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Friday, want to go tonight?” She tried to sound as nonchalant as she could despite the fact she was nervous.
                  “You read my mind doll.” Torrian chuckled and his smile made his eyes twinkle and Gwen’s heart skipped a beat, damn he could use that smile as a weapon.
                  “I don’t like to be called doll, anything but that.”
                  Torrian’s look went from jubilant to serious in the matter of a half-second and he nodded solemnly. “Okay Gwen, no doll, what time do you want me to pick you up?” Torrian was already back to his normal happy self by the end of the sentence.
                  Gwen looked at her wristwatch, she estimated the time it would take her to shower, dress, do her hair, and makeup. “I can be ready in two hours if you want?”
                  “Great I can be ready in one and buy the movie tickets and make reservations for dinner.”
                  The old tug, as Gwen called it in her mind signaled they were docking at the shore on the main land, Steilacoom was just as beautiful as always. The two walked off the dock to Gwen’s car; Torrian kept even closer than he usually did his hand accidentally brushing hers as they walked towards her car, his happy mood contagious. Gwen felt the stress of the day, the stress of Kody melt away from her. The back of his hand kept caressing hers, it was warm to the touch and very comforting. Torrian helped Gwen load her case files and as a gentleman he opened her car door for her as well
    His arms to stop her, she slammed on the breaks and he walked forward to her.
                  “I need your address.”.
                  “I’ll see you in two hours then.” The smile was surely a weapon now.
                  “Yes Torrian,” Gwen looked at her watch. “Eight P.M. sharp.”
                  “Strict on the time, I like that.” He grinned more.
                  Gwen closed her car door with a soft laugh and waved to Torrian and started driving before Torrian waved.
                  “Oh…” Gwen jotted down her address for him on a page from her legal pad in the front seat and handed it to him.
                  “Not too far from me, I’ll see you,” he tapped the side of her car and walked to his own, heading out in the opposite direction.

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
    CHAPTER seven
     
     
    Gwen was driving home when she remembered it was Friday, spaghetti dinner with her parents night. She sent her mom a text even more thankful that she picked up the habit from being around the younger generation. She picked her words carefully.
    Hey Mom, I have to cancel my seat at dinner.
    I know short notice, very rude. I have a date.
    Xoxo Gwen
                  Gwen plugged in her phone and went to shower and get ready for her date. By the time she got out of the shower her phone was chirping with reply from her mother. Gwen smiled and looked at it.
    OH MY STARS CHILD TELL ME
    ABOUT THIS MAN IS HE HOT?
    WHERE DID YOU MEET HIM?
    DON’T WORRY ABOUT DINNER
    USE A CONDOM!!
    HAVE FUN- MOM
                  She turned from her phone to let it sit and her mom wonder about the man that was taking her daughter out to dinner. Gwen’s blonde locks tried to rebel, but thanks to some well place products and persistence her hair behaved and laid correctly, loose waves of blonde curls cascaded down her back, her makeup was soft and subtle. She wondered if this was correct for a date. She really hadn’t been on a date for quite some time. She decided on some liquid eyeliner for a more dramatic look. Last came the hard part, choosing an outfit.
                  “Why must it be so hard to be a woman?” Gwen grumbled loudly, Mr. Whiskers the cat sprung onto the bed just at that time with a mew, his own two cents on his friend talking to