"Oh, that's so, eh?" I laugh and duck my head to hide a pleased smile. "I guess we're just going to spend a lot of time distracting each other."

As good as the food is, I can only eat about a plateful before I have to call it quits. I'm not used to so much fat, and I still have cake to eat. The last thing I want is for my stomach to act up during a romantic picnic dinner.

"Ah, last thing." I reach into the basket and pull out a single candle with a burst of silver confetti at the tip to take the place of a flame. I stick it into the cake and gesture proudly at it. "Now it's a birthday cake!"