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After a few seconds of looking anywhere but at me, she lifts her chin and hesitantly meets my eyes “What is this, Riley?”

I’m confused “What is what?”

She throws her ars “This! All of this! Happy hour at the Heathain when you knoit up with one ofunder a blanket? And the hot chocolate? You kno hts and you took it a step further by spiking it with theall of this? These are all very date-like activities Like, best date ever activities!”

“Your point being?”

“This isn’t a date, Riley!” she shouts, garnering the attention of some bystanders

r />I usher her to so water nearby to drown out our conversation “Why isn’t this a date? Especially considering the fact that you want this night to end with a very good date-like activity”

She huffs and sits down on the steps “It can’t be a date Dates open the door to possibilities Possibilities that you and I don’t have”

I sit down next to her and grab her hand “Dev, I know that You know that I’ht that you’ll ree when I was planning it because I know you so well” I grin “Like I said earlier, you should never settle I just don’t want you to look back on this night years from now and feel like you settled That’s all this is I promise”

She offers me a small smile “Really?”

I nod my head “Really”

DEVYN

OH MY GOD, I am throay off balance from that kiss! I always knew Riley and I had cheot a little taste involcanic! Riley offers his hand which I accept after only a brief hesitation As he starts leading me across the square I ask, “What now?”

He points to the tall white building on the corner “Look carefully up on top of that building Do you see those people looking over the ledge?”

“Yeah What’s up there?”

“It’s a restaurant,” he replies “On the roof, anyway The space in between that and Macy’s is a hotel I figured we could get so downstairs to our room”