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Jamie and Alexis made plans to meet for coffee on Sunday, exactly a week after their initial meeting. Alexis arrived before Jamie, and settled at a window table to wait. She smoothed the hem of her sundress and allowed her thoughts to wander. She quickly found that all she could think about was the subject of her impending company. She was feeling very optimistic about this Jamie Reagan. He was as different from her last boyfriend as one person could possibly be. Looking back, Alexis realized she'd made a mistake with Pi. She'd been caught somewhere between reveling in a burst of freedom and feeling hurt by the news of her father's sudden engagement, which she'd learned of from her grandmother over a Skype call. Pi had been there, willing and open and so different. Perhaps too different. Pi had been far from studious and not exactly gentlemanly. Jamie, on the other hand, had studied at Harvard, and he was definitely a gentleman. Alexis was happy to be with someone so completely different, in the best way. Of course, it didn't hurt that Jamie was so handsome. She especially loved his eyes and smile; deep, dark eyes that could transition quickly from soulful to sparkling, and a beautiful, bright, smile. She looked up when a shadow fell over her table and the butterflies in her stomach fluttered wildly at the sight of Jamie standing over her, obviously having come from church, judging by the black dress pants and pale blue Oxford he was wearing.

"Hey," she said with a smile.

"Hey," he replied, pulling out a chair to sit across from her.

"How was your week?" Jamie asked. Alexis would've smiled, except that she already was.

"It was good," she replied. 'I spent every minute of it thinking about you,' she added silently to herself. "How was yours?"

"Not too bad," he answered. 'I was completely distracted and couldn't keep you off my mind,' he thought. "No major issues," he continued aloud. "A slow week is a good week." Alexis nodded in understanding, and their conversation was suspended when the waitress arrived to take their orders. They turned again to smile at one another when she left.

"It's good to see you," Jamie said. Alexis felt her body warm at his comment.

"It's good to see you, too," she replied. Suddenly, Jamie laughed, and Alexis smiled in amusement at the bright, unexpected sound.

"What?" she asked.

"I was just thinking how ridiculous we sound right now," he said, and Alexis laughed too, along with him. When they had both calmed down again, they accepted their coffees from the waitress as they slipped easily into conversation.

"How was your afternoon, Jamie?" Linda asked from across the Reagan dinner table. Jamie smiled without quite realizing it.

"I enjoyed my afternoon," he replied. Erin and Linda exchanged looks.

"Oh, really?" Erin asked.

"Yeah."

"Hmm. What'd you do?" Linda inquired. Jamie finished chewing and shrugged.

"Not much," he answered.

"What's so enjoyable about 'not much'?" Nicki asked, jumping in on this line of questioning. Jamie shrugged his shoulders again.

"You're smiling, Uncle Jamie," Sean pointed out helpfully.

"Am I?" Jamie asked lightly, looking up at his nephew, who nodded.

"You are," Erin confirmed. Jamie shook his head, still grinning as he collected plates and headed toward the kitchen.

"You're all crazy," he said. The three women exchanged a knowing glance. Danny turned to his wife in confusion.

"What are you guys so riled up about?" he asked as Linda stood up. She rolled her eyes at him.

"He's happy," she said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. Danny threw his hands up in the air.

"I said that last week!"