Riding bikes through the neighborhood streets at night with girls while a little drunk was perhaps Roberto's most favorite thing to do ever. He coasted about 10 feet behind Anais. He heard the six bottles of brew rattling in her front basket. His front light strobed on her back. Ringlets of her curly brown hair waved from underneath her hot pink helmet like Medusa's serpents. Why fly when I can roll?

They'd met about an hour before at an awkwardly quiet party at Dino's. Dino slung lattes with Roberto at Biggbucks. He'd only been at the shop a few weeks and wasn't the most social bee in the hive. He didn't actually tell anyone he was having a party, rather he posted a plain type flyer on the walk-in refrigerator the day of the party. It wasn't really enough notice for anyone except for Roberto who closed that night and frequently was up for anything.

Roberto met Anais while sitting on Dino's lumpy green couch. The place was totally bachelor, dim, sparsely-furnished, and recently but poorly cleaned. Roberto made the mistake of showing up too early. Usually, Roberto would've hooked up with his best friend Jawlo but he was out of town that week.

There were about six dudes huddled around Dino and his computer as he showed them how to unlock some secret area of some online RPG. Roberto was ready to go but he didn't want to seem rude. So there he sat nursing a Natty Light wishing he'd made other plans and from out of the kitchen walked Anais with a tray of cheese and crackers. The petite girl wore a pair of too-big 501's and an Appettie for Destruction t-shirt. Roberto was sold. He sat at attention and Anais mistook this as hunger.

"You want some cheese?" She asked with a smile.
"Uh-huh, please" that was the best he could come up with.
"Try the Manchego. It's sheepy."

Roberto took piece and placed it on a water cracker. Anais walked away and placed the tray on a small dinner table in the corner. She turned and surveyed the scene, smiling politely. Roberto couldn't help but wonder what the hell she was doing there. He wondered what the hell he was doing there.

Apparently Anais was Dino's sister.  Also, she was right. The cheese was sheepy.