"Will this Monday ever be over?" Ethan asked himself out loud. It was only 10am, and he still had 4 hours to go until his golf meeting. Then, he had to meet Gwen for their dinner. How he dreaded it. The only thing that kept him going was thinking about Theresa, and Thursday night. They had taken things slow and waited to make love, just like they said they would. But they had been together long enough now, that they felt ready. They had talked about it before Sunday, but the opportunity for Ethan to make it a special night had never presented itself until now.

"Mr. Bennett?" his secretary said over the intercom.

"Yes?"

"Gwen Hotchkiss on line 3 for you."

Oh I might as well. "Thank you. This is Ethan Bennett."

"Ethan, hi it's Gwen. How are you?"

"Oh busy, as usual."

"I'm sure you are, I was surprised to actually get through to you!"

"You actually caught me at my desk, not in a meeting."

"Well, I'm just double checking for tonight. Are you sure you don't need me to come over with the limo and pick you up?"

"Yes, I'm sure. Like I said, I'll already be at the Country Club, but thank you anyway."

"Oh that's right! Well, I guess this was kind of a wasted call. But I am looking forward to tonight. I found the perfect dress at Envy!"

Ethan's heart began to race. Had she picked out the dress today, when Theresa was there? Did Theresa know that he was having dinner with Gwen?

"I asked for your friend Theresa, but she was busy with a client in her office."

"Oh, well, she's usually pretty busy on Mondays." His heart came out of his throat and in back in to his chest. "Well, thank you again, Gwen. But I had better get going. I'll see you tonight."

"Six o'clock, I can't wait! Bye Ethan!"

When Theresa looked at the clock, it was 5:30. Wow, I'm done early for a change, she thought to herself. She turned off her lights, locked her door, and made her way through the store to head home. As she passed a rack, she noticed Sheridan.

"Hey Sheridan!"

"Theresa, hi! I thought you were gone home already?"

"No, actually, I'm done early for once on a Monday. What are you doing here this late?"

"I'm killing time until I have to meet Luis for dinner. Hey, why don't' you and Ethan come with us?"

"Ethan is with a client for dinner, but if you've got room, I'd love to go!"

"Oh of course there's room! I'll just call the Country Club and have them add one more to the table", she said, as she pulled her cell phone out of her purse.

"I won't be interrupting a romantic night out, will I?"

"Oh, no. You'll be interrupting a "I don't' feel like cooking night" though! Yes, I have a reservation for 6:30, Sheridan Lopez-Fitzgerald, could you please add one more to that table...Thank you! All set! This will be wonderful, Luis will be so surprised! But now we have 45 minutes to kill!"

"I can take care of that, easy", Theresa said. "Come to my office with me, I'll show you some designs I'm working on. I'm actually doing one of them with you in mind!"

"Great, let's go!"