No, but I think you both love each other a lot and you basically live with her lately. Yes I do; so you would be ok if I married her? Yes, I like her ...nd I think both of you would be good for each other. Let me help you clean up and then I started my packing for the trip. Had a quick shower and made a call to Maria then off to bed.I woke up as I did my normal routine gym, shower, breakfast, and off to the store. I finished up some paperwork, bills, and reviewed the new beach store lease. I. She smiled and looked around the cafe. Another girl was also with them. I didn't ask her name and she didn't volunteer it.Alex ordered drinks for all of them and got me another beer. I noticed that Dan wasn't drinking, he only had Pepsi and the bottle was un-opened. They got up to dance while the waiter brought their drinks over. He nodded at me and I knew he'd done what he was paid to do. I smiled myself as I sat back to watch their last dance.You really couldn't call it dancing exactly. When. ‘When can I see you again?’?????!!!!???? What a lame-ass thing to say!!! He was like an insecure teenager all over again!!The pattern continued for a couple of months. They would have a date, he’d get a kiss at the end, but that was it.In the meantime, Nicole was trying her best not to say anything to him at school, but he got the feeling that she and her friends were laughing at him whenever he saw them.Whatever happened to the 3 date rule, he found himself wondering.And why did he keep coming. ’ The answer brought a round of laughter from the class. Everyone but Abigail, who scoffed openly and rolled her eyes. Mike turned to stare at the girl who had answered. Julie Winters was a slender girl with long black hair and enchanting dark eyes. Enchanting, but cold. Her father owned the biggest bank in town and her mother was a well-known beauty and a stuck-up socialite. Julie was on the short side, at five-foot-two, but her face could have graced the cover of any teen’s or woman’s.