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Riley ran from the cab with her friends. They were all huddled under an umbrella as they ran. As they got close to the pub she noticed a group coming out. Riley stopped, forcing the other girls to stop as well.

"Don?" she said and he turned to look at her.

"Hey, Riley. What are you doing here?"

"One of my friends lives close by here so we decided to come down her for drinks. Are you with friends?"

Don turned then laughed. "Yeah I guess they decided to leave without saying goodbye."

Riley smiled. "You wanna come inside and grab a drink with us?"

Don looked at her for a second. "I thought we talked about-"

"Hey, it's just a drink. There's nothing else going on. Come on, it's raining." Riley grabbed his hand and pulled him inside. She held onto his hand as they got closer to the bar. Her friends were huddled together. "Hey, guys this is Don." Her friends said hello. "Don, this is Megan, Chelsea, and Jackie."

Don said hello to each of the girls and told them he was glad to meet them. They each got a drink from the bartender then made their way to a wooden booth. Two of the girls sat on either side of the table and Don pulled a chair up to the end. Riley watched him with fascination. She was interested in the way he interacted with her friends, and by the looks of things he didn't seemed to be acting much his age, but more as their equal. And the way he looked at her, she was beginning to think maybe she was wrong about the two of them, but she wasn't about to admit she was wrong.

After a few drinks Riley's friends were ready to go onto another club. Don told them it was late and he was ready to head home. As they stood outside the pub, Riley looked at her friends, then back at Don.

"You know, I'm kind of ready to go home too. I'll catch up with you girls later," Riley admitted to her friends as they stood on the sidewalk.

"Are you sure?" Chelsea asked.

"Yeah, I'll call you tomorrow." The girls got into a cab and Riley stood next to Don and watched them ride away.

"You didn't have to stay because of me," Don told her and she turned to look at him.

"Who said I did?" She looked up at him with a smile. "Walk me to my car?"

"Sure," Don replied with a smile in return.

Riley locked her arm in his as they walked down the sidewalk to the parking garage she had parked in around the corner. "So, I have an idea."

"Yeah."

"Let's be friends. I'd like to hang out with you, and if something happens between us, then it does but I'd rather be your friend to start."

"That sounds good to me."