They go on a romantic walk through the park (by Vanilla Thunder)

"There's a park near here, we can go for a stroll, if you're up to it." Mark said.

"Poor Mark." thought Jamie. "If I'm up to it. Won't even admit that he's the one that would probably want to go home and be sad. How could she stand him up? He's a great guy!"

"That sounds lovely." Jamie replied.

Mark paid the check and they stood up to leave. Jamie stumbled a bit, a mixture of the heels and the wine, and Mark quickly grabbed him to help steady him.

"You all right?" Mark asked.

"Yeah, it's just the shoes." Jamie replied.

"Why don't I hold your hand and I'll keep you balanced." Mark asked.

"Good idea!" Jamie held out his hand and Mark began escorting Jamie out of the restaurant.

They continued chatting on the way to the park.

"You know, a park was where my day started going really bad today." Jamie said.

"Yeah, you mentioned something about that, what happened?" Mark asked.

"Well... I came to the park and..." Jamie started, detailing the events of the day. Even telling the more embarrassing stuff, since he felt like it'd make Mark feel better about being stood up.

And it seemed to work, Mark was enraptured by the conversation and didn't even make fun of Jamie. Seriously, how was he stood up?

"Why don't we sit down for a bit?" Mark asked.

"Sounds nice. As long as the bench is dry." Jamie giggled.

Mark returned the laugh and as they approached a bench, Jamie was happy to sit down for a moment. The wine was still making it hard to concentrate. As they sat there...