"Hey," Brenda said with a wave, "Karma from Tinder, right?"

"Yeah, and that means your-"

"Brenda, yep, that's me..." she replied awkwardly. Karma was wearing a short black dress with white flower embroidery. It had short sleeves-to show off her tattoo, Brenda guessed. The dress complimented her long black hair and olive skin. Karma wore striking red lipstick and faint black eyeshadow. She was...well, she was really pretty-enough to make Brenda's cheeks feel like they were on fire.

"Right, so you wanna head to the restaurant?" Karma asked.

"Yeah, sure."

(Karma and Brenda walk to the restaurant and order food)

" You mentioned that you were a tattoo artist. Did you do the tattoo on your arm?"

"You mean the one of the pie?" Karma pointed to the tattoo on her right arm. Brenda nodded.

"No, I um got it done by an old friend of mine." Karma smiled softly as she began to explain the tattoo.

"It's actually a blueberry pie...it reminds me of my old town. Before moving to the city, I lived in a pretty small town. You know, small businesses, coffee shops and all that. I used to go to this diner like every day. It served the best pie in town. This tattoo...it uh reminds me of my time there." Brenda hummed thoughtfully.

"You miss your old town?"

"Yeah, but I live in the city now and it's pretty great. Sure, I miss some things from back then, but there are some things I won't miss, you know? Two sides of every coin and all that. But enough about me, you said you were a florist, right? Tell me more about that.

(Brenda happily told Karma about her job-noting that Karma's favorite flowers were carnations-and Karma, in turn, told Brenda more about being a tattoo artist. They talked and ate happily for the rest of their date and departed in good spirits -the promise of a second date in the air.)