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fine,” she nodded.

    As they walked down the street in silence, Melanie took in her surroundings. She’d walked the city of Boston many times in her life. After all, it was practically her backyard growing up. But, it seemed that she was looking at it with new eyes as she made her way through it with Austin. She looked up just in time to see a marquee advertising that the new opera house would be opening next week. Austin noticed her change in demeanor.

    “Do you like the opera?” he smiled at her.

    “Oh I love it,” she gushed. “I haven’t been in a long time,” she added, actually starry-eyed as she looked at the sign. Austin made a mental note to look up more info on the opera house in the near future. This would make a great second date he thought. He realized that the more he learned about this remarkable woman as he spent time with her, the more he liked about her.

    “Do you?” she brought him out of his reverie.

    “Do I what?” he cocked his head.

    “Like the opera?” she questioned.

    “Never been,” he shrugged. “Can’t say that I wouldn’t though,” he glanced at her. “What you like and don’t like has more to do with who is with you than the actual activity,” he smiled.

    She blushed , knowing that he meant by going with her, he might like it.

    He pointed to the far left, “Now Fenway Park, that’s more my activity.”

    She smiled, “What is it with men and sports?”

    “Like I said, it’s more about who you’re enjoying it with,” he reached over and clasped her hand in his interlacing their fingers. “Hannah and I try to catch as many games as we can. This year’s been a rough year for the Sox so, I can’t say that we’ve been to too many games.” he laughed. “Now that she’s older, she seems to be less interested in sports anyway. Playing soccer at St. Vincent’s is about all she wants to do other than hang out with Katie.”

    Once they had reached the park, he guided her through the front gates. There was a paved path that went around a small lake. Austin pointed to the path, “Wanna take this?”

    “Sure,” she glanced at him.

    By this time the sun had set and the sky was beginning to darken. There were stars dotting the sky and a slight breeze blew through the trees.

    “It’s so beautiful out here,” she mused. “You’d never know that beauty like this exists in such a busy city.”

    “No you wouldn’t,” he mumbled as he stared down at her.

    She glanced up at him and noticed that he wasn’t looking at the stars or their surroundings, but at her. She smiled slightly to herself as she wondered what he was thinking about. It had been so long since a man looked at her the way that he was at that moment. Sean would often get that dreamy look, but she felt like it’d been so long she wasn’t sure if she could still read a man’s thoughts the way she used to be able to. As another breeze blew through, Melanie shivered slightly. Austin happened to notice and removed his jacket.

    “Here,” he placed the jacket around her shoulders and rubbed up and down her arms. “Better?”

    She smiled, “Yes, thank you.”

    “No problem,” he placed his arm around her shoulders and the two continued walking.

    As she snuggled down into his jacket, she closed her eyes and reveled in the smell of his cologne. It smelled slightly spicy and woodsy, manly like him. She had been wrestling with her feelings all night. It felt like she was betraying Sean for having these feelings for another man, but at the same time she knew that he would want her to be happy. She felt Austin bring them to a halt, and she opened her eyes. There was a small gazebo up ahead with couples dancing. A small band was set up in the gazebo with their instrument cases open to collect tips.

    Austin glanced down at her, “I’m not much of a dancer, but would you like to?”

    She smiled at him, “I’d love to.”

    Austin pulled her onto the grass near the group of people, and