‘Thirty is too young to look forty,’ Anna had said, just before last call. He knew she was just trying to cheer him up in her own backwards pessim...stic sort of way, but her words kept playing over in his head like a bad scratch on vinyl. He had clenched in his dirty hand a ticket from when they toed his van away earlier that day. ‘That’s what I get,’ he mumbled looking at the wadded up piece of paper, ‘for hoping.’ Then he looked up and saw her sitting on steps to his apartment building, like. I left the kitchen and started walking back down the garden, I had a much better view from the garden but what ever she was doing she wasn't anymore, instead she was sitting there legs crossed again and smiling at me, she was red in the face, that could be from the heat of the sun or it could have been from what ever she was doing a minute ago.I sat back in the chair but this time we was both silent, it was that quiet I could hear the birds tweeting, after about 5 minutes she uncrossed her legs. I smiled at Becky and picked up her daughter."Did we wake you up, kid?" I asked. She nodded and sleepily rubbed her eyes. "It's probably time we all turned in." yawned Melissa. "This body really is tired." Told you." smiled Jennifer. "We'll put Beth back to bed for you, BECKY." said Becky, looking at me. "Then we'll sleep downstairs tonight. You and MELISSA can have OUR bed." She was talking as if she really was me! Surely she didn't intend for us to sleep like this! "Wait a minute.". She sat down on the sofa next to him, bringing her own mug of coffee with her and again they made small talk. She leaned forward to set her mug on the table and her hand grazed his knee and she felt the warmth of his body.He looked into her blue eyes and smiled, sensing her warmth as well and then he moved a hand and vrushed her blonde hair back and held her face in his hand, "You are so beautiful," he said and she felt warm all over. She felt herself moving her face to meet his as their eyes.