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I couldn't help but notice. You and Kingston, you should ask her out. She

me out.

That's great.

Yeah. It's not like we're together.

Right. Two friends having a baby.

Remember?

You went through something really traumatic. We both did. I can't stop

about it. I'm sorry to hear that. I've moved on.

I don't buy it. You keep throwing yourself headfirst into these dangerous

situations like you got a dip.

Okay, ready? On three. One, two, three, push.

Son of a bitch!

Can you give us a little help?

Stop trying, it hurts.

Okay, let's try again.

Push. Need a hand?

Yeah. Warehouse accident, Mr. Tremblay.

Crushed against a metal shelf.

My idiot co -worker slammed his forklift right into me. He fell asleep at the

wheel. Give him 50 offense and also he could roll in to get a better look at

wound. This looks deep. Have Dr. Howard book an OR for surgical exploration.

There's no need. I already have a perfectly clear view of his injuries.

The ED doesn't have a laparotomy tray. The OR does.

I have everything under control.

I'm sure you do, but it's the end of your shift.

So call Dr. Howard now.

May I speak with you outside?

You may.

He's pissed.

What? I don't know.

She's going to eat him alive.

I need my key fob. What? Oh. Yeah.

Here.

Yeah. Okay.

So we agreed to stop this.

Changed my mind.

You know, I'm not some puppy for you to play with.

We agree to disagree, but we can say no at any point.

Rough.

Oh, my gosh.

Actually,

I do have somewhere I need to be.

Well, I don't have to be back for ten minutes.

Trina just pinned me, didn't she? Hey, I'm Switzerland.

Well, sadly, I won't be buying the first round at Molly's ever again.

What's your strategy?

Well, I'm going to wait until the end of my shift, and then...

Stick some poor sucker at the very last minute. That is some real 4D testing.

Yeah, well, of course there's this.

And boom.

Hey, are you bringing Jennifer and Molly's tonight?

Possibly.

Don't be weird. I want you to bring her.

Yeah, I think I have the right to be somewhat weird when discussing my

girlfriend with the mother of my impending child.

Girlfriend? Yeah. She must really be okay with this unique situation.

She said as long as I'm not in love with you, she's all good.

Good. Dr. Archer, incoming trauma three minutes out. Young man with chest

impalement. Thank you.

Dr. Mankiewicz?

Yes?

I told you not to call him, Howie. Well, you know, when the random commenter

drops my name in an attempt to jump the line, I'm automatically summoned.

No one knew who you were. It was quite sad.

We were lucky to get in at all. That's impossible. You're deluded. What are you

guys doing here? Is everybody okay?

Dr. Minkowitz is concerned her cataract surgery failed. It's been a month. At

first I thought colors I forgot existed, but over the last few days, my vision's

been getting a little blurry again.

Hold still, please.

This doesn't mean putting off Boca.

I've got to set up the house. This would be a lot easier if you don't talk, Dr.

Minkowitz. You don't know how many times I've said that to her.

When are you guys going down there? When's the big day?

Well, Susie flies down tomorrow, and I'm going to stick around here another six

months. He's dragging out his retirement.

I have students I've committed to, sweetie.

And a transition period is normal and necessary.

Denial ain't just a refer in Egypt.

I'm not seeing any acute issues, but I'd like ophthalmology to run a few tests

just in case.

Well, let's just get it over with.

You don't know how many times I've thought that to him.

How do you all know each other? Howie was my roommate in medical school.

Daniel was my boyfriend in medical school.

Yeah. So how'd you end up with Howie?

Very poor judgment.

Oh, it's not too late, dear.

Danny's single.

Oh, ever been to Boca Raton?

You be careful, young lady.

On a trauma one.

Alex Tompkins, 27 -year -old male, fell off a bull and got bored in the chat.

It's a chemical bull.

Nope, a live one.

From Chicago?

He's a professional writer.

Lost my grip and...

Eddie sent me sailing. Heart rate 134. BP 98 over 60.

Decreased breath sounds on the left side. That's 96.

Did you hit your head? Lose consciousness at all? No. No? Victor,

cover, will you? Any other injuries from the incident?

I rolled away before Eddie could stomp on my legs. Yeah, who's Eddie?

The ball.

Of course. All right, on my count. Ready? One, two, three. All right, 100

fentanyl, and then get him on four liters. Yep. Mr. Tompkins, I'm going to

you out now, okay? Move your hand, please, sir.

All right, big open new thorax. At least two open rib fractures.

Let's get a CT on the way to the hybrid OR.

Okay, we need them cleaned and closed right away. Come on, let's go. Move it,

move it, please.

Okay, so you didn't land on your belly, right? No, no. On my side.

I feel so stupid. I should have just made two trips.

Is the baby going to be okay?

Based on my initial exam, I'm not seeing any cause for concern. But we do want

to do an ultrasound to be on the safe side, okay?

Is there anyone we can recruit to help you with the groceries next time? Oh, my

husband, Kyle. But he's away visiting his mom.

I already heard an earful from him.

Why don't you just get them delivered?

Dr. Kingston, when I called your office, they said you were going to be in

meetings all day.

Well, you just gave me a great excuse to bail.

Do you know Dr. Asher? Yes, of course. She's one of Gaffney's finest.

You are in terrific hands.

How do you two know each other?

I had ER -positive breast cancer six years ago, and Dr. Kingston was my

oncologist. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be pregnant right now. I don't

about that. Every oncologist I met with was against me freezing my eggs before

starting treatment.

They were afraid that the ovulation stimulation hormones would increase my

cancer cells.

That is a valid concern.

But Dr. Kingston helped me advocate for myself every step of the way.

Okay.

So baby girl is moving around nicely.

The placenta looks good.

No sign of abruption.

Fluid levels look good.

What is it? What's wrong?

Well, I'm just seeing some bright areas in the fluid surrounding the umbilical

cord. Now, this could just be artifact from the machine, but I'd like to get a

fetal MRI just to cover all our bases.

Lyra is highly claustrophobic, so... I always need sedation, but I don't want

take anything while I'm pregnant.

Okay, well, we can give you a very low dose of Ativan. No, no, absolutely not.

Maybe we can just do a detailed ultrasound, perhaps.

We could.

But an MRI would give us far better structural and soft tissue detail.

Could we at least try the ultrasound first?

And then, if it's not good enough, I'll do the MRI.

Sure. That's fine.

Right in here.

You are a very lucky man, Mr. Tompkins.

Right? The, uh...

The track to the horn stopped just centimeters from your heart. Lucky my

You know how much crap the boys are going to give me when they hear Eddie

my hide?

Forgive me, but I'm trying to stay on the back of a bucking bull.

Just, uh, never saw the appeal in myself.

Your line of work doesn't seem so different.

Imagine there's days when this job feels like you're riding a 2 ,000 -pound

beast, just hanging on by the skin of your teeth.

Touche. Anyway, as I was saying, you're very lucky that Eddie the Bull missed

your heart.

You'll be able to repair the pulmonary laceration, and it should heal up in

about four to six weeks. Well, I'm going to be held up for that long.

I got the Albuquerque Invitational in March.

I'm not done yet.

Your CT showed a narrowing of the cervical spine. My back's been messed up

years.

Sciatica or whatnot.

Doc gives me a steroid shot, and I'm good to go.

Well, the findings aren't consistent with sciatica, so I'd like to order

additional scans and a neuro consult.

Is that really necessary, or are you just trying to pad my bill?

Oh, I'm absolutely padding your bill. And if I order enough scans by the end

the month, I want a new hot tub. No, it's absolutely necessary, buckaroo.

Buckaroo.

Too many episodes of Bonanza.

It's funny you say that, because back in the old days, I was a dead ringer for a

little Joe Cartwright.

Dr. Lennox, the girl in two with the infected eyebrow piercing.

What about her?

What did you ask me to do again? Drain and clean the wound and... Please don't

pretend to be bad at your job to distract me from the pin in your hand.

Excuse me, Dr. Asher. I just wanted to apologize for what happened in there. I

didn't mean to step on anyone's toes.

My toes are just fine.

Moving forward, I'll just keep my suggestions to myself.

That is not necessary. Your input is valuable, especially given your prior

relationship with Lara.

That's very gracious of you.

Two shots of more. It's Sully's favorite.

To Sully.

To Sully.

Oh, old cell chaser!

Oh, wow.

Oh.

I can't believe he's been gone a year.

It did go fast.

Luckily, his 18 -month -old clone keeps me smiling on the hard days.

Lately, he's been doing this thing where he tries to stick his finger in power

outlets, and when I warn him it'll hurt, he laughs and tries again.

Well, that's his dad in a nutshell.

My son is the sweetest little monster I know.

How are you holding up?

Uh... I'm doing pretty well, overall.

Yeah?

Yeah.

But we have a job to do today.

Which is... Is

that... Sully's ashes?

Why'd you bring them?

Because today...

We are going to spread them on the field of its favorite place on Earth.

Okay.

Serotonin syndrome?

Ridiculous, right?

I'm sorry.

I'm not going to rebuild my entire medication protocol because I've got, I

know, low blood sugar or something. Anyway, my new shrink and I, we just

a couple things and I never felt better. Well, I'm glad to hear it. Listen, pal,

I gotta say, you seem...

Less than enthused about moving down to the Sunshine State. And I'm not talking

about a transition period.

Well, you picked that up with your keen shrink skills, did you? What can I say?

I'm good. You seem so excited about Boca on my birthday. What happened?

Starting spring semester, I looked out at those eager med students, and I

realized everything I said from that moment forward, everything I taught

would be for the last time.

You're not ready to retire?

Nope.

Susie was ready when we closed our practice 12 years ago.

But joining Porter U's faculty opened up this whole new world to me.

But does Susie know how you feel? I mean, how you really feel?

She knows, but she doesn't get it. I know you do.

Of course I do, but I'm not your wife.

Look, Howie, it's Susie. I mean, you can level with her, can't you? I mean, does

it really need to be a binary choice anyway?

Says my thrice -divorced friend.

That's beneath you.

It is a binary choice.

I love my wife more than I love my career, so I choose her.

I just need some time to get there.

Dr. Charles, treatment three.

Oh, my God. Susie! Doris, two milligram Ativan IM.

They're on oxygen. What happened?

She just started seizing. Help me get her on her side.

What the hell is wrong with her? I'm not sure, but it looks like a tonic client.

Here you go.

Susie, I'm right here. Add a van on board.

Let's let them work, okay?

They got this. Gonna be fine. Let's, uh, let them do their job.

Put a rush on that MRI.

I mean, Caitlin should... See him.

Dan, I know these are very old friends of yours, so I wanted to come down

and explain to all of you what we found and what our options are.

So, I'm guessing this isn't about cataracts?

I'm afraid not. Your CT and MRI scans found a grade 4 deep arteriovenous

malformation in your central brain.

It's an AVM.

It's essentially a knot of tangled blood vessels.

This is what caused your recent vision loss as well as your seizure.

Okay.

So, how do we fix this?

Well, we have two options.

Okay, hit me. The first is resecting it.

Removing the knot?

Yes. Why are we not more excited about that option?

It's a very risky surgery with a high mortality rate.

How high?

Over 70%. No. Thank you. Hard pass.

What's the other option?

We leave the knot where it is and simply medicate your symptoms.

Symptoms. The AVM is stealing vital blood from other areas of your brain.

And now that you've started showing symptoms, you will experience them more

more. Seizures, many strokes, all leading to a dramatic physical and

decline. Over how much time?

Roughly two to five years.

Okay, this is an overwhelming amount of information.

There must be alternatives.

What about endovascular intervention?

Endovasc is only temporary, with a high risk of bleeding. I can't recommend it.

If you remove the knot now... Susie! No.

Will I still experience the physical and cognitive decline?

No. If you survive the surgery, you'd be able to go on with your life.

So you're saying I have a brain grenade.

I want it out before it explodes.

We need to talk about this. No, I am not going to curl up in a ball and wait to

die, Howie.

Honey, if I can't experience my life to its fullest with you, there's no point

to living at all.

No, absolutely not.

I mean, what are we even talking about here?

Howie. No!

I'll give you two minutes.

Of course I do.

Of course I do.

And I will talk to him.

Okay? Okay. I'm going to talk to him.

Mr. Tompkins, you've got progressive cervical myelopathy.

Your spinal cord's being compressed, which can impair motor skills.

That's probably why you lost your grip on Eddie today.

Is there some kind of pain pill I can take?

No, I'm afraid we're past that. You need spinal fusion surgery.

Back surgery.

I need back surgery, really. How long is that going to... Put me out, huh? I

mean, a couple months?

No, full recovery usually takes about a year. A year.

A year, I'm not going to be back on a bull for a year. My advice is that you

never get back on a bull again.

The risk of re -injury after surgery is too great.

Then I'm not doing the surgery.

Mr. Tompkins. No, this is how I make a living.

It's time to find a new profession.

All right? You let this go, you keep riding, you could end up with permanent

nerve damage.

Paralysis, most likely.

I'll take my chances.

Very well.

You are making a terrible decision. That is your opinion.

Based on decades of watching people make terrible decisions.

Well, it isn't up to you, is it?

Well, here we are.

Okay, so.

The gate mechanism takes about eight seconds to soft close, so you and I will

sneak in before it does.

That's your plan? Wait and get lucky?

Well, you got a better one?

Hang on. There are security cameras everywhere. We've been begging to be

arrested. Wow.

I wish that 15 -year -old Rip were here to see what a little bitch you've

become.

Sully sure did love his cubbies.

Yeah. Not a popular thing for a Southside boy.

Used to pick fights with all the White Sox fans.

Yeah, and get his ass handed to him.

That was Sully sticking his finger in the power outlet.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Lucky that car alarm went off.

Nah, that was Sully doing his solid from above. Come on.

Hey, why were you so

late today?

It's not like you.

Traffic. That feels like a lie. You're in way too good of a mood for that.

What's your point?

Were you late because of a girl?

Maybe.

And you had just had sex with said girl?

How? How do you do that? I mean, we knew each other at 12. You can't hide

anything from someone who knew you at 12.

And I 100 % approve.

So, who is she?

Caitlin Lennox.

Oh. I remember her. Stone cold RBF.

She's not so bad.

You said every guy right after sex.

Oh, my God.

You really like her.

No, no, no. We're just a little drunk on each other at the moment. That's how

all the best things start.

Yeah, and end.

What's wrong?

You're afraid of getting dumped on the riverwalk for a third time this year?

Wow.

Low blow?

Sully must be speaking through me today.

Lennox and I are like oil and water. It's a bad idea.

But Sully was the best bad idea I ever had.

And I wouldn't trade a moment of it.

Do you care about her?

Okay, well then you have to tell her. This kind of chemistry is rare.

Oh, hey!

Really?

Dressed up for something.

But I had you running down by the way.

We're gonna need to see your IDs

Yeah, sorry.

Okay.

So this is the umbilical cord. You see where it narrows down here?

Is that bad?

Maybe something's wrapped around it.

Sometimes bands from the amniotic sac can become separated and wrap around

things that they shouldn't. Is this because of my fall?

No. No, typically this develops within the first trimester. It's actually lucky

that your fall brought you in. Otherwise, you wouldn't have detected

your next ultrasound.

So is this hurting my baby?

When bands constrict the umbilical cord, it can cut off nutrients and oxygen to

the baby. Now, luckily, I'm not seeing any signs of that happening yet, but

does require immediate surgical intervention.

Now, I've already spoken to Dr. Berman, an excellent fetal surgeon here at MED,

and he has some availability this afternoon.

Oh, Kyle's not here yet.

Lyra, this isn't something that we want to wait on.

Okay. Of course, yeah.

Lyra, it's going to be okay.

Can you be in the surgery?

Oh, I'm not a fetal surgeon. Please, just in case something goes wrong.

I would feel so much better if I knew that you were there.

Generally, we limit the number of bodies in an operating room for sterility

purposes, but Dr. Kingston can absolutely watch from the observation

Would you?

I would be happy to.

There you are.

I've been looking all over for you.

I needed some time to think.

I get it.

Please help me talk Susie out of this surgery, Danny.

Howie, I can't do that.

Why the hell not?

Isn't it really her decision?

Are you kidding? I am her husband.

This procedure is more likely to kill her than cure her. You know that. So

she. You don't get it.

What?

What did I get?

Marriage. Till death do us part. When times got tough, you always bailed. All

three of your wives.

It's a good thing Susie had the good sense to cut bait before you started

her.

You think I'm crazy for risking the surgery, don't you?

You want to live without compromise?

You might be the sanest person I know.

My husband's furious with me.

Well, you strike me as someone who does what she wants in life without apology,

Dr. Mankiewicz.

Anyone who loves you has always known that.

That's probably why they loved you in the first place.

She's being selfish.

All due respect, I think you might have that backwards.

You're the one asking her to choose a rapid cognitive decline.

Howie, I watched Cece waste away from cancer.

Up close.

Trust me.

You do not want that for your beloved wife.

How did we get here?

This morning I was whining about retiring to Boca. Now I'd go in a

it meant a few more years together.

Yeah, well, Souser wants that too.

So bad she's willing to take this risk to get it.

I guess I need to tell my wife she was right again.

How did you end up with Howie?

Oh, well, Howie fell for me immediately.

But he was never going to make a move on his best friend's girlfriend. So I was

forced to take action and dump Danny.

Drama.

Tell me more details.

Oh, well, I was crazy about Danny. But he's always had a complicated

relationship with intimacy.

Well, he loved me, but...

Kept me at arm's length.

But Howie, he held the door wide open with a

boundless capacity to love.

You know, basking in that glow can be pretty addictive.

I think we all know when an attraction feels inevitable.

I can see you know what I mean.

No, I was wondering how the three of you stayed close.

Oh, well, we were psych students. Dr. Lennox, analyzing drama was our jam.

I mean, look what came of it, a lifelong friendship.

I would rather live than wait to die.

I feel the same.

I'm betting my life on that.

What if you lose?

Better to break Howie's heart fast.

I don't want him watching me slowly disappear.

I love him too much.

No! Mr. Tompkins, please. I need you to get back in bed.

He pulled his chest tube out. What the hell are you thinking?

I told her I was ready to go and she said I needed to talk to some shrink.

That's right. I ordered a psych consult.

Yeah, to force surgery on you. To cover our ass so that when you're paralyzed in

a year, we can prove that you were counseled on the risks of refusal. I'm

Where are you going, Mr. Tompkins? You cannot do this. We're asking you not to

do this.

He's tachycardic?

Absent breath sounds on the left.

He's got tension pneumothorax. We need a stretcher? No, there's no time to get

him back in the bed. Get me a 14 -gauge angiocap. You're going to needle

decompress him here?

I think

Sully would be proud.

He'd be more proud if we spent the night in a community cell.

No, no, no, I'm okay, I'm okay. I just, um... I just miss him.

Yeah.

Yeah, me too.

You know what kills me?

Is Nate isn't gonna have any memory of his dad.

You know, and sometimes I wish I could just download all of my memories into

little 18 -month -old brain.

So he could see all the things that old videos and pictures can't tell you. You

know, like how his cologne smelled.

Or how... How his hand felt when he'd rub your back until you fell asleep.

How safe you felt when he hugged you.

So he's with him.

Always will be.

I hope that's true. I know it is.

I mean, he was with me when I needed him most.

What do you mean?

I saw him.

I saw him when I was trapped in the well.

I don't know if it was a dream or...

a hallucination due to a lack of oxygen, but Sully was there with me.

And I wanted to give up, but Sully just kept pushing my buttons

until I screamed bloody murder at him, and that's the only reason Mouch found

in all that rubble.

Sounds like Sully played you like a little piano.

And he saved my life.

I truly believe that.

And if he bothered to waste his time on me... Come on.

He will always, always be there for you and me.

Thank you.

He also called me a little bitch.

That's because you are one.

Thank you. Thanks.

Are you arresting us?

Was the deceased a Cubs fan?

Well... They were his only religion.

Have a nice day. Go Cubs.

Go Cubs.

We were playing pool when we told Danny we were engaged because Danny always had

to have a big reaction to everything.

He jumped up into the air with excitement.

That's right. And because I'm so athletic, I actually hit the ceiling

spinning ceiling fan. And for a moment, Danny was just stunned.

Well, because I was like, why is my face all of a sudden so warm? Because there

is blood pouring down his face. And he wouldn't even let us take him to the ED.

What are you going to make it about me? You've just been engaged. There were

cocktails to drink.

He walked around for the rest of the evening with a sweater tied around his

head. You know, he still does this to this day. Oh, really?

Yeah.

Oh, man.

Susie.

I know you've already made up your mind, but I need you to know that any version

of you is enough for me.

I know.

But if I can't remember that, what's the point?

I love you, Susie.

I love you, Howard.

Dr. Mankiewicz?

Yes? Yes.

The OR's been prepped.

We're ready when you are.

Okay.

Let's do this.

Libby will take you to the waiting room, Dr. Mankiewicz.

I'll see you soon. I'll see you soon.

Okay.

Danny?

For some reason this doesn't work out.

Take care of Howie for me.

How long was I out?

About an hour.

A little stunt you pulled cost your second pneumothorax of the day and put

my handiwork from this morning at risk of infection.

You're a selfish idiot.

You know that.

You're out of line, man. I worked at the VA a long time.

Treated a lot of paraplegics.

They didn't have any choice in the matter. I don't have a choice either.

a break. Hey, I tried getting a real job, okay?

Sitting in a cubicle, I can't crack that life.

Bull riding is the only thing that I've ever been good at.

It's the only thing that's ever made any sense to me, and you want me to want

you to give it up?

I take it back. You're not selfish.

Selfish people hurt others.

You're just hurting yourself.

How am I doing?

You're doing good.

The port side is fire enough away from the baby.

Pedoscope, please.

And there's the band.

Band's released.

I'm not seeing any additional bands.

Me neither.

Let's proceed with suturing.

Needle driver and 3 -0 Vicryl.

We've got a bleeder.

Heart rate's going up.

Lyra's on blood thinner. She has a history of blood clots. I recommend a

agent.

IV protamine? I don't think that's necessary. She's only on a prophylactic

of anoxicrid.

Dr. Asher's correct. It's too risky to reverse it. So what's the alternative?

You let her bleed out?

Of course not.

Let's proceed with suturing and see if the uterus starts to contract around the

incision on its own.

Her blood pressure's dropping. If you don't stop Lyra's bleeding, she could go

into labor.

We have this under control, Dr. Kingston. I don't think that you do.

Okay. I got it. I got it. I got it. Dr. Kingston, I'm sorry, but you need to

leave. We are trying to focus, and you've become a distraction.

I know why you still call her Suzer.

Oh, yeah?

Why that?

I stole your girlfriend, so you still use your pet name for her to taunt me.

And it gives me so much pleasure every time.

You know who I was just thinking about?

That prick who taught year three behavioral science, Dr. Hausman. What a

Tough son of a bitch.

Those ugly sweaters he wore. I've wanted his approval so badly.

And you said that's why I'd never get it.

What's going on?

Danny, what's going on?

Well, what Dr. Lennox was just communicating to me is that Susie

did not make it.

What are you talking about? What I'm talking about is that she did not

the surgery, Howie.

Oh, no, no, no.

No, you're wrong.

Let me see her. I need to see her. I am so sorry. This should not be happening.

Of course it shouldn't be. No, I should not have listened to you. No, Susie

should be here right now. But I let both of you talk me into this.

Oh, God.

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Lyra's on her way to recovery.

The bleeding stopped immediately after we finished suturing.

The baby's doing great, and her husband's on his way from O 'Hare as we

That's a relief.

Thank you for telling me.

Please come in.

Listen, um... I am sorry for what happened in the O .R. I know there is

more dangerous than a backseat driver.

You care about Lyra.

I get that.

It's no excuse.

Then you're human like the rest of us.

Okay, well, if I can, um...

Be really human.

This is awkward, right?

It's not not awkward.

I know how important you are to Dean.

And he's become really important to me, too.

That's great.

Yeah, I'm really happy for Dean, for both of you.

Look, Lyra's waking up.

Why don't we both go tell her the good news together?

Thank you.

Yeah.

All right, ladies.

Here we go, y 'all.

Jagermeister babies.

Oh, Casey, no, this is foul. What?

Don't yuck my yum. I'm going to get us a round of tequila. Thank you. Boring.

Wait, why am I paying for this?

Hey. Who's got the pin?

But have you seen inside of his pantry?

Oh, my God. It's like he's feeding a family of five. Or supplying for the

apocalypse. I'm not going to be embarrassed about my love of Costco.

Great deals.

Great deals.

Enough free samples.

For a meal? What's not to love? I made the mistake of going once, and it was

torture. Torture? We were there for over three hours.

This one makes you go through every aisle, top to bottom, not once but

Right, because you missed stuff on the first go around.

Okay, on that note, I'm using the ladies' room. I'll be back.

Hey.

Hey.

Kind of a prick move, taking payday off and then showing up for free drinks.

Who's buying?

Um, yours truly.

Next round's on me.

What are you doing?

Showing you I'm not a prick.

Um, after this round, do you want to get out of here?

I do.

But, uh...

Can we talk first?

Oh, no.

What's up?

We keep flirting with this idea of stopping.

What if we didn't?

What does that mean exactly?

Seeing where this leads?

Yeah.

Can it lead to us getting out of here now?