A/N: It was brought to my attention that catholic priests are celibate, a little fact that I forgot when I made Coleman come from a line of catholic priests in the last chapter. I have hopefully found a way to resolve that issue in this chapter.


Kelly's

Lainey and Coleman walked into Kelly's and sat down. Mike came to take their order.

"Same as usual," Mike asked Lainey.

Lainey started to say yes but was stopped by a disapproving look from Coleman.

"Actually, I'll try the sloppy jos and onion rings," Lainey said.

"One sloppy jo and onion ring basket coming up," Mike said, jotting down Lainey's request and then turning his attention to Coleman, "And for you?"

"Some of your world famous chili," Coleman said.

"It'll be out in a few minutes," Mike said, "Now you two kids enjoy yourselves."

"Did he just refer to us as kids?" Lainey remarked, trying not to laugh, as soon as Mike was out of earshot.

"Show some respect for the old man, Lainey," Coleman said, "We probably do look a couple of kids to him, laughing and acting like we're up to something."

"But we are up to something," Lainey said, "A mission to find my inner wild child."

"What's something that you want to do, but haven't done yet," Coleman asked.

"Don't change the subject," Lainey replied.

"I'm not, sweetheart," Coleman said, "This is how it will work; you'll tell me something you've only dreamed about doing and then you're actually going to do it."

Lainey thought for a minute, "Sky diving."

"Sky diving?" Coleman questioned.

"It always sounded like fun," Lainey said.

"Sky diving it is then," Coleman said as Mike brought them their food.

Outside Kelly's

"You can't possibly have been Catholic," Lainey said, "neither could your grandfather and father."

"How so?" Coleman asked, feigning innocence.

"Catholic priests are supposed to be celibate," Lainey said, "Considering that you exist, your priestly father and grandfather obviously weren't celibate."

"I was wondering when you pick up on that detail," Coleman said, "And I'm insulted, my father, grandfather, and their grandfathers were devout catholic priests with the exception of following the whole celibacy thing."

"You're not insulted," Lainey said, laughing, "Now explain to me how a whole line of catholic priests weren't stoned to death for not being celibate."

"It sounds weird, but back in the 1600's one of my ancestors was a catholic priest," Coleman said, "His congregation was so in awe of his teachings that they become convinced that the only way for these divine teachings to continue was if he were to have children born specifically to become catholic priests. So the church voted to allow priests to take a wife and have children. The Catholic Church as a whole shunned the congregation and this tradition of catholic priests having families continued until I stopped it."

"So you're still not really catholic," Lainey smirked.

"No, I'm not Catholic. I gave up on that way of life a long time ago," Coleman said as Lainey's pager went off.

"I have to get to work," Lainey said after looking at the pager.

"I can't convince you to play hooky?" Coleman asked.

"I have to draw the line somewhere on this spontaneity thing," Lainey said, "I can't very well lose my job."

Before Coleman could respond, Lainey gave him a quick kiss on the lips and walked away.