Flirting with danger

         “Hi,” Ace sat down on the stool next to Asia. Asia stirred her Coke around with her straw.
         “Hi,” she gave a good-hearted smile. Ace returned it and ordered a drink from Jay.
         “So you do talk!” Ace joked. Asia gave a blush as Ace grinned flirtatiously. “I hope that’s not all you say,” He smirked.
         “Sorry, all I know how to say is ‘hi’, my vocabulary isn’t very big,” Asia teased, ace giving her another grin.
         “This could be considered flirting,” Ace warned slyly. “Hope your boyfriend doesn’t get jealous,”
         “What boyfriend?” Asia answered honestly.
         “I thought that you and Stevie…” Ace trailed off. Asia shook her head solemnly.
         “Wow, he must be crazier than I thought he was,” Ace beamed flirtatiously once more. Asia gave a puzzled look behind a small smile.
         “What do you mean?” Asia asked. Ace gave a shrug and a grin.
         “If I was dating the most beautiful girl to ever grace the planet, I’d consider myself the luckiest guy in the world,” Ace answered. “ I can’t believe he’d let you get away,” he said sweetly, Asia blushing as he looked straight into her eyes.
         “And you wouldn’t?” Asia found herself saying.
         “Is that an offer to prove my words?” He prodded gently, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
         “Do you want it to be?” Asia countered back with a smirk. Ace gave a devilish grin and slowly cupped his hand under her chin.
         “I’d like to give it a try if you’ll let me,” Ace offered. “How does tomorrow night sound?” Asia’s eyes opened wide with surprise. “Just when I thought those big brown eyes couldn’t get any bigger,” Ace laughed.
         “Yeah, tomorrow night sounds great,” Asia recovered with a huge smile.

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         Asia gave a snicker as pop spewed out from every angle of Stitchface’s mouth.
         “Ace?!? You’re dating Ace?!? Ace the loser who can’t play pool to save his life “I’m-a-big-crybaby-because-I-never-win”, “I’m-so-poor-I-can’t-even-pay-attention” Ace?!?” Stitchface squeaked. Asia gave a wicked grin and a nod. “Oh Asia, Stevie wasn’t bad, but you can do so much better than Ace!” Stitchface exclaimed.
         “Do I detect a hint of jealousy Stitches?” Rock questioned with a laugh.
         “Oh hell no! Why would I wanna date Ace?” Stitchface shot back, cracking up all the guys that were listening in.