As I walked towards her I flipped through my mental Rolodex of pickup lines, praying that I’d find the right one. I’m usually not nervous when it comes to approaching women, but there was something about her. She was sitting at a table with a few of her girlfriends. It looked like they had decided to grab a couple of drinks after work. I stopped at the bar and straightened my tie. As I did, another guy approached her. Before he could get a complete sentence out of his mouth, she dismissed him effortlessly. Her girlfriends made sure to let him know how horribly he had failed. I leaned over and got the bartender’s attention.

“That table full of ladies, would you happen to know what they’re drinking?” I asked. “They started with shots of Casamigos, but now I think they’re on their second round of margaritas.” I rubbed my goatee as a plan began to form. I quickly filled the bartender in and headed towards the table.

As I made my final approach, all the women looked me up and down. I felt as if I were facing the firing squad. Except for the object of my attention. We locked eyes, and I couldn’t break away from her gaze. Her beautiful, light brown eyes caught me completely off guard. “Can we help you with something?” Her sultry voice undressed me to my soul. In that very moment, I went completely blank. It was akin to that dream everyone has where they’re standing in front of the class without their homework, naked. I took a quick breath and gathered what was left of my thoughts.

“I was gonna come over here and say something witty and charming to you, but then I saw how the guy before me crashed and burned. So I’ll just say: you’re without a doubt the most breathtakingly gorgeous woman I have ever seen.” I took a brief moment to scan the faces of her friends, who were all looking like they had just heard a beautiful sonnet read by the love of their lives. I flashed a quick smile and said, “On that note, I’ll bid you lovely ladies a good night.” Then I walked away.

As I did, I peeked over my shoulder just in time to see the bartender deliver the round of drinks I had bought for them. Her friends immediately began to swoon. One even screamed, “You better go get that fine ass piece of milk chocolate before I do!” I picked up my pace a bit so that by the time she caught up to me, I was already at the door.

“That was some smooth shit you just pulled in there.”

“Can’t a guy buy a woman a drink?” I jabbed back with a grin.

“He can, but only if he’ll let her buy him one back,” she replied. I started back towards the door to the bar, but she grabbed my arm.

“Nah, not here,” she said as she hailed a taxi, “Let’s go somewhere else.” So I reversed course and climbed into the cab behind her.

A few minutes later, we arrived at our destination. As I exited the backseat of the taxicab, I took a long look at the building. “I don’t think I’ve ever been here before.” She shot me a quick grin, grabbed my hand, and dragged me inside. The room was dimly lit, with a band on stage playing. She led me by the hand to a table near the stage and we sat down. “So how often do you bring strange men here?” I asked with a chuckle.

“Probably about as often as you buy drinks for a table full of strange women.” We both laughed as the waitress came over to take our order. I softly nodded as we sat back and listened to the band play.

“I am a little disappointed that you missed the best part.” She shot me a confused look. Then her phone vibrated in her purse. She fished it out and stared intently at the screen. A smile exploded across her face as she handed me the device. “You wrote your number on a napkin? That’s a nice touch.” I couldn’t help but blush a little bit.

After a few drinks and some heavily flirtatious conversation, we decided to leave. As we walked down the street, she said, “I don’t want this night to end. Not yet.” I had to admit, neither did I.

“Well, what would the lady like to do then?” She looked at me and smiled as she hailed another taxi.

I woke up the next morning with little bodies jumping on me. “Daddy! Daddy! Wake up!” the children screamed in unison. I slowly opened my eyes and looked at my three beautiful girls staring back at me. “I’m up babies,” I replied as I kissed them each on the forehead. My wife peeked her head into the bedroom to let us know that was breakfast was ready. The girls all let out a joyful scream and dashed towards the kitchen. I climbed out of the bed and followed behind them.

“Did you have fun last night?” my wife asked as I passed her in the doorway. I leaned over and planted a soft kiss on her lips.

“I did! We should role play more often.”