"Well sometimes friends who are the opposite sex have bigger aspirations but they're afraid--" Derek stopped abruptly as he braked hard and narrowly avoided going through an intersection where his light was green but an ambulance with its lights and siren on went speeding through the cross street where the light was red. He let out the breath he'd been holding, chuckled nervously and continued to the bar. "Nearly there," was all he said further.<br/><br/>He pulled into the parking lot a few minutes later.