“I like it,” David said. "It's spontaneous and real — you just being yourself. Too many people put on an act, try to be like everyone else so others will think they're cool.”
"Oh, so now I'm not cool," teased Rachel. "I'm some kind of dork, is that it?”
"You are you. You don't pretend to be anything you're not. That is one of the finest traits a person can have, in my opinion," replied David.
Twenty minutes later, the blue BMW exited the Alaskan Viaduct to cruise along Seattle's picturesque waterfront and then turn into the holding lot at the ferry terminal. There Rachel and David waited in the car to board the ferry for the short trip across the Sound to Bainbridge Island.
More and more, David and Rachel found themselves feeling free and easy in each other's presence. As they sat in t
