"Pleasant doesn't begin to describe it," he answered, eyes on hers. He couldn't help but drink in the sight of her, like a man dying in the desert drinking from an oasis. She was beautiful. Gorgeous physically, of course, but even more than that, she had intelligence, drive, determination... And Steve was completely and utterly head over heels for her.
"Sorry I'm late for our date." About seventy years late if everyone else was telling the truth.