{Today wasn't a date}

" What's your definition of a date, then? "
" A planned event where one person asked the other in advance and pays for the whole thing. "
" Fine. Tonight, I'm taking you to dinner. You're going to wear a nice shirt and pants, and afterwards we're going for a walk. I'll pick you up at  7. Be ready."

He had never been picked up for a date before. They had Chinese food in a candlelit restaurant. She ordered for the both of them. Walking along the path in the Arboretum afterward she hopped onto a park bench to meet his height. He went for a kiss, and missed. She blushed, and kept walking.