216: Bonding Journey

LOGAN

I looked over the schedule for the thousandth time to make sure everything was in place.

The itinerary for an entire day of dates with Scarlett was staring back at me as I nervously paced from one end of my office to another. I hoped that everything would be to her taste and that we’d find something meaningful to bond over.

But first, I had to figure out how to ask her out on a date without scaring her off.

“Scarlett, would you do me the honor of….” I groaned, pressing a palm against my face as I realized how overly formal that was.

“Uh, hey there,” I wore on a practiced smile, “how about an entire day of dates together this weekend? You down?”

I cringed at the poor delivery and the fact that it seemed nonchalant and lacking in the enthusiasm that I’d have loved it to convey.

“If you’re free tomorrow, how about we spend the day together?” I sighed, unsure what was still missing asides how I was stuttering like an idiot.

“Scarlett, can we maybe sp—”

“A simple ‘wanna hang?’ text w