I'm not American, so I don't know much about the city Steve lives in. But I google'ed it, and read that it did have a harbor. Please tell me if I'm way off.

To say that the date went bad was an understatement. The moment she was Steve, Johanna had pulled Kim aside, whispering rather aggressively into her ear, going so far as to even point at him. In the end she let out a rather frustrated sigh, and apparently decides to give in and let herself be dragged over to a mildly disappointed Steve, and a massively annoyed Bucky – who had promised himself to never accept the horrible treatment that his best friend received from other people.

Bucky had let himself be kissed on the cheek by Kim, and quickly laced his arm with hers, not even trying to hide his disgust with Johanna, who in return didn't bother to try and hide her disgust with Steve as her date, keeping an large distance between them, as they walked towards the promenade, where they would be spending the evening.

As it turned out, Steve probably wouldn't have enjoyed his date with her even if she had been more accepting of him. The girls was rather tedious, and spend most of the evening talking about herself, not bothering to include him in the convocation after the initial question he had asked her. ("What do you like to do for fun" admittedly not the most thought-provoking question, but she didn't seem to have minded.)

He bought her a ice cream cone, because even if he didn't enjoy her very much, she was still his date and should be treated as such, and offered to walk her home when she supplied that she had to get up early in the morning, so she would have to cut the date short. That way Bucky could continue his date with Kim, and Steve got to go home instead, perhaps he could work on his drawings before going to bed.

Surprisingly she accepted, having probably come to the same conclusion as Steve and not wanted to break up her friend and Bucky's date, and Steve ended up walking her home.

The walk there was short - thankfully Steve thought to himself – and quiet. Not even Johanna had anything to say, before she stood in front of the door to her parent's home, facing Steve and shifting rather awkwardly on her feet.

"I actually enjoyed myself tonight," she finally said, hands pulling at her skirt, which had probably ridden up during the walk, "you are a great listener, Stephen."

He sent her a small smile, because he supposed that he was a good listener, and it was nice of her to comment on it. He held out his hand for her to shake, which she did, sending him a smile as well in return.

"Thank you for tonight, Johanna."

He pulled back, leaving her with a small wave, and walked down the street, deciding to try and get home, before it got too late and the more unpleasant people came out on the streets. As it was the quickest way, he went towards the peer, cutting through the dark alleys by it, ending up walking by the edge of the harbor.

At this point in the evening, the place was deserted.

Deciding he had the time, Steve stopped for a moment, to enjoy the silence around him. The entire place was empty, and it felt odd but peaceful to be there at a time like this, when the place was normally bursting at the seams with people during the day.

In need of a little peace, Steve sat down on the edge of the dock and looked out into the water. He could hardly see a thing in front of time, the entire ocean almost pitch black by now. Only the lights from the city behind him reflected on the water, separating it from the sky, so onlookers could see which was which. The sounds of the calm waves, made Steve want to just lie back and close his eyes. He didn't, of course, as this was hardly the place to simply lie around, so instead he continued to stare out in front of him a bit more.

"It's odd isn't it?"

Steve was startled out of his thoughts by a voice next to him, he turned to see a girl sitting by his side. She was dressed in a mint green summer dress, her black hair almost hidden in the darkness around them, if not for the way her creamy white skin almost reflected the city-lights and made her luminal.

Steve hadn't found his voice before she continued to speak, not bothering to let him answer her question.

"I come here every night around this time. It's always so quiet before the bars open, and people are still at home. I enjoy it here."

Now able the trust himself to speak a little now, Steve answered:

"My thoughts as well, although this is my first time here," a larger wave splashed up against the port, and Steve could tell that the water drops from it were high enough to hit him on the shoe.

Steve could see her white teeth in the darkness, as she flashed him a grin and held out her hand towards him, "I'm Lori," she said as he took her hand a shook it, "pleased to meet you.." she trailed off, fishing for a name.

"Steve."

"Steve, such an American name," she answered, still grinning.

It was only now Steve realized she spoke with a British accent. He wondered for a second why she would be in America, but decided that it was too personal a question for him to ask. Besides, many Brits fled America when the war broke out. Perhaps she was a Jew who ran, when the war neared her boarders. Many believed that the US was the safest haven for people to be in right now.

"You know," once again her voice pulled him from his thoughts, "I've got to go now, but as I said, I'm here every day."

The question was left unsaid, but not unheard. Steve quickly realized what she meant, and felt that he would enjoy speaking with her again, so he quickly promised he would be there again to tomorrow evening.

"Great," she stood up, and Steve noted that she was much taller than him, perhaps even as tall as Bucky. Certainly tall for a woman, "I'll see you then!"

She gave him a small wave, before turning and walking into the night.

I can't believe I wrote "into the night". Please forgive me for that sentence.