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nodded.
    “And she’s black?”
    Gavin smiled and nodded.
    “What has gotten into you lately?”
    “I don’t know. Jungle fever?”
    Jason laughed. “That’s not what I meant. Although, I feel weird that you’re with one of my sistahs.”
    “Then what do you mean?”
    “Well, nineteen is extremely young.”
    “She doesn't act like a teenager. She's in college, not high school. I’m telling you, she is very mature for her age. You have to meet her yourself, otherwise you won’t understand!”
    “Fine. I can tell this is a sensitive issue for you,” Jason said, irked by Gavin’s tone.
    “It doesn’t feel so good to have your intelligence and motives questioned by your best friend when I already know I have tons of that to look forward to from lots of other people if Sydney and I get serious.”
    “Get serious? Wow. Slow down.”
    “We're almost thirty-years-old, Jason. We should actually be speeding things up.”
    “Don’t rush into anything because you think you should be settled down by now,” Jay warned and popped a French fry into his mouth.
    “Trust me, I’m not. I just know that at this point I need to evaluate a woman as a possible life partner instead of a possible good time.” Jason responded with a snort. “Don’t you want to have a family some day?” Gavin asked.
    “Naw, that’s not for me.”
    “Are you sure you’re not just afraid?”
    “This isn’t about me,” Jason quickly shifted the focus of the conversation and ran a hand over his cornrows. “I can’t help but think this is some sort of rebound from…”
    “Don’t! Don’t say it. You think that after months of wanting to fall off of the face of the earth and almost a year of feeling like a human being again, I would suddenly decide to find a rebound relationship now, a whole year and a half later?”
    “Guess not.”
    “Okay then, that’s settled. Dude, I come here trying to tell you the good news about a great girl that I met and I end up…frustrated about the whole thing.”
    “I’m just saying be careful,” Jason mumbled through a mouthful of Big Mac. Gavin, his appetite gone, poked at his chicken sandwich. He resigned to stare out of the restaurant window watching cars come and go through the drive-thru.
    “Last night after I had dinner with Sydney, it was scary because I felt like I wasn’t going to be able to keep my eyes open on the drive home. I had to blast the radio to stay awake. I’m so sick of these side effects.”
    “Think about all the good things the meds are doing for you, though.”
    Gavin shrugged his shoulders. "If the medication is doing such a good job to keep me normal then why do you keep acting as if it's going to my head?"
    "I just miss the things we used to do before you got your heart broken and before the depression and all."
    "I'm sorry." Gavin sighed. It hurt him to think that Jay felt like his best friend had up and vanished. It was a comfort to know that Jay was the same old Jay but Jay didn’t have the same old Gavin. Gavin didn't realize how hard his best friend had taken the change. But Jason needed to grow up a bit, too. It would do him good. "You can't be the same person after you've had your heart ripped out and thrown back at you. You've never felt that. Maybe when you fall in love you'll understand."
    "Whoa! Don't wish that on me! I don't want to be shackled to some girl. I like it no strings attached. I don't wanna be a marionette. I'm like Pinocchio; I want to be a real boy." The two guys chuckled.
     
     

 
    CHAPTER SIX
     
    This afternoon would be my second date with Gavin; my second date ever. We managed to squeeze the date in between my classes earlier in the afternoon, him having work to do over at Impera, and me having to work every weekday evening. It wasn’t getting any easier to calm my nerves. It’s strange, because during the actual date I’m not that nervous at all. There are butterflies in my stomach but only a few. I spend so much time beforehand