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Author's notes: Sorry this chapter took so long. Unfortunately school papers come before fanfics (although I wish it were the other way around). I hope you like this chapter! Let me know what you think!

Once Sandy reached his destination, he checked his voice mail, relieved when he heard pleasantness in Kirsten's voice as she asked him to call her when he got he message.

Sandy decided he should call Kirsten, even if it meant telling a few lies about his whereabouts. After all, he didn't want her to think he was off with Rebecca, but he didn't want her to know where he was.

Kirsten was at work, discussing Newport Living with Julie.

"Excuse me one second Julie, that's Sandy."

Julie paced the room brainstorming future magazine topics while Kirsten answered the phone.

"Kirsten, hi! Glad I reached you."

"Hi, where are you?"

"I'm on business. I have to get something," Sandy replied smiling, happy and excited about what he was there to get.

"How come you didn't tell me you were going on business today?" Kirsten asked defiantly.

"Honey, you know I can't tell you about my cases…lawyer/client confidentiality. I'll be home before dinner. Speaking of which, did you want me to pick something up?"

"No, its okay. I'll get something."

There was an awkward silence. Sandy wanted to ask if he was forgiven. Kirsten wanted to tell him he was. Neither knew how to approach the subject.

Kirsten spoke first. "About last night...I'm still upset, but I forgive you. That's what I was calling to tell you earlier."

"I was just about to ask you if I'm forgiven. Again, I'm sorry. It didn't mean anything," Sandy said, emphasizing his words.

"Well you're forgiven…but don't let it ever, ever happen again," Kirsten replied, closing her eyes as she said it. While she forgave him, it still hurt that he kissed another woman.

"I promise. I love you," Sandy said, anxiously awaiting Kirsten to say it back.

"I love you, too."

"Good. I've got to get going. I'll see you tonight."

Kirsten hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief. She felt like their marriage was on a roller coaster the last few weeks. She was glad that she and Sandy made up. Yet again, another old memory came into her mind. She shook her head and laughed as she thought about her and Sandy's first fight and how they made up afterwards.

They were boyfriend and girlfriend. Many nights Kirsten would sleep over Sandy's apartment, but Sandy never slept over Kirsten's place, as Kirsten was living in a mail truck with her friend, there just wouldn't be enough room.

Sandy felt it was the right time in their relationship to live together. His roommate had just moved out and he wanted Kirsten to move in with him. He subtly tried to bring it up at school one morning but it went all wrong. Kirsten mistakenly took Sandy's questioning her about when she wants to move out of the mail truck as a hint that he wasn't accepting of her living in it.

Kirsten yelled, "My whole life people have tried to tell me what to do, I'm finally doing what I want Sandy! When the time comes, I will, but right now I want to have fun and live wherever the mail truck takes me! Why did you bring this up? Are you telling me now that you can't accept me living in a mail truck? I'm sorry Sandy, you can't make me move out. I won't."

Hurt, Sandy said, "That's fine. I was only asking because I want you to move in with me, but you said it yourself, you're not ready to grow up," and then he walked away.

Kirsten thought long and hard about what Sandy said. He was right, she did need to grow up and ditch the living-in-a-mail-truck days. Most of all, Sandy, her boyfriend whom she loved with all her heart, wanted her to move in with him, something she'd surely have said yes to had he simply just asked her that. No, not Sandy though, he had to beat around the bush and ramble instead of just asking her. Through her frustration she smiled to herself, that was her Sandy. Now that she knew what Sandy's intentions really were, she had to move out of the mail truck and in with him. She headed "home" to tell her friend she was moving out that weekend.

Her friend didn't take the news very well. Kirsten apologized and told her friend that she had to have known that this living arrangement would only be temporary, but her friend wouldn't hear any of that. Kirsten didn't know what else to say, so she went back to class, leaving her friend alone in the mail truck.

After class, Kirsten headed "home" only to find the mail truck not parked in its usual spot. Kirsten froze. Her friend couldn't have just taken off with all of Kirsten's belongings, could she have?

Sandy was studying in his apartment when he heard a knock at the door. To his surprise, it was Kirsten's now "ex"-roommate. He noticed a box full of stuff in her hands that looked like Kirsten's.

"Whats all this?" he asked.

"Your girlfriend's stuff. She told me she's moving in with you."

"Where is she?" Sandy asked confused.

"I don't know."

Meanwhile, Kirsten sat down on the curb of what used to be her "home". Her vision became blurry as tears filled her eyes and streamed down her cheeks. She was scared…she didn't have any of her belongings and was technically homeless unless she made up with Sandy right now. She didn't want to face him right now, so she just sat there with her head in her hands.

Sandy had an idea where Kirsten was.

He drove up to where the mail truck used to be parked and saw Kirsten sitting on the curb.

Kirsten saw it was Sandy's car through her peripheral vision. She looked up, partially shielding her face with her hands so that Sandy couldn't see that she had been crying.

He asked her if she was okay and told her to get in the car. Without hesitation, she did. As best he could while in the car, Sandy reached over and hugged Kirsten tight and said, "So I guess this means you want to…"

"Move in with you," Kirsten finished Sandy's sentence for him and smiled a little. "But not because my roommate took off with my stuff. Because I want to. I told her I was going to move in with you this weekend and she got pissed off and took off…with my stuff."

"Actually, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised to know that she dropped your stuff off right before I came here. She told me you were moving in with me but since you didn't tell me you were moving in with me yet I figured you had no idea she dropped your stuff off, so I came here to wait for you to come back from class so that I could…take you home."

"Sandy I'm so embarrassed. She told you I wanted to move in with you?"

"Yeah."

"I'm sorry, I should have talked to you about it first. I mean, I don't want to just barge in on you after our fight last night. If you don't want me to move in…"

"Kirsten," Sandy said taking her hands into his, "just because we had a fight doesn't mean I don't want you to move in. Of course I want you to move in…I'm thrilled you're moving in."

"Really?" Kirsten asked unsurely.

"Just think about how much easier it'll be to make love whenever we want. Remember sneaking it in when my roommate was in the shower?"

Kirsten laughed at that.

"And Kirsten? I'm sorry about what I said this morning. I didn't mean it. Am I forgiven?"

"You are. Am I?"

"Baby you didn't do anything wrong, except not give me a kiss good-bye this morning."

"Well considering the circumstances, it didn't look like you wanted one," Kirsten said laughing.

"I'll take one now to make-up for it," Sandy said with a puppy dog grin.

Kirsten leaned in and gave him a quick kiss. She pulled away but Sandy put his hands on her cheeks and pulled her close and kissed. They continued kissing until they were startled by the street light turning on directly above them.

"I guess we should be getting home," Sandy said excitedly, happy that he didn't have to kiss Kirsten good-bye every night. Now he could just kiss her in bed.

"Yeah, sounds good to me, home sweet home," Kirsten said smiling.

When they got home, Kirsten insisted on cooking the two of them their first meal that they'd eat as a couple that live together. Although it wasn't the greatest, Sandy couldn't help but enjoy the meal that his girlfriend had made him.

"Kirsten? Are you listening to me?"

"Oh, Julie, I'm sorry, I was just…"

"Daydreaming," Julie finished the sentence for Kirsten. "You were daydreaming…you must not like my new idea for the magazine!"

"No, I do Julie, really. Let's definitely use your idea!" Kirsten said quickly, hoping to cover herself.

"Great, I'll go get Carter so he can approve it! Thanks Kiks!"

After Julie left, Kirsten went back to daydreaming. Suddenly she got an idea.

When Julie came back, Kirsten excitedly said to her, "Julie, I've got to go take care of something. I'll see you tomorrow!"

Before Julie could speak, Kirsten walked out of the office smiling.

Meanwhile, Sandy had just bought what he went to this specific place for. He smiled to himself, excited to see what Kirsten's reaction would be when she found out what he bought.

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