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He showed up at the Kravitz house ten ht hi He didn&039;t want to look too eager, though, so he walked around the block a couple of ti the bell Then it occurred to hi around and wondered what he was doing

He was nervous Brent wasn&039;t sure why, exactly, but so about this - this date - had hi a little He pressed the doorbell again and heard it ring inside the house, but still nobody answered

Which justhad coht, he thought, which would be okay, honestly He took out his cell phone and started to dial her nuot into his phone book when the door opened

"Hi," Dana said

Brent had no idea what to say in response

She was beautiful She was always beautiful, even in the casual clothesa dress, a short black dress with a scoop neck, and she had just a littleIt fell in dark waves across her cheeks and it swung from side to side as she turned to look up the street

"There&039;s a van following you," she said

Brent spun around and saw a newsvan creeping up the street toward hier side , focusing on him

"You&039;d better come inside," Dana told him

She lead him into a foyer full of dark wood furniture All of it was polished and the glass and ht of Mandy Hunt&039;s house, which was immaculately clean and tastefully decorated but in the end just felt sterile and unlived-in This was so else He felt like he&039;d stepped back a century into a e Dana&039;s family had money, he knew that Brent&039;s family didn&039;t - at theby on money from Dad&039;s life insurance policy It was hard not to feel like he&039;d co to eat in the kitchen, if that&039;s alright The dining rooh" She turned and smiled at him over her shoulder "I hope you&039;ll like what I ht And then realized he hadn&039;t said anything yet

"You look gorgeous," he said, which sounded stupid when it cah, and it aret a suntan just fro off her perfect teeth

She lead hier than he&039;d expected but at least the furniture didn&039;t look like it cost e fund There was a siht-backed chairs Two plates were already laid out with silverware and cloth napkins Too much silverware, it looked like There were three forks - what did you need three forks for?

"Aren&039;t your parents going to eat with us?" Brent asked, when he&039;d processed the fact there were only two plates

"Oh, no," she said, and her eyes were very wide "You didn&039;t think - " She recovered herself "Brent," she said, "this is a date They were kind enough to go out for the evening so we could be alone"

"Oh," he said

He sat down and she served him a salad - that hat the first fork was for The salad was delicately dressed and full of fresh vegetables It was at that point he realized that he wasn&039;t hungry at all

"This is really nice," he said, and pushed a forkful of reens and chopped mushrooms in his mouth He cheith detero to all this trouble, though"

"It was no trouble, believeher fork in the air "We have a cook who coave her an extra twenty dollars this week and she whipped all this up Anyway, I really did want to thank you for saving me When I was in your ar her, "that you were in any danger Really I just didn&039;t want to take the chance"

She took a drink of water and studied him across the table "You would have done it for anyone, is that hoorks? Anybody in trouble? Why is that? What makes you want to save people? It&039;s not like they&039;d do the say "Sorry, that&039;s a weird question, I guess"

"No," he said "No" She got up and removed his salad plate - and his fork - and replaced it with his main course, a salmon filet in a creamy dill sauce "It&039;s just couess I feel I have a responsibility to use theood My dad, you see - "