It’ll be okay. You’ll see. If it’s creepy we can come back here. I don’t care if you even sleep on my couch, if it comes to that.”Nick offer...ed his hand, which she took and was hoisted from the deep couch cushions. She lost balanced and fell into his chest. She felt firm muscles under his t-shirt, he steadied her. “Thanks again, Nick”“It’s my pleasure.”They walked down the hallway innocently. Angela’s tension crested right before she opened the door. Then, nothing at all; her apartment felt the. ” I got up and went for the front door to get my shoes.“Wait.” Amanda said as I was about to get my shoes. “It’s just that…before you said something about it, I didn’t think about it since things got awkward after what happened last week.”I turned to her and said “Yeah.” I proceeded to get my shoes when Amanda walked up to me and grabbed my hands.“Listen. I can’t tell you whether we should go out again or not, but all I know is that after finding out, I just…”“You what?”“It’s just that after. Two of the people were devotees. They said it was kind of a free love enclave in Florida, but went on to explain about deep relationships, being able to love more than one person, and so on. They said that one of the men featured on the TV show is married to ten women, and one of them is Scarlett Johansson, the movie star.”Dave raised his hand slightly above the table top, “That’d be me.”Alice and Penny nodded.“YOU? You have ten wives, and one of them is a movie star?”Alice said, “Well, I was. " Last night, I saw a few people I remembered a little," she said. "But for the most part, it was kind of flat. To tell you the truth, I almost didn't even show up tonight for the dinner." These places, Applebee's, aren't half bad. Let's just order dinner here. Would you like a drink?" I'd like a frozen margarita," she said. "What are you having?" If you promise we'll be here for more than an hour, I'll have a beer," he said. Otherwise, iced tea. I'm driving." You're destroying all my illusions.