<div class="floatleft">(http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/41000000/Stephen-James-stephen-james-hendry-41092498-640-640.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Jasper (JJ) (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15018215#msg15018215)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>28<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>New York<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>2 July | Shortly after Noon<br/><strong>Location:</strong>On the beach<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Casual Beach Sexy (http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/41000000/Stephen-James-stephen-james-hendry-41092498-640-640.jpg)<br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>None<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Rhonda<br/><br/><hr/><br/><br/>JJ had spent a fairly eventful past couple of days.  From the time that the producers had told him their plans for him he’d been running essentially non-stop on adrenaline and caffeine with a splash of alcohol thrown in for seasoning.  Occasionally in his life he’d had bursts of this kind of activity, so it wasn’t enervating in the way it might have been otherwise.<br/><br/>But then day two kicked off with a date that could charitably be described as uncomfortable.  Whatever her reasons, and as congenial as she’d been in conversation, his date had been a cold fish.  It had been… what, years, certainly?... since he’d been on a date with someone as disinterested in him as she was.  While JJ had no shortage of ego, he felt more frustrated than spurned.  After all, he’d been just as eager to move on as she had been.<br/><br/>So when Rhonda arrived, chipper and joking lightly, it was a breath of fresh air.  The fact that he saw her begin to react magnetically to his eyes before catching herself was a mild balm to him.  Here was something he understood: Raw attraction.  He felt it for her, too, thankfully.  As starts to a date went, there were worse.<br/><br/><em>“JJ, yeah?  I would’ve been earlier but, you know, island traffic is awful this time of day. I bet they’ve been giving you updates anyway.”</em><br/><br/>After her cheeky bow and introduction, JJ gave her a welcoming smile and kissed her cheek European-style, his warm, strong hands on her shoulders.<br/><br/><strong>“That’s me.  Got caught behind some migrating crabs, did you?”</strong><br/><br/>He laughed good-naturedly and gave her a playful wink.<br/><br/><strong>“Don’t sweat it.  What’s the quote?  ‘Time waits for no man… but it’ll wait for a beautiful woman’?  Something like that.”</strong><br/><br/>He took his hands off her shoulders and offered one to her, pulling out her chair with the other.  Once she was seated, he poured out a Mimosa for both of them, grabbed himself one of the small tapas sandwiches (ham and cheese, looked like) and sat back in his chair.<br/><br/><strong>“Crazy couple of days, huh?  I’m getting the feeling this is going to be a wild ride.”</strong><br/><br/>While they spoke he let his eyes take in the woman he sat next to.  She was petite and curvy, and her clear Asian heritage gave her a bit of an exotic look.  While his light hazel eyes sized her up, he was gentlemanly enough not to let them linger too long on any one area.  Instead he took his mental inventory and committed to meeting her eyes as often as possible during their date from that point forward.<br/><br/><strong>“So tell me something you’re passionate about, Rhonda.  What puts a goofy smile on your face more than anything else?”</strong>