Working the morning shift it wasn't usually very busy, but today seemed to be especially slow, Elizabeth felt like she would die of boredom if she didn't get out of their soon. As she went to refill another customer's cup of coffee Lucky came pounding down the stairs and seated himself at the counter, she made her way back and gave Lucky a small smile.
"Hey Elizabeth" he started "Wow it's dead in here huh" he commented
"Yeah it's been this way all morning"
"Can I get a cup of coffee?" he asked
"Of Course" she replied and poured filled a cup for him
"Oh, I was thinking about checking out that new club tonight, you know the one they just opened downtown where that coffee house used to be-"
"Uh-huh" Elizabeth responded in a tired tone
"Do you think you'd want to come?" He asked
"Oh, Lucky, normally I would -- but I think I have plans tonight" she responded
" 'plans' huh" Lucky smiled "What kind of plans, you got a date"
"Not really -- Kind of -- I don't know"
Lucky started to say something else but Elizabeth had already gone to tend to new customers, he just smiled and finished his coffee.
(PC GRILL - Later that afternoon)

Elizabeth walked in the door of the PC Grill, and eyed the room for signs of AJ, no, he wasn't there yet. She seated herself at the table and waited, about 10 minutes past and she checked her watch. 'figures he'd be late' she said under breath and let out a heavy sigh. Then she spotted him coming through the door, he made his way over to her.
As if reading her mind, pointed a finger and said "I'm not late, you, you're early"
AJ seated himself and pulled open his menu "Hmmm, so what sounds good?"
"Nothing. I'm not hungry AJ" Elizabeth said staring at him.
"Really? That's a shame, they have this really good sandwich here, let's see where is it? …." He trailed off, all the while never glancing up.
"AJ." Elizabeth said flatly. No response, he was still searching his menu "AJ" she said again.
"Ah, here it is." he looked up "hmm? What?"
"Is there a reason you asked me to come here?" She questioned "Or am I just supposed to sit here and watch you eat"
"No, no, all in good time, Elizabeth, I think I have an idea" he said
"Which would be…." She asked
"No, first, first my sandwich" he said -- and called a waiter to their table "Are you sure you don't want anything Liz?"
"I'll just have a glass of water" she said flatly

(20 minutes later)

"Ok, so here's what I say" AJ started "If this is going to work, we need to be seen together, all over, we have to build a basis for this"
"Alright --so what are you thinking?"
"There's that club opening downtown, I say we go --"
"The new club?"
"Yeah - you heard about that right?"
Elizabeth's mind backtracked to this morning and her conversation with Lucky "Yeah, yeah I heard about it, do you really think that it matter where we go - we could just have dinner, at Kelly's, or somewhere …"
"Kelly's" He said "No no, how is any of this going to work if the only place we ever go is Kelly's"
"Yeah I guess you're right"
"You Guess, huh, that doesn't sound very enthusiastic - come on Elizabeth you're not thinking of backing out of our plan now are you?"
"You're plan" She corrected
"Yeah, my plan, one that you didn't seem to have a problem with a week ago"

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"Wow, be careful there Elizabeth" AJ said as he steadied her
"I'm fine, I'll be fine - I just need air, I've got a headache all of a sudden"
"Yeah? I'm not surprised - how many have you had tonight, he questioned, asking about her drink consumption
"Oh, I don't, um, I don't really remember"
"Well in my experience, when you can't remember, it means too many"
"You would know" Elizabeth snickered
"Yeah, yeah I would -- Here let me take you home"
"No" she said shaking his hands off of her shoulders "I'm fine-- I'm …" She tried to finish as she started to walk, but she began to stumble again
"Yeah, your fine" AJ scoffed "Listen, I can either walk home with you, or walk home behind you, your call"

(Liz's Studio)
"So here you are -- home sweet home -- you sleep on a couch?" AJ asked
"Yeah -- it's a comfortable couch though, you can see for yourself" Elizabeth waved AJ over to the couch, and he took a seat next to her
"You know something?" Elizabeth asked "You're kind of cute"
"Yeah, well, I'm sure it helps that you're trashed" AJ laughed
"I'm not -- I'm not 'trashed', I'm fine, but really Courtney's missing out -"
"There's that name again" AJ said "Besides, I'm sure she'd have a different story, now that she's shacking up with 'wonder boy'"
"Jason? He's not that great --" Elizabeth stated
"Well, you know what they say" AJ started
"What's that?" Elizabeth asked
"In wine there is truth"
"he used to be" she said under her breath
"He used to be?" AJ questioned "What changed"
"Courtney." She said
"You really don't like her do you?"
"No. I don't" Elizabeth said simply, and to that AJ gave a smirk.

~*~*~*~*~*~ (END FLASHBACK) ~*~*~*~*~*~