The more she thought about it, the more she wondered if she really wanted to have fish breath on a potential date, friendly or not. "Nevermind about the fish, I know of a place with good food and good drinks even though I've only been there once." As Vanessa drove, her i-pod shuffled to a Sammy Davis Jr. song, I've Gotta Be Me, and she found herself leaving the song on, even leaving the volume on the higher setting she had put it on for the Rolling Stones. Sammy drove them home, drowning out the frightening noises that her car was making. As she left her car and headed into Pax, she pulled out her cell phone to check the time. It wasn't nearly as late as she had thought it was.
"I'll meet you in the lobby in say fifteen minutes, and don't be worried about being a little cranky, because you're right, it happens."