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Everyday that I leave my apartment to do some writing at my favorite haunt, I see the same couple. They never bring computers or studying material. All they do is make-out and take pictures of each other on their camera phones. Then they make out some more. At first it made me uncomfortable to be in their line of vision, but now I am semi-fascinated.

I wonder about them, this ebony-haired, bad-skinned, skinny-jeaned duo. What is it that they do? They don’t bring work material. They don’t appear to be talking about anything serious. In fact, they rarely talk at all.

I imagine their names are Daniel and Hillary. They work nights, but not in a dirty way. They like to go to the Park on weekends with their adopted pit-bull mix. They split most finances. It is Daniel’s first serious relationship but not Hillary’s. She had an affair with a 56-year-old investment banker when she was 17, but, of course, will never reveal this to Daniel.