”We went to it and inside. We were seated and filled our plates for the first time. Returning to our seats, I said, “May I pray, Nadia?” She nod...ed and I did. She echoed my amen.“Randy, to you like my name?”I smiled. “Actually, I do. I also admit to being curious since Clark is radically different from Nadia.”“That’s true. My grandfather came from England and became naturalized. My mother was Romanian until she defected with her family. She’s now a citizen and I was born here. Does that explain. But for some reason that wasn't for me tonight. Not tonight. Something called me to the surf. Something strong, something I could feel deep inside.Looking out over the waves I could see the fishing boats ploughing their way through the dark waters. The red and green lights, like christmas decorations on a busy highway, showing their directions of movement. Perhaps my father was out there, dragging his nets, praying for the bounty that had supported our family as I had grown up. But that wasn't. I have to place first!" All I'm asking is a provable argument, or-" I snatched the bottle from the wooden box. "-a whiff."She reached for the bottle, but I held it behind my back. She wouldn't have the courage or dexterity to retrieve it."When my project goes to the Nationals, they'll want to see a sample, and that's all I have left." Well, if your experiments are repeatable, you can always make more." None of the other judges asked to smell it, so why do you have to?" Her hands were fists at. Small steps are the building blocks of seduction.It gets interesting later in the semester. It's a bus ride to get to the lab where she is working; but I have to write papers anyway. She is more comfortable around me. She knows how much I appreciate women from the few times I have worked with her and the users I notice. She laughs at me, but with each one I flirt with I tell her that she is my type.After a longer while, it becomes innocent flirtation. (Innocent for her; I am rarely innocent.).