Therefore, when he came in alone, she waved off the other waitress and hurried over to serve him.
“Good afternoon, Carter! What can I get you?”
“Hi Anne! Let me have half dozen buffalo wings, onion rings and a large draft beer!”
“Got it! Sounds like somebody is hungry!”
Carter leaned over and whispered conspiratorially, “I got a case of the munchies!”
Carter had taken a walk over to the Point before heading to the costume shop. The Point was a large park that jutted into Lake Michigan. It was adjacent to the 57th Street beach and just north of the Museum of Science and Industry. It was one of the social gathering places for Hyde Parkers. Carter loved to walk along the breakwater, listen to the waves breaking and smoke a joint.
He woke up that morning feeling a little uptight. While he was comfortable with hi
“s relationship with his sister, the budding sexual relationship with his mother made him a little uncomfortable. He was having trouble reconciling his sexual feelings for this mature woman with his deep seated love for his mother.
“God, I wish, Anne said, but I don’t have the time or money to score any good stuff!’
Carter glanced down at Anne’s uniform. It was a mini dress with vertical aqua stripes against a white background. It hit her mid thigh and showed of her long slim legs. Over that, she wore a short apron with deep pockets.
Anne jumped as she felt Carter’s hand brush her waist. Her first instinct was that this nice guy was actually some kind of perve trying to get free feels.
“Check it out, Carter said, and if you need another just holler at me!”
Anne felt the large patch pocket on the apron and felt something. She pulled the pocket open and saw a large well-rolled joint nestled in the bottom.
“My man, she chortled!” She high fived Carter and went to place his order.
As she walked back toward him, she quickly made a decision.
“Look, if I smoked all of this alone, I’d be on my ass! Why don’t we hook up and share it?”
“Sounds Good! Your place or mine?”
“I can’t toke in my dorm. So your place or we could go to the beach.”
“Let’s make it my place. I got some beer and we can listen to some music! Now get my order or I’ll have to eat you!”
Anne laughed as she walked back to pick up Carter’s order. Not a bad idea, she thought.
***
Carter felt a warm glow as he left the Wing Joint and crossed the busy boulevard. The costume shop was just across the street. Anne was nice people. He looked forward to spending some time with her. It occurred to him that the other two women in his life each had someone else in theirs. He loved his mother and sister. However maybe it was time he had someone in his life.
The shop was famous and infamous for its large and varied collection of costumes. It was also known as a hangout for the large LBGT community. The place was dimly lit. The costumes were in various groupings and rooms. There was a grouping of super hero costumes, dominated by flavor of the month the Guardians of the Universe, the reprised Mutant Ninja Turtles and Captain America. There was a room of BDSM paraphernalia. A grouping of witches, ghosts and goblins.