Dante hated the fact that Lulu had a date that night, he hadn't stopped obsessing about it all day long which made work extremely hard. He couldn't count the number of times one of his buddies had to tap him on the shoulder or call his name to get his attention throughout the day. Everyone had noticed that something was up but no one bothered to ask about it because they could tell that whatever it was he didn't want to talk about it.

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That night Maxie helped Lulu get ready for her date with Brent she had no idea where he was taking her but he had told her to dress formal. As she was finishing her hair she heard a knock at the door and turned to answer it, "No let me remember you want to keep the guy waiting." Maxie said. "Geez didn't your mother teach you anything," she muttered to herself.

"No see my mom was too busy teaching me useful things," Lulu said with a laugh as Maxie finally opened the door.

"Hi, Maxie was it." Brent said extending his hand to her as he glanced past her at Lulu.

"Yes, nice to see you again. Come on in."

"I'm just gonna grab my coat."

They pulled up outside the Metro Court and Brent handed his key over to the valet, as he climbed out of the car and made his way over to open the door for Lulu. "Why thank you."

"Your welcome," he said as he took her hand in his."

Walking inside Brent gave his name to the hostess as she led them to their seats, Lulu smiled as he came over to her side of the table to pull out her chair for her. He had even waited for her to sit before he took a seat as well. She had never met a man that was a true gentleman. "So how was your day?" he asked her as the waiter brought them a bottle of wine.

"It was great, how about you."

"It's definitely getting better." He said which made Lulu smile.

The waiter a younger boy who had obviously only been working there for a short time had brought their entrees to the table but as he went to set the plate down on the table he tripped and dropped the plate on Brent's lap. "My new suit it's ruined!" He yelled jumping out of his seat in rage.

"I...I'm so sorry sir." The boy stammered.

"No, do you know how much this suit costs."

"I'll pay to have it dry-cleaned."

"It was an accident, Brent," Lulu said trying to calm him down.

"Yeah you're right I'm sorry I yelled at you." Brent said to the boy who looked to be nearly in tears.

After the incident the rest of their date went off without a hitch and even despite his outburst Lulu had had a really great time. Maybe the best time she had ever had on a date.

The next day as soon as Lulu walked into Crimson she was pelted with questions about how her date had gone. "Di you kiss him?" "Are you going to see him again?" "Are you gonna be moving out because...?"

"Maxie one question at a time, please. It is too early for my brain to comprehend."

"Sorry, but how did it go?"

"It was great, but no I'm not moving out it was our first date so don't go planning the wedding just yet."

"Did he kiss you?"

"On the cheek yes."

"That's it?"

"Yes."

At lunch that day Lulu headed out of the office, she needed to get away from Maxie and he incessant questions, so she headed over to Kelly's. She had been there so many times she didn't even need to look at the menu to know what she wanted. After she had ordered her food she noticed Dante walk in and take a seat at the counter.

"Hey Dante, over here."

"Oh hey," Dante said as he turned around to see Lulu sitting across the restaurant.

He took a seat next to her despite the fact that he had been trying to avoid her today. Last night was her date with Brent and he definitely didn't want to hear about it, he knew it would be too hard to hear that she had had a good time. 'But what if she didn't have a good time,' he thought to himself. 'It was a possibility, right.'

"So um how was your date?" he asked.

"It was great I think he's going to ask me out again soon." she said with a smile.

"Oh...thats great." he said trying to sound happy for her even though inside he felt his heart breaking.