"Are you enjoying your ice cream Murdock?" asked Face. The pilot he was talking to had been staring into space as he licked his ice cream at a slow, steady beat.

"Huh?" answered Murdock with a surprised look.

"Are you enjoying your ice cream?"

"Oh, uh…sure Face." Face shook his head. Something was eating at Murdock….and it wasn't his snack.
"Murdock, what's wrong? For the past ten minutes you have been completely ignoring me."

The two men began to walk down a long sidewalk in L.A.

"Faceman, I've met a lot of girls that I liked." replied Murdock, "They were nice…but they weren't the girls for me." Murdock paused. "I've been thinkin', maybe there's a really nice girl out there….waitin' for me. Sometimes I wish that slinky of destiny, would just quicken its pace."

Face nodded. It had been awhile since Murdock had been this blue.

"Murdock, sometimes these things just take awhile…uh…" Face replied. He glanced at Murdock. The look upon his friend's face was full of sorrow. This wasn't working. "Hey Murdock how about we go down to Hamburger Heaven and get something!" Face hated that place, but he had to cheer up Murdock some how. Murdock gave Face a slight grin.

"Okay."

They crossed the street and began to walk down the block.

"But Face…" said Murdock, "I haven't met a single girl who likes the things I do." He turned to Face, "Look me in the eye and tell me you know a girl who watches Gumby regularly!" Face just shrugged. "No one likes to play Pac-Man either." Murdock shook his head and declared, "What has happened to this society!!!" Face grinned. Murdock sounded like a Shakespearean actor.

Suddenly, as they turned the corner, a small figure and the duo collided. The girl they ran into was on the ground. Murdock immediately came to her rescue.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he helped her up.

"Yeah, I'm fine." For a second their eyes locked. Then she looked away. He began to stare at her. The first thing that caught his attention were her black Chuck Taylor All-Stars. She was wearing khaki pants and a t-shirt that said "Freak in the room." Her dark hair was pulled through the opening in the back of her blue baseball cap.

"Hi…my name's Murdock." He replied with a huge smile.

"I'm Tracy."

Silence covered them for what seemed an eternity to both of them until finally Murdock smiled and said, "Uh… we're goin' down to Hamburger Heaven to get somethin'…ya wanna come along?" Tracy's eyes lit up.

"Sure! That's my favorite fast food place!" Murdock offered his arm and Tracy took it proudly. Together they walked, with Face following close behind.

Face thought to himself, "Murdock sure has a strange way of picking up girls….Hmmm, maybe I should try it sometime."

When they arrived, Murdock got two Captain Bellybuster hats. He and Tracy put them on. Face, realizing that Murdock wasn't going to introduce him, introduced himself.

"Hi.. I'm Templeton Peck, but you can call me Face." Tracy shook his hand and smiled. Murdock and Tracy ended up sharing a Triple Layer Super Snowshake. It was a humongus milkshake. Face stood in the corner watching the two lovebirds.

"Wait until Hannibal finds out about this…."

Soon They were on their way home. Murdock and Tracy were discussing the Golfball Liberation Army. Face walked behind them shaking his head. He watched as Tracy kissed Murdock on the cheek, quickly stuffed a piece of paper in his pocket and ran inside. Murdock had stars in his eyes. Slowly he pulled out the piece of paper. It read:

Murdock smiled. He smiled big.

"Well Face…" he said, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful 'friendship'!" Face grinned. Only Murdock could do this. Only Murdock.

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