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don’t shed tears over boys,” I responded with all the attitude I could muster into those two sentences.
     
    “Now I am a boy?” Eddie scoffed. “It is late, and you are upset. Find a place and we will stop.”
     
    “You are hell bent on getting me to go out with you aren’t you?” I retorted sharply.
     
    “Don’t take this for more than what it is. I merely feel bad that you were in tears over something I may or may not have done, and I figure I better make it right because you are fixing my babies,” Eddie spoke honestly and I thought it was kind of sweet. He was attractive and I had done much worse, but I kind of felt like I was about to cross a line.
     
    The only real problem was that even if we had a drink and had sex, and I enjoyed those blissful moments where life happened in the background and I had no problems. In the morning when I leave to head to the hospital I won’t remember his name and my problems will resurface with a vengeance.
     
    “No sex,” I spoke up as if he had offered it when he hadn’t.
     
    “You don’t know me so that comment is forgivable. You could march in my bedroom in a whip cream bikini and I still wouldn’t give you my cock. I am not that easy. I say when and I say where that happens,” Eddie’s sarcasm couldn’t be missed, and neither could the way his bedroom eyes looked at me when I finally agreed to go get some food with him. He was as adorable as he was irritating.
     
    The hours passed as we sat at a twenty-four-hour coffee shop talking about everything except what mattered, and what was important. I had discovered how he liked his coffee and Clumsy Smurf was his favorite. I knew he was educated and demanded the attention of anyone who came by.
     
    He learned that I have no filter and say what I think no matter the consequences, and that my favorite my little pony is Derpy.
     
    As much as I wanted to say I was focused on my mom and everything happening around me, I couldn’t. Eddie was a perfect distraction without the guilt and painful hangover. I think he may have to become my new friend for when Brooklyn is busy.
     
    “Who is your favorite chipmunk?” I asked as I took another drink.
     
    “Alvin,” Eddie replied with a smile. “What about you?”
     
    “Theodore,” I replied and Eddie looked at me strangely. I knew I had just sparked a whole new conversation.
     
    “Why Theodore?” Eddie asked with that my chipmunk is better than yours twinge.
     
    “He is the one they underestimate the most. At the end of the day he is the one no one expects to be a bad ass, but he can be.”
     
    “I think you and I are watching two different chipmunk cartoons.”
     
    “I love the fact that you watch cartoons,” I shined as I had finally met an alpha-man-child. I wanted to capture him and put him in a jar to keep him forever even if his taste in chipmunks was all wrong.
     
    “Do you want another coffee?” Eddie asked and I knew I was close to my limit before my body started shaking with a caffeine/sugar overload.
     
    “No, I think maybe I should get you home and then I need to go home. I have to be somewhere in the morning.”
     
    “It is morning,” Eddie replied and I looked out the window to see the sun was cresting over the Hudson River. I looked at my watch and counted how long I had to get to the house and get Brooklyn.
     
    “This was just what I needed,” I whispered and Eddie seemed to know it because he just nodded. His attention was caught on something over my shoulder.
     
    “Kate,” a familiar deep voice echoed behind me. I turned and looked up at the brown hair blue eyed hockey player that I had once taken home with me. Oh God, this was not happening.
     
    “Hi Kurt,” I spoke softly and kept my head down. I shouldn’t feel awkward, but I did. “What are you doing out so late?”
     
    “We went out to celebrate another win for the team. Anytime you want to come watch us I will get you a seat.” Kurt stated nonchalantly.