[ They didn't normally bother her. It was more the knowledge that the second she stepped away from him, she'd immediately be replaced by two or three other women vying to take her place. It wasn't the kind of thing that made for a decent date. ]

I'm going to ignore that comment for your sake. [ She shook her head with a brief laugh, giving it some consideration before she shrugged. ] Nothing fancy. Movies, dinner, dancing, drinking, the beach... sometimes even bowling.

[ She gave him an amused look out of the corner of her eye. ] Sometimes they were just nights in with takeout and a movie or whatever else was on television.