin and dainty in my hands. I raised it to my lips, careful not to spill a drop or break the glass when I put it back down.
