Todd held my hand any time he could, and I'm sure the social media posts with us leaving the event together would be out before we got into our van. He let go as soon as the door closed. "Sorry, Mercedes asked me to make our date look real," he said.

"I didn't mind, and the date is real to me," I replied. Todd was a nice guy, but since he wasn't of age, there was no way of telling if he was my mate. I could do worse, and I had. "It cut down on the date requests and marriage proposals. Only three of those today," I said as...