FOUR LEAFED CLOVER?

Lunchtime.

The four of us met for the first time since we had been at my apartment ... how things have changed since then ...

All of us seemed different.

Our lives, our worlds were no longer what they had been ....

'..and thank God for that!' laughed Cassie as we took a corner table at Le Caprice.

Of us all Cass was the most upbeat, the most ebullient.

'How great is this?' the smile still on her face, 'we're like the girls from Charmed or Buffy the Vampire Slayer!'

'Only this is real life, not television'. Helen appeared the most non-plussed. How was she going to fit fighting the forces of evil into her already, stuffed to the gunnels, personal organiser?

'If this could of all just happened the year after next,' Helen had that look on her face that shouted 'I am not amused', 'then i would have 5 years as Editor under my belt ... things would be so much easier.'

'Just like fellas', Cassie laughed,' the good ones always seem to appear just when you don't want them to!'

Let's get drunk ... I said.

We've all got a lot to think about, a lot to talk about and I can't see that being sober will do anything but weigh down the proceedings.

''sfine by me', replied Millie.

'After nearly getting knowcked down by a car yesterday and surviving only to find out that the man of my dreams thinks I've got supernatural powers or something like that ... I am sooooo ready!'

Champagne all round then, I instructed the waiter ... and as I'm paying ... (I looked at the others daring them to challenge me ... I know they are independent but sometimes when you want to treat you friends YOU WANT TO TREAT YOUR FRIENDS!) .. please make it Cristal. Total waste of money I know, but what the hell, I can afford it.

The waiter returned with the golded liquid and poured us all a glass.

I lifted my flute and proposed a toast.

To the four of us ... let's hope we can work this out and keep luck on our side.

'Like a lucky four leafed clover', said Helen.

We all drank to that.