"So, how was the date?" I ask Charlotte the moment I'm seated in my spot.
"It could have been worse." She replies without taking her eyes off her computer.
"I take it that you like him?"
"Like him? I just met him. All I know is that I don't dislike him."
"And?"
"And I'm going on another date with him tonight. He got two tickets to a baseball game." She looks at me, shaking her head. "I hate baseball."
"Then why are you going with him? You could have said no."
"I couldn't. He's like a puppy. You can't say no to him. He's so nice and so humble, and he's a total gentleman. I've been into jerks for so long that I gasped when he opened the door for me."
I nod slowly.
"You two are going to make a great couple."
"Don't say that! He's too nice for me. That's boring."
"You'd rather cr
