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A tall, burly Chinese man was sitting at the breakfast bar with a petite African American woman. The curly brown haired lady stood up, poured coffee into two travel cups, and handed one to the ebony haired man. She kissed his cheek, fixed his tie, and together, they left the house. The couple parted ways at the driveway. The boyfriend got in his car, and the girlfriend headed to the subway station.

At 6:30 P.M.

The woman came back at exactly 6:30 because she was very punctual. She picked up the mail, and started scanning the small pile for bills when she noticed a letter.

An invitation…? Eh, at least it's not one of his animal magazines.

She was about to ignore it until she noticed a few scorch marks on it.

Wait a second, it says Valdez on it!

She hurried inside, still staring at the letter, and placed it in the middle of the dining table. She took one last excited look at it, then went to freshen up and make dinner.

6:55 P.M.

"I'm home!" he called as he entered through the front door. The woman giggled.

"Frank, there's no one else who can hear you except me," she hugged him as he set his bag down.

He looked at her shyly. "I know, Hazel, but I want it to become a habit, so someday maybe someone else will look forward to hearing it."

Hazel smiled at him sweetly. "Aww… You want to have kids with me?"

Frank turned a bright red and started to stutter, "Uh… only if- uh… I mean- uh… if you want to…" He scratched the back of his neck nervously.

"I'd love to, but there's something I need to show you!" Hazel pulled him along behind her and showed him the letter. "It's from Leo and Calypso!" She hopped up and down, waiting for him to open it. He watched her and started laughing.

"Okay, okay, I'll open it! Calm down, I'll be right back, just let me change first."

After Frank came back, they sat down and started to eat the gumbo Hazel had made.

"Mmm…" Frank licked his spoon as he finished.

"Stop teasing me!" she exclaimed. "That's it, I'm opening it." Hazel snatched the letter off the table and ripped it open. That's when she emitted a loud squeal.

"Oh my gods, Hazel, my poor ears!" he held his ears and shook his head.

"Leo and Calypso are having a party! We have to go." She looked at him like an over eager puppy.

"When is it?"

"Saturday night." She watched as he reached to grab his phone. "Don't bother checking the calendar; I know we're free." Hazel squealed again. I can't wait to talk about different recipes with Calypso. Maybe I'll even teach her how to make gumbo for their shop!"

Frank's eyes widened. "Oh no…"

She stopped bouncing up and down on her heels and glanced at him. "What's wrong?"

He pursed his lips. "Leo is going to be there?"

"Well, duh, it is his house party." She rolled her eyes.

"He's going to make fun of me all night!" he whined.

Hazel smirked. "Too bad, you should be able to handle him by now. You're grown men, for the gods' sakes."

"Still…"

"Shut up, Frank, we're going to that party."

"But-"

"No buts." She gave him a sugary sweet smile, stoop on her tippy-toes, and placed a kiss on his forehead. "Love you!"

Frank groaned, gave in, and hugged her. He couldn't stay fake-mad at her forever. "Love you too."

I'm uploading this waaayyyy earlier than I had planned because I didn't upload in a while (considering that it's summer) and to makeup for the lack of length in the last chapter… but it's not much of an improvement, seeing that it is shorter. I've been on vacation and working on a summer book report, and I wanted to speed up the party, just a little anyway. PM if you have any suggestions for chapter ideas; I'll definitely consider them! Bye :D