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Vinny was feeling extremely shy. His brother had pressured him into calling their old babysitter. "Come on, you thought she was pretty, didn't you? You need a girlfriend, Vinny!" Of course, Josh was really just pressuring his younger brother because he knew he had that power over him. "Come on! I know you like her!"

It was true that Vincent had thought Ebony was pretty the last time he'd seen her; but that wasn't saying much, seeing as lately he'd found every girl to be pretty. With the exception of his mother and younger sisters. They were beautiful. Just not in the potentional date kind of beautiful. He reluctantly dialed the phone number on the babysitting add. "Hi, Ebby? It's me, Vincent."

Joshua had to nudge his brother to get him to continue. Vinny frowned at him, before focusing on the task at hand. If he'd known this would be this difficult, he wouldn't have dared to call.

"Uh... Well I'm good. How are you? And um... Well..." He paused, blushing furiously. He was extremely glad of the telephone line that seperated them. "Uh. Do-you-wanna-go-out-wit-me?" He said this all in one breath, he was so flustered. Part of him hoped she said no. Then Joshua wouldn't pester him about never having asked a girl out. He would have been able to at least say he'd done it.

"I'm glad and..." He blushed, and was again grateful that she couldn't see him. "Yeah, I did." Still hoping she might say no, he crossed two clawed fingers. He paused when he noticed Joshua's fingers were also crossed. Though they were more than likely crossed for an entirely different reason than Vinny's were. How annoying. His own brother was against him in this!

It wasn't fair. Why was Josh pushing him to do this? He hadn't even gotten over 'Zuba yet... Yes, he still had a crush on her; even though she'd beaten him to a pulp.

Vinny was surprised. So surprised that he nearly dropped the phone in shock. "You will?" His voice went an octave or two higher, which made his older brother snicker. Vincent shot a scowl at him. "Well... Um. I never really thought of where we'd go..." He confessed. Honestly, he hadn't thought further than asking her.

"Where would you like to go? To a movie, or something?"

"Okay, I'll pay for the movie," Vinny said with a smile. His mother had already giving him the lecture about not being cheap enough to go dutch, but Ebby had suggested it, so... It must not have been a bad thing, right?

With her reassurances, he was starting to feel slightly more confident. Which was saying a lot, since he was a child of the angel of humility. He felt better about it, anyway. "Um. What kind of flowers do you like, Ebony?"

"Do you like roses?" Vinny asked. He felt stupid almost immediately after asking, of course girls liked roses. Mom liked them. "I'll get you a red one, then." Girls liked red roses, right? He hoped so anyway. He'd drop by the flower shop before their date.

"Um. Well... My mom could drop me off at the movie theater, if you could meet me there?" He was a little embarassed admitting that he needed a ride from his mom.

"Alright, I'll have my mom drop me off by your house..." He paused for a while, before realizing he didn't know where she lived. "Um. Ebony? Can you tell me your address?" He got a pencil and a paper out so he could write it down. "So I can give it to mom. She might get lost though, she always does." This was true. The elf had a uncanny knack for getting lost.

"Is your brother very nice?"