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The Devil's Nest, Wednesday Night (07/25)

It wasn't Aziraphale's normal night at the Nest, but he'd gotten a ~~handwavy~~ call asking him to fill in while the usual Wednesday night bartender continued to be kittenated. So after he and Wilson left their date at Movies in the Park, the angel headed over to open up the club.

He was most definitely in a peppier mood than the previous week, and his choice of drink specials reflected this.

Tonight's Drink Specials
Angel's Kiss
Angel's Delight
Almost Heaven
Sunrise

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Every drink tonight comes with a bright, shiny umbrella!

Billy came in, looking around. "Aziraphale, just the man I wanted to see." he smiled, relieved.

"What can I do for you, Mr Kessler?" Aziraphale replied, with a bright smile.

"I need some advice." Billy sighed, sitting down at the bar. "Advice regarding, my background."

"Of course, my dear," Aziraphale replied. "Tell me what exactly is the problem, and I'll see if I can advise you. Would you like a drink while you talk?"

"Sure, yeah I'd like a Dr. Pepper please." He tried to think of the best way to phrase this. "You're one of a handful of people who know the truth about me. At least some of it. But lately I've been wondering if it wouldn't be safer for all concerned to drop the pretense."

Aziraphale looked a little disappointed that Billy didn't want to try one of his way-cool themed Specials, but he smiled and nodded.

Billy totally got an umbrella in his Dr Pepper, though.

"Well, I don't know your reasons for having the pretense, and they may be quite good ones. But I do have to say, my dear, that in general it's better to tell the truth. Now, I'm not talking about the little lies that you tell to spare a person's feelings, or to keep a promise. But usually, if there's a secret that you don't have to keep, and a lie that you don't have to tell, it's better to be up front and honest about things."

Billy was underage, and he wasn't one for alcoholic beverages to begin with.

"Well originally, the pretense was to hide me from my father, or enemies of his that might try to hurt him through me."

Aziraphale had once gotten a fifteen year old drunk at an impromptu kegger.

No, really.

He didn't give a fig for drinking ages. Not being a drinker, though, he could certainly understand.

"I see. Yes of course, that would make sense. But that isn't so much of a worry for you anymore?"

"Well, I'm still worried about him finding me. But...lately I've been more worried about him showing up, and not being prepared. Fir instance if he were to show up, someone might spot him, and not know he was a bad guy. Then I get no warning. Or if he got to me, but no one knew there was anything to worry about until it was too late."

"So it would be far better to come out with the truth, and be certain people were prepared for that possibility," Aziraphale concluded, nodding. "Yes, my dear, I do that would be the best way to go about it. After all, I'm certain your friends would want to do whatever they could to help you, should you need it. But it would be rather difficult for them to know to help you, if you don't tell them."

Billy sighed with a bit of relief, and a bit of apprehension. "That's what I thought too. Thanks." Now he just had to figure out how to work 'by the way I've been lying to you ever since I got here' into a conversation.

Aziraphale reached across the bar and patted Billy's arm, as if he could tell what the young man was thinking. "Everyone has secrets, Mr Kessler. Just tell your friends that you've been hiding yours, and now you're ready to share them. They'll understand."

Billy nodded, and, unlike their first meeting, did not flinch at the physical contact. "Thanks again."

"It's my pleasure, my dear," Aziraphale replied, with a smile to assure Billy that he meant it. "I can't always promise to offer the right advice, but I can at least offer you the best I have. And good luck to you."

The shadows are there for lurking in, but come on -- wouldn't you rather play pool?

Jitterbug! Lindy hop! Shake your groove thang!

!!!

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The Lounge

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