...lips as she sips from the wine glass. The berry colored lipstick shimmers in the candle's glow. I give myself a mental shake and try to focus on the night ahead.

"Where would you like to go this evening? We could go dancing if you like? Or, I know how sweetly you sing -- we could do karao---"

"SHHHHH!" She hisses and places her long, slender forefinger on my lips. Before I can react, it's gone. "Don't say that out loud. He is the AllFather, after all! And you know how he gets when he brings that crazy machine out, " she says as she rolls her beautiful green eyes. "We keep trying to tell him that we've had the latest in technology installed -- with backgrounds and video capture capability, but he still insists on carrying that silly machine around.... Anyway, I'm not sure what I'd like to do yet. How bout we see where dinner takes us? You are saving room for dessert, aren't you?" She lifts her perfectly manicured brow and slowly smiles one of the sexiest smiles I've ever seen.

"Oh yeah," I think, "I am definitely saving room for dessert."