I know you she said
she
unnerved him
I know you.
they had met the only place he could have met her at a liquorstore
she was young
she was with a girlfriend
she was with a girlfriend
she was the better looking of the
twoseemed the most forthcoming personable
they were standing at the
threshold of an aisle across from a large glass case filled with topshelf
tequilas and mescals
he asked earlier if he could help but they declined
he asked earlier if he could help but they declined
Excuse me she said You’re a man.
I am Thanks for noticing they laughed she didnt cover her mouth her
girlfriend did Thats quite a line
still laughing A terrible line.
Awful
Oh, goodness, I didn’t mean . .
.
. No you didnt It just came out funny
Very funny. Oh, goodness. he joined their laughter
Okay We got that behind us Yes
Yes, yes. What I meant . .
.
. Yes
You’re not going to let me off
the hook, are you?
No I havent had this much fun meeting anyone in
a long time You were saying
What I meant, I meant I mean, you
would know what a man would want.
I would know what I want however men these days trouble me often theyre notfor
lack of a better word as mannish as Id expect or want them to be but thats a whole other kettle of fish Im interrupting Please
That was a mouthful, not that I
disagree. But, what I wanted to ask you is, I’m two weeks into a
relationship and I’d like to buy him a small gift; he likes tequila.
Ah Do you know the tequila he likes or drinks
He drinks Patron Silver.
How does he drink it
How? Um, he shoots it.
Thats a shame I got a buddyJim when he and I get together I
bring a bottle of silver Patron Hes like
your boyfriendBAM its gone I think of
Patron as a cocktail liquor tequila to
be sipped Jim laughs You sip, that just
means more for me.
Yes, he shoots it too. I just don’t
have a lot of money to spend, and it’s more expensive than I thought.
It is
I didn’t realize it was this
expensive.
Not the way he puts it away
Yes, not the way he puts it away.
Lemme show you something Youre two weeks inyou obviously want to make
an impression not that thats hard he
smiled he dipped into the watch pocket of his jeans and
withdrew a talisman he always carried with him Open your hand she held her hand
up and he set it in her palm
What is this? she looked at it A buffalo?
Yes A handcarved buffalo made of bone Before my girlfriend became my girlfriend ten
years ago she gave it to me An at the
time she didnt know that my totem animal is a buffalo or that I am fascinated
by bones their shapes their feel We hadnt
known each other long enough to really discuss our likes or dislikes When I told her as muchthanking her I was
terribly touched She said I looked I
exhibited the attributes she thought a buffalo possessed
It didnt cost a dollar
You couldnt buy it off me for any
amount of money
she handed it back to him her eyes were shining her girlfriend sighed
So money what
a gift costs isnt important
But youd like to buy him some
tequila
Yes. I don’t know anything about
tequilas.
But a man would
Yes she bursted out laughing againher girlfriend
not a step behind
This is too much fun
What I might suggest this is a 375 millilitre reposado the silver is blanco young reposado is aged sixty days to a threehundredsixtyfour
days he pointed to an anejo anejo is aged at least a yearno more than
three an there are extra anejos aged three
years an more
The silvers are usually for
mixing he smiled at her
or shooting I suppose But I like to
savor my alcohol straight
This reposado is by Casamigos George Clooney is attached to it although while celebrities tout advertise
products Clooney co-owned Casamigos anif
youre aware of Clooneys acting directing writing producing he doesnt halfass projects not if his name is on it
Id suggest if youre sold on
giving him tequila the 375 is affordable Then you can get a sip of it to educate yourself An maybe you can teach him to savor Rather than gobble Which would be he winked at her
to your advantage the girls blushed The colour befits you both
I know you
she had just referred to his buffalo how he carried it everywhere with him That’s so sweet.
If you knew me youd know Im not
sweet
I know you she winked
she unnerved him
but as he wasnt ticklish he also didnt blush
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