Sev Kerat, senior at South County High School, Springfield resident:

“We’d go ice skating, or something else active to move about and set the mood. Doing an activity makes me feel relieved instead of uptight.”

Patrick LeMay, senior at South County High School, Lorton resident:

“The date would be something casual and classic, like a movie and dinner. Keeping it simple is good because you’re afraid of making that one mistake. Dinner is good so we can talk, then the movie would be girl’s choice.”

Grant Kenny, Burke resident:

“It would be something active, like golf, going for a walk, camping or a sports event. Not boring like dinner and a movie.”

Laurelyn Rawson, Fairfax resident:

“We would start with a climb to the top of Old Rag and end at one of the local wineries, like Barrel Oak Winery, with a fireplace and tasting a couple of their varieties.”

Mark Jones, Fairfax Station resident:

“The day would include a running race with my wife, watching our kids at a swim meet and then going to downtown Clifton for dinner, just the two of us.”

Liz Maquera, junior at West Springfield High School, Springfield resident:

“First we would go hang-gliding and then end up at a picnic in the park, somewhere like Great Falls Park. Later we would go to a movie, an action movie, that’s not sappy, so we both can enjoy it.”

Katy Morgan, senior at South County High School, Fairfax Station resident:

“I would just stay in with a cute boy, hugging on him and cuddling. He would make dinner for me because it’s my birthday, macaroni and cheese from scratch, and then we would watch a chick flick.”

Lauren Dzierski, sophomore at South County High School, Lorton resident:

“We would go out to a movie, then to dinner at a fancy restaurant, for steak. The movie would be a comedy.”

Michael Murphy, junior at Lake Braddock Secondary School, Fairfax Station resident:

An activity would be good, like ice skating, then a nice dinner, candlelit, maybe a steakhouse. Then we would go out to a movie, all very classic. The movie would be either a romantic comedy or horror, because generally girls want to hold your hand if it’s scary.

Natalie Hohman, sophomore at West Potomac High School, Mount Vernon resident.

I’d have dinner with my boyfriend, because he’s a cook. He would cook steak, on a fire. Then we would go to get ice cream at Pops in Old Town Alexandria and go for a walk by the water.

Cassidy Bayer, freshman at West Potomac High School, Mount Vernon resident.

We would go out to a nice restaurant, something Italian. Afterward, my boyfriend lives on the water, the Potomac, so we would go walking there. If he gave me roses, that would be cute.