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told me that.  So, what?” He waved his hand dismissively as if to say that it was no big deal. Only it was a big deal to Tara.
    “It's embarrassing!” She was having a hard time demonstrating her outrage while trying to keep her voice down at the same time.
    Jason laughed. Then he leaned over and quietly said, “Tara, I've been hitting on you for months, putting myself out there over and over again and every time you shot me down.  Don't you think that if anyone should be embarrassed, it should be me?”
    “I don't want you to feel embarrassed,” she replied with sudden concern.
    “Oh, I don't.  Which is why you shouldn't feel that way either.  Now, I'm glad we are finally out together, but I kind of pictured our first date without all these people.” While he was talking, Jason reached out and took Tara’s hand and held it gently in his. Without her even noticing he had made his move.
    “You pictured our first date?  What did you have in mind?” she asked curiously.
    “Well, I can't tell you that, but I will say that it would be far more romantic than this.” He was certain that he had her hooked. Before she had a chance to respond, the bell rang again indicating that it was time for another switch. Jason however, had no intention of switching with anyone, so he simply sat there trying to ignore the guy standing beside their table waiting for his chance to have a seat with Tara.
    “Um, excuse me.  Your time is up, it's my turn,” he said, motioning for Jason to move.
    “Yeah, I don't think so.  Just go around me.” Jason hardly looked up at him as he pointed over to the next table, which now had an empty chair at it, but the guy wasn’t interested.
    “But, that's not how this is supposed to work.” He appeared to be moments away from a tantrum.
    Jason looked at the guy and then looked at Tara.
    “Fine, I got a better idea.  Tara you want to get out of here?”
    “We can't just leave Lucky,” she pointed out.
    “We won't leave, we'll just go sit at the bar.  That way we can talk without the stupid bell.”
    Tara smiled.
    “Sounds perfect.”
    Still holding Tara’s hand, Jason stood up and led her out of the room, leaving behind a particularly disgruntled speed dater, who promptly marched over to the hostess to complain.
    By now, I was on to date number three and since I was no longer frightened by the thought of encountering a possible love connection with the fish in this pond, I was relaxed and sipping ever so happily on my second martini. With my face down in my glass, I caught sight of number three’s belt buckle. I set my drink back down and looked up.
    “Hi, I'm Trevor.  Nice to meet you,” he said quietly, his raspy voice oozing with charm. If the sound of him was great, the sight was even better. Trevor was tall and lean, with broad shoulders and nice arms. His hair was short and styled perfectly without any signs of grease or excess oils of any kind. He had a goatee on an otherwise clean shaven face and a smile that made me want to come out of my own skin and jump into his.
    “Hi, Trevor. My name is Lucky. It's nice to meet you, too.” And just like that, my luck had changed.

 
Chapter 5
    Gabe The Babe
    By the time I finally left the near speed dating disaster, it was after midnight and Jason and Tara were nowhere in sight. Since I had spent the last thirty minutes at the bar talking to Trevor, I was still in too good of a mood to be aggravated about being ditched. That feeling rapidly began to fade, however, as I made my way across the street and into the dark parking garage where I had parked my car, and on the top floor no less. This hadn’t seemed like nearly as bad an idea when I had thought I would be walking back there in a small group and accompanied by a male.
    Now that it was late, pitch black out and I was all alone, I was having second thoughts on where I'd parked. The dimly lit stairway I had to climb due to the elevator being out of order, didn’t exactly