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straight brown hair and twisted it around the hot curling iron. She watched as loose, fat curls fell around her face. She added a shiny gloss to her lips and puckered.
    “Tay, are you almost ready?” Katherine shouted.
    “Ready when you are.”
    They headed out of the building and into the still evening air. Giant trees lined the pathway, leading them away from campus. The small one-story brick restaurant sat nestled between two larger, more contemporary buildings.
    “You know they wanted to pick us up, right?”
    Katherine perked up, “No. Did you tell them they couldn’t?”
    “I told them that we could walk. Plus, we’re not going to be able to for long. We actually have winter in this state.”
    “That cold, huh?” Katherine asked concerned.
    “Oh yeah. You’ll probably die.”
    Katherine gave Taylor a shove, “You suck.”
    The restaurant was owned by an older Italian gentleman, in every sense of the word, named Dominic. Every time the girls walked in, he would greet them with hugs and kisses on each cheek and say, “Ciao, bella,” which meant, “Hello, beautiful.”
    Every so often he would slip and speak to them excitedly in his native tongue, forgetting that the girls had no idea what he was saying. Katherine always loved when he did that because she thought the language was so beautiful.
    When they walked through the door, the guys were already there. Dominic saw them and his eyes lit up. He hustled right over and greeted them with his usual flair. He spoke in his accented English that the girls had grown to adore. “You two are here-ah with the boys in the corner, si? They look-ah like perfecto gentlemen.”
    “Si!” Taylor said back. “You know Dominic, you really should teach us more Italian so we can sound just as sexy as you do when you speak.”
    The old man blushed and hustled the girls over toward their table, “Stop it, bella. You make-ah old man feel silly.”
    “Awwww, Dom. You know we love you!” Katherine said, giving him an extra tight squeeze.
    “You girls ah...are the best. You both look fantastico tonight! Have-ah fun.” He put his two fingers and his thumb to his lips and kissed them as if the girls were a perfect dish he had just created for royalty.
    Katherine couldn’t help but notice how Cooper’s eyes lit up at the sight of her. She wondered if she’d ever get used to the way he looked at her and then she secretly hoped she wouldn’t.
    It didn’t escape her that he made her feel things too. For example, from the moment she looked over and saw his face, she hadn’t been able to stop smiling. And she started to get that familiar feeling she got whenever she was near Cooper Donovan. Her pulse raced and her heart felt like it was going to beat out of her chest. If her body told her anything, it was that it really liked this Cooper character.
    Danny hopped out of the booth as Taylor jumped into his arms and wrapped her legs around his waist in the sweetest display of bear-hug and affection Katherine had ever seen. Everyone in the restaurant turned to stare, but the couple didn’t seem to notice or care. They gave each other a kiss before Danny gently placed Taylor’s feet back on the restaurant floor.
    “My lady,” Danny said with a bow as he directed her to get into the booth.
    “Kind sir,” Taylor responded with flair as she scooted in.
    Katherine moved into the booth so that Taylor was on her left and Cooper was on her right.
    “Your hair looks really pretty,” Cooper admired her curls and Katherine blushed.
    “Thanks,” she replied as calmly as she could.
    Cooper looked at her and smiled. Every time she looked into his green eyes, she felt herself unable to look away. She couldn’t help it, though. They were easy to get lost in. She focused mostly on the one with the speck in it. “ Maybe that’s his only flaw ,” she thought to herself.
    “Are we going to eat or are you two just going to stare into each other’s eyes all night?” Taylor