Playing Together: Finding Love after a Breakup Scenario.

Mia woke early Monday and enjoyed the feel of the first warm spring Tartosa breezes through her window

So, you know, as you do
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She arrived back home, forgetting something
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"Ack! Mia! You can't just walk around like that any more!"
"Aw, I think Brook is in heat!" exclaimed Mia happily.
Sarah went to work.

Mia took Brook back to the beach, clothed this time. Mia was clothed, that is.
She met Lucia Markovic, who lived nearby and was also a musician.
They discussed her engagement. She and her beloved had gotten engaged when she was pregnant. Their child is now in elementary school. Mia thought this was all very interesting and perhaps a future opportunity to give excellent advice.
"Are you flirting with me?"
"No ma'am, those hearts are coming from my dog."
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Kieran came over in the afternoon. Well, he delivered the mail, and Mia cornered him.
"Uh, hi. I'm sorry for awkwardly leaving you at the bar the other night. Did you have a fun night?"
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"I had a great night! Then she turned out to be terrible."
"I'm sorry?"
"Don't be! I just want to live as much as I can these days. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, isn't that right?"
"Um... do you want to hang out?"
She surely did, but she was also kind of tired.
"Would you mind if I take a nap?"
"Should I leave?"
"You don't have to."
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Some sweet stuff happened upstairs, but only a little, and only the silly playful kind.
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"I actually do need to take a nap, Kieran, but you can stay."
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"Sleep well, gorgeous," he said as he closed the door quietly.
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On the way downstairs, he met Sarah, coming home from work tired and grumpy as usual.
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Actually, she'd just been promoted


But somehow the promotion made her feel even more tired and grumpy. And a random dude emerging from her ex-girlfriend's bedroom was not what she had hoped to return to.
"Oh! goodness, I'm so sorry for intruding," Sarah said.
"You must be Sarah? I understand you live here? I'm the one intruding."
"You're... coming from Mia's bedroom."
"She's asleep."
Brook chose that moment to begin yowling.
"Even my dog is flirty!" complained Sarah. "And the bills are due!"
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"Oh, Mia paid them," said Kieran.
"Really?"
"Yes, we were chatting by the mailbox and she definitely paid them."
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"Well. That's a first. Maybe you're a good influence."
"Thanks. Do you mind if I check my email?" Kieran asked.
"Be my guest, but I need a nap," said Sarah.
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I guess napping girls are his social scene?
Or not.
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