'You had girls crawling all over you in high school, and now you have to turn to your best friend just to get a date who probably isn't even gonna show!!! Some stud you turned out to be!,' he mentally abuses himself, wondering how he got to this point in his life.

Ten minutes later a beautiful full-breasted blonde woman dressed in a red dress approaches his table and speaks.

"Excuse me- are you Tony?" the woman asks.

"Yes, yes I am. Are you Laura?" he replies looking into her baby blue eyes, relieved that she was here and very attractive.

"Yes, that's me." she confirms as Tony stands and offers her his seat.

"Please, have a seat- I've been uhh... Keeping it warm for you," 'For nearly an hour!' he adds under his breath.

"What?"

"Err... I said it's nice to meet you Laura Bower," he covers, glad that her name rhymes with "hour."

"Oh, well I'm glad to meet you, too," she says sitting down at the booth.

"Thank you," Anthony says politely, waiting for his date to sit and then he himself sits down.

"So..." begins Tony.

"So..." echoes the lovely blonde.

"Sigh. I'm sorry... This is really... Awkward. I've never done anything like this before," states Anthony with a nervous smile.

"Yeah, me neither. It's definitely... Different," agrees Laura.

"Ummm... Well you really look... Nice," he says lamely.

"Ummm... Thanks. I'm sorry I was late, but the babysitter didn't get to my house until--" ......(cont)