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leave.”
    I could tell by Jake’s surly
expression, he didn’t like where I was taking this conversation. I
personally enjoyed it. “Don’t get me going on our third date to
Santa Barbara that ended before it even started. And last night,
you left me stranded before dinner was served. Although I think we
did manage to spend an entire three hours together. That’s a
record, you know.”
    “What about all the times I come by,
call, or text you?”
    “Are you kidding me? The last time you
came by my house, you got mad at me and left in the middle of
dinner.”
    “I apologized about that,” he defended
himself.
    “You did, but only after you realized
you were in trouble because I wouldn’t answer your calls or your
texts. You can be such a five-year-old at times,” I teased him.
“And as for your calls and texts, you call from the hospital and
have to hang up within minutes. Your texts look like an
hour-by-hour hospital itinerary. How did you ever have a
relationship with this schedule? Does your hospital have no other
doctors but yourself?”
    I shook my head and chuckled. Time was
a limited and precious commodity with Jake. We had never really
spent any quality time together, and we shared very few meals in
their entirety. Jake stayed quiet for a while and looked to be
thinking over our exchange. He turned his head toward me as if to
retort but stopped himself.
    “So, you see why I’m so excited to
spend this whole day with you?” I put my hand over his sitting on
the armrest. He turned his palm up and interlocked our
fingers.
    “OK. I get your point. I already feel
very close to you, but you apparently need more convincing. That
will be my mission today. Ask me whatever you like. I’ll answer all
your questions.”
    As we drove up the 5 Freeway, I did my
best to get some answers. “Burbank airport, huh? Could we be flying
to San Francisco? It couldn’t be Seattle, that’s a bit too far for
a day trip. Any hints?” He wouldn’t budge. “Aw, come on. I thought
you said you would be answering all my questions.”
    “Not a chance,” he said with a sly
grin. “You’ll have to wait till we get there.”
    “OK, so here’s something about me you
don’t know. I don’t like surprises. I like everything planned out,
and I prefer to do the planning.”
    “Control freak.”
    Laughing, I answered, “I know, but I
can’t help it.” Slowly I counted to five and then begged, “Please?
Just a teeny tiny hint?”
    Nothing worked till I started slowly
working my lips from his neck up to his ear. “Are you sure you
can’t give me a hint?” My poor attempt as a seductress
worked…well.
    “You’re not playing fair.” His body
froze and the car started slowing down. “You need to stop before we
get into an accident. I’ll tell you once we get to the airport. I
promise.”
    We parked the car in the long-term lot
and got on the bus headed toward the terminal.
    “So, where are we going? You promised
to tell me,” I whined.
    Jake grabbed me by the waist and
pulled me in to him. “Where have all the kisses gone?” he asked
while practicing the same moves I played on him in the car. Heading
into terminal three bound for San Francisco, he didn’t have to
answer after all.
    As soon as we got on the plane, a
nervous thought ran through my mind. “You don’t have to go in to
work today, do you? They can’t make you come back from San
Francisco, or worse yet, find you an operation to perform up in San
Francisco?”
    This time, Jake shook his head and
laughed. “Does my job make you that nervous?”
    “Yup. I think I’m going to reconsider
dating a doctor—or at least I’m going to date a doctor who doesn’t
ever have any emergencies.” I peeked over to see his expression. It
didn’t change.
    “Yeah? What kind of doctor would that
be?”
    “Maybe a dermatologist or perhaps a
podiatrist.” I knew this would bother Jake, as a podiatrist was
vying for my attention when Jake and I started