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Second Chance
Kaitlyn was in her room. She had her hair set in rollers and she was in her robe going through her closet trying to find something to wear. She was pulling things out and quickly discarding them onto the bed. Megan walked in.
"What are you doing? It looks like a hurricane went through here." She bent over and started to pick up some clothes that hadn't quite made it to the bed.
"What time is it?" Kaitlyn quickly asked.
"It's ten after six, why?" Megan said after looking at her watch.
"Oh god, Gary is going to be here in 20 minutes and I have no idea what I am going to wear. I'm never going to be ready in time." Kaitlyn looked at her sister exasperated.
"Calm down. Where are you going?" Megan started to laugh.
"Charlie Trotter's. It's not funny. I have absolutely nothing to wear." Kaitlyn screamed.
"Okay. Okay. You go into the bathroom and finish putting yourself together. I'll sort through this mess. We'll find you something." Megan began to go through the clothes on the bed. "Go!" She pushed Kaitlyn towards the bathroom.
Kaitlyn finished fixing her hair and makeup. She walked into the bedroom and Megan was standing with a light blue halter-top and matching skirt in her hands. "How's this?" She asked shaking her head yes.
"It's fine, but I don't have any shoes to match it." Kaitlyn pouted.
"Ooh, you know I just bought a pair of snake skin sandals that would go perfect with this. I'll send Mike over to get them." Megan turned and started to walk out of the bedroom and Kaitlyn grabbed her and hugged her.
"Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" She screamed.
"Okay, Okay. Gary is gonna be here any minute and you can't go on a date with no shoes." Megan laughed.
Kaitlyn started to get dressed as she heard her sister yell, "Mike, I need you to go home and get…
Gary had just paid the cab fair when he saw a man walking across the street towards Kaitlyn's sidewalk.
"You must be Gary." The man asked.
"Yeah, Gary Hobson." Gary shook his hand.
"Hi, I'm Mike, Kaitlyn's brother-in-law. Shoe emergency." Mike said as he waived the shoebox in the air. "You might as well come on in and have a seat. She's not ready yet." They started to walk up the sidewalk. "I've been married to Megan for 10 years and between you and me the Kelly women are never ready on time, but it's worth the wait." Mike joked.
They walked in the front door and Megan came bounding down the steps. She looked a lot like Kaitlyn; her hair was blond, but short. Same blue eyes.
"Honey, did you get the shoes?" Then she noticed Gary. "Oh, Hi, you must be Gary. I'm Megan, Kaitlyn's sister. She'll be ready in a minute. Honey, did you ask Gary if he wanted something to drink?" She turned toward her husband.
"We just walked in the door." Mike argued.
"Oh, no really I'm fine." Gary said.
"Okay I better take these upstairs. We'll be back in a minute." Megan headed up the stairs.
When Casey heard Gary's voice, she came barreling out of the kitchen.
"Gary!" She screamed and ran over to hug him. Gary picked her up.
"Hey Casey! You ready for your big night out?" Gary asked.
"Yeah, you wanna come with us?" She turned toward Mike. "Uncle Mike can Gary come with us?"
Gary laughed. "Not tonight Casey. Maybe next time." Gary looked up and saw Kaitlyn coming down the stairs. She had on the blue halter-top and matching skirt. Her hair was down in a mass of large curls.
Mike let out a low whistle and Gary smiled. "I told you it would be worth the wait?" He nudged Gary in the ribs with his elbow.
"Mommy you look so pretty. Doesn't she look pretty Gary?" Casey said.
"Yes she does." Gary smiled and put Casey down.
"Thank you. You don't look bad yourself." Kaitlyn smiled at him and Gary blushed. He had chosen to wear his navy blue suit, a button down gray shirt, and no tie.
"Well Casey you ready to go." Megan said. "Mike where are Ben and Jess?"
"They are across the street playing video games. I'll go get them. Gary, it was nice to meet you. You two have a nice time tonight." Mike left.
"Okay Casey now you promise me you are gonna be a good girl for Aunt Megan." Kaitlyn stooped down to her daughter's level. "I told your sister this earlier, no fighting, okay?" Kaitlyn kissed Casey on the forehead.
"Go ahead you two you're gonna be late for your reservation. I can lock up." Megan handed Kaitlyn her purse. "You got your keys."
"Yeah." She turned to Gary. "Ready?"
"Yeah, lets go." He held the door for her. "I thought that it was such a nice night out that we could walk to the restaurant. Is that okay with you?" Gary asked
"Yeah that's fine, it's only a couple of blocks." She reached for Gary's hand and he took hers. They headed off toward the restaurant.