When the waitress hurried off to get them a bottle of champagne, and four glasses because Luke was no fool to make a mistake of seemingly excluding her two friends, Luke took Tess’ invitation to have a seat in a comfy semi-private area that someone had set up for her party.  It was a clever idea, the club could get quite noisy and hectic, so having this area blocked off early would work in their favor, and more importantly, make it easier for the waitress to serve and check up on them<br/><br/>"Don’t mind if I do, and you are very welcome.”  Luke said as he sat beside Tess. “And well, I<i>am </i>hoping for at least a few dances, so don't think my motives are totally altruistic."  He continued, a saucy look in eyes.. It was risky, perhaps, the way he spelled out that he was not there in the club looking to make friends, but both Luke and Tess seemed to be of an age where being too coy in their flirting would only overly slow things down<br/><br/>Watching as Tess crossed her long legs, Luke might have wished her dress was shorter, or lots shorter, but somehow she made it just as sexy.  There were plenty of girls with a lot on display in the club, but meeting someone who didn’t feel the need to was refreshing.  Settled in, not too close but not far away enough for someone to squeeze between them, Luke turned more to face Tess and leave the rest of the club behind.  “So, I am curious as to why you picked this place for your celebration.”  Luke smiled.  “Or was it one of your friends who picked it, saying you have to ‘get yourself back out there’?”  As he spoke Luke worked on maintaining eye contact, and while he was not one for perving in the club, it was kind of hard not to check out Tess in her slightly see through dress, now that he was this much closer.