Then they walked from midtown all the way to lower manhattan, all the while having themselves Starbuck's while having conversations about Woody Allen, his jokes, Jay's lame jokes, fashion, ear piercing, and so much more that the happy couple could not remember.
Jay was surprised... surprised, and thought that someone should put a blanket over him to hear that Jay-Z and Beyonce were on the verge of separating. Was it true?
The happy couple Steph and Jay met up with Stephanie's friends all the way down in Chinatown and had dinner together. The food was great. It was Jay's first time meeting her friend, Monica and her boyfriend. Jay thought they were a happy couple but did not like how Monica called him quiet. Jay wanted to say something but he couldn't say it. To Jay personally it was a taboo word. When he heard it, he began to get frustrated because he heard that word described about him all his life and he's doing his best to avoid being that kind of guy. He was sick of hearing it. He wished that people didn't say that word aloud to him and kept it to themselves. The word meant so many negative things to him; it brought his reputation down and was insulted because he was that quiet in his childhood. So he didn't like that word. He just didn't. And the people who said it made him frustrated even more. It may not mean anything to the person who said it but it did for Jay. In fact Jay did not believe he was quiet. He only seemed quiet to the people he just met. Once people got to know Jay personally, he had a lot to say as if he was a enigmatic little kid, making jokes that did not make any sense but to himself only. He was like the protagonist from Murakami's short story Family Affair. He wanted to say that he was not quiet to Monica but he just let it by. He also didn't like how she said that Stephanie trained him to say certain things. Monica believed Jay was an obeyer. Obedient. And that made him feel like a dog. He was not a dog who followed orders. He was a leader, a normal human being. Jay is really appreciative for Steph because she respects and understands Jay, and Jay understands and respects Steph. Jay loves her with all his heart.
Then all of them went down to the bookstore to shop around but did not find anything to buy. Then they walked all the way back to Chinatown, their feet so tired from all the walking they have done today. Steph was so full from eating and Jay was so worried. But when Steph said she was feeling better Jay felt so much better. Jay sent his girlfriend back home. They kissed, hugged, said i love you, see you tmrw, and off Jay went with a smile. He looked back and thought to himself that walking away from her was so hard for him because he always wanted to be with her. They had such a long, lovely day together that all of the positive events filled Jay's mind as he was walking back to the subway station. In Jay's mind was the afterglow of their time together. While walking down her block, he recited lines to a Bob Dylan song:
I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of Earth for you
To make you feel my love
To make you feel my love
At that moment Jay wanted someone to throw a blanket over him because he tired. And he wanted to be in the sheets with Steph. He dreamed about it.
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