Elsewhere, Sage had just woken up.
"What a night. I had a dream that there were girls all around, but they were flirting with the other guys."
He shuddered at the though of girls going crazy over someone other than himself. He got dressed picked up his car keys.
"Better go grab a bite to eat before I hit the girls, I mean hit the town."
He stopped for a bagel and coffee and then decided to go eat it in the park.
"I'll be able to pick plenty of females from there. They love nature."
He strolled in casually, in case anyone noticed he came in. He sauntered over to a bench and parked himself. His eyes roamed around from the grass, to the trees, to the flowers. From one girl, to another, to the next.
"Hmm, this is disappointing. I love women, but these chicks are mediocre. No variety. I can pick up one of them any day. But today has to be special; I only have four to choose."
He looked around again, and stood up to go to the next location. As he walked down the path, his keen eyes locked in on one lucky lady. Her short light brown hair flowed in the wind. It was exceptionally warm for February, so she had on a light blue jumper. In her hands were a pad of paper and several pencils in her lap.
"Score! My first dame for the day!"
He targeted on her and sat down next to her on the bench.
"Hey, my name's Sage, what's yours?"
Cye looked up from his work and shrieked.
"Oh, are you frightened by my natural good looks?" Sage questioned.
"Um, no."
"Then what's the matter sweet cakes?"
"Oh my god, it's Sage!", Cye thought to himself. "It's bad enough that I look like a girl, but to have him pick up on me! Oh dear!"
"So anyway, like I asked before, what's your name?"
"Uh...um..Cy-rena...Serena?"
"Oooh, that's a lovely name, for a lovely lady."
"Uh, I'm flattered, thank you."
"So how would you like to go out with me?"
"How am I supposed to answer this?", Cye was in desperate need of a distraction.
"Hmm, you remind me of someone..." Sage spoke in a quieter voice.
"Oh? Who?"
"Just a friend of mine, no one more important than you."
"Aha ha! You're a cutie, sure, I'll go out with you!"
"What?!? What am I saying? I have no control! Oh no, what have I gotten myself into? I just should've walked away!"
"Great. Come to my apartment at nine tonight. Here's the directions...I won't want you to get lost...beauty is a terrible thing to waste. I'll be there...waiting..."
Sage walked away and out of he park.
"Oh dear god..." Cye spoke under his breath.
* * *
"Well, one down, three to go," Sage said to himself. "Now the only question is, where do I go next?"
He sat down to finish his coffee and thought deep and hard.
"I've got it! I'll go for the intelligent type next. I've already got a sweet one. Hmm, the library is full of smart chicks!"
He threw out his coffee cup and hopped into his car.
* * *
Elsewhere, at the local public library, Miss Hashiba, erm, Rowan was stocking up on books for the winter vacation
"No more lonely nights with these babies!" he said excitedly. "Hmm, it's a little bit chilly in here."
Just as he was about to pick out another Science Fiction novel, two warm hands were placed on his shoulders.
"You looked kinda cold, I though I could warm you up," spoke a mysteriously familiar voice. "Blue is my favorite color, you know."
Rowan turned around to find Sage, in all his glory.
"Oh man, what's Sage doing here? Shouldn't he be out in town trying to pick up- ...oh my god...he can't be...he must be...he's trying to pick me up. What luck. Not only am I female, for some strange reason, now, I have to face Sage! This day can't get any worse!"
"So, looking for some books to exercise that beautiful mind, eh?" asked Sage.
"How do you know what my mind looks like?"
"Well, a beautiful lady like you must have a beautiful brain to go with it. Am I right?"
"Oh you flatter me so!"
"Oooh, so you like it, eh? Well, now I have an offer you can't refuse. How would you like the pleasure of going out with me tonight?"
"What do I say? What can I say? Okay, so maybe this day can get worse."
"Well, what do you think?"
"I think it's a lovely idea. What the hell?"
"Puurrfect. Come over my apartment at nine." Sage handed Rowan a sheet of paper with directions to his apartment on it. "Hey, what's your name anyway? Mine's Sage, Sage Date."
"Row-gina...er, Regina Hashiba?"
"*gasp* You have the same last name as a friend of mine."
"Well, um, it's a popular last name here."
"Well, Regina, you win the golden prize of stealing my heart away!"
"Oh, is that a prize that is often won?"
"For you, yes, you would win it any day."
"No, um, I mean do girls often win your heart?"
"To be honest...yes, but you're special!!!"
"Mmm, thanks."
"I'll be ready for you..."
"And hopefully I'll be ready for you...to kill you if you try to pull anything on me."
To be continued