After the club Dante drove Lulu home walking her to the door, "I had a great time tonight." he said breaking into a smile.

"Me too."

"Can I call you sometime and maybe we can do this again." Dante said nervously. 'Come on you've done this before, why does she make me so nervous,' he thought to himself.

"I'd like that."

Dante leaned in to give her a kiss on the cheek, "Have a goodnight."

"You too, give Arianna a hug for me." She said as she turned to unlock her door.

Dante walked into his living room where his mom was seated on the couch, "Hey is Arianna asleep already?" he asked.

"Yeah the poor thing fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow. So how was your date?" she asked as she patted the couch next to her, signaling for him to sit down.

"It was great, I'm hoping to see her again soon." Dante replied.

"That's great baby. I'm so happy to finally see you dating again."

"Me too ma."

"Well I better get going, but you let me know if you need to watch Ari anytime. I just love spending time with my granddaughter."

"Thanks for watching her tonight."

Dante headed down the hall to his daughters bedroom. The door was open a crack an he could see his daughter was still fast asleep by the illumination of her Tinkerbell night-light. As he walked out of the room the door creaked a little, he hoped it wasn't loud enough to wake her. "Daddy?" he heard as he turned to see his daughter looking at him with sleepy eyes.

"Hey baby, I didn't mean to wake you."

"Are you and Ms. Spencer gonna get married?"

"What? What makes you ask that?"

"Brian at school says that when a guy and a girl go on a date they get married."

"Oh well your friend is wrong. To get married you have to love someone first."

"You don't love Ms. Spencer?" she asked innocently.

"We just met not too long ago, I like her alot but it takes time to fall in love."

"Oh ok." she said sleepily.

"I love you pumpkin."

"I love you too daddy."

"How much do I love you?" he asked as was their tradition.

"You love me the whole world and back again." She said as he leaned down to hug her.

It had been a week since his date with Lulu. He had wanted to see her sooner but the week had been a busy one at the station and with Lulu teaching during the day, they just hadn't had the chance.

But he was hoping they could do something this weekend so his plan was to talk to her today when he picked up Arianna from school. He hadn't stopped thinking about her since their date. He wished that he had the nerve to kiss her at the end of the night instead of the kiss on the cheek that he had given her. Walking into the classroom he spotted his daughter playing with another little girl and Lulu was talking to another one of the parents. He waited until she was done before approaching her, "Hey." Dante said as she turned to look at him.

"Oh hey Dante. I was hoping to see you again."

"I wanted to see you too. I actually wanted to ask what you were doing this weekend?" he asked.

"I guess I'll be spending it with you," she said with a smile.

"Great how about you come over saturday, in the morning we can spend the day together."

"I like that idea."

Arianna spotted her father and Ms. Spencer talking and walked over, tugging on her father's shirt to get his attention. "Hey daddy."

"Hey baby, how would you like Ms. Spencer here to come over on saturday?"

"Really?"

"Yep."

"I can show you all my toys." She said causing them both to laugh.

Lulu pulled up in front of Dante's house early Saturday morning, she took a deep breath to calm her nerves. Whenever she was around him she got butterflies and today was no different. Climbing out of the car she leaned over the seat to grab the bag she had brought along with her, slamming the door she headed up the walkway.

"Hey," she said as Dante opened the door with a smile. "Come on in."

"Thanks."

Arianna raced into the room, "Hi Ms. Spencer."

"Hey Arianna, how are you?"

"I'm good, what's in the bag?" the little girl asked curiously.

"Ari that's not very polite." Dante said.

"Oh no it's alright. Here I brought you this coloring book with horses." she said handing the book to the little girl.

"I love horses."

"I know that's why I knew you'd like it."

"What do you say?" Dante prodded.

"Thank you." Arianna said as she reached up to hug Lulu.

"Breakfast is almost ready, make yourself comfortable." he said as he led her into the kitchen.

After eating breakfast together, Dante started clearing up the kitchen. "Need some help?" Lulu asked picking up a plate from the table.

"No, no you're a guest. I'll clean up you can go see what Arianna's doing. It's kinda quiet in there, she may be up to no good."

Lulu laughed as she headed for the living room where the little girl had darted as soon as she had finished eating. Lulu noticed her sitting on the floor with her coloring book and a wide variety of crayons in front of her. When she entered the room the little girl looked up at her, "Ms Spencer will you color with me?"

"Of course." She replied as she took a seat next to her on the carpet.

Dante wondered what they were up to in the other room, it was still silent in the other room. Entering the living room he noticed them sitting on the floor together coloring in the new book. They were talking to each other and his daughter was laughing at something Lulu had said. He had to admit he liked the scene before him.