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"Trust me, it isn’t. Whatever you're picturing, it wasn’t that cute."
"Did you have a tiny top hat with a visor and a chin strap?"
She scowled.
"This has absolutely made my day."
"I'm glad,” she said, lifting her wine glass. “That silly hat certainly never made mine."
I couldn’t help but grin at the thought of the sophisticated woman before me marching around in tacky buttons and tassels. "Maybe you should dig it out again."
"As much as my neighbors would love that, I think my flute playing days are behind me."
"Such a shame. And right when Lizzo's made it cool again."
"You like Lizzo?"
"I like good music," I said. "Doesn't matter if it's pop or country or funk. I respect anyone who can get the most out of an instrument, including if that instrument is their voice."
"Good to know."
"What about you?" I asked. "What kind of music do you like?"
"The kind of stuff you were playing earlier," she said. "Sixties and seventies mostly."
"No surprise there."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because you obviously have great taste," I said, letting my eyes fall to the small, gold M dangling on a delicate chain between her collarbones. "That's why I'm going to take you somewhere nice for dinner tomorrow."
She scrutinized me for a moment. "Why do you want to take me to dinner?"
"I think it's kind of obvious, don't you?"
"No," she said, shaking her head. "I don't."
"I'm obviously using you to get to the scarf."
Her lips drifted towards a smile.
"If you disappear from my life, there's zero chance I'll get to wear it again, and now that I’ve felt that fine cashmere on my skin, I can’t just forget about it."
"Seems like it would be a lot less hassle to go out and buy your own scarf."
"You're right," I said, raising my palms in surrender. "You got me. I lied."
"So what's the real reason?"
I squinted at her. "Do I have to say?"
"I'd feel better if you did."
I sighed. "Fine."
Her brows crept up her forehead.
"I want to take you to dinner because I think you're incredibly beautiful, and it'll be weird if I admire you while we're watching Spinal Tap."
"Oh right. Another thing I didn't agree to."
"Yet," I said, lifting my beer. "Another thing you didn't agree to yet."
