"We need to go retrieve your truck from O'Malley's. Petey will start to freak out if we don't go get it pretty soon."
"Ooh, you're right. Thanks for reminding me. I guess I was really out of it last night."
"You could say that. Besides, if you don't show up to say hi to Petey, he'll think I took advantage of you, and he'll never let me hear the end of it."
"What? Petey knows you're gay?"
Lena laughed.
"Yes, Luv, he does. He's one of the select few who do know, and he doesn't care. Why do you think I go all the way out there? For the boilermakers? No, Petey knows, and he lets me be me in there. So, when that very rare occasion occurs, and I manage to get a date, I can take a girl out and have a drink. It's not the most romantic place in town, but it works."
Casey suddenly felt a strange feeling creep into her belly.
"Well, I'd better be the only girl from now on that gets to go out there with you."