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live in any city, these days he lives between New York and Athens. But most of all, she feels his warmth already from a distance; he is so dear to her, as if he is part of her family, and in a strange way he is part of her family; he is the sibling she had never had. All the time she’s aware that Jason is standing a fraction behind her, watching her reaction to her friend.
    Hope flies into Pétro’s arms and they hug and kiss on both cheeks and in his usual manner, he pushes her back at arm’s length and looks at her to make sure he approves of her dress sense.
    “You look gorgeous, sweet girl. The sun has put a rose in your cheeks.” They hug again and she takes stock that she needs to introduce him to Jason.
    “Jason, this my best friend Pétro. Pétro, Jason.” They shake hands.
    Jason, “Pleased to meet you.”
    Pétro, “Likewise.”
    “Pétro, Jason is a new friend and he was kind enough to drive me to the airport tonight.” she looks at both of them, “Shall we get your suitcase?”
    Pétro always manages to have too much luggage, even for a few days, there is nothing like fashion for him - it’s an obsession. They move towards the moving baggage. Jason is in front of them and he can’t see Hope and Pétro. Pétro looks at Hope, opens his eyes wide and mouths OMG. Hope nudges him hard sideways and tries to suppress a smile, biting her cheek and lowering her head. Yes, she knows he is devastatingly good looking. And she knows Pétro wants to know the whole story, but she doesn’t have a story, and neither is she likely to have one.
    Once they have the suitcase, they get to the car, pile in and they are off. Hope sits in the front passenger seat and twists her body around to talk to her friend. “Well, news please!” “Sweetie, nothing really, as you already know about things and anyway, we have talked. I’m looking forward to just relaxing and partying a little.”
    Hope looks at the time, it’s almost midnight: “What do you want to do, hotel for a rest or would you like a drink, or food?”
    “Rest! What’s that?” he laughs, “Can we combine a couple of things, a drink with some good music and maybe a little dancing.”
    Hope looks at Jason, “Jason you can drop us off if it’s too much for you.”
    What did she just say? Has her mouth disconnected from her brain cells again?
    He turns his head to look at her with a frown: “Are you dismissing me?”
    “God no, did that sound like a dismissal? I just meant that I don’t want to drag you around or have you do things that we want to do.”
    He looks at her for as long as possible considering he is driving, turns to face the road and says. “I was the one that offered to drive you to pick up your friend wasn’t I?”
    Then he looks at her again, pouting his bottom lip. “Please, can I come with you?” and they both start laughing, introducing his playful side to her. And at that moment Jason falls in love with her laugh. For a woman with so much angst, she has a melodic and very happy laugh.
    Hope looks at Pétro and he gives her one of those annoyed looks, as if she had screwed things up. Well, she almost did, and he says, “Ok, you two, stop trying to get rid of each other. Where are we going?”
    They talk a little more about the venues available with good music and make a decision. Pétro and Hope chat away, while Jason concentrates on the road and is silent. He is very present in his silence though, and she hopes she has not been that insensitive with her comment to drop “us off”. What was she thinking? But yes, she knows she was not thinking. She can’t think when it comes to him. He makes her nervous in a very delicious way. She has never felt like this with any previous encounters whether sexual, or just flirtatious.
    They end up at the same club where she saw Jason for the second time, and where he offered her a lift that she declined, it was only a few days ago, and here she is with him and her dearest friend - the three