The next morning, Theresa didn't wake up until almost 10 o'clock. Being out almost all night partying, definitely made her body forget her morning jog.

When she got up and went downstairs, she noticed a note from her mother on the kitchen table.

'Theresa – I didn't have the heart to wake you before I went to work. I will be home early. I hope you had a good time last night! – Love, Mama'

"More than you'll ever know", she said to the note, and went to the cupboards to get the ingredients to make pancakes. After all the mixing and pouring and frying, the pancakes were ready. Just as she was about to take her first bite, the phone rang. Theresa raced from the kitchen in to the living room to answer it before the machine went off.

"Hello?" she answered breathlessly.

"Theresa? It's Ethan. Are you okay? You sound out of breath."

"I ran in from the kitchen, I was just about to eat my breakfast."

"You woke up late, too, huh?"

"I never knew dancing could have such an exhausting effect on a person!"

"Well, I was wondering what you had in mind to do today. I wondered if you'd like to get together."

"Oh, Ethan, that's so sweet. But I made plans with Whitney to meet up and talk about the wedding today after she was done with tennis practice. I'm meeting her at the Book Café at noon for lunch."

"Oh, no problem. We can get together another time"

"No, I really want to see you today; I'd like to finish our conversation from last night in the car on the way home." She hoped he picked up on her tone of voice.

"Yeah, me too", was all that Ethan could manage to say, after the way Theresa uttered her last few words.

"How about this? I'm dying to see your apartment, how about I bring over some food and I'll cook you and I dinner."

"That sounds wonderful. I'll clean up my place...well, I probably shouldn't tell you it's dirty."

"Ethan, you're a bachelor. If it were clean, I'd be surprised."

"Let me get something, to go with dinner. What can I get?"

"Uh, let's see....a bottle of wine. White Zinfandel okay? That's my favorite."

"Perfect. What time should I expect you?"

"How about 5?"

"Five o'clock it is. Maybe I can even find a movie for us to watch."

"If were talking movies, there had better be popcorn, too!"

"Yes ma'am! I'll see you at 5!"

"I'm looking forward to it. Bye Ethan."

"Bye Theresa."

As she hung up, Theresa felt her heart begin to flutter. Just the mere thought of being with Ethan tonight put her in a tizzy. 'What will it be like when I'm actually there?' she thought to herself.

As Ethan hung up the phone, he started looking around his apartment. 'Oh my god', he thought out loud. 'I'm going to need until 5 to get this place cleaned up. Ordinarily, cleaning his apartment is not what he would call fun for a Saturday. But for Theresa, he would do anything, just to be near her.