= Dinner =

So, it happened.

I checked with a few others in the house. None of them could see me as my "real age" anymore. They were all seeing my twenty-nine-year-old face without wearing stockings, except Hugo and a few other horny guys.

"Geez, Moira, are you in love?" Violet asked, "Only love makes a woman feel younger."

How did that happen? Did I really fall in love with Kat? She was married to a man, there was no way she would fall for a woman. It must be because she was drunk last night. She would never love me, and it's just wrong for me to have feeling for her. She was my best friend's daughter after all.

Soon, the sun rose. I went upstairs for prepare things for Kat.

"Good morning, Moira," She woke up early today.

I didn't want things to be weird between us, so I looked away. She probably didn't even remember.

"About last night..." Oh no, she did.

"Was nothing," I interrupted. I didn't want to lose her because of a drunken mistake she made, "Don't worry about it."

She smiled, "Cool! By the way, you don't have to prepare dinner for me tonight. I have a date."

A date? How could she? We just kissed last night. You couldn't switch sides like that.

I quickly said, "Oh no you can't. Don't you remember? You promised Ben and Vivian to babysit Charles tonight. They are attending a dinner party at a friend's house."

"I don't remember any of that," Of course you didn't remember it. I just lied.

"But you did promise them. Guess you have to cancel your dinner plan," I continued my lie.

Although I kept shutting her ideas down, she came up with the perfect solution. She would invite the man to come for dinner tonight. Well, at least it's in this house and I could destroy the idea from the inside. I smiled and walked out of the kitchen.

Wait, why was I planning to destroy her love life?

I saw Kat putting things in the oven and I walked into the kitchen. It's too late to not have the dinner in the house. She saw me and asked, "Hey Moira, what time is Charles coming?"

"Oh, did I forget to tell you? Vivian just called. The dinner was cancelled, so you don't have to babysit tonight," I replied. There was no point bring Charles into this. I wouldn't want Ben or Vivian to suspect anything.

"I wish you would tell me earlier. Would you like to join us for dinner? I made molten chocolate cakes for dessert," She invited.

"It's okay. I will eat in the kitchen," How could I destroy a dinner party if I could be seen?

"Nonsense. You are my friend, not my servant. You should join us. That will make a first date less awkward," She insisted. With her pretty begging eyes, I couldn't refuse.

"Okay," I nodded. Maybe I could seduce the man and make him leave Kat alone.

Not long after, the door bell rang and Kat went to get the door. I went to get changed. I picked a green dinner dress that clearly showed my cleavage. It was a dress from the rich tenant who lived here ten years ago. Actually, we didn't need to change physically. All we needed to do was to "think I want to wear this". The house would dress us up whatever we wanted. Nevertheless, we had a giant wardrobe in the basement. It was filled with clothes we stole from the previous tenants. It's fun to play dress up sometimes, even for ghosts.

I let down my long red hair and put on sharp peach red lipstick. I was ready to seduce whoever wanted to date Kat, but when Kat brought her date into the dining room, my jaw dropped. He was the least sexually attractive man I had ever seen in my life. Baldness and flaking skin? It looked like I didn't have to worry at all.

Kat introduced us, "This is Moira, my roommate. I hope you don't mind, she will be joining us tonight. This is Brian."

"It's my pleasure meeting you, Moira," We shook hands. "It is nice to meet you, too." I didn't really want to touch him.

Seconds later, Kat interrupted, "I will bring over the food."

She was my hero. I didn't want to be in the same room with Brian, "I will help." We went into the kitchen together. I quickly washed my hand. I have touched a lot of dirty things in my life, but I didn't want any "Brian" on me. I whispered, "What do you see in this guy?"

"I don't know," She handed me some empty plates, "You can't judge a book by its cover. Besides, it's only a first date. I don't know what this will lead to."

"Please tell me he is not staying the night," I begged. I didn't care if her heart did not belong to me, but I wouldn't want her to date this man.

"No way. I don't sleep with man on our first date," She replied, "Actually, the only man I have ever been with is that jerk who cheated on me. We had been together since I was fifteen."

Only one man and he cheated. "Man? What about women?" I joked.

"Never. The only woman I have ever kissed is you," I was happy that she counted that as our kiss.

"Do you ladies need help?" Brian asked.

"No, we are coming," Kat answered back and we returned to the dining room with food cooked by Kat. The dinner was not bad. The food was terrific and Brian was actually a very nice and sweet guy, just a bit creepy with his appearance. He would make a good friend, but he was not good enough to be Kat's future husband.

The dinner lasted around three hours. We finished dessert and drank the whole pot of coffee. I had a feeling that Brian didn't want to leave.

"It's getting late," I started. The look on Brian's face still hadn't changed, "Don't you have to work tomorrow, Brian?" I asked.

"It's okay, I can stay later," He said.

"I am going to bed now," I said.

"It's all right, Kat and I can continue to talk," He just didn't want to leave.

Kat gave me a "save me, Moira" look, so I continued, "Kat, don't you have to work early tomorrow?"

Then Kat continued my lie and said, "Right, Vivian and Ben are dropping off Charles at six in the morning tomorrow. Guess I have to go to bed too." Together, we walked to the door.

The staircase was facing the door and it looked like Brian wanted to go upstairs. I faked a cough and said, "The door is this way."

He gave Kat a begging look. Sadly, begging looks only worked for kids and hot girls. Kat opened to door, "Safe drive."

"I will call you," Brian made the telephone sign with his hand. Kat smiled and closed the door.

"Gonna have a second date?" I asked.

"Maybe," said Kat. We both laughed.

= To Be Continued =

Finally, the two stories are at the same pace. One more "Kat" chapter before World To Come update!