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I stared at him for a moment, waiting for my mind to process the words.

I couldn't help a small laugh escape, but I looked back for a moment, and instead of looking at the smile that seemed to always be there, I looked right into the black eyes of the oldest Warner.

I sighed. "One date." I submitted. "But you have to get these off and tell me how to take them off in subsequent times right now."

"No problem." Yakko said calmly, reaching out. He took them both out superfast, completely easily. "I didn't really buy them." he admitted. "It's one of those things from the bag. Still, you fell for it." He smirked.

I scowled again. "So you mean I don't get them back?"

"No, why? You want those back on your ears forever?"

"Don't tease me about that! I'm still angry."

Yakko shrugged, not bothered about it. "Looks like I'm going, since you look more angry than Dot when she gets called Dottie. I'll tell your parents about the date. Since we're leaving soon, it'll be sometime when we get to Oklahoma." (We were leaving after tomorrow.)

"You mean she still hates that?" I called after him as he left the room(I remembered how she used to say "call me Dottie and you die").

There was a pause before he put his head back in and said "Yes."

I sighed and grabbed my Ipod.

The next morning, Dot teased me about it as she was trying to find a new way to do my hair. "Looks like Romeo's finally admitted it, huh?" she giggled. "So what did he say? And have I ever tried having two braids around your head?"

"No." I said in my most neutral tone. "And all he said was that he'd only let me get the earrings off if I went on one date with him. Pure and simple."

Dot started humming Hearsay's song of the same name, and I scowled in the mirror. However, once she had plaited my blonde hair and then arranged them around my head, I liked it so much that I stopped being mad at her. That was the infuriating thing about Dot. No matter how annoying she could be, it was really hard to stay mad at her because she could also be really sweet.

We moved on to Tulsa, Oklahoma soon enough. It was enough to make me get used to the date idea, but the more I thought about it, the more I actually started feeling scared. I'd dated boys before, but I'd never really dated someone I'd known for this long, this well.

The hotel in Tulsa had a restaurant next to the lobby, but nothing much else. The suites weren't especially expensive, so my parents paid for three, and as usual, I shared with Dot. For the whole afternoon before the date, I stressed about it, and Dot could tell. She laughed at me, but then took pity and helped me with my hair and makeup.

The deal had been made. Mom and Dad said Yakko and I could take the car wherever (Yakko had said that he knew the restaurants in Tulsa, even though I didn't have a clue where we were going) while they and the others would eat at the hotel restaurant. I asked Yakko multiple times if he'd decided on the restaurant and what it was, but he just wouldn't tell me.

It was six o'clock when we set off in the car. "So will you tell me now where we're going?" I pleaded.

"No." Yakko simply grinned. "There would be no point to the secret if I told you now."

I glared at him, but he didn't notice, or so I assumed. Then I noticed his eyes being fixed on the road in a pretentious deliberate way, and I knew then that he was pretending not to notice. I had to wonder, would this date be a nightmare or would it be good?

The car stopped, and when I looked out, my eyes were practically on stalks. I gasped when I saw the name of the place, knowing the nationality. "Since when did you know that Italian food is my favourite?"

Yakko laughed. "It's not that hard. Besides, a lot of girls like Italian. C'mon."

The date was actually really fun. We talked about a lot of things, like school (Warner Bros hires a teacher for the three of them) and music (would you believe it, we both liked jazz) and also, just general things. It was kind of refreshing for me to actually be the one talking when I was hanging out with the Warner who usually can't stop talking.

Finally, I asked a really daring question while we were waiting for the bill. "This is kind of out of the blue, but I'm really curious. Why do you like annoying people?"

Yakko actually paused. Wow. Finally he said "Haven't you ever wanted to annoy someone?"

I paused and thought about it. "Come to think of it, I have. But that doesn't mean I do it. It's kind of an unspoken rule that annoying people is wrong."

"Toons are the exception to the rule." Yakko answered lightly. "Besides, if we can't annoy people, how could we deal with the people that act against us? I'm sure you know how we react to people that won't be fazed."

"True." I whispered. "It works. But you take it to extremes. Why me?"

Yakko's smile became impish. "It's fun. You get so furious."

I became furious then. "Seriously, that's the reason why you three do that to me?"

I saw a flash of something on Yakko's face, but it disappeared quickly. "It doesn't matter anyway. C'mon, let's go. It's not the end of the night, yet."

It was nearly dark, but there was still one more place. It wasn't the most romantic of places, but pretty deserted.

"A park?" I said skeptically.

"I remember you saying you like swings." Yakko explained. "There's swings here."

"Well, yeah," I admitted. "But that's when I'm alone. Wait...when did I say I liked swings, anyway? Are you sure you didn't just read my mind at some point?"
Yakko laughed. "You did say it, believe it or not. I remember things, usually better than people and other toons. Wakko and Dot do, too. Good memory is a Warner thing."

There were two regular swings, so basically, what we did was just swing on each swing, still talking.

It was a low-key date, but it was actually really fun, and probably one of the best nights in summer I'd had since I began to despise the Warners.

When we got back to the hotel, we walked to the doors of our rooms (they were right next to each other. Then he said "I know this was just because you wanted the earrings off...but would you do me the honour of going on another date with me in the next location?"

I hadn't really expected this, although the date had been fun. But I couldn't resist that question. "Yes." I said, although my answer was soft.

Yakko smiled back at me. "Goodnight, Princess Alexandra." he said as he went into his suite.

"It's Alex!" I yelled after him, but I went into my room, too.

The minute I stepped in and closed the door, I was met by a heap of questions from a hyperactive Dot. "How did it go? Where did you go to? What was it like? Did he ask you out again?"

"Dot, please." I said. "I guess I'll tell you, but just stop questioning me!"

"Sorry." Dot giggled. "But come on, tell me!" I obeyed. And by the time we were in bed, the date replayed in my mind, over and over again.

That took me so much trouble to write! I'm really sorry. But please review and I'll try to get the next chapter up soon. I'm running out of ideas for Oklahoma.