The young wizard shrugged into his coat as he rose from the table, glad to take the pretty brunette's hand in his own as he fished for his billfold.  He didn't need to wait for their check.  He'd done the math on the food and the wine, and the hundred he'd left on the table was enough to cover both meals, and a generous tip besides.  His smile broadened however, as his soon-to-be fiance tucked in against his side.  It felt strangely right.  Like it was where she'd been meant to go.<br/><br/>His chest swelled, and as they turned on the entrance of the eatery, the girl squeezed his hand.  It drew his eyes down to her.  His free hand rose, that smile quirking small to a more private expression as he touched her chin with thumb and fore.  "Sweet of you to offer, Eve, but I've given an oath to my father.  And a promise to you, to make this a night to remember."  He grinned.  "Let's make the best of it."<br/><br/>And like that, he lead the woman out into the New York night.<br/><br/>---<br/><br/>It was a short walk from the busy streets of New York, to the somewhat more private seclusion of the local park.  Not private enough to dissuade the reporters likely hired to tail them from carrying out their job, but secluded enough to make the moment to come private.<br/><br/>"I'm going to ask you to trust me, Evelyn."  He said, still hand-in-hand with the woman as they approached small lake set into the park's center.  The moon was new, and it left only the starlight, and the distant streetlights for illumination.  There were the occasional passers by with flashlights, lanterns or glowing baubles, but for the most part the two of them were alone on the shore of the lake.<br/><br/>"Will you close your eyes, and keep them closed 'til I've told you to open them again?"