Pre–New Year’s Eve with Celeste
A few days after National Bartenders Day, Emily asked me, “So Celeste… what does a bartender do on New Year’s Eve when she’s not tending bar?”
This time Celeste wasn’t in black. This time she wasn’t behind the bar at all. It was a different evening, Christmas decorations still hanging on, the year not quite finished yet. She stepped into the frame in red and looked straight at Ian and his camera. That was the answer.
Emily smiled. I’m his muse and assistant, which means I ask the questions. Celeste handles the implications. She’s not serving tonight. She’s already made other plans.
This isn’t New Year’s Eve. It’s the space before it. The pause where intentions form. Celeste has one, and she doesn’t feel the need to explain it.
Ian says he’s heading out later. He takes his phone everywhere. Celeste and I will be there too.
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