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place was even brighter than it looked
from the outside. The walls were vibrantly painted yellow and it
looked like Mexico threw up on the walls with all of the bright
paintings, blankets, and sombreros hanging from every possible
space one could hang something.
    "Hola, amigas!" A short, stout Hispanic man
came out from behind the bright blue counter. "How many?"
    Lucy grinned from ear to ear, grasping her
beaded clutch. I thought I dressed weird, but Lucy definitely had a
sense for the eclectic with her hand-sewn dress, fancy clutch, and
Birkenstocks. "Two, please."
    The man nodded. "Right this way, amigas." He
then shot a wink in my direction. Weird .
    He took us to a small booth underneath a
painting of brightly colored flowers. He plopped down two plastic
menus in front of us. "Something to drink?"
    "I'll just take a water." Lucy grabbed the
menu, staring down at it.
    "Yeah, a water is fine for me for now," I
added.
    "You sure you don't want nothing else, Miss
Bianchi?"
    I shot up my head so fast I nearly pulled a
muscle. Did he just say my name?
    "Your friends from Circe come in here quite
often. That Ace, he is very fond of you. Talks about you
mucho!"
    I gave a once over to the small man in front
of me. I thought he looked familiar. I should have seen it. He
wasn't some short, Hispanic man. He was one of the many aliens from
Venus. Was I going to run into aliens everywhere I went?
    "Uh, gee, thanks, sir. I'm fine with water
for now." I put my head down, staring at the menu instead of the
little man from Venus.
    "Okay, amigas, I will give you some time to
look over the menu." He then stepped away from the table, and I
watched his tiny alien feet disappear.
    "And I thought I would be the one showing you
around town. I guess this mister Ace must be quite the guy." Lucy
peered over the menu at me.
    "Yeah, I guess you can say that," I
mumbled.
    "Is Ace the guy that gave you the giant rock
on your finger?" Lucy arched an eyebrow.
    I suddenly felt self-conscious and wanted to
disappear; the ring felt like it weighed a million pounds on my
finger. I slid my left hand down on my lap. "Yes, I guess you can
say that Ace is my fiancé."
    The whole engaged thing was still new to me.
Sure, I'd been promised to the guy for almost a year, but now that
he made it official with a ring, it was a whole new ball game. Now
I would have to deal with everyone asking about wedding plans and
my future, when in all reality I didn't even know how to marry an
alien.
    The waiter came by with our drinks and a bowl
of chips and salsa. Thank God, at least that could break up our
awkward conversation, but it didn't help with the guy's big blue
eye boring into me. How I did I not realize he was an alien before
with the unnatural colored eyes?
    "Have you amigas decided what you would like,
or will it be a few more minutes?"
    "I think we are ready." I forced a bright
smile.
    Lucy handed the menu to the alien waiter,
obviously oblivious to the fact that he was anything but human. "I
will take the portabella and mushroom fajitas, no sour cream or
cheese and a side of guacamole."
    A vegan, of course.
    "Uh, I'll have the burrito grande with
steak." I passed my menu to the waiter. If she was going to be my
roommate she would have to deal with my carnivore ways.
    "Very good, amigas, I will have that right
up." He took my menu, flashed another wink and headed out of
sight.
    "So it is a fiancé?" Lucy leaned in. I guess
she wasn't going to let it go. She would meet him soon anyway,
hopefully...
    I tried to keep from rolling my eyes and
ended up stopping about half way. "Yeah, Ace would be my newly
christened fiancé. He proposed after graduation."
    "I see." She took a long drink of her water.
I should have expected the reaction. I knew most people would think
it was crazy to be engaged right out of high school, but most
people already weren't promised to an alien.
    "What about you? Do you have a boyfriend?" I
asked.
    She coughed, a tiny bit of water spilling
onto