She just shook her head as he talked about his family having it easier than hers.  That was debatable, well sort of.  When he told her his alcoholic father abandoned them she nodded sympathetically.  "Trust me, he did you a favor.  My Mom was an addict, drugs, alcohol, pills.  It didn't matter to her.  That would be why when I left at 17 I was on stepfather uh..." She stopped to think and then shrugged again. "I have no idea actually. I don't think she actually legally married any of them, but ya know I don't think it would have mattered." 

"Consider yourself lucky you never started smoking.  I have been trying for years to quit."  What she didn't say is that she started smoking young because smoking surpresses appetite. When you smoke you aren't as hungry.  


She shook her head again when he talked about the boat sinking.  "Yeah Darlin, not a great story to tell me when suggesting we GET on a boat."  She teased.  Her redheaded self was going to have to invest in gallons of sunscreen. "But traveling around the states sounds like fun.  There are a lot of things we could see."  

She smiled and picked at her food a little more as he offered suggestions for their next date.  She tucked her hair behind her ear again giving him a smile.  "I think dinner and a movie in sounds like a great idea."  She said shyly.  Oh she had other ideas too, but that sounded like it could lead to very interesting things.  She wasn't shy about sex, she quite enjoyed it actually, but she was normally a friends with benefits kind of girl.  She liked Duncan, he was engaging, open, and all around a calming presence.  She was approaching this very slowly though so as not to scare him off.