After he'd left John, Rodney had gone to Zelenka to talk. He was REALLY nervous. He thought that if he babbled enough to someone before the date, he wouldn't babble so much when he was talking to Anita.

"Rodney, there is little to worry about." Radek assured him. He thought that Rodney was quite funny when he was babbling, but he decided to be a good friend and help him calm down. "If she said yes when you asked her out then she must like you."

"What if she said yes because she didn't have anything better to do? What if she just likes me for my looks?" Radek had to cover up a laugh.

"That is highly unlikely. Look, I have seen you two around each other. It is obvious that she likes you a lot. There is no reason for you to worry."

"But what if I screw up? What if I use one of the lines that are on the NO list?"

"The what list?" He had no idea what Rodney was talking about. May be he was going loony from lack of oxygen.

"The list of lines not to use because they're corny."

"You made a list?" Yep, he was going bonkers.

"I didn't, they did."

"Who are they?"

"Anita and Danielle did. They were talking about it one day when were working on a project. It's a long list. What if I forget and say one of them?"

"I am sure she will forgive you." He looked down at his watch. "You may want to leave now or you'll be late." Rodney jumped up.

"Thanks Zelenka."

"You're welcome." Rodney rushed out of the room to meet his date.

Oh no, I bet I'm late! Rodney dashed down the hall, to the entrance of the jumper bay. He stood by the door and glanced down at his watch. He was ten minutes early. Zelenka hadn't meant for him to run. As he waited for Anita to arrive, he went over the plan in his head. They were interrupted minutes later, however, by Anita's arrival.

"Hey, Rodney!" She waved and walked up.

"Hi, you look..." He gave her a once over. She was wearing the clothes that Danielle had suggested. Her hair was up in a half bun, half ponytail, the ends of it curled. He thought that she looked stunning. " wow… you look stunning."

"Thank you. You look great."

"Shall we go?" He opened the door and led her over to Jumper 1. He opened the hatch and helped her inside.

As they took off, it hit her that she was in a jumper, on her way to a date with Rodney McKay. The thought scared and excited her at the same time. Little did she know that Rodney's thoughts were running along the same track.

"So," He looked over at her. "Have you ever been in a jumper before?"

"Yeah, I did on my first day. John took us for a tour of the city. He drove us out to the mainland to see if we had the gene."

"How did he do that?"

"He had us turn the jumper on. He said that it would be easier on Carson if he didn't have to do that bit of blood work."

"Probably would be easier on him. We're here! Close your eyes." She did as she was told. He took her by the hand, leading her out of the jumper and to the place where he'd set up the picnic. "Okay, you can open your eyes now." She opened them and gave him a huge smile.

"Rodney, it's wonderful!" He'd picked a spot on the beach where they could see the stars. There was a big blanket stretched across the sand. On it sat a picnic basket, a lantern, and a bouquet of flowers. As they sat down he handed her the flowers.

"They're beautiful, thank you. For all of this, thanks."

"You're welcome."

After they had finished eating, they took turns telling funny stories about their pasts. Evening slowly faded into night as they laughed away the hours. Before long, they were lying on their backs, trying to find some of the constellations that Teyla had told them about, without much luck.

Two hours after they'd began star watching, Rodney walked Anita back to her room. When they reached her door, she turned to face him.

"Thank you so much for this Rodney. I had a wonderful time."

"No, thank you. I had a great time, best date I've ever been on."

"Make that both of us."

"Care to go on a second one next Friday?"

"I'd love to. Good night Rodney." She leaned in and gave him a small kiss. Before he realized what had happened, it was over. She gave him a smile. "Good night."

"Good night." He smiled as the door shut behind her. She had kissed him! Sure, he didn't really respond, but she kissed him! Next time he would be more prepared.

He hardly noticed where he was going and was surprised when he realized that he'd went to John's room instead. He went to knock, but decided better of it; he would let it wait until morning.

Anita closed the door and took a deep breath. She couldn't believe that she'd done that. She giggled as she realized that she must have put him into a state of shock. She waited a good five minutes to semi-calm her nerves, then rushed off to Danielle's room. However, when she burst into the room she was met by silence, Danielle was gone. Feeling slightly disappointed, she headed off to her room.

Oh well, she would just let Danielle's anticipation for all of the details set for the night. She wondered back to her room, and after an hour fight, finally fell asleep.