Ch.18

It was days later and Piper and Melinda were still in Nevada. They were staying at a near by hotel. It was 6:45 and Chris was upstairs getting ready to go out. Yesterday he had gotten a call from Jessie, asking if he had wanted to go out to dinner. He, of course, had said that he couldn't at first. That was until his father and Jessie had talked him into going. Now, he stood in his room, putting on his navy blue, long sleeved, button down shirt. After he had finished buttoning the shirt, he stood in from of the mirror, just looking at himself. He was actually scared about going out. He hadn't gone out with anyone other than her in almost 10 years. They had started going out when they were both 10 years old and he didn't date after she had died. He was too busy taking care of their daughters. He looked at his wristwatch, and saw that it was 10 to 7 o'clock and knew that he had to go. He put on his leather jacket and went downstairs.

"Dad, I'm going," he said.

"Ok, I'll see you later," Greg replied, before the two girls ran to him.

"Daddy!" they yelled.

"What?" he asked, kneeling down in front both of them.

"Can we go with you?" Marie asked.

"No girls. You two have to stay here with Grandpa and Emily. Plus, Grandma and Auntie Mel will be here soon and they want to see you two," he said. As soon as they heard that Melinda was going to be coming over, they both quickly changed their minds.

"Never mind. We want to stay here," Bianca said. They both loved spending time with Melinda, especially when they played around with her acting like each other and confusing her.

"Ok, but no more trying to confuse her. She told me what you two did to her last time," he said.

"Ok," they both said, knowing that they weren't going to listen anyway.

"Ok, I love you two," he said.

"Love you Daddy," they both replied. He then hugged and kissed them both, before leaving.

He arrived at her house 20 minutes later. He shut off his car, before slowly getting out and making his way up to her door. He was more than nervous now. He made his way up to her door, before ringing the doorbell. When he did, a man answered the door.

"What?" the man asked.

"Um, is…is Jessie here?" he asked.

The man gave him a dirty look, before turning around and yelling, "Jessie, someone is here for you!" She came down the stairs a couple seconds later making Chris catch his breathe in his throat. She looked beautiful. He black dress fell right below her knees. It had a V-cut in the front and half her hair was in a clip and the rest fell in slight curls a couple inches below her shoulders.

"Who is this?" the man asked, staring at her.

"Uncle Mike, leave him alone," she said, smiled. He smiled back before hugging her.

"Oh come on, you know I have to do that to every guy that tries to date you," he said. She looked at Chris and saw the look of confusion on his face.

"Oh, Chris this is my Uncle Mike. Don't worry he won't hurt you. He does this to everyone," she said. Chris just nodded his head.

"Are you ready?" he asked. She nodded her head, before grabbing her jacket and they left. They spent the next hour at the restaurant, just talking. He ended up telling her everything about himself and everything that had happened to him over his life. After they had left the restaurant, they walked around the beach, holding hands and talking. As they walked around, she stopped where she was and looked at him. "

Is something wrong?" he asked. She just looked at him, before smiling. He walked back over to her and as soon as he did, she leaned up and kissed him. He looked at her, after the kiss ended, and smiled.

"I take it nothing is wrong?" he asked. She just smiled and kissed him again. After another half an hour at the beach, alone, he had brought her back home.

"So, do you want to come in?" she asked.

"I can't I got to get home," he replied. She nodded her head, already knowing what he was talking about.

"Oh, ok," she said, smiling at him again.

"I would, but you know, my daughters," he said, his voice lowering little by little. He leaned down and kissed her.

"So, I'll call you tomorrow then," he said.

"Definitely," she replied. He watched as she walked in before he left.