He can't get away from Valentine's day ... not even on his coffee break! Guess who shows up .... ?

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February 5, 2009 Coffee Break

On his way to work, Bobby stopped into Starbuck's for a cup of coffee. He settles himself down into a corner table with the morning paper and begins to flip through page by page. Diamonds here, diamonds there … "Diamonds are a girl's best friend … Diamonds, The PERFECT Valentine's Day gift … Diamonds … she'll love you forever!" He sighs heavily. I'm her best friend … she's not a diamond girl … and she already does love me forever … not the PERFECT gift! All of the sudden … a woman sits across from him.

"Hey handsome, anybody sitting here?"

He looks up … Denise. His old flame and Chief Moran's secretary.

"Hi Denise … no, please, sit."

She flashes him that smile that used to set him on fire … for her … he looked back down at his newspaper.

"How's Alex and the Trips?"

He flashes her the smile that used to set her on fire but she knows that this time, it's because she mentioned Alex's name and he's madly in love with her and his babies.

"They're great … so great. Thanks for asking."

"So, your first Valentine's Day as husband and wife … what are you going to get her?"

He instantly looks distressed but she's a woman and he decides to pick her brain.

"Tell me something. What do you get for a woman that says, not only that, I love you but you're my everything … that just waking up with you is my gift … that I can't live without you … that I can't even breathe without you. How do you express all that in a gift?"

Denise just kicked herself under the table … she let him go so many years earlier. He was too into his work. She didn't like being second best. She could see that Alex would never be second best with him.

"Diamonds Bobby … diamonds say all that." She grabbed her coffee, kissed his forehead and left.

I don't remember all that in the ad.

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a/n: Thank you for all of the reviews and great ideas ... there are certainly no lack of people he can ask for advice. Maybe he should just ask Alex! That would be too easy!