<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/JsKkWz0.jpg)<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Al</strong></span></div></div><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 5pt;">​</span><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Mechelle hands me the check and I pay it off, adding a nice tip.  Not 100% as Steffy suggested, nor a diamond necklace as per Taffy, but rounding it up brings it to a nice round amount that I can conveniently pay with cash, shaving off the credit card fees that small businesses get dinged with.  A brief series of goodbyes to my acquaintances, old and new, and I'm on my way out with Jaclyn, stopping briefly to place a bill in the musician's tip jar.<br/><br/>I step out, right behind a girl standing with her back to the door, and pause, waiting for her to move, when without warning she turns around and walks right into me, throwing an annoyed profanity my way before going in.  "A wonderful day to you too, sweetheart," I call after her before turning back to Jaclyn.  No need to get upset at somebody who may just be dealing with frustrations.  Nice ass though...<br/><br/>"Thank you for inviting me, it was fun; and I would enjoy seeing you again."  A fleeting touch on the cheek, a smile, a swish of the dress, and I am left standing on the sidewalk amidst sparse pedestrian traffic.  Time to go home...</span><br class="clear_left"/><br/>