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make me feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside either.
    I pulled my phone out and began to call Jason for what was now the fifth time since leaving the bar. Yet again, it went straight to voice mail.
    “Jason, why is your phone still off??  Where are you guys?  Call me!”
    Finally, I reached the top floor and quickly walked towards the second row where I had parked my car. As I was walking I fumbled around in my purse, eager to have the keys out and ready once I was close enough to jump in the driver’s seat.
    “This is great, just great,” I mumbled to myself, as I reached the driver’s side door and unlocked it. As soon as I pulled the door open, I instantly wished I hadn’t. There, in the backseat of my SUV, were Tara and Jason, completely entangled in each other making sounds and exposing body parts one usually only encounters whilst watching X-rated entertainment.
    “Oh, sorry!” I stammered, as they jumped apart glaring at me with what I could only describe as “angry deer in the headlight” expressions on their faces. I quickly slammed the door shut and turned to walk away as quickly as I had walked towards it, only moments before.
    “Gross.”
    I shuddered, as the visual flashed in my head once more. Since I was now in need of an alternate ride home, I reached back into my bag to retrieve my phone. There was only one person I could call and I hoped with all my might that he would pick up.
    “Hello?” Gabe’s voice was groggy as he answered the phone, but at least he had answered.
    “I need you to come and get me, please,” I pleaded.
    “Are you alright?” he asked with sudden concern.
    “Oh yeah, I'm fine.  I just need a ride,” I assured him.
    “Of course. Where's your date?” And there it was, the reason I had called him and not Noah. At least, Gabe would be easier to live with once he knew the truth. Although, I wasn’t looking forward to telling him.
    “He already left. Just get here and I'll explain.  I'm in the downtown parking garage on Main Street,”  I sputtered, sincerely hoping he wouldn’t press me for any more information until  after he arrived.
    “I'm on my way.”
    “Thank you.” I let out a sigh of relief as I hung up the phone and began to put it back into my purse. Then on second thought, it seemed to be a good idea to keep it handy as long as I was going to be wandering around in the dark downtown all by myself. I began to walk back over to the staircase to start my long climb back down to the bottom, when I remembered something. I spun around on the heel of my foot and jogged back over to my car. Without looking in, I pulled the driver’s side door open and tossed in the keys.
    “I'm not looking, I swear.  Gabe's coming to get me.  You guys can just drive the car home.  Be safe...with the car… and the sex.” Before either of them had a chance to respond or react in any way, I quickly retreated and closed the door again.
    As I returned to the staircase, I glanced at my phone. It would be at least another fifteen minutes before Gabe would be there. Torn between wanting to take my time and wanting to get the dark stairwell over with as quickly as possible, I opted for a separate option altogether. Since time was a non-issue and the lighting was far better in the actual parking garage, I decided to simply walk down the same slopes the cars took as they drove in and out of the building. At that time of night, traffic wasn’t exactly an issue, and what activity there was, seemed far safer and more reassuring than anything I might have encountered taking the stairs.
    ***
    The next morning while Gabe and I were going for an early morning run, he still hadn’t gotten over the previous night’s events.
    “Speed dating!” he spouted out of nowhere.
    “I thought we were done talking about that.” I rolled my eyes as I prepared for what was going to be round seven of Gabe making fun of my pathetic social life, or lack thereof.
    “We were...but the words