It was another cold Toronto night. Snow was falling, icy cold wind was blowing, and Stephen Stills was headed to The Second Cup to see Julie. Despite the gratuitous amount of time that he was spending at Joseph's, things had been going really between him and her, and he was hoping that tonight would lead to sex. "Man, its really cold out tonight," he said to himself, "I hope I get laid."
After a few minutes of walking, he heard a very familiar voice behind him."Stephen Stills? Hey, whats up?" It was Scott and his gay friend Wallace. "Oh, hey Scott. What are you two up to?" Stephen didn't really care, but he figured if he didn't keep Scott focused on whatever it was he was doing, he would lose track, and try to tag along. Its not that Stephen didn't like Scott, they were really good friends and all, he just needed a BREAK every once in a while! "Me and Wallace here are off to meet up with Ramona and Kim at The Second Cup." Scott said, to the unknown dismay of Stephen. "I don't know WHY I had to come," whined Wallace, "but-" "Remember that one hot waiter you've been crushing on?" interrupted Scott, and as if someone had flipped a switch, Wallace was ready to go. "Where are you off to Stephen Stills?" asked Scott. "The Second Cup" replied a now exhausted Stills. "Sweet, another person in our party!" "Scott, we're not in a party, and this isn't an RPG. Its called life." explained Wallace. "What? Really?" "Ugh..."
AT THE SECOND CUP
"I cant believe you brought your friends with you Stephen. This evening is TOTALLY ruined." Julie was livid, like she typically was when things didn't go her way. "Julie," Stephen pleaded "just because we walked in at the same time..." but he was interrupted. "Bullshit Stephen. You were planning this all along. This evening was supposed to be all about us!" "Julie, you need to calm down." Ramona chimed in. "Yeah," this time from Kim "we come here every monday. Its not like you own the place." "Oh, and you're having your friends shanghai me too? You're the worst boyfriend ever... no. You WERE the worst boyfriend ever." and with that she stormed out of the coffee shop, leaving a horrible, awkward silence in her wake. "Wait...what?" was all stills could muster. "Uhhhhh, I think you just got dumped." Ramona explained. "But... why?" asked Stephen. Nobody knew why.
He sat there for about an hour, numb, thinking about Julie. What went wrong? We were doing great. He couldn't believe that she could throw it all away like that, after all the time they had spent together. The numbness was wearing off, and he began to feel a dull ache in his chest. We were doing fine. I mean, we had our ups and downs... The more he thought about it, the more the numbness went away. Eventually, he understood the gravity of the situation. His soul and heart we're aching. It felt like someone had stripped the world of its atmosphere, and he was suffocating. He needed something to take his mind off of her. He had to distract himself. He looked at his watch and saw that it was eight o' clock. Joseph was probably still awake. Maybe I can convince him to work on our album a little more. Without even saying goodbye to his friends (who had been trying to console him the whole time) he stumbled out of the coffee shop, and into the cold Toronto night.