Antoinette had dragged herself up and out of the shower. Her body felt aglow with the aftershock of an intense orgasm. Each step had a kind of fluidity in it that made her feel as if she were a bit intoxicated. She quickly dressed herself in the bedroom and called out to Aaron to let him know she'd be out in a few minutes. Combing her hair and looking at her reflection in the mirror, Antoinette began to blush with the memory of what just happened. She concluded to try and put the thought out of her mind and just go have fun; otherwise she was not sure she would be able to face him. When she walked out into the living room, Antoinette found Aaron had already set out the food and was mixing drinks at the wet bar.
Hearing her step into the room Aaron warmly greeted her. Raising his head from the task of mixing their drinks, his eyes scanned her from foot to head. For a brief moment he thought what a beautiful girl she was and in the same moment he thought that some man, somewhere was going to be lucky to have her one day. When his eyes finally met hers a broad smile blossomed on her face and he felt a profound joy in having his friend back again. Walking around the bar towards the couch he offered her a drink and began to chat with her of old times.
Over the next few hours they began to renew their friendship seemingly picking back up where they had left off. They ate dinner and watched a juvenile comedy while playing a drinking game that involved taking a drink for each time genitalia were referenced in the film. Second came the Soft-Core porno and Aaron's big surprise. "So, in honor of our first official hang-out session in Vancouver I thought we'd try a little something special," Aaron announced as he stood an went to the bar.
Watching him as he walked, Antoinette had began the evening a bit worried that things might have been strange after her tryst in the shower. When she nervously stepped into the living room at the beginning of the evening she saw him standing at the bar and it was immediately like old times. Now, Antoinette sat on the couch next to Aaron with a considerable buzz going from their previous round of drinking. Drearily she thought to herself that the move up here had been completely worth it if only to have regained this priceless friendship. She gazed onward as he took out a medium sized glass bottle with a foggy green liquid inside.
Pouring out a drink for the each of them Aaron explained, "I learned about Absinthe in Amsterdam. It's a liquor distilled from wormwood that tastes a great deal like liquorish. The best thing however is the unique way in which you become intoxicated by Absinthe, more of a high than a drunk really. An almost dreamy blissful state of sublime detachment from any concern. At times people perform a ritual to flavor and water down their absinthe, but I prefer mine neat. " Aaron sat down on the couch and passed Antoinette her drink.
"To the best of friends and the best of times," she offered up as cheers. Not quite ready for the overwhelming taste of the Absinthe her face scrunched up into a sour yet achingly cute scowl. The liquor burned as it went down and she immediately felt her face flush and her pulse quicken. She sank backward into the couch and closed her eyes. Her previous drinks had gotten her buzzed but this pushed her entirely over the edge. The tips of her fingers began to tingle and head swam as if it swung wildly. At the periphery of her consciousness she heard Aaron laughing at the beginnings of the video. Sitting upright again, she breathed deeply and opened her eyes trying to steady herself. "Whoa," was all she could seem to say.