Beth warmed to George's response, pleased that he was happy to see her again, really happy it seemed.  The smile on her face blossomed deeper with Vicki's welcome, warming even more than normal from the lovely woman's response to her arrival. Stunning as usual Vicki's blue dress clung to her willowy frame and made her look even more sexy than normal.  Beth couldn't resist a quick peek down at her shoes.... Mmmm.... lovely, she had a vision of them both going shoe shopping together, wondering just how bad they'd be if they were let loose in a good shoe shop...<br/><br/>She was about to juggle her things and hold her hand out to Frederick, and greet him, pleasantly surprised at his looks and manner,<em>another very good looking man for his age, there was something about the older men that definitely stirred her blood</em>, when the strange interaction between the three of them started and like a tennis match she looked at first one and then the other, the volleys getting more surprising at every turn.<br/><br/>She felt a little out of her depth, and from the sound of the nervous laughter from Vicki she wasn't the only one. The tension in her mounted slightly and then seemed to ebb away, just as George's response to Fredrick's confession also seemed to just slide like silk over them all.  It really was a little surreal, but strangely she didn't feel as uncomfortable about it as she thought she would be, in fact, she realised, she felt pretty relaxed about the whole thing, maybe they normally joked about things like this, she had known people who were equally so open in their remarks.<br/><br/>She gave the flowers and chocolates to Vicki, "I couldn't resist the smell of these, I do hope you like them, and I thought some champagne truffles might be fun to share with everyone," she leaned in and kissed Vicki's cheek, struck once again at just how good everything seemed to smell, before turning to face Frederick, calling out her preference for red over her shoulder.<br/><br/>"Well it's great to meet you Fredrick, we all scrub up rather well don't you think?"<em>Good lord, where did that come from?</em>Heck the three of them may look good enough to eat but.....  she laughed to make it sound more like a joke, and not like a come on, jeez, she was loosing the plot.  "Vicki told me a little about you,"<em>but not that you were sexy as hell</em>she thought her eyes flaring unintentionally, and adding to her chagrin, "Don't worry I think Vicki is awfully sexy too"