Besides, would it be so bad if he were actually attracted to me?

"Well ok, but I don't have a car, so you driving?"

I can see his face light up from my response, and he replies, "Unfortunately mine's in the shop at the moment, but I'll be happy to get us a cab. I don't live too far away"

The cabbie must have had a slow night too, as she gabs on endlessly all the way to Alex's apartment. The grating cackle of her voice is annoying to the nth degree, and I'm quite positive someone had her in mind when they coined the phrase ‘motor-mouth'. I'm so thankful...