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at his phone for five minutes, he gave up, sensing defeat. She would probably avoid the coffee shop now in order to dodge him.
    He pulled out of the lot and drove back to school. Although he didn’t have class this afternoon, he could get some studying in before rehearsal. As he walked through the doors to the library, his phone buzzed.
    I’d love to.
    His heart lurched into his throat. She hadn’t dodged him. She wanted to go out on a date. He couldn’t believe his eyes.
    After checking the number to make sure it was, in fact, from Samantha, he responded: Brilliant!
    She wouldn’t get the Doctor Who reference, but it was confident. Then he added, I’ll call you tomorrow and we’ll figure out details.
    Sitting down in a study nook, he realized that he wouldn’t be focusing on books at all. His brain raced with ideas for dates. He needed it to be perfect.

Chapter 4
    S am stood in front of the mirror and scooped her hair up, then let it fall again around her shoulders. She turned from side to side. Glancing down at her jeans, she had no idea if she was dressed okay for her date with Free. He’d said to dress casual, but then added something about wearing clothes she wouldn’t care about getting messy. He wouldn’t tell her what the date entailed, though.
    He seemed really nervous the couple of times they talked, so she didn’t press him. She was happy that he’d used her number to ask her out. When they left each other at the coffee shop, she’d been worried that he wasn’t going to call. With a quick swipe of lip gloss, she decided that her outfit would have to do. If Free showed up wearing something fancier, she could change.
    The phone rang, and the doorman let her know Free was here. She told him to send Free up. She snapped a hair tie on her wrist in case she needed to put her hair up later and waited nervously by the door. She couldn’t remember the last time she’d been this anxious over a date.
    Maybe it was because Free seemed so different from the guys she usually dated. While Jess had been right in thinking she sometimes chose guys who would make her dad crazy, they had mostly been of the bad boy variety. Free didn’t fit that mold at all. Although she didn’t know much about him, she knew he was sweet.
    Any guy who would dress up in crazy costumes to help his brother had to be nice. And given the costumes he’d chosen, he must’ve been a geek of the highest order. He dressed as characters she’d barely heard of.
    When the elevator dinged, she opened her door to look for him. She didn’t know what she’d expected, but he managed to surprise her. He got off the elevator carrying a bouquet of roses. From what she could see under his plain jacket, he appeared to be wearing normal jeans, which didn’t tell her much because he also wore the same red Converses he’d worn when he was Doctor Who.
    He looked up and when their eyes met, his face broke into a wide smile. “Hi.”
    â€œHi. I hope you didn’t have a hard time finding the place.”
    â€œNope. Your directions were excellent. I actually don’t live too far from here.” He held out the bouquet. “These are for you.”
    She accepted them and brought them to her face for a deep sniff. “Thank you. They’re beautiful.” She took a step back into her apartment. “Come in.”
    He followed her and closed the door behind him.
    â€œI’ll put these in water.” As she moved around the kitchen, she continued to talk. “You still haven’t said where we’re going, so I hope I’m dressed okay.”
    He strode into the kitchen with his jacket open. He, too, wore a T-shirt with his jeans. His dark blue T-shirt read H ERMITS U NITE ! in white letters.
    â€œInteresting shirt. Are you sure it’s all right to leave your cave to be out in public?”
    He ran a hand over the front of his shirt.