Midtown Manhattan, New York, February 14th 2016

So it's Valentine's day, everyone is making a big deal about it.

I'm not excited since I'm not into love or simply because I once loved someone that didn't love me as I wished.

I'm in my new bedroom, there's no sign of Elliott.

Guess it was true that that building was haunted.

There's a good smell in the air.

I get up from my bed and and go to the kitchen.

Sam is making breakfast.

Velvet colored pancakes and iced tea from red fruits.

It's all colored to match this marketing and capitalist day.

Sam – Good morning sleepy head.

Jordan – Good morning.

Sam – Happy valentine's day.

Jordan – And please don't. I can't stand valentine's day.

Jordan – I don't get the whole concept about this day. It's just for profit.

Sam – Wow someone had to broke your heart.

Sam – There's no way you can talk like that if you haven't felt love before and got hurt.

Sam – Can't you feel the love in the air?

Jordan – Okay then I'll have to stop breathing. I don't want to catch it.

Sam – Don't be a moron.

Sam – Eat this amazing valentine's day matching breakfast and we'll go for a walk.

Sam – It's the weekend, you don't spend the weekend at home.

Jordan – But today it's not the right day to go out.

Jordan – I will for certain barf because of the great amount of public display of affection everywhere.

Sam – Who broke your heart?

Jordan – No one. Hearts don't break.

Sam – I will pretend that I believe in that.

Jordan – And I wouldn't be affected by someone's lack of love towards me.

Jordan – Oh this tastes so good. This tea is so good.

Jordan – You should take a sip because you really need to shut up.

Sam – Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Sensitive.

Sam – But we're going out. There's a bar that has a music free space.

Sam – You go onstage and either sing or play the piano.

Sam – We should go there and sing a bit.

Jordan – Do you even sing?

Sam - Yes, why are you so admired?

Sam – You can't believe just because I'm not in the dramatic arts department?!

Jordan – Kind of.

Sam (winks) – Don't be so one dimensional.

Jordan – You're quoting me.

Jordan – Let's give it a try.

Jordan – When will we start the auditions?! You're delaying this.

Sam – Tomorrow we'll open the auditions.

Sam – You, Ryder and I will post audition panflets through the university.

Sam – And then choose people and if we need to then do callbacks.

Jordan – I'm okay with that. I haven't seen Ryder for so long.

We both take the subway to Chinatown. It's so beautiful in here.

These oriental aromas and decorations can really take us travelling to China without leaving New York.

There it is the bar. 169 Bar it is its name.

My first impression of this bar was that its atmosphere is really chill and colorful.

Good drinks, beautiful people and there at last I find the stage with a standing microphone and a white piano in the left corner.

Sam – So what you think of it?!

Jordan – I'm liking it so far.

Sam – Can I order? I'll pay for both of us.

Jordan – Sure, I want a Margarita.

Sam – Oh so you're getting fancy because I'm paying.

Jordan – Sorry I'll order another thing.

Sam – I'm playing with you.

Jordan – Little bastard.

Sam – I'll order a Hurricane.

Jordan – That sounds dangerous.

Sam – Haha you're funny.

Jordan – Wait don't order yet.

Sam – Why not?!

Jordan – Alcohol is known to numb your vocal chords.

Jordan – So if we are going to sing we won't know we're forcing them and that's not good.

Sam – Okay doctor. I'll order later.

Jordan – Stop it. I'm being serious.

Jordan – I was thinking we could sing together.

Jordan – And if you're all into valentine's day maybe a somehow love song.

Jordan – I thought about Almost Is Never Enough by Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes.

Sam – That's a sad love song.

Jordan – You know how I feel about love.

Jordan – But I relate a lot to this song. Do you know it?

Sam – Yes, I heard it a couple of times.

Jordan – So let's do it.

Jordan – And maybe you will find out with this song my thoughts about love.

Sam – I'm intrigued now.

Sam who already knows this bar goes to the person in charge of the music spot and tells him he would like to sing a duet and points at me.

Julian – Good morning you all.

Julian – We will start the music spot with Sam and Jordan in a duet by Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes.

Julian – They will sing Almost Is Never Enough.

Julian – It's valentine's day so this song suits it perfectly.

Julian – Everybody give it up for Sam and Jordan.

We sing the song, I get to sing the Ariana part and Sam the Nathan part.

I start to remember about my crush who I had forget a long time ago. A bit due the sleeping pills.

But I know what I would get into. This song triggered me.

I'm feeling relieved just by singing it. Like I'm founding closure.

Every lyric fits perfectly the way things happened between me and my crush.

It's almost like the song was written for us.

Sam is singing so good but he is singing with so much passion towards me it's kind of weirding me out.

I know he is not over me.

But I wouldn't mind getting in a relationship with him.

Even though relationships always end. I wouldn't mind have my heart broken by him.

The song ends and everybody claps.

We return to our seats and Sam won't order the drinks.

Jordan – I'm not trying to get a drink for free or something since you offered yourself to pay the drinks.

Jordan – But why aren't you ordering?!

Sam – Because I saw you singing in such a raw way.

Sam – Like those lyrics where the things you would like to tell someone.

Jordan – So now you're understanding.

Sam – You did get your heart broken didn't you?

Jordan – Twice. First with a girl I have known like forever.

Jordan – She was, well still is the most beautiful girl I have crossed with but she only saw me as friend.

Jordan – The second one was from a guy I met in a library.

Jordan – We would go read there at the same day of the week. Like it was destined for us to meet.

Jordan – We shared the same book interests and one day I was searching for a book he was looking for too.

Jordan – I grabbed it first and he looked at me and smiled.

Jordan – I proposed to him that I would read the book in the library in the morning and he would read it in the afternoon.

Jordan – Then we started to meet more often but at that time I didn't know I was attracted to both genders.

Jordan – And I wouldn't even think of coming out as bisexual.

Jordan – So I started to pushed him away until the day he stopped talking to me and even looking for me.

Sam – Wow you went through a lot. So almost is never enough.

Sam – You almost had a relationship with either of them but never had it.

Sam – So this is your love anthem. Buddy I'm sorry for you.

Sam – I'll order now, you definitely need a drink.

Jordan – Thank you man.

After Sam ordering the drinks we drinked them and talked a bit more but soon leave the bar and went home.

Instead of going home directly through the subway we left a stop before Sam's house.

We walked to his house. This is New York.

I haven't been appreciating its streets. There's always a surprise or something different at each street or corner.

This is the city of dreams, lights and entertainment.

I still want to go to Times Square. I mean I was there one time to see a broadway show.

But I want to be there a full day and be consumed by its atmosphere.