“Soo…” Joe said holding out his hand waiting for his keys. Alex had reached a state of semi-conciousness from telling his epic story, yet the strain from his enthusiasm had exhausted his mind power and he slumped next to Joe in the booth and was soon asleep, lightly snoring on Joe’s shoulder.

“Ew,” Joe said, pushing away Alex’s drooping face, “I think he just drooled on me.” After wiping off the slime from the sleeve of his black tshirt, he fished inside Alex’s pants for his keys and crawled over Alex’s limp body.

“Let’s go,” he beckoned for Madge to follow and they put on their coats and headed out the door, making sure to tell the waitress that Alex was taking care of the check. Purposely ignoring them she gave a silent nod, not even noticing that they had left Alex passed out and moaning on the red vinyl seat.

They climbed into the little car and shut the doors against the cold, but soon enough, they were jumping out of the car gagging and coughing.

“Joe, your car smells like…oh wow…”