Wearing khaki's and a tank with a short sleeved button down shirt, Julie and her father walked into the mirrored skyscraper. Julie looked around while her father talked to the receptionist. He got Julie's attention, then they boarded the elevator. The elevator dropped them off in the lobby and Julie's father talked to another receptionist. When they got to the right office, Julie sat on the couch next to the door. A few minutes later, Chris Gaffney stuck his head out the door. "Julie, you gonna come in?"
"Sure, why not." As she came in the door, she spotted a guy in jeans and a button down shirt. His back was to her, so she couldn't see his face. He turned around with a fake smile on his face. "Portman," she said amazed when she saw who it was.
"Catlady, no way!" They walked towards each other and hugged.
"I was going to blow you off, and call you," Julie said with a real smile.
"I figured you'd be a huge geek I'd have following me around for two weeks."
"Well I guess we were both wrong," Julie said as the two finally released the hug.
"Hmm, do you two know each other," Chris Gaffney said, smiling.
"So this is why you wanted me to come?"
"Well, like I said, I wanted to spend some time with you and I was talking to Anthony here, and we realized you were on the same hockey team, we thought that Dean could show you around the city while I'm in these meeting."
"So Catlady, what shall we do first?" Portman asked.
"It's your city, you tell me."
"I wonder in the Cubs are in town," Dean thought out loud.
"Well, it just so happens that they are. I also happen to have two sets of tickets. You can have your choice of bleacher seats or down the first base line," Anthony Portman told his son, pulling out the tickets from his desk drawer.
"You never get bleacher seats!"
"But you always want them."
"So, you want to go to a Cubs game?"
"Well, since the Blackhawks aren't playing, sure."
"Alright, bleachers or first base line?"
"Bleachers"
Dean grabbed the tickets and looked at them. "Night game. So who are the other tickets for?"
"Chris and I, so we thought maybe we'd meet for dinner and then go to the game."