"Dave have you ever seen a sight as beautiful as this!" Jade said with an awe as the sun was setting over the ocean, but Dave's eyes weren't looking across the sea, as he got closer to the pier his gaze stood fixed on her, he felt a slight tap against his hand as his knuckle grazed the metal support he stopped and started to lean on the rail as well, with his eyes still fixated on her, he notice that the sunset made her skin glow with the same color that it was reflecting off the sea, his heart raced with excitement, Dave was carefully trying to put his words together so he wouldn't sound as if he was already head over heels for her.

The only words that seemed to be repeating in his mind where, I see a sight like this every day when I'm close to you, yet those words where caught in his throat, he knew that words like that would be too soon for a situation like this, instead he turned his sights towards the sunset, "You know it looks a lot better when you see it early in the morning."

"Oh really now Strider?" Jade asked, as she turn towards him she was really token back by how close he was to her, since the windows where down while they were driving, she didn't really smell the scent on him, as she continue to smell him, she notice that he smelt of dew and oak wood, as if Dave was the embodiment of a forest, it was strong enough that it drown out the smell of the ocean but it was not too strong that it burned her nostrils, but before she was completely immerse with just his smell she regrouped back to his statement, "I really didn't take you as a morning person."

"Well, when you are up late trying to compose a really good song, sometimes you lose track of time and when you go home and see that sun greet you over the sea, it makes you feel the energy rush back to you." Dave looked down to see Jade gazing into his sunglasses, he had to use every ounce of his will power to hold back the urge to just kiss her, he had to think of something to distract his primal instinct.

"It really makes you feel like doing naked yoga." He said in a jokily manner, and now she thinks you are a pervert Dave thought, while he was waiting for some sort of sign of disgust or for her to turn and run, yet he was replied with a laughter, he was happy that she understood his joke and was relieved that she didn't take offence to that.

Although Jade was really caught off guard by his joke, it still make her happy that he was still relaxed around her, "Well then that must be a true sight to behold, just you in your birthday suit doing many unique and questionable poses." Jade didn't want Dave to know that she was imagining him in all his glory in a downward dog pose.

Dave then placed a hand over his chest with a rather shocked looked on his face, "How dare you, I would have you know that I am a trained professional when it comes to yoga, and I wouldn't dare impose such positions that would be questionable." Dave tried to sound as snobbish as possible and flashed Jade a quick smile.

Jade couldn't help but smile at that, Jade let out a giggle as she then place her hands together in a prayer like fashion and closed her eyes, "Oh great yoga teacher, please forgive my insolence for questioning your poses." Jade then opened up her left eye to take a peek at Dave as he started to cross his arms, and lifted his chin to make it seem that he was overlooking her.

They both stood there for a few seconds before bursting into a loud laughter, they both stopped as Eridan walked out the door holding two glasses and two bottles of wine, "It seems that we are short on staff and tonight I will be your waiter, I do apologize was I interrupting something?" he said slightly annoyed.

Both Dave and Jade looked at each other before Dave turned to Jade, "Shall we sit down now and continue our discussion there?" And before Jade could give Dave an answer, he began to make his way towards the table and pulled out a chair for her, Jade was still thinking about Dave's gesture and made her way towards her chair, as she sat down, Dave pushed in her chair and made his way towards his own and slowly sliding into his seat.

As Eridan made his way towards the table he straighten up his back and gave them a cheesy smile, Eridan placed down both glasses before presenting both bottle of wines, "Here we have our two recommend wines for you, here for our red wine we have Petite Sirah, a wine that really embraces a dark mocha with a multitude of spices in its taste." Eridan then placed the bottle onto the table before presenting the other bottle of wine with him, "And here we have for our white wine a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, which is a wine that really gives off a strong scent of lemongrass and leaves a smooth citrus taste with it." Eridan placed the other bottle of wine on the table.

Jade began to eye both bottles trying to figure out which wine she should choose, Jade never was really picky with the type of alcohol that she would drink, if anything she would just get a draft beer and would call it with that, so she wasn't really sure which was good for this situation, but before she could say a word, Dave chimed in, "Well to be honest, I'm not that much of a wine guy, so how about you just pour us that white wine please." Jade was happy to hear Dave also admit that he wasn't as knowledgeable at wine culture as she was, and to the contrary she was hopping that she would get the one that sounded the sweetest to her.

As Dave looked up, he could see that Eridan was fighting the urge to call him an "uncultured savage" like he use to when they were in school but instead bit his tongue, "If you would like you can try a sample of both the wines sir, but if you insist for the Sauvignon Blanc, or the white wine, then by all means." He then began to pour the bottle of wine into both glasses, "Now would you like me to leave the bottle here?"

Dave knew that Eridan was started to get slightly irritated at him, and as much as he wished he could continue pushing Eridan's buttons to have him go off, he knew that he should not anger the man that brings them food, "Yes can you please leave the bottle here for us."

Eridan was still struggling to give them a smile as he grabbed the bottle of Petite Sirah he left on the table, "Alright and I do believe that you would like some more time with your order so I will be back soon." Eridan then quickly turned around and walked back into the building before leaving both Dave and Jade back to their own conversations.

Jade started to stir the wine like she seen in movies and giving it a sniff before taking a sip of the wine, it was rather smooth as she drank it, as it caressed her tongue a bitter yet sweet taste trickled down her throat, she was rather shocked on how sweet it was to her expectations, "Wow that is a really sweet taste, don't you think?"

And without noticing she was locked in an awe struck state as Dave began to make the gestures as she did but with a much more relaxed motion, she couldn't help but notice that his movement was much smoother than her own. She noticed that the way the wine began to move as if it was being drained into the glass itself, unlike the movement she was doing earlier, he wasn't using his wrist like she did, instead he was using just two fingers to stir the whirlpool that was in his hands. As he slowly began to bring the cup to his lips Jade notice how the sun made not only the glass, but the wine itself admitted a glare that made it seem that Dave was engulfing the sun rays.

As the glass was pressed against Dave's lips, he notice that the smell was still stronger than he anticipated, unlike the lemongrass smell he was expecting, it gave off a more gooseberry smell that over whelmed his sense, but as the liquid swam on his tongue, it was a lot more of a lighter taste then he thought, and with a single gulp, he felt a lot more at eased, "Your right, it is a lot better than what I'm use to drinking." He took another drink of the wine still making the same motion not allowing the whirlpool to rest.

As Dave began to take his second drink of the wine, Jade came back to her sense and realized that she was now consuming an empty glass at this point, embarrassed she tried to calmly pour herself another glass of wine, great he must now think that you are an alcoholic, as she began to reach for the wine, Dave stopped drinking and quickly grabbed the bottle, "Please allow me madam." He said while trying to be as posh as he could possibly be, he then grabbed the bottle by the neck and slow tilted it until the fluid began to drain out until it reach a fair amount that would leave Jade with more than enough for a meal.

"Why thank you my kind sir." Jade then began to take another sip before setting the glass down, "Now let see what we got to eat decisions, decisions." Jade began to flip the pages of the menu looking around at the names of all the food that was available to them, as Jade made her mind up she took a quick glimpse over her menu and saw how Dave open the menu for a brief second before just closing it and placing it to the side, has he been here before, her mind started to race on why he just skimmed over the menu, well it wouldn't be surprising if he has eaten here before, who would take a person on, whatever 'this' is, to a restaurant that they never been to before, she tried to ease herself down.

But before she can ask any questions she heard the door open up just behind her, there stood the grumpy man with a very uncomfortable smile on his face holding a basket of bread sticks. As he made his way towards their table, she began to retraced what she wanted to order from the menu, she began to prepare what she will order as the sound of the footsteps grow closer to them, "Okay, are you guys ready to order?" He asked trying to sound as polite as he can, and before any of them could muster a word he began to speak again, "Let's start off with the lady shall we?"

Jade quickly glanced at the open menu, "I would like to get a plate of the, shrimp scampi linguine." She closed her menu and saw Eridan began to chart down the order, she knew how these things usually went and knew the next questions and before he can even ask her, "And I would take the salad." And to his surprise, Eridan began to write down what she said.

"And for you, sir?" Dave could feel his words were still trying to be polite, he knew he had to give him the card by now, but with the amount of sass he is still giving them, he is only leaving the card and no cash, or maybe the other way around, depending on the night, but either way he wasn't giving both.

Dave opened the menu for a few brief seconds longer than he did earlier which then sparked Jade's curiosity more, he then gently closed it and while locking with Jades breath taking eyes, and in a very smooth and husky tone said, "I have what she's having." This confused Jade more than she already was since it was an answer she wasn't expecting.

"Alright, and would you like that with the soup, or the salad." Eridan asked as he rolled his eyes and writing down, Dave's order.

As much Dave wanted to ask what a 'super salad' was, he bit his tongue as he began to ponder what he should get, "I will get the salad as well." He said with a grin.

"Okay, well I will be right back with your salads for you folks." Eridan said before quickly dashing away back into the building.

As Dave glanced over Jade's shoulder to see Eridan disappearing he let out a sigh, he then flashed Jade a quick smile, now is the perfect time to crack a joke, Dave thought to himself, "You know I always want to say that line ever since I heard it." He then began to lean forward more towards the table, he then began to raise and lower both his eye brows towards Jade to make him seem more, relaxed.

Jade was in a shocked on how childish he was to make that one liner, yet she couldn't help but find it extremely adorkable, she then began to start laughing at how cute he was actually being compared to what she and the media perceived him and the whole Strider family to be, and as she continued to laugh she let out a slight snort, when Jade heard that embarrassing noise, she quickly covered her cheeks and her mouth with both hands, she could feel the blood flow to her cheeks as they slowly turn in to a shade of pink that could only been seen on a bright old neon sign.

But before Dave began to notice how her cheeks where turning pink, he was already mesmerized by her laughter, even the snort was still as cute as he would imagine, as her cheeks started to become bright pink, he could feel time had slowed down, the sound of the waves crashing in the sea was drowned out by the sound of his heartbeat, Dave wasn't a fool and he knew a lot of girls don't like the sound of themselves snorting, and Jade was no exception.

Dave had to think quickly to take the embarrassment away from Jade so that it wouldn't leave things awkward, so Dave began to do the only thing that he could think of, it was doing the number one thing almost every guy can muster in a quick moment of brief silence during any long road trip, as he started to look her dead in the eyes, he began to lean his body to his left side, and without changing his facial express, Dave then just relaxed his body a little and the sound of a boy softly blowing into a really tiny trumpet started to sing for a second.

As Jade saw all this happen, she couldn't believe what he just did, as she slowly started to become more confused, she notice that Dave's cheeks also became a slight pink, his skin wasn't that dark but the shade of pink was that of the one you could find on a common rose, Jade then began to laugh, but this time, she wasn't the only one flowing with the bliss in the air.