Swing and a Kiss

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Dale</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I never thought I'd fall in love. I was the quintessential player with a lineup of one-night stands. Never any real connections.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then I met her</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One look at Karen and I felt like I'd taken a fastball to the heart. She was so sexy and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>real</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> that I knew I was never going back to my old life. No more shallow hookups. She's the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>one</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Now all I have to do is figure out how to get her to stop saying </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>no</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> and finally go out with me.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Karen</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I had love once-and lost it in a cruel twist of fate. These days I don't have the luxury of being frivolous with my time </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>or</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> my heart. I'm a single mom. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> my priority. Romance is an unnecessary hassle anyway.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Then I met him</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Dale Montgomery is hotter than Carolina asphalt in July. And he wants </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>me</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>. Crazy right?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Too bad I gave up on crazy romantic notions </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>long </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ago.</span></p><p></p>