Chapter 414

Gemma had already ordered another Uber for the four of you and she let you know that Becca and Charlotte had received the warning call with chuckles. They were, as usual, on yours and Gemma’s side since they thought Lucy was being a twit.

When the black SUV, with the same driver as earlier, showed up you saw a look pass between Sabrina and Gemma and you knew that your brunette girlfriend wasn’t likely going to take no for an answer when she paid back Gemma the cost of the trip - premium Uber rides on a Saturday night had to be stupidly jacked up on cost. Sabrina’s bank account could handle that easily now, but you and Gemma weren’t exactly as bountiful in your financial situations.

You sat up front again and the girls sat in the back trying to talk about the art, but ended up devolving back to the lowest common denominator and filling Tasha in more fully on the whole Lucy situation. The ride was a little under ten minutes in the moderate weekend evening traffic before the driver pulled up at the decorative front entrance to the park.

“This is where you bring me for dinner on the big date out?” Tasha asked with a lopsided grin as she looked into the park to the food trucks lined up.

“It’s special for us,” Gemma said. “John took me on our first date here, and we’ve come here together a few times now. It’s not our spot but it’s damn close.”

“To be fair, our spot is either the couch in my apartment or that little office on the first floor at work,” Sabrina smirked.

“No, it’s fine guys,” Tasha said, squeezing Gemma’s hand. “Seriously, I love coming out here, I’m just usually at a club at this time trying to socialise with other comics and be seen even if I’m not performing. We’re a little overdressed, but it’s great.”

“Good,” Sabrina said, taking Tasha’s other hand and beaming a smile at her. “Because we want to share special stuff with you. And have I mentioned you look fucking cute and fierce, gorgeous?”

Both of your girlfriends started teasing Tasha with a rain of compliments after Tasha blushed at the first one, and you led them into the park and paid for each of their chosen meals at the different trucks - another look from Sabrina letting you know that she’d be shoving twenties into your underwear if you didn’t let her e-transfer the cost to you. Gemma, finally, let you order for her and you both ended up with gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches that oozed delicious cheese and several kinds of meats on thick sourdough grilled to golden perfection. Sabrina went with a Japanese-fusion burger, while Tasha went with a classic Canadian Poutine of fries, thick gravy and cheese curds with the addition of a tangy sweet heaping of pulled pork.

Of course, as the three of you lounged on a park bench, there were more than a few puns about you getting your pork pulled sooner than later. Other than that, however, the conversation stayed off of sex and managed to avoid Lucy as well. Tasha wanted to hear what the cities were like in Australia - she had a dream of travelling there for a comedy tour someday. Then she returned the favour by talking about growing up in the Midwest - she’d told her parents she was coming out to the city to work for a year before college and had spilled the beans after the first year that she was going to try and be a comic. It had been two more years since then and while she liked working at the bookstore she was itching to get a break that would let her travel even just a little bit.