“This is just great,” he thought, as he looked at his watch to see it was already eleven pm.“Sh…dammit! Still nothing…oh wow, who’s callin...?”His phone started ringing but when he looked at it, there was an unusual kind of number.In Sri Lanka, if someone calls you from a phone box, you still can read the globe box number.But this time, it was just a bunch of unusual shaped signs on the screen, more complicated than the most complicated Chinese characters he had ever seen.“What the…How is this. In the eighties, the town received a grant to make a place that was safe for kids to play. Instead of buying the land specified in the grant papers, they used only a fraction of the money to fix up a section of this park. The rest was completely overgrown with many old buildings now hidden in the weeds.Paula led me down a trail until we came to one of the pavilions that still had power. Some bulbs on extension cords had been hung up in here to give some light. From outside, I didn’t see even a. If I didn't know any better, I'd have thought you'd gotten laid this morning."I frowned and protested, "I didn't!" Oh, I know you didn't. You don't have that 'look'. But at the same time, it's been almost a week and you're not cranky or edgy or anything."I shrugged. "I told you: I can wait."Dawn sighed regretfully. "You never should have told me you would. I never would have gotten my hopes up over this and you could've been happily boinking Adrienne or the Tri-Delts or anyone else while. "It does feel really good though,kind of warm and tingly to the touch."He tossed it over to Jane who kneaded it in her hand. "Yeah, it doesfeel good, but doesn't seem very fun at all." She frowned as she threwthe substance onto the bed where it bounced once before settling intothe middle of the comforter. "I'm sorry, honey, I wanted tonight to beperfect, but now it's screwed up."Derek reached over to comfort her. "It's not a problem. You can take itback and exchange it tomorrow." he kissed her.