It was as if she did not notice the attention at all. I did, and I felt proud of my girl, not bad for an average guy.It was late on a Saturday night. ...e had gone down the Coast for the day then decided on dinner. I did a quick u-turn when I spotted a Motel. I told Rani about my plan. If they had a room we could leave the car and we could both drink. Then come back to get some sleep and head back home in the morning. As I went to the reception, she grumbled about romance being dead or the. Um ... he did some work for me,” said Christy, blushing.Jill’s gaze was level for a few seconds. She saw in Christy, the same thing that Christy had heard in her voice.“I see,” she said. “He kind of gets under your skin, doesn’t he?”Christy blushed harder.“Nevermind that,” said Jill, suddenly business like. “You have any experience at waiting tables?”“No,” admitted Christy.“Well, neither did I when I started.” Jill grinned. She turned and yelled over her shoulder. “Hey Sal ... there’s somebody. “Jake Thomas-Patterson, your science partner in freshman year…you know, the one you called an ass hole when I spilled a beaker of water on your lap,” he said as she gasped.“That was you?” she asked.“Yes, you screamed out ass hole and everyone in that class proceeded to call me that like it was my name all year. I hated you so much, I wanted nothing more than revenge,” he explained.“Your revenge was making out with guys in front of me?” she asked, still confused.“Necessary sacrifices. It was all. While she was in the bathroom I reserved theater tickets for the early showing of West Side Story that evening.I paid for lunch with my own money. When Laura complained, saying she intended to pay for everything, I told her I had been saving my money.There were very few cars on the streets on this Sunday afternoon. We strolled around the city and found a park where people were playing games after picnicking.We sat on a bench and watched a softball game for awhile. That is when I told Laura.