Okay every time I put a character of my own into my fics I always name them after the actor who plays the person closest to them. Such as Kirsten's mom is called Kelly in this fic. I named Sandy's brother Peter in this chapter but just for you Lula I've changed the name to a more Jewish one. Hope you like

Chapter 5

Kirsten helped Ryan and Seth up through the hatch, "Thanks but you know... I'm almost done and you don't wanna spend your Friday night stuck in a stuffy old attic."

"Mother! Such nonsense we would love nothing more than sifting through years of Cohen memories." Seth said while sorting through the Chrismukkah decorations. "Seth! No I just tidied them!" Seth jumped at his mother's yell and dropped the box of tree lights in his hands. "Okay I'll just go stand over there." Ryan got onto his knees and peered into the box Kirsten was looking through, "What's this?"

"It's some of my mom and dad's things from when they lived here years ago."

"Oh. Anything interesting?"

"Nah it's all being thrown out." She replied as she launched three of the boxes through the door of the attic. Ryan pulled a box toward him and pulled out an old movie stub that lay on top of everything else, "An Affair To Remember?"

"What?" Kirsten asked frowning.

"It's old movie ticket dating back to... December 31st 1986! Wow!"

"Oh my god I didn't know we kept that."

"Why would you hold onto an old movie stub? And why oh why were you at the movies at New Years?" Seth asked animatedly. Kirsten took the movie ticket in her hands and ran her fingers over the surface.

"Sanford! I cannot believe you would do this to your mother!" Sophie Cohen's voice roared through the tiny apartment. "Ma I know your upset but you are NOT going to change my mind about this!" Sophie turned away and busied herself with the dishes that were left in the sink. Sandy sighed loudly, "I don't think Kirsten and I should stay for new years if you're gonna be like this."

"Suit yourself Sandy but I warned you. Always remember that." Sophie didn't turn around as Sandy picked up both his and Kirsten's cases and headed for the front door. As he pulled the door open he found Kirsten and his brother David making their way toward him. "Hey bro! What's with the bags man? You going somewhere?"

"Yeah mom and I aren't really on good terms right now."

"What happened?" Kirsten asked as she linked her arm in his.

"Nothing for you to worry about honey. So did my brother here take of you on the tour of the old neighbourhood?"

"He did. He showed me where you guys used to play basketball and where your high school used to be. It was great." David opened the door to the apartment, "Listen man. You can crash at my place tonight. I'll probably be too drunk to get home from the party anyway so..." Sandy turned to his girlfriend, "Is that okay with you?" Kirsten nodded smiling and David pressed the keys into Sandy's hand. "Happy new year big brother." He said as he wrapped his arms around Sandy, "Happy new year Dave." David did the same with Kirsten and then they both went to get a cab over to Manhattan where his brother's apartment was.

Kirsten rested her head on Sandy's shoulder and sighed, "So if we're not staying with your mom what do you wanna do tonight? I mean it is New Year."

"How about we do something... simple?" Sandy asked, "I mean we had that enormous dinner at Thanksgiving with your parents and then at Christmas we had to go to that party thing with the... what do you call them?"

"Newpsies." Kirsten replied, "I know what you mean. I guess it must have been a little overwhelming for you. Meeting the family and Jimmy. Okay how simple? You wanna stay in?"

"Hey we could go see a movie. There's a little theatre I know where they show all old movies."

"Sounds good honey."

"Wrap up warm sweetie looks like it might snow." Sandy yelled from the living room. He was staring out of the window while Kirsten applied her makeup. "Do you really think it'll snow?" Kirsten asked excitedly.

"Maybe. Why? Haven't you ever seen snow before?"

"Well yeah but... it was always when we went skiing or on Christmas vacation or something but I've never walked down the street and it's just started snowing."

"Aww honey. I guess living in California would do that to you. So what do you wanna see? I looked in the newspaper and they're showing, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." Uh maybe not. "Casablanca." So cliché so I was thinking "An Affair To Remember?"

"Aww I love that movie. They're gonna meet at the top of the Empire State building and then she gets run over or something is that right?"

"Something along those lines. Up for it?"

"Sure." Kirsten said as Sandy helped her pull on her long black coat. They walked hand in hand to the theatre. Just as they went through the doors a few snowflakes fell to the ground.

"Oh honey that was so romantic." Kirsten said as they came out of the theatre. They stopped and saw that the ground had a thin layer of frost on the surface, "What did I tell you? It's gonna snow."

"We have an hour till midnight. Do you wanna go home or...?"

"Lets just walk for a while." Sandy took Kirsten's hand and led her down the road toward Central Park. They found an empty bench and they sat there for a few minutes not saying anything. Kirsten was the first to speak, "Does your mom hate me?"

"What? No! Of course not why would you think that?"

"Isn't that why you aren't talking to her?"

"How did you know?"

"I don't know. Women's intuition I guess."

"Don't let her get to you. She's just annoyed with me for running off to Berkeley and actually finding happiness."

"You found happiness at Berkeley?"

"Well I found my source of happiness there," Sandy said smiling, "Do you know that you're the most important person in the world to me? I mean it. I love you so much," he checked his watch. 11.55 pm. Five minutes till midnight. Kirsten got up off the bench, "Wow it's snowing you were right!" She looked up and the snow fell softly to the ground. Sandy stood next to her, "Can you hear music?" Kirsten frowned and listened carefully, "Faintly. In the distance." Sandy took his girlfriend and spun her in the spot. She wrapped her arms around his neck laughing and he placed his hands on her waist. They swayed softly to the music and Kirsten rested her head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of her head, "Kirsten?" he asked gently, "Will you marry me?" Kirsten's head shot up and she looked startled into his eyes as the fireworks signalling the start of the New Year went off in the background, "Oh my god! Yes! Yes! Of course I'll marry you!" Sandy reached into his pocket and pulled out a small box. He opened it slowly and Kirsten almost screamed when she saw the platinum gold band and princess cut diamond, "Sandy it's beautiful! Oh I love you so much." Sandy slipped the ring onto her finger and kissed her gently on the lips, "You have no idea how happy I am," he laughed, "Happy New Year bride to be."

"Seth threw out another box from the attic and Kirsten slipped the ticket stub into her pocket along with her mother's wedding ring, "That was a cute story." Ryan said smiling. Kirsten nodded, "Yeah he'd told his mom earlier that day and she wasn't exactly pleased. That's why they were fighting." She turned back to the pile "Okay what's next?" Seth asked. Kirsten turned to the pile of boxes which was looking significantly smaller compared to when she began.

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