It was the second week of summer and Shamal figured it would be best to take a vacation after sedu- I mean, examining, his female patients (not that he was complaining) at a beach in Venice.

And there he sat on his beach towel, enjoying the sun and "examining" the bodies of women that passed by every one in a while. However, one woman's body in particular caught his attention.

She sat underneath a light blue umbrella reading a book and hummed to a song that was playing on the iPod that lie in her lap. He noticed that she looked fairly different from the rest of the people that were there. And upon that, he got up from his seat and walked over to her, very sure that she would fall for his "charm".

"Ciao, bella." [1] He said, smiling.

She didn't bother to look at him. "Non parla Italiana." [2]

Shamal leaned foreword a little to get a better look at her face. Her (e/c) eyes looked a beautiful portal that was waiting to suck him in. The fact that she didn't speak Italian made her even cuter than she already was. Now was a perfect time to flirt now that he had caught her attention.

"Excuse me bella, but do you have a map?"

"...No. Why?"

"I keep getting lost in your eyes."

The woman glanced up at Shamal with a questioning look, and then went back to reading her book. She got slightly irritated by the fact that Shamal was now sitting next to her with an unsettling gaze.

"Can I help you?"

Shamal smiled. "I was just wondering if you had an extra heart, mine seems to have been stolen."

The woman rolled her eyes, focusing on her book. Still, the man that was sitting next to her didn't leave. He just KNEW that he would be leaving with a date planned.

"If I told you that you had a great body, would you hold it against me?"

"No. I would keep it away from you."

Ouch. Still, he continued.

"Cupid called. He said that he needs my heart back."

"Tell him I'm sorry, but I lost it."

"I would die happy if I saw you naked once."

"You'd also have internal bleeding."

Even though the beautiful young girl had countered his pick up-line, he continued, confidence never straying once. He would win a date with her, he just knew it. He saved his best (in his opinion) line for last. This one phrase would win her over.

"I don't know you, but I love you already."

The woman stared at him for a moment then closed her eyes. When she opened them, she gave Shamal a small smile. "Tropics Cafe. Tomorrow afternoon. Don't be late." Then she gathered her belongings and left the doctor with a victorious grin on his face. He was right, he did win a date with a beautiful young woman. Why wouldn't he? He was a doctor after all.

[1]: Hello, beautiful.

[2]: I don't speak Italian.

(8/15/15) A/N: Thank you to guest Bianchi for informing me of my error in the Italian phrases I used.