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Because there stands Lance, in front of theoverlooking Carl Schurz Park I didn’t spot him at first because it was dark, but I see him quite clearly now

He’s standing next to a table with two glasses of chane and the bottle in a chilled ice bucket Next to the bottle and ice bucket is aan assortment of delectable iterapes, mini-quiche

I gasp

“Happy birthday, Jocelyn,” he says, taking a glass and walking up to me

I hadn’t expected this

I hadn’t expected anything

“How did you know?” I lass “I never told you”

I can se, hard body as he stands next toa sip

“Coure, I looked you up on Wikipedia,” he says to me with a smirk

I blush I don’t knohat to say What does a girl say in this instance?

“Oh?” I e, completely off balance “And do you Wikipedia everyone you know?”

Lance shrugs I was curious

That’s it Myat a mile a minute

Why did he look upwith me was appropriate? Could he be interested in me?

Well, of course, he must be interested inon his lap Making a fool of myself