Amanda Bitterson is a substitute teacher. In her early twenties, she sometimes finds it daunting to teach at the high school. Today made all her fears come true. She was challenged and groped by a large boy, but fortunately, someone intervened before it got serious. Derrick Butler is a guest teacher visiting from Australia. He helps Amanda by escorting the trouble maker to the office. Later, he invites her for coffee and after, dinner. They make a date for 6:00, but Amanda can’t keep her mind on anything because she’s thinking about Derrick.

Picking up the phone on an impulse, she called Derrick.

“I had an idea,” she said right after he answered. “Have you seen much of the sights?”

“Besides the beach? Not much, and very little of that. Too bloody cold to surf. Why?”

“If you aren’t busy at the moment, would you like to sight see a…