You Had Almost Given Up Hope, But She Came!

You stayed at that bar/arcade every minute it was open for five days, and you had almost decided she wasn't coming when you literally bumped into her as you were leaving for the night.

You were saying goodbye to the bartender Rufus who you'd become quasi-friends with while you waited and drank an endless succession of "Virgin Mary"'s as you walked out the door when you heard the outside door open and the voice you had been aching to hear say "Thank you so much!" to the sound of a retreating car. The entrance to the bar is small, you both were moving too fast, and your heads were turned the other way, nor could you process each other's vocal pattern in time to slow down.

With a slippery bump you both crashed into each other and went down in a heap of coats, hats, gloves, and boots. (It was mid December when this happened.) "I'm so very sorry-" you both began before the auditory centers of your brains caught up with the speech center and you exclaimed "Thank God you're here!" In perfect unison.

"Good luck you two," Rufus said to your retreating backs, but you hardly heard him...