"Val open up!" Yelled Lauren through the door. "Come on, It's been six months since you and Vic split up!"

"Honey, why must you remind me of his name?"

"Hey you're the one that wanted the divorce remember?"

"I know it's just that being single sucks! All you do is see couples, couples and more couples!" Val cried out. "I even had to kick Holly and Vince out of here last weekend when they came down to visit, because they were being too cutesy cutesy. I even told Gary to take the rest of the day off when I saw him and Tina canoodling during his break."

"Oh Val, being single isn't that bad." Assured Lauren.

"Really Lauren? Cause' I've been nothing but miserable going off on dates with guys who only want to get into my panties."

"Well Val we are getting up there in age and there's not much time to get to know someone the old fashioned way." Lauren reminded.

"I know.. I know, but there has to be something more to this whole single thing!"

"Look Val, how about you go out with my ex-coworker, Joshua, and tell me if there is still something."

"Okay. Okay I will call him."

"Good here's his number." Lauren then left to go tend to the bakery before lunch rush.

Val dialed her cell phone. "Hey Joshua, this is Val, Lauren's friend."

"Oh hey Val, I thought you'd never call" Said Joshua on the other line.

"Yeah, so I was wondering if you were still up for dinner later tonight?"

"Of course, I would love to. How about I pick you up around seven?"

"Yeah, alright sounds good see you then. Bye Joshua."

"Bye Val. See you tonight."

Val hung up the phone and went to get ready for her date with Joshua.

We now find Val and Joshua sitting down at a restaurant.

Val wasn't having any fun so far and all Joshua would do when he did talk was boast or make sexual remarks towards her. He was like all her other horrible dates put into one. Joshua placed his menu down so he would be able to stare into Val's eyes. "Val did I ever tell you that your eyes are as beautiful as a shiny emerald sea and are as big as my pen-"

"Whoa there Joshy! Please I don't want to hear any more about how you're the 'head honcho in your corporation' or about the measurement of little Joshua sitting inside your pants. I mean you have talked so much about it this whole night that I don't think little Joshua exists!"

"What?"

"You heard me mister. Now if you excuse me I am going to leave, because I have been nothing but miserable and I have to go off to the firehouse and apologize to somebody! So, I hope you have a good time tonight trying to teach little Joshua to stand up on your own, goodnight Joshua!" Val stormed out of the restaurant and quickly found a cab that'll take her down to the NYPD Fire Station.

Val arrived at the fire station and was ready to reunite with her hubby.

"Hey you used to be Vic's girl right?" Asked the fireman.

"Yep, that'd be me. Have you seen Vic around."

"Why? So you can rip his chest open and tear his heart out again?"

"What? No! I came to apologize and was going to ask him if he would maybe like to start things back up again." Val pleaded.

"Well then you're not going to like what you're about to see." Said the fireman.

"What do you mean?"

"Come." The fireman escorted Val towards Vic's office window. "Go ahead, peek in if you want to but I don't think you'll like what you're going to see." The fireman warned.

Val peeked in the window to see Vic having a picnic in his office with what looked like his new girlfriend. Val was excruciatingly jealous by what she was seeing. She realized that while she was miserable having meaningless relationships with random men, when she could have continued to have what that woman in Vic's office was having. A lovely night, gazing into the eyes of the man you love and giving no other cares in the world. Val then quickly looked away from the window and dropped a couple of tears, barely being able to mumble out her swears. "Please sir can you take me home?" Asked Val.

"Yeah sure."

Val arrived at home. She didn't want to cry anymore and decided that it'd be best to just end the night and close her eyes. So, she plopped her purse onto the wood floor, threw her jacket onto the coat rack and found a comfy part on the couch where she could lie down and forget about what she saw at the firehouse. She thought to herself that if only she wasn't so selfish then she would still be with the love of her life and wouldn't be spooning with the cushions on the couch. Wrapping herself up in her blanket, she then closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.