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and the glasses and stuff… Well.”
    “Guys
are dumb,” Sue said. “Just because you don’t dress with your boobs hanging out,
doesn’t mean you’re not pretty. You’ve got amazing blonde hair that you don’t
even have to get highlighted. And really pretty eyes. I wish mine were blue
like yours and not muddy green.”
    “Oh
please, guys are always asking you out, Sue.”
    Sue
rolled her eyes.
    Felicity
shrugged. “I’m still a nerd. No getting around it.” She hurried on with her
story before Sue could say anything else. She didn’t want her friend’s pity.
Guys threw themselves at Sue’s feet because she was tall and gorgeous. Felicity
was average, light-haired, and nerdy. “Anyway, these guys weren’t dumb. They
knew right away that my ankle was screwed up. That’s why they offered the
massage. Apparently
Troy
had hurt his wrist at some point and they knew about how the nerve damage can
cause spasms.”
    “Huh.”
Sue picked up her coffee and took a sip. “That’s strangely nice of them.”
    “Not
all guys are assholes,” Felicity said.
    “Just most
of them,” Sue added.
    Felicity
grinned. “Yeah.”
    “So what then?”
    “They
took turns kissing me and then the attendant and the locksmith opened the door.
I was mortified! Totally naked, two guys kissing me, and in walks the whole
world. Gah .” Felicity shuddered, remembering the horror of it.
    Sue
snorted. “They were probably jealous. And don’t forget, if those guys were
kissing you, they probably had a much harder time hiding their interest in the
proceedings than you did.”
    Felicity
sat back, thinking. “Huh. You could be right. I bet that’s why they ran for the
bathroom so fast. I thought they were just embarrassed to be seen with me.”
    “Felicity,
you have got to get over this. You’re thirty years old. You’ve been married.
You’re really pretty. You have amazing hair. You don’t even have to color it to
get those incredible honey-blonde highlights. Men are dumb.” Sue pointed her
finger at Felicity emphatically. “You’re an awesome woman. Any guy would be
lucky to date you.”
    “My
hair is boring light brown. So is my life.”
    Sue
threw up her hands. “I give up. Didn’t you just tell me about this hot
encounter with two naked men? Stop it!”
    Felicity
laughed, she couldn’t help it. Her friend Sue in a dither was hilarious. “Your
hair is going all crazy, you know.”
    “ Argh !” Sue
smoothed down her wild curls with one hand. “We’re not talking about me. We’re
talking about you. What now? Did you call them?”
    “I
didn’t get their numbers.” Felicity looked away from the appalled dismay on her
friend’s face.
    “What?
You didn’t ask?”
    “Things
were kind of hectic when everyone came in. Josh and
Troy
ran off. Just like
every other man does.” She tossed her napkin down on the table in
disgust. “Who would want to date a cripple, anyway?”
    “Oh for God’s sake. You’re not a
cripple. You can walk, you just have a limp. And they’re assholes for running
out like that. Men suck.” Sue looked ready to chew nails.
    Felicity
felt a little bad. She wasn’t really that torn up over it. “They do, and not in
the good way. Eh, whatever. I don’t need a guy. I’m happy enough. I have you
and my work and stuff.” She smiled at her friend, sure she would smile back and
the whole conversation would be over. She thought wrong.
    “Look,
Felicity, just because you lost Peter—”
    “Oh,
no, I don’t want to talk about that!” Felicity pushed away from the table,
standing up.
    Sue
grabbed her hand. “Please, just listen, okay?”
    Felicity
looked into Sue’s pretty green eyes and sighed. “Fine.” She sat back down grumpily.
    “As I
was saying, just because you lost Peter doesn’t mean you have to go through
your whole life thinking it was your only shot. I know we all like to believe
that there’s a one true love for each of us, but I think that’s bullshit. I
think there can