" Have you tried asking her out on a date?" Not yet, I'm scared she'll say 'no'." If you don't ask, you won't get." I guess so," I sighed.Laura survey...ed the party debris. "I'm tired. Why don't we shove the leftover food in the fridge then leave the rest until morning." Are you staying another night? I thought you might want to get home." I meant it when I said I've enjoyed staying here. I haven't seen Scott the whole time. And although I enjoy my own place, it can be a bit cold at this time of. Mark picked up another avocado and started preparing it. He looked over at her and said, “We would have to start with a southern cuisine and slowly evolve it into something unique for the area. I figure it would take a couple of years to establish a good consistent customer base. Our first set of clients would probably be lawyers, doctors, and politicians. It would be a while before we’d pick up the old money crowd.”Molly picked up the fourth avocado and went to work on it. She was silent while. We had lunch just about every day after that, many times she would cook us a nice meal from home and bring it for lunch. Before long we were hugging after lunch and holding hands like two kids. It was fun. A while after that came a big day in our friendship. Sandra, ask me to her house for a family cook out. Most of her family would be there and she said she waited to show me off. ‘ Show me off?’ I thought, ‘ She must like me.’ It was a real hot Texas day with the threat of bad storms later. Nor was I idle in petting her.Whenever I took a breath to say something, she captured my mouth in another kiss. We were lost in each other. When Andi pushed me away firmly, I thought we were ready to return to cautious reality.“Dag, Cali is spending the night at Alex’s house. Will you stay with me tonight? Please.”“Andi…” It was what I wanted more than anything, and still I was so afraid that our relationship wasn’t ready. “Andi, are you sure? Once we do this we can’t go back. I love you.