I had to keep my eyes on the road, soI glanced at Emily, who was grinning again."Don't look at me, cowboy, you said you could handle this one."I rolle...d my eyes and pulled over to the side of the road. I turned around totalk to Sweetie. "Okay, okay. It'll be all right, Sweetie. We're doing this for your own safety."She sniffled softly, and then looked up at me with some serious Bambi eyes. "Don't you think I'm sexy?" What?" You don't think I'm sexy!" With that, she burst completely into. I can?t explain. ?Umm, sure,? I say, thinking why did I say that! ?Maybe, that sounds like fun.??Good, it?s a date.? He winks and takes the transaction receipt from my trembling hand. A date? He didn?t say when or anything. Was it just an expression? Did he really mean a date date?Ugggh!!I stand there, speechless, until old Mr. Kirkpatrick wakes me out of my daze with his social security check. ?Hey there pretty little lady,? he says, eyes twinkling. ?Do you have to be a stud to make a. "I knew Mom's number, so Bob called. He introduced himself as "a friend of Janet and Toro." We could hear Mom laugh even through the phone. He explained about the dancing and asked her if she thought Henry's dad and she might be interested.He listened a few more seconds then wiggled his eyebrows at us. "She's asking him. They're at lunch -- together." We girls went, "Ooooo."He listened again and apparently they were interested. "The next get-together is tonight, my house, around 7:00.. I enjoyed seeing him and talking, but since he'd never asked me out I assumed he wasn't interested. I smiled and greeted him as he came through the doors. He smiled back as he came over to the desk."How can I help you today?" In my head I was thinking about how he could help me. His smile all but dazzled as he asked me about a particular book, leaning against the counter with his head cocked at just the right angle to look up at me through those long, thick lashes.I looked up the book in.