A/N: This was written almost two years ago, I have written three other tag-ons to this fic which will be posted in time. Kate O'Riley is my OC. Also, I should mention that all these stories take place after season 2, that is when I started writing these. That is also the reason Megan is still in them and Liz and Nikki are not.
Summery: Don meets a girl.
Disclaimer: I do not own Numb3rs or any of the characters on the show, nor do I make any profit from them.

Don sat at the bar watching the Dodgers game. He had originally hoped to watch the game with his dad and Charlie but they both had dates tonight, and he didn't feel like sitting alone in his dark apartment so he settled for sitting alone at a sports bar. The sports bar was not full by any means since it was a week night but almost all the stools at the bar were occupied

"Excuse me, is this seat taken?" a woman asked motioning to the stool next to him.

"No go ahead, have a seat." Don replied.

"Thanks" the woman said as she sat down and ordered a drink. She directed her attention towards the screen that Don was staring at. "Who's winning?"

"Not L.A."

"Figures."

"Yeah I keep asking myself why I don't just choose a different team."

"I ask myself that question too, and the only answer I can come up with for that is because my uncle was a Dodgers fan and I always watched the games with him, even though I grew up in Minnesota and should have been cheering on the Twins."

"Yeah I think the only reason I keep watching is because I love baseball and grew up watching the Dodgers here in L.A., I'm Don by the way." he said extending his hand.

"Kate." she replied shaking his hand. "Nice to meet you Don."

"Nice to meet you too Kate, so what brings you to Los Angeles?"

"My job, I'm a physicians assistant; I just transferred here from Seattle. What do you do for a living Don?"

"I'm an FBI agent."

"Wow, FBI, that's impressive!"

"Thanks." Don said his cheeks getting slightly pink. 'Wow she's beautiful' he thought. Kate was about 5'10'' with light brown hair and vibrant blue eyes with an amazing smile that lit up the room. "So do work in a hospital here or private practice?"

"I start at UCLA in two weeks, I just moved here two days ago from Seattle."

Don and Kate talked for quite awhile, completely ignoring the game that had brought them both there. Kate glanced down at her watch and realized it was almost 10 o'clock. "Well its getting late I should probably head home."

"Yeah I have to get up and be at a meeting early tomorrow so I should probably be going too. Would you like me to walk you to your car?" he asked.

"Yeah, that would be nice." Kate replied.

As they got to her car Kate said, "I had a really good time tonight Don."

"Yeah I did too. It was nice to meet you." 'Alright' Don thought 'It's now or never just ask her out casually.' "Listen Kate, I was wondering, would like to get together again sometime for dinner?" he asked.

"I would love to. Here's my number, just call me sometime." She replied as she pulled some paper and a pen from her purse, jotted down her number, and handed it to Don.

"Alright then, I will call you then sometime in the next few days with plans for dinner."

"That sounds good Agent…?

"Eppes. And you are Miss…?

"O'Riley, Well I will look forward to you call but I should be going now Agent Eppes." she said as she climbed into her car he closed the door and watched her drive off while heading for his SUV.

On the drive back to his apartment Don realized that he had been smiling ever since he left the parking lot and the only thing he could think about was Kate. 'You better not screw this one up Eppes.'

The End