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“Didn’t you say seven? How are you getting there?”

“Cab”

“I’ive you a ride I insist” Joshua’s face has been the picture of a for ood to know I have Danny as the ace up my sleeve

“Fine Whatever” My fury over the tea is spiraling slowly out of control

I head to the ladies roo in hand My footsteps echo in the empty corridor I haven?

??t had a date in a long ti Joshua Te else

Joshua cannot believe anyone would want to spend tinant little shrew I carefully draw my eyeliner into a tiny cat’s-eye I wipe off my lipstick until only the stain is left I put a spray of perfuive myself a little wink and a pep talk

I have a dangly pair of earrings in the side pocket of , like thoseup my bra when I bucontact with his body clashes through me

He looks at ely “Why’d you do all that?”

“Gee, thanks” I holdonto it He holds on to my coat and pushes the elevator button

“So I get to see your car” I try to break the silence That thought isDanny It’s such an enclosed space Have Joshua and I ever even sat next to each other before? I doubt it

“I’ve been ien beetle A rusty white one, like Herbie”

“Guess again” He is hugging ainst his body it looks like a kid’s jacket I feel sorry for this poor coat I hold nores me

“MINI Cooper, early 1980s Kero back so your knees are on either side of the steering wheel”

“Your iination is quite vivid You drive a 2003 Honda Accord Silver Filthy earbox issues If it were a horse, you’d shoot it” The elevator arrives and I step in cautiously