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[orangetoughguy]

Waking up on the stairs not remembering if you were coming home or going out: Signs of a good night or bad night?

I swear to God I talked to a bear.

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[thenormalsquint]

Once or twice, but it's not really my thing. What's your point?

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[orangetoughguy]

I don't know I guess I don't really have one. [Thoughtful chin rubbing.] You been around here long? How many names've you picked up?

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[thenormalsquint]

Everybody has one. I'm sure your friends don't call you Hey You. It might not be the one you were born with, but it's a name.

[Angela certainly knows quite a bit about people with names they weren't born with.]

Too long. A lot.

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[orangetoughguy]

Maybe I got used to "Thanks my man." or "Brother hand me a smoke." So what's Angela?

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[thenormalsquint]

Those don't work for me. I need something better to call you.

Angela is a name. It's my name.

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[orangetoughguy]

Born with it?

[Okay okay there's some shuffling on this end like he's trying to get comfortable...on a fire escape.]

What the hell would you call me?

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[thenormalsquint]

I don't know. I think I'd have to see you before I decide on anything.

[Two can play at this dancing-around-the-question game.]

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[orangetoughguy]

That almost sounds like a date.

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[thenormalsquint]

I don't date nameless men. It makes it hard to decide what to scream out at the right moment.

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[orangetoughguy]

A girl like you doesn't sound like she'd've done a lot of blind dates anyway.

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[thenormalsquint]

Don't assume. Blind dates can be fun.

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[orangetoughguy]

Huh, an interesting girl with interesting surprises.

How about when you don't know anything except what he sounds like and what he looks like?

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[thenormalsquint]

You don't even know the half of them.

[A door opens and closes in the background, following up by the excited whine of a dog who noticed her owner with a leash in her hand.]

Are we talking about blind dates or christening you with a name?

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[orangetoughguy]

Now you're teasin' me.

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[thenormalsquint]

I don't tease. I reward.

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[orangetoughguy]

Tempting.

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[thenormalsquint]

Possibly frustrating. I've heard upsetting as well.

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[orangetoughguy]

I don't back down that easy. You haunt a couple of the bars here? Cause I do, and if I hear you I'm sayin' hello.

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[thenormalsquint]

On occasion. Not as much as I used to because drinking alone is better done at home.

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[orangetoughguy]

You're bullshitting me. Girl like you's got no one to get out with?

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[thenormalsquint]

People leave and sometimes I really don't feel like battling my best friend to get her to leave work at a decent hour.

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[orangetoughguy]

You too huh? Sounds like it happens a lot around here.

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[thenormalsquint]

[Another door opens and closes and her voice takes on a slight echo from the change from apartment to hallway.]

It's not an everyday occurrence, but it happens too often for my liking.

[She could be talking about both things.]

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[orangetoughguy]

Sorry to hear that.

[He's still right where he is though possibly enjoying a cigarette now.]

I've been here for little over a month.

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[thenormalsquint]

A year and a few over here.

[Ding goes the elevator. Woof goes the dog.]