It's not a bit strange,' I tell her. 'Davey's thinking of taking up shooting as a hobby, so he wants to go check out the rifle range and he asked me if I'd like to go with him.'

Kayla snorts. 'Are you kidding me? He should be checking you out - not the rifle range! No way is that a date.'

I go to the one person I know I can depend on.

'It is a date, isn't it, Reggie?'

'S'pose it all depends on how it goes,' he says. 'If you have a good time, come home happy, then it's a date.'

'Okay.'

'But if he shoots yer, it wasn't a date - it was an ambush.'

'Reggie! That's mean!'

'You know I'm only kiddin', Tiffy. He puts his arms out and I gladly fall into them. 'Don't worry about what anyone says, luv. It's a date.

Author: Bill Condon