I said I would update quickly. Here it is.

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Mark started walking towards Ave. Q to meet Kaira. He had endured many questions from an overly excited Maureen and Mimi, the latter of which had seen him in the park. He finally left, saying that if he didn't get a move on, he would be late.

"I see you made it," Kaira stated as she saw Mark approach.

"Only just, my roommates are just a bit nosy."

"Okay, well, I'll show you to my apartment then. Follow me." She led him inside the decaying building. "Sorry the building has almost settled into a state of disrepair. Not to mention that I've got bickering neighbors who swear they aren't gay, but I can tell that they really are, not to mention that they're practically sick with love with for each other. Then the couple above me, the woman is an Asian American, and she yells at her husband all the time about him not having a job."

"Sounds a lot like my place."

"Really?"

"A little; Collins, one of my best friends, is gay, and he fell in love with Angel, but Angel died less than a year after they had met. Mimi and Roger, they're always yelling at each other to get real jobs. Emily, she's Roger's sixteen year old sister, she's joined in, and that's just made our life more hectic, but she's worth it. Add the fact that my last girlfriend dumped me for another chic, and that Collins, Roger and Mimi all have HIV or AIDS, and you get a chaotic recipe for life."

"Here we are." Kaira said as she unlocked the door. "So, just have a seat where you can find one." Mark moved some of the cookbooks aside and sat on the couch. Kaira grabbed a pen and a pad of paper, and sat down across from Mark on the coffee table. "Alright, I'm going to use your favorite foods to make a new meal for dinner tonight."

"Huh?"

"You heard, what are you favorite foods?"

"Spaghetti is pretty much my favorite, all the other foods I like, I have to visit my mom for."

"What is it you like that your mom makes?"

"Pot roast with carrots and potatoes. Um, she makes these really good biscuits that try as I might, she will never give me the recipe."

"Okay, so a meal created out of Spaghetti and Pot Roast with carrots and potatoes and biscuits. I can do that. You up for something new?"

"Sure, why not?"

"That is the spirit. Come on."

"Where are we going?" Mark inquired.

"Well, Food Emporium, of course. I may have a lot of food, but I'm out of meat and potatoes."

"Oh, alright then." The pair walked to Food Emporium and discussed simple matters of how they both managed to pay the rent, their friends, and their land-lords.

"Benny, our land-lord, he used to be a good friend of ours. He and I went to Brown together, and when I dropped out, he did too. We both left for the city, and he introduced me to Maureen. Maureen was great, still is for the most part, and she introduced me to Roger, who is now my best friend...we're like brothers really."

"And who's the one who dumped you for another chick?"

"That would be Maureen, and Joanne, the lawyer, is her girlfriend."

"And, um, do you have a girlfriend?"

"Nah, after Maureen dumped me, I didn't get back into the dating scene," Mark replied. A small smile crept across Kaira's face.

"So, you aren't interested in dating?"

"It's not that I'm not interested, just that I'm not actively engaged in the dating world. Much to the bemusement of Maureen, Emily, and Mimi."

"They sound like good people, at least that they have their hearts in the right places."

"Ah, I'm sure they do, I just wish that they would stop pestering me about it."

"Hey Mark," Kaira said softly.

"Huh?" With out a second thought, Kaira kissed him. "What was that for?" Mark asked, bewildered.

"Well, I thought that maybe you'd like to join me in the dating scene." This time it was Mark who kissed her.

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There's your update folks, it takes me awhile to type, but I can probably update again soon if I get some more of those wonderful reviews. Until I meet my love, Diva.