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Take 80: Wooing

Category for this take: Romance

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"This is great."

"I told ya!"

"I can't believe we didn't do this years ago."

"Yes, well, let's not dwell."

"Didn't that tape say there were no fish in your pond?"

"Close enough."

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"Jack, just because we are both free of ex-fiancés, ex-girlfriends, and regulations, you should know I still expect some wooing."

"Did you just say 'wooing'?"

"Yes. Wooing. You know dinner, flowers, dancing, compliments, snuggling...wooing."

"I see. I assume this is something the cop did?"

"Well...uh... There was flowers and dancing."

"I see. What kind of flowers?"

"I really don't want to talk about it, Jack."

"No. You brought this up."

"Fine. A dozen red roses."

"So he didn't know you prefer daisies?"

"No, but he did give me one with a dinner invite and the other eleven later."

"Smooth. He did the trick where he buys you flowers once and then makes you think you are getting flowers twice."

"I know. I did realize that at the time."

"And the dancing? Let me guess. Crashed a wedding reception."

"No. 50th anniversary party."

"I see. He surrounded himself by the elderly to make himself look good. So you are saying the bar is low and you are a cheap date?"

"Quit it, Jack. It seemed sweet at the time. In my defense, I was coming off that massive concussion from the Prometheus. I'm not this time, so I expect some proper wooing from you."

"Are you saying that taking you to a secluded cabin, with a forest of flowers that you can pick from, isn't wooing?"

"The guys are here."

"To protect your 'virtue', if you desire. And then we have fishing."

"Fishing?"

"I'll admit I was disappointed, but should have expected, that you would catch on to casting so quickly. It's one of those 'help you out' activities. You know. I'd stand behind you with my arm around you."

"Smooth, Jack."

"So now, you are really going to make me wait, huh? After eight years of watching you from afar. Admiring the beautiful, young, intelligent Captain grow into the wonderful woman that I can't imagine my life without. The woman whose happiness is more important than my own. The one person that makes my life worth-"

"Ok. Fine. You win, Jack. That's enough wooing for now. I expect more later, but let go inside first. It's time for some woohooing."

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A/N: Good news. I've written all 100 takes! Since I don't have to worry about a posting buffer, I'll be posting more quickly. I plan on posting the last twenty takes over the next nine days. Watch for double postings.