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retail? With your personality and talent you should be doing something else. And by what I can tell from the short amount of time I’ve known you, you seem pretty intelligent.”
    “She’s actually a writer!” Alyssa piped in. “She wants to write… Ouch!” Sunny kicked Alyssa under the table, cutting her short. Gabe looked curiously at Alyssa.
    “You write? What do you-”
    Sunny cut him off, “I don’t know how you can tell I’m intelligent. I have barely been able to form two proper sentences since you first spoke to me.” Unfortunately he didn’t realize that this subject made her just as uncomfortable as the previous one. And Sunny didn’t want him to know that she wrote screenplays. She didn’t want him to think that she was interested in him for what he could do for her career.
    He smiled at that. “Trust me I can tell. Plus, stupid people don’t have a whole lot going on behind the eyes. Like it’s all blank in there, or something. There’s a whole lot of thought going on behind your eyes. It has me dying to figure out just what you’re thinking. Though, I think I already know.”
    “I hope not.” Sunny looked down at her pint glass, trying to be more interested in the condensation sliding down the sides. She felt like she was all of a sudden under a microscope.
    Gabe reached his hand out and his thumb caressed a path down the side of Sunny’s cheek. When he reached her chin, he tipped her face up to his forcing her to look at him once again. “Sunny, you’re like an open book. And I already know the story. But I want to read it anyway.”
    Well….shit! That had to be the most amazing line she’d ever heard. Hands down! He couldn’t be serious. He looked serious. He was also an amazing actor. But why take the time out to bamboozle her . She was no one. This was all so confusing.
    Sunny’s friends were no help. They were completely silent. Their heads were moving back and forth, like they were watching a tennis match. Their mouths hanging open in wonder. She hoped they all had a bug fly in their mouths.
    Feeling uncomfortable with the whole situation she stood up. “I think I need another beer. I’ll be right back.”
    She quickly made her way towards the bar. A large hand on her arm stopped her as she stepped through the doorway. She looked up to see Gabe’s face filled with worry as he pulled her towards a quiet corner. “Hey, are you alright? Did I say something to upset you?”
    Closing her eyes and taking a deep breath Sunny went for it. “Look, I don’t think it’s a good idea for us to go on that date Friday.”
    “And why not?”
    “Because I don’t like being made a fool of, that’s why!” Gesturing from his head to his toes and back again. “And because you’re…you.” Then sweeping her hands from her head to toes in disgust, “And I’m this! Guys that look like you don’t look at girls like me. And those are guys that aren’t even famous, with ladies lined up around the corner waiting for even a passing glance to tell their friends about. I don’t know why you’ve taken an interest in me. Isn’t there some smokin’ hot actress or supermodel you should be dating? Because this”, she waved her hand between the two of them, “is bound to end in disaster.”
    “You don’t see yourself very clearly, do you?”
    “No, that’s where you’re wrong Gabriel. I see myself very clearly. A face that can pass for pretty and a chubby body with a fan-freakin-tastic personality. But it’s when I look at myself through a man’s eyes, that it all becomes glaringly clear. ‘Fun to flirt with and make a couple of harmless passes at, but when it comes down to who I want on my arm in public, only a walking talking Barbie doll will do.’”
      His jaw was clenched and ticked as if in anger. “You’re comparing me to a bunch of blind insecure douchebags! I have a mind to kiss you senseless just to show you how desirable you are.” She opened her mouth to protest, but