Was bringing Hana all the way to Barcelona necessary? Probably not. However, it does ensure complete privacy. Well, it is privacy because no one we know is here. There won’t be any chance of some unwanted interruption from friends, family, students, or faculty. Also, I wanted to take her to dinner; I didn’t want a lunch date. A lunch date is something you do with friends or people you aren’t interested in. While I’m still uncertain about the depth or label of my interest, I can say for certain it’s not friendship. In my long life, I haven’t wanted to do even half the things I want to do to Hana with a platonic friend. Thus, it felt like a waste of a date with Hana to take her to some local restaurant for lunch. Traveling to Barcelona wasn’t strictly to impress her; I was craving some paella, too. Dinner conversation was expected. We could discuss anything but my friends and our interest in her. I don’t want to lie, but I cannot tell her about the bet. If I breathe a word of the bet,
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