That done Bob was just about to bring him out when Steven decided to join in on the fun. "Hey, Bob is there a way that we could him back under later on if we wanted to" he asks pointing to me. "There is always a way but why would you want to" Bob asks in reply. "Well Peter here is a bit of a practical joker like myself and think it could be fun to play on or more on him to get my own back on him" replies Steven looking around at the others in the room. Jane, Amy, and Joe were busy talking to Bob's assistant and not paying any attention to what Susan, Steven, and Bob were doing.
"Look I don't mind a practical joke now and then myself but this could be dangerous if it's not done right," Bob said looking at the two of them. "If you were to help us with this is there some sort of safety control you can put in place so that things don't go too far" asked Susan who had heard the question Steven had asked looking right at him with a look that told him that she knew his reputation well. "The human brain is good at doing that on its own" Bob replied "But what if I set it up so that one of you can put him under and the other can bring him out if they think that things are getting out of hand" Bob continued. "Sounds good to me what do you think Susan" asked Steven.
"Fine by me" was her reply. "but who does what". "If I understand your relationships with Peter then may I suggest that Steven can be the one with the trigger word to put him back under and Susan you can bring him back out". "As an extra safety measure, all suggestions that Peter is given will wear off in one month from tonight" Said Bob. "It's that or nothing" he added "Go for it," the two conspirators said.
About five minutes later Pete was brought out of the trance. "I told you I could not be put under," Pete said "So you did," said Bob, "but just to make sure can you count your fingers for me" he went on to say. "Okay I don't know why you want me to do that" He replied and began to count. "1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10,11" He counted again and once more came up with 11. He turned to see Bob and the others smiling at me. "What did you do to me?" He asked Bob. "Nothing I just made you forget the number 5," he said in reply. "Can you fix it please me? I give in you hypnotized me" he said with a frown on his face. "Easily just take a minute," he said. Once he was done, Pete counted his fingers again and only found ten this time.
"It's been fun guys and next time I am in town why don't we catch up I need to go to my bed now after all it is 3 in the morning," said Bob. "I have a long journey ahead of me in the morning" he continued. With that, we said our goodbyes and turned to head home ourselves each taking one of Bob's cards as we left. Pete and Susan shared a taxi home. Susan found it hard to stop laughing at something but when asked all she would say was that she was laughing at something from the show from earlier. Even the driver was laughing. Susan stayed at Pete’s that night he took the couch and she had the bed they decided to be friends for the moment and see where that would take them this time before restarting as boyfriend and girlfriend.
