Thorn looked over at the girl blatantly as she formulated a plan of attack quickly in her head.  A large grin spread across her face and she placed a hand lightly on Shadow’s arm. “I’ll be back darling,” she said as she stood up, and immediately walked over to the girl, a nervous smile replacing the grin.  As she stood next to the table where the girl sat, purposefully placing a look of pure embarrassment upon her face, she cleared her throat.  “I’m so sorry, this is going to sound strange but by any chance are you Sam Davis’ girlfriend?”  The look on the girl’s face changed and Thorn knew that she had her attention so she pulled the chair out that was before her and quickly sat down.<br/><br/>“I knew it!  He has talked about you all evening and described you perfectly,” Thorn said before replacing her smile with a frown.  “My friend and I feel so horrible…we ran into him here…literally ran into him,” she began with a sigh, averting her eyes to the side apologetically.  “Well to make a long story short, I’m a klutz and I was carrying my coffee which ended up all over Sam’s clothes.  We felt so bad that we convinced him to come to our home so we could wash his clothing for him…and well...that is where he is now, patiently awaiting our slow dryer”.  Thorn considered if she should continue on with the story then realized she better do so before trying to lure the girl over to Shadow as she had not informed her lover of her plan before leaving their table.<br/><br/>“So anyway, he was telling us this wonderful story about how he had planned on finishing up his job search then taking his girlfriend out to dinner.  That boy is absolutely in love with you…you’re so lucky!”  Thorn crossed her legs and looked over her shoulder at Shadow and gave a small wave.  Returning her attention to the girl, she stood up and reached for the girl’s hand, “You must come meet my friend, she would be tickled to find out you are indeed the wonderful young lady that Sam has talked about all evening!”  She was sure to raise her voice just a bit so that Shadow, who she knew would be listening intently, could overhear her.