"Yeah I do. Have to be there by 8. You wanna come with me I am guessing?"

He follows her into the suite, noticing a bottle sitting on the coffee table in front of the couch.

"Looks like you got a present on the coffee table."

He says with a smile.

"Well actually I was thinking about holing myself up and getting more of the design for the track done. I do best when I'm kind of just left alone to be a recluse for a few hours, and when I emerge from my cave I'll have a somewhat more clear design ready."

Ele said with an apologetic smile and shrug. When Tyler mentioned the bottle, Ele raised an eyebrow and looked at the same place and Tyler. An expression of confusion crossed her face and she shut the door to the fridge before going and grabbing the bottle to look at it,

"What is this?"

She asked, standing next to Tyler and examining the label.

He looks at it for a moment then chuckles.

"You have home made irish cream liquor it seems."

He looks at her.

"Looks like Vale has been busy again."

"Huh..."

Ele said, looking surprised as she took the bottle to the kitchen and got two glasses. Opening the bottle, Ele poured a bit in each glass and brought them to the couch again. Handing a glass to Tyler, Ele smiled and sat on the couch, raising her glass in a salute,

"Bottoms up!"

"Sláinte."

He toasts her and sips the drink.

"This is amazing stuff with butterscotch."

He sits down with her and leans back. He puts his arm up on the back of the couch, holding the glass in his hand on the arm he has up.

Turning sideways so she was leaning against the arm rest, Ele kicked off her shoes and pulled her feet up onto the couch so she could look at Tyler,

"Thank you again for taking me everywhere today. It was nice to see the area and have some fun."

"No problem, Ele. It is always nice to have somebody to keep me company, especially someone as pretty as you."

He smiles at her and sips the irish cream liquor.

"If you decide to stick around I have many more places I could show you."

A blush crept up Ele's cheeks and she looked down at her glass. His compliment made her feel warm inside, and she couldn't help the small smile that pulled at her lips. Tyler thought she was pretty, and had told her as much. Admitting to herself, Tyler was very handsome, and he was sweet, funny, kind... Why couldn't she be normal and just flirt like a normal woman her age? Maybe have a fun little "thing" with him? But no, her heart remained guarded, if not a little interested.

"We'll see."

She whispered.

He smiles at her.

"How would you like to try some pudding with the irish cream liquor?"

He asks her taking another sip.

"There's pudding here?"

Ele asked, utterly confused. She hadn't seen any other food in the suite, which was why she had gone shopping.

"Should be in the restaurant kitchen. I can call Vale and see about getting some."

He grabs out a cellphone from his pocket. He calls Vale and when he answers he jumps right in.

"Hey Vale, I am at the suite with Ele right now, enjoying the irish cream. I had an idea for it, do you have any butterscotch pudding or butterscotch bursts and vanilla pudding?"

He listens to Vale and smirks.

"Awesome...Yeah, and some milk too."

He smiles more and nods at Ele. He hangs up the phone and says.

"No butterscotch pudding but he does have butterscotch bursts and vanilla pudding. We will be making pudding shots."

"We're getting drunk? That's never happened to me before."

She asked, raising an eyebrow at Tyler. Usually a one drink kind of girl, purely on principle, Ele looked down at her own barely touched drink.

"I don't actually know how to do a shot. I kind of have rules with alcohol."

"Nah, you can throw the pudding in the fridge. Don't have to eat it all at once. You would probably explode if you tried eating it all at once."

He laughs.

"You just eat it like you would regular pudding. Though if we had shot cups or glasses you just put the pudding in there tip back and dump it in your mouth."

Just then Vale walks in, carrying the milk, the liquor and the box of pudding. He hands it over to Tyler and says.

"I am kind of busy tonight with April and Terri, we are working on plans for another party next weekend."

"Alright brother, have fun with that."

"We have been laughing so hard tonight, April and Terri have been drinking some and keep zapping each other with shock pads. Every time they use certain words they shock the other."

He laughs.

"I will see you later."

He turns and walks out. Tyler carries the stuff for pudding into the kitchen, measuring everything out and putting it all into a large bowl. He makes quick work of mixing the pudding and gets it put in the fridge.

"It will be ready really quickly."

Watching the exchange between Vale and Tyler, Ele waited until Vale was gone before she got up and went to lean against the kitchen counter,

"How did you and Vale meet?"

"We met in school, we knew each other back like 20 plus years ago but didn't become friends until high school. We typically ran with different crowds. High school though we discovered our like of cars. He did some 'acting' out in California for several years and came back with lots of money so, I fed some of his addictions with cars. We have been friends ever since."

He leans up against the counter with her.

"I have to get my fix with cars in small ways, he has enough income to get survivor muscle cars and sports cars of the peak era of the 50's through the 70's."

"Lucky guy."

Ele said, taking a sip of her drink.

"Did you ever think about doing the same?"

He chuckles.

"Ele, when I say acting I don't mean mainstream movies or TV..."

He looks her square in the eye with a smirk.

Rolling her eyes, Ele smiled and shook her head,

"Yes, I know you meant adult films! I was meaning going out into the world, finding your fortune and making it big."

"Well, I do love doing what I do now with the hobby shop but if I could, I would love to open my own chain of hobby shops or build actual cars for a living. I am hoping I find my fortune with the hobby shop."

He smiles at her and checks the pudding. He smiles and nods.

"Soft set now."

He says and sets the pudding on the counter. He grabs some spoons and a couple small bowls. He dips them out a couple spoonfuls and hands her, her bowl.

He puts the pudding back in the fridge and picks up his bowl.

"Thank you,"

Ele said, taking the bowl and going back to the couch. Curling up again, Ele took a bite,of the piddling,

It's good!"