Part 21: COLLEGE BUDDIES


Sean drove up to his friend Sam's house at about 7:30pm. He had not been there in almost two years because Sam's wife and Sheridan did not get along, so they stopped going as a couple and Sean had not been able to visit on his own until now. On his way, Sean had stopped at the shopping mall to buy a present for Sam and Niki's new baby. After he knocked on the door, he waited a few seconds and Sam opened the door...

"Sean!!!" He gave his buddy a big hug and happily escorted him into his home. "Come on in man. It's so great to see you. Niki! Niki! Sean is here!" Sam was a tall, dark-skinned man with large deep black eyes. He was built like a football player, but he was as gentle as a teddy bear.

Nicollette Justice came through the foyer wiping her hands on her apron. When she saw Sean she went to him and they hugged, then they all made their way into the large living room. Nicollette was an attractive German woman. She had long, thick wavy red hair and an olive complexion to match her gray eyes. She was a big boned woman and complimented her husband well. She was especially friendly to those she liked, but to those she did not she showed no mercy. Sheridan was one of the ladder and when Sean came in she commented on his not bringing her. "I see you didn't bring money bags with you."

"No, I didn't. I didn't want you two to get into it like you did last time. Sam and I almost had to break up a fight."

"Well, if I hadn't been pregnant you would have, but let's not talk about that woman. I know she's your girlfriend and all so I pity you, but you're still our friend. Come on into the kitchen and I'll get you something to snack on while Sam is bragging to you over his new son."

Sam and Niki took Sean into the kitchen and afterwards, Sam took Sean upstairs to see his six-month old son. When they got upstairs, and went into the baby room they went over to the crib of a sleeping Sam Jr. He was a big baby with a lot of curly light, sandy, red hair.

Sean admired the baby and briefly thought about whether he and Elana's children would have looked like little Sam. "Wow, Sam he's cute. What color are his eyes?"

"They're jet black. You couldn't see a pupil if you had a flashlight on him." Sam said, picking the little three-month old baby up out of the crib.

"He sure is big. Is that how big they usually are at this age?"

"No, he's just a big boy. When he was born he weighed 11 pounds and 6 ounces. Niki said we couldn't have any more because the next one would probably be 15 pounds. Julie was 9 pounds when she was born, and Rosalee was 11 pounds."

"Wow! I almost forgot about your daughters. How old are they now?"

"Julie will be 5 next month, she's just as opinionated as her mother and Rosalee is eighteen months. I can see my future now with two of them speaking their mind all over the house. I already have to be careful who I bring here because Niki can get pretty raunchy if you get on her bad side."

"Yeah I know" Sean said remembering the incident with her and Sheridan two years earlier.

"Come on let's go downstairs and have some dinner. I know you must be hungry?" Sam said as he headed toward the door with the baby in his arms.

"Yeah I am. Are you taking him downstairs? He's still sleep isn't he?"

"Yeah, he'll be awake in a minute. Here you hold him and then I can tell Niki that you woke him up because you didn't know any better." Sean took the baby, not quite knowing what to do with him, but he managed as they made their way downstairs.

The two men walked down the stairs while they talked and shared old memories together. When they got there, they went into the kitchen where Niki was finishing up dinner. Sam went over and hugged his wife around her waist while she was stirring something in a pot. He was trying to sweeten her up before she saw that the baby had been awakened. After a few seconds of him whispering in her ear Sean watched as she giggled at her husband and hit him with the wash rag that was on the counter next to her. Sean envied them. Sam and Nicollette had met when Sam and Sean were in their last year of graduate school. At first they were wary of each other even though they both knew there was a strong attraction between them. Eventually, after Sam graduated they dated for a long while and they were married two years later.

When Nicollette turned around she saw Sean standing there looking at little Sam who was now wide awake and looking back at Sean through his big black eyes, wondering who this man was holding him. As Niki walked to her cupboard to get the dishes for dinner, the sight of the two was so cute that she had to laugh.

"I see you two are getting acquainted. That looks good on you Sean." Niki said as she went to the drawer to get the silverware. "I think he likes you too because he usually won't let anybody but Sam or me hold him more than a few seconds before he starts yelling his head off."

"Yeah, he's a cute little thing." Sean said holding the baby away from him after he had drooled on his Brooks Brothers suit.

After putting the dishes down on the kitchen table, Niki picked up a blanket off the back of the kitchen chair and put it over Sean's shoulder. "There you go. Now he won't mess up that nice suit you have on."

When she finished setting the table, Niki also set up the baby seat in one of the kitchen chairs and took the baby from Sean to sit him down. Sam said a prayer over the food and they began to eat and talk. Sam tried to rub the wild hairs in the top of his son's head down as he spoke to Sean. "So when will you and Sheridan be getting married so that you can have one of these little fellows Sean? You're getting up there man. You shouldn't wait too late you don't wanna be too old to run around and keep up with your kids."

Niki chimed in after Sam said that, "Oh no! I hope you and that woman won't be having any kids. I can see her now trying to mold them into the perfect children. They'll definitely end up with a complex having her as a mother" She said.

"Well, you may not have to worry about that Niki." Sean offered

Sam and Niki both looked at Sean in confusion.

"I guess I should share something with you two." Sean added.

"What's that?" Sam asked.

"I know Sheridan and I have been together for a while, but things haven't been working out for us, so I plan on calling things off with her this week."

"OH, THERE IS A GOD TO SAVE THE UNWARY!" Niki said as she looked up to the ceiling. Then she started up about what a great decision Sean was making. Sam tried to be a little more sympathetic.

"Don't act so happy baby. This is gonna be a sad time for Sean, because he's been with her for a long time and he had to have some pretty deep feelings for her." Sam said.

Sean felt compelled to correct his friend. "Actually that's the problem Sam, I don't have any deep feelings for her. I never did and to tell the truth I really don't even like her."

"I knew it!!! I knew it!!! Didn't I tell you Sam that the wench was probably forcing herself on Sean." Niki said and then she turned her attention to Sean. "I could tell that she was not the one for you Sean. She's just too up on herself and you are such a sweet man. It looked as if she was just running all over you and you were just letting her. If you asked me, you seemed to be tolerating her even when you both first got together. You need somebody who can really love you and she loved herself and her possessions too much. You know she would bleed you financially dry."

"I guess you're right, but it really doesn't matter anymore because I have seen the light and I'm not going to waste anymore of her time or mine on this relationship."

"Good for you." Niki said as she patted his hand.

"So you're gonna be on the single circuit again, my man. I know a few young single ladies that would be happy to meet you. Maybe we can invite some of them over, one at a time of course, and you can get to know them."

"No thanks, Sam. I already have somebody in mind." Sean said grinning as he ate what was on his plate.

Sam looked at his friend suspiciously. "Now is this somebody the reason you'll be calling it quits with Sheridan?" Sam asked.

"Who cares. Any reason is a good reason to get rid of that woman." Niki responded.

"Niki!"

"What? I'm just telling the truth!"

Answering Sam's question, Sean interjected. "No she doesn't. I should have broken it off with Sheridan a long time ago. We never should have happened, but I have met someone that I know will be in my life hopefully forever."

"Now the only woman I ever heard you say that about was that girl...uh I can't think of her name... Elana, yeah she was the one who we were flying all over the U.S. to see every chance you got when we were in college. So this woman must be pretty special for you to say something like that. Who is she?""

"It's the same woman Sam. It's Elana Powers."

"What? Are you serious? How did you find her?" Sam asked excitedly.

"I didn't. She found me. Her company is doing the redevelopment of Crealite."

"Really? She's got her own company now? She must be doing pretty well.

"Yeah, she is." Sean added

"Well, that's great! So tell me...did she finally let you get into her pants?"

"Sam! Why would you ask him something like that?" Niki said punching her husband on his shoulder.

"Because hon, you didn't go through what I went through with Sean and this girl. They were dating for four or five years, but they never got together and Sean swore he was gonna marry her. Then one day she just jetted and Sean couldn't find her."

"Well why did she run off. What did you do to her Sean?" Niki asked curious about this woman from Sean's past. She had always hoped that her husband's friend would meet someone he could really love and then their little circle of friendship would be complete.

"I didn't do anything except be too white and she said in her letter she couldn't handle an interracial relationship."

"Wow, now this is getting more and more interesting by the minute. So is she black or Oriental?" Niki asked.

"She's black."

"Really? Well looks like Sean is gonna join the interracial circuit. That's great you'll have to bring her over for dinner sometime. I can't wait to meet her. What's she like?"

Sean stopped eating and sat back as he contemplated what type of person he remembered Elana as being and he happily retorted everything he thought she was. "She's wonderful. She's compassionate, loving and kind. She's thoughtful, humble and mild. She's generous and..."

"Yeah Sean and don't forget she's a knockout." Sam said. He then told his wife about when he and Sean shared a room in college. I still don't see what she saw in him, but she certainly had his head spinning so fast in college that I wasn't sure he was gonna be able to make it through his classes sometimes. I remember before he told me about her, he would just kinda mope around the campus and I thought he was just some crazy white boy, but it turned out that he had love troubles." They all laughed as Sam continued to relay when Sean told him about Elana after returning from their first Spring Break in their freshman year...

Harvard University Dorm Room
1985

Sean's outward display of remorse was all too evident to his roommate, Samuel Justice. Sam had noticed his friend go from somber before Spring Break to down right pitiful. He tried whatever he could to cheer him up, but nothing seemed to work. Finally one day when he had come back from tennis practice he found Sean laying on his bed reading one of his Black Enterprise magazines, so he decided to ask him about it....

"Hey, man what's wrong with you?"

"What do you mean?" Sean asked quietly not looking up from the magazine he was reading.

"Well, when we first got here you weren't too personable, then you became even more distant from everybody and now since you've come home from Spring Break you just seem miserable and I can't understand it. You've got all this money, you're getting the best education in the world, you got beautiful girls calling me all the time to set them up with you, but you just sit up in this room and do whatever it is you do. So I want to know what's wrong with you. Are you gay? Are you sick or something? Are you depressed? What is it?"

Sean thought for a second and realized that Sam was showing some concern, so he decided to share his feelings with him hoping he would understand because so far no one else did. He turned the magazine to the page he wanted and dropped it on the end of the bed for Sam to see. "You know this man?"

Sam picked up the magazine and scanned the article entitled 'The Power Behind Real Estate'. "Yeah, I remember this guy from a few years ago. Didn't he donate a lot of money to some DA who was running for a political office?"

Sean was looking through his wallet and then he found the picture of Elana. "Yeah, he's from Connecticut." Sean put the picture at the end of the bed for Sam to pick up. "And this is his daughter."

Sam picked up the picture "Umm Umph. She is too fine! Do you know her? What's her name? Does she have a boyfriend?" Sam asked not even imagining that she was the reason for Sean's sadness.

"Her name is Elana, she's my --- my friend." Sean hesitated not really knowing if he wanted to reveal the extent of their relationship.

"Does she need any more friends. 'Cause I would sure like..."

Knowing where Sam was going with his comment, Sean snatched the picture out of his hand. "Watch your mouth Sam, she's --- um."

"She's what Sean? Is she a Lesbian? Is she Married? What?" Sam studied Sean's reaction and then it all came together "Oooooh, I see. She's your girl?"

Sean looked up at Sam and nodded his head. "Yeah, man. She's my girl."

"Well, well, well, I never would've thought Mr. Sean Logan messed around with black women." Sam said as he strutted around the foot of the bed and now looked at Sean in a new perspective. "I took you for the skinny, blond, blue-eyed type. Well ain't nothin wrong with that man because I've been eyeing this German girl, who lives across town, myself. But enough about me. It seems that you're pretty serious about this girl. You got it bad for her huh?" Sam asked, now curious about how close his Logan friend was to the beautiful young black girl in the photograph.

"I got it real bad man." Sean said putting his knees up and wrapping his arms around them.

"She must have whipped it on you during Spring Break and now you're missing it, right?" Sam sat down at the edge of the bed hoping to get an earful of how his friend liked making love to a black woman.

"Yeah, I'm definitely missing it." Sean answered, not wanting to divulge too much information but enjoying having someone to talk to about it.

"She looks kind of young in that picture. How old is she?" Sam asked

"She's 17. She'll be 18 in October."

"Well, just be glad that you guys are away from each other now because you could get indicted for statutory rape."

"Yeah, but that won't be a problem because her dad is doing everything to keep us apart. She got accepted to Harvard, but he's making her go to Spellman in Georgia because he found out that I would be here. She would have been here this September."

"Can you blame him with a daughter looking like that and some white guy chasing after her. But still that's too bad my man. The sad thing is that when she goes to college this year in Georgia, you can forget about her, because looking like that, you can best 'bout believe the brothah's will be all up on her." Sam continued to expound on the ideals of college relationships and at that moment Sean realized that he'd never thought about Elana being exposed to so many young college men once she left home. Now he felt a tightening in his chest and he almost could not breath with the thought of someone else touching her like he had just a few weeks ago during his Spring Break.

Sam noticed the redness in his friend's face..."You all right man. Did what I say upset you? You know it's the truth."

"I think it did Sam." Sean answers.

"Well you better get over it because I'm sure your daddy wouldn't be too happy with you dating no black girl, anyway. Now as your best friend and an up and coming African American lawyer, I plead my case to take her off your hands. Just give me her seven digits or should I say eleven..." Sam joked with Sean about it until it was time for them to go to class.

Sean kept what Sam had said mind and languished in the thought of someone else being with Elana. He could not dare let that happen. No one would ever feel about her the way he did, he reasoned, so he decided that when he returned home for the summer he would see Elana and ensure that no one would stake a claim on her when she went to 'be with her people' in Georgia. He would talk to her about their getting married after they both graduated and he would take her to pick out an engagement ring that she would like so that he could buy it for her when he got the money. Knowing their fathers would never consent, Sean rationalized that when he came into his trust fund at 21, they could get married, he'd finish paying for their education, and eventually everybody would have to get over whatever prejudices they had about their relationship. He reasoned that if his father disowned him, he would still be able to get an entry-level executive job upon graduation or even start his own business.

Throughout the rest of their time in college Sean confided in Sam about his relationship with Elana. Whenever they had a time off Sam would hop on a plane to Georgia with Sean to see Elana. This arrangement worked well because Sam had family in Georgia, so if Sean's father asked why he was going to Geaorgia so much Sean would just say that he was going with his roomate to visit his family. Sam actually went to see how much in love this woman was with his friend who was obviously too taken with her. But when he saw them together somehow it was as if he had become invisible, so he usually spent his time with his family and met Sean back at the airport when they departed. Sam recalled when he actually realized how in love his friend was. It was their last time together at the Atlanta Airport, during the summer after their first year of graduate school. Sean was on his way back to Connecticut and Sam was going back home to New Jersey. They would go their separate ways at the Newark airport...


1989
Atlanta Airport

It was 4:45am and Sam was still trying to catch some winks in the uncomfortable airport chair until his and Sean's 5:30am flight boarded. Sean came over and nudged him.

"Wake up man. It's me."

Sam opened his eyes and saw Sean standing over him with Elana on his arm. She was so pretty even that early in the morning Sam thought to himself. Sam had always wished from the time he initially met her that he had found her first because she was just too good looking a woman to be with a white guy, he thought. On that day she wore her thick wavy brown hair in a ponytail leaving two dangling strands to hang down on either side of her face. He big light-brown eyes awakened Sam immediately and he tried to straighten himself up to look presentable to her. She wore a short white tennis skirt and plain white Keds, each of which emphasized her long, muscular, silky brown legs that would send any man's imagination swirling. She also wore a white short sleeved T-shirt that hugged her chest and small waist. Sam thought she had the most sumptuous body he had ever seen, but he always tried to appear unaffected out of respect for Sean.

As Sam continued to cautiously admire Elana Sean spoke up. "I just wanted you to know that I was here. Elana and I will be over by the window watching the planes." Sean said as they looked at each other. Then he smiled at her and said, "And getting our goodbye kisses."

Sam knew exactly what that meant. They would be over in the corner locking lips up to the last possible moment for Sean to get on the plane. "Yeah man, whatever. I'll be here. How you doin' Elana?" He said to her with a half smile on his face. He didn't want to look too happy to see her so as to let Sean know he had a crush on her himself.

"I'm doin' alright Sam, what about you?"

"I'm fine."

"Well now that you guys have said your hellos let me go say my good-byes." Sean said with a grin on his face as he pulled Elana with him to the large scenic window. He took Elana to a spot between the window and a large column and leaned back against it as he wrapped his hands around Elana's small waist while she stood in front of him with her hands around his neck.

"I'm really gonna miss you lollipop. I don't know how I'm gonna make it for the next few months without seeing you." Sean said rubbing his forehead against hers while he massaged her waist.

"Me neither Sean. I can't wait until September. If I can manage it I'm going to try to move up in August. I've already narrowed down my apartment choices."

"Why don't you live on campus?" Sean asked as his massage began to include her rounded hips and he instinctively pressed her hips into his groin causing shock waves to rush through them both.

"Because I like my privacy and most of those sorority women like to be all up in your business and I'm not for that." Elana said softly as she kissed Sean's neck.

Sean became doubly aroused by her gesture and wished they were back at her apartment where he could make a last ditch effort to make love to her. As those thoughts lingered in his mind he took one of his hands and lifted her chin up to him and began to place soft, moist kisses on her lips while he commented on what she had said. "Yeah, me neither especially since I will be the one all up in your business the whole year."

"Oh you will, Mr. Logan?" She said rubbing the nape of his neck as they looked intently at each other.

"Yes, I will." Sean moved back to her lips after he said that and continued as she spoke in between his taunting kisses.

"Well. In that case. ... Make sure.... You're prepared the next time.... Because.... You know. Once you get me worked up. It's almost impossible. To resist you."

Sean stopped his kisses and looked at her. "Is that a promise Ms. Powers."

"I guess you'll just have to see in August or September huh?"

Sean leaned down again to kiss her full, inviting lips as he said... "I guess so." They stood there in their embrace and kissed softly for what seemed forever. Elana wrung her fingers through the back of Sean's hair as he slowly roamed her waist, hips and buttocks with his large hands. Sam would glance over at them every few minutes and sometimes thought that they would end up doing it on the airport floor if the plane did not leave on time. He felt that his friend was not going to last if this woman came to Cambridge to go to graduate school with him. He reasoned that if he had a girl like that, who was intelligent, sweet and beautiful, he would have married her right out of high school and just kept it a secret.

At 5:10am the airline attendant called for everyone to board the plane and Sam got up, picked up his oversized duffel and went to the end of the line to give Sean enough time to finish what he was doing. Looking over at Sean and Elana he knew Sean did not hear the announcement. After a few seconds, a nerdy looking male attendant who was always at the airport when he and Sean were departing came up to Sam...

"Um sir, is that your friend?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Well could you get him and his, um his..."

"His girlfriend?"

"Um -- yes, could you get them to calm it down a little. They're making a scene."

Sam laughed lightly, "It ain't a scene man unless you're watching it and my friend if you can get him off of her, be my guest, because I'm here to tell you it ain't gonna be easy short of the attendant announcing a final boarding call."

The attendant pursed his lips and walked away not wanted to go over himself and try to stop them. He went back to his post and watched Sean and Elana, who continued their expressions to each other as if they were the only ones in the airport. Noticing that the attendant was watching his friend make out, Sam just laughed it off thinking the guy was probably getting worked up himself from watching them.

After everyone had boarded Sam asked the ticketing attendant to wait while he tried to go get Sean. He slowly walked over to the column...

"Sean!" Sam called his friend, but there was no response "SEAN! Man come on we're the last one's we gotta go."

Sean spoke to Sam in between Elana's kisses. "Ok, did they call for standbys yet?"

"Standbys, man come on!"

"Ok. here I come. Just give me a few more minutes to um..." Sean forgot what he was going to say as he moved his hands up to the sides of Elana's breasts and they both released soft moans in between their kisses.

"Uh, Yeah. Sean we don't have a few minutes. Either you're gonna stay here and you two can go over to the airport hotel or you can get that bag to put in front of you or something and come on!" Sam shuffled his feet and looked back at the ticketing attendant who was watching and waiting patiently while he waited for Sean to finish his good-byes to Elana.

"I love you." Sean said now kissing her more frequently knowing it was time for him to go.

The two continued to give each other short sweet kisses in between their final good-byes.

"I love you too." Elana responded.

"I'll miss you." Sean said

"I'll miss you too."

"I can't wait until August."

"I can't wait either Sean."

Sam became persistent. "COME ON MAN!!! WE GON' MISS OUR PLANE!!!"

"Ok Sam. Here I come." Sean said breathlessly and breaking away from Elana after giving her one final big hug. They parted from each other and Sean pressed his lips on Elana's forehead, then started to walk toward the boarding area with her hand in his. They both had tears forming in their eyes because of having to part from each other. When Sam and Sean gave the attendant their tickets she asked Elana. "Will you be traveling to Newark also this morning, ma'am?"

"No." Elana replied as a tear escaped her watery eyes and fell down her cheek.

"Looks like you should be. The way you two were carrying on in that corner." The attendant said grinning at them both.

Sean and Elana just smiled at each other and Sean wiped her wet cheeks and kissed her fingers then released her and walked toward the flight transport huddle. As he neared the entryway, he turned around and walked backwards to shout one last thing..."I love you Elana!"

Elana returned his confession. "I love you too Sean." She said as she slowly waved good-bye to him and continued to wipe the tears from her face. After he heard her expression, Sean turned around giving himself the heave-ho sign because whenever she told him she loved him, he would get so excited no matter how many times or ways she expressed it to him.

When Sean and Sam got on the plane and sat down, Sam took a deep breath. "Man I gotta cool down just from watching you and Elana make out like that. You guys even had that little nerdy attendant guy about to go all over himself, so I know you must be done for."

"Yeah. I know that's your girl man, but you can't blame any other man for noticing her, especially in that little tennis outfit she had on today. Man! It makes my heart pump just thinking about it. I don't know how you can handle it Sean."

"That was nice wasn't it?" Sean said smiling to himself as he thought about it. "I don't know how I keep my composure sometimes. Whenever I'm near her I just can't keep my hands off of her. It's like I'm a magnet and she's the ultimate attraction."

"Well I can't argue with you on that." Sam said as they smiled at each other. Then Sam asked, "So tell me. Did sheeeeee..."

"Did she what?" Sean asked knowing what Sam was alluding to.

"You know. Did she give it up this time?"

"Oooh Sam, I was soooo close man." Sean said making motions with his hands "I had her primed and ready for me."

"Really? Ah Sean you are one fortunate man to be able to get with a woman like that. So how did you feel getting busy with a black woman? Was it as good as you thought it would be?" Sam asked anticipating Sean would give him all the details.

Sean was a little irritated that Sam thought it was such a big deal for him to be with a black woman, but he ignored it. "I didn't get to find out. I didn't have any rubbers, so it was over when I told her that, but I can't be mad about it. You know too Sam, don't get me wrong but Elana and I love each other's color, but we don't love each other because of our colors, so whenever we do make love to each other, it's not going to be about what it's like to do it somebody of another race. It's gonna be about our wanting to show how much we love each other. Remember that ok."

"Yeah ok Sean. I'm sorry man. It's just that where I come from white men only go after black women for one thing and black men go after white women for the same reason."

"Is that why you're pursuing that German girl?" Sean asked.

Sam paused for a moment to think about what Sean had asked. "I see what you mean Sean. I guess I gotta get those stupid stereotypes outta my head. In the meantime you'd better give that fine woman of yours a ring and marry her when she comes up to Boston because if you don't I'm afraid for you. I don't want to be pulling you off of her every time we have to go to a class."

"I think you have a point my man." Sean said lying back in his seat thinking of Elana.

The two men laughed and continued talking about Sean and Elana's relationship during their flight on the way to Newark.


New Jersey
At the Justice's Home

"Yeah man. That woman had you all messed up. I still don't see how in the world you held up after she told you she wanted to end it between you two. At first I though you were gonna jump out a window or something when you couldn't find her."

"I don't know how I made it either Sam. I really don't. I'm just glad you were there to help me through it. But that's all behind us and now she's back in my life." Sean said optimistically.

"So when can we have her for dinner?" Niki asked.

"I'm working on a small glitch called James Payton and then after I get her to see what type of person he is then the way will be clear for me and I will bring her here to meet my favorite couple."

"Oh, so she's dating someone? Are you sure you wanna take another chance with her. What if she does the same thing she did before?" Sam chided.

"I don't think that'll happen again Sam. I've gotta get her to tell me what happened. I'm sure it was because of pressure from her father or something. But when we do talk about it I know we can get back what we used to have."

"Yeah and first you gotta get Ms. Sheridan out of the way and then you can go and have some real happiness." Niki said.

The rest of the evening the three shared old stories and caught up on what was happening in their lives. Sam was arguing a big case involving an entertainer suing someone for copyright violations and Niki, who was a Finance Broker, talked about her new job at the Dean Whittier Company. They all enjoyed each other's company and Sean decided to come visit his friends more often especially after he and Sheridan broke up. When it was getting late Sean got ready to go home and he bid his friends good night then started his drive back to New York.

As he drove home, he could not help but think of Elana and remembered how much they deeply loved each other. He was convinced that she was feeling the same way especially after the kiss they shared earlier that morning. Sean realized that with every moment he saw her and with every chance he had to touch her; the repressed love he felt for her was slowly edging its way back into his heart. He was determined to ensure that Elana would know that this time around he had no intentions of letting her get away from him again. He decided that he needed to talk to grandpa about how to really woo a woman to the point that she couldn't say no. He thought that maybe grandpa would tell him more about his great, great grandparents, whom grandpa had always said had a matchless love for each other and Sean knew this is what he and Elana also had. He just had to find out what strong force was holding Elana back from him and holding the two of them back from realizing how truly wonderful their love was meant to be.