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Rick?”
    “You know what I’m talkin’ about. You’re thinking about gettin’ wit me, right? I mean, that is why you invited me to lunch.”
    “I’m here for lunch. I usually get hungry about this time.”
    “Thought you said you would answer honestly?”
    “No, I didn’t. I said it depends on the question. But yeah, I’m still thinking about it,” Yvette said reluctantly. “ I been thinking about gettin’ wit you since I saw you.”
    “See my point now? You don’t care. You’re more than willing to dis my girl. But you’d be upset with some other woman, or should I say any old thing, who did the same thing to you.”
    “Yes,” she said between mouthfuls. I waited until she was finished chewing.
    “But you’re still out here, trying to get your freak on.” Yvette didn’t answer me. She took another mouthful. I couldn’t blame her, the food was good. Yvette rolled her eyes at me. But it was more sexual, than with attitude. She had pretty eyes and she knew it. I had to laugh, because she was a bigger flirt than I was. She knew how to seduce a man, with just her eyes. I knew I could get Yvette. I could flip the script right now.
    “Yes, I am. Just like you,” Yvette said defiantly. Like she was taunting me with her sexuality.
    “Is that right?” I said in character. I knew where she was going and I was doing my best not to go there with her. And she wasn’t making it easy for me.
    “So what you trying to say? That we ain’t no better than y’all?” Yvette asked.
    “That’s exactly what I’m saying. Men only do what women let them do.”
    Yvette simply stared at me, unsure of what to say. “Maybe I should just call for the check.”
    “You haven’t finished your Penne Rustica . What’s your rush?”
    “I’m only kidding. You can’t get rid of me that easy. So we aren’t any better than y’all, huh? I can’t agree with that.”
    “Why not?”
    “Because it ain’t like all that.”
    “You gonna sit there and tell me that women don’t want it just as much as we do?”
    “More. Especially when you find one that gives it to you just like you want it, as often as you want it, for as long as you can stand it. Oooh child, makes you weak for it. Makes you think of it all the time.”
    “Y’all do the same thing to us. Great sex is hard to come by.”
    “You have personal knowledge of this, or you just taking your boy’s word for it?”
    “A little. Mostly what I read.”
    “Yeah, right. You’re a freak and you know it, Rick. Why you tryin’ to play me. Admit it. That’s why you’re here. You know you want me.”
    “Maybe I do. Maybe I’m just here for lunch. Actually, Yvette, I don’t know why I’m here. Maybe you were right.” I flagged down Tony. “Check, please.” I paid the check without another word passing between us. Yvette tried to pay the check, but I wasn’t having it. I didn’t want her to have any get back. You know, I-took-you-to-lunch, you-owe-me type of thing. Coming here was a bad idea from the start.
    Live test my ass.
    All that could happen here was me getting weak for her and I knew it. The fact of the matter is , I do want her. If I’m ever gonna make things work between me and April, I simply can’t put myself in situations where I know it could happen. I got up and walked out of the place, with Yvette close behind. “The least you can do is walk me to my car,” she said. I should have ignored her and kept on walking. But I didn’t.
    “Well, thank you for lunch,” Yvette said. “I enjoyed our conversation, right up until the point where you shut down on me. What was up with that?”
    “It was just time for me to go, that’s all.” I lied.
    “Seemed more to me like you were losing control of the situation. Like you was thinkin’ about doin’ some things.”
    I didn’t answer.
    “Well, whatever the case, I enjoyed myself and I know you did too. So, when can we get together again?” Yvette said as we arrived at her car.