A/N Hi, since it's taking me a lot of time to write this I've decided to divided in two parts. Here's the first. This weekend I'll post the second : )
"Is that her?" Sophie asked pointing at a woman that had just entered the cafe.
"No, it's not here!" Nate answered exasperated. "Sophie, would you calm down? I'll tell you when she gets here. She has sent me a text telling me she had been held up in the office. She'll come down shortly."
Sophie puffed and laid her chin on the palm of her hand with her elbow on the table. "It's not fair that she's playing at home" She motioned at the museum cafe "This is her territory"
Nate looked at her amused. "We're in public. I don't think she's going to hit you here"
"It's not funny Nate" she glared at him. "What if she doesn't like me? It's going to be hard on our relationship if I can see Sam"
"Relax Sophie. She is not going to say you can't see Sam, I'm going to let her. She just wants to meet you before you do, that's all" he reassured putting a hand on hers.
"Okay" she tried to feel more at ease.
Suddenly Nate looked up and saw his ex-wife enter the cafe He waved at her attracting her attention. Curiously Sophie looked up too and saw the beautiful and smiling blonde approach their table. "She's pretty" she stated with a hint of jealousy.
Nate just glared at her and got up. "Maggie, hi" he put a chair out of her.
Maggie thanked him with a smile and sat down. "Hi," she turned towards Sophie. "You must be Sophie." She put her hand out to shake.
"Hi" Sophie shook her hand.
"Can I get you something?" Nate asked her hoping to make thing quick and easy between them.
"Just a coffee. I don't have much time."
"Okay" Nate got up. "Excuse me" he went to make the order. Sophie glared at him for leaving her alone with his ex-wife.
Maggie saw her and chuckled. "Don't worry! I don't bite. I was actually curious to meet you, to see who else could keep up with Nate. He is not an easy man to like"
Sophie relaxed a little. "He has his moments, but things are going good for now."
"Look," the art curator sighed. "The reason I've asked you to meet is to tell you that I have no problem for you to meet Sam. I…. I just don't want him to get attached to you and then for some reason you and Nate don't work out and Sam gets hurt in process."
Sophie nodded "I understand. I wouldn't do anything to hurt Sam. He is very important to Nate and I'll do anything to make sure this works."
Maggie seemed satisfied with the answer "Okay" she smiled. "So, now that that's out of the way. Tell me, did you to really bumped into each other and exchanged phone numbers?"
Sophie laughed. "I guess when you say it like that it seems ridiculous. It's just… something attract me to him from the moment I saw him trying to help me off the floor."
"Well, I was just surprised… Nate has never been so…" she tried to find the right word.
"Spontaneous?"
"Yeah," she agreed. "He's always such a control freak, perfectionist, obsessive… fortunately he was good in bed!"
Sophie blushed. "Yeah, you can say that"
Nate arrived with their orders. "Here you are"
The two women looked at him and started laughing.
"What?" Nate looked at them in question. He wondered how good it was for them to have met. He could already see the both of them ganging up on him. Oh, boy. He thought "I see you two are getting along"
"I like her" Maggie took a sip from her coffee. "She'll keep you on your toes Nate!"
"Oh, don't I know it" he muttered.
"Have you got anything to say?" Sophie raised an eyebrow at him.
"Nope"
Maggie chuckled. "It's nearly time for me to go. I'm so busy these days."
"Are you working on something in particular?" Sophie asked curiously.
"There is going to be a Dalì exhibition and we need everything in order. I might be working with you, Nate. I think some are insured with IYS"
"maybe one of my colleagues. Ian has maybe chasing this artifact in the black market." He waved.
Maggie looked at her watch. "Well, I must go." She got up. "It's your turn to have Sam this weekend, don't forget to pick him up from school on Friday."
"I won't" Nate rolled his eyes.
"It was nice meeting you Sophie, I hope we can organize something."
"I'd love too. I think we have a lot things in common. Art, shoes, shopping…"
"Yeah! Well, bye" she left the two of them.
"Well, that went well" Nate exclaimed.
"Yes, it surprisingly did. She's so nice. Why did you divorce her?" she asked with a tone of accusation.
"Hey," he defended himself. "If I hadn't we would have been together right now"
"Yeah, that's true" she smiled in realization. "And as much as I like her, I love being with you more" she told him giving him a small kiss on the lips.
"Thank you" he smiled. "So, are you up for meeting Sam this weekend?"
"Sure, what did you have in mind?"
"We'll show you what us guys do at the weekend!" he smirked.
"Why am I suddenly worried?"
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Nate has told her to come over on Saturday morning, so there she was, standing in front of Nate's apartment door trying to find the courage to ring the bell. To say that she was a bit nervous was an understatement. She wanted Sam to like her and she had been waiting anxiously for that day. At first she thought about getting a present for him. Something that a boy is age could like, but then she didn't want to buy his affection. But what if he was expecting her to bring something and she came empty handed? All thoughts were running through her head and for a moment there, she considered turning around and leaving. Finally she rang the bell.
Sam was pacing up and down in his dad's living room. They were waiting for Sophie to go out. His dad had asked him if it was going if she could join them since the weekend it was the only time he could spend it with him. At first Sam hadn't been so happy that his dad had invited a girl for their boys' day out, but he guessed it was okay if it was only for that time. Finally he heard the doorbell rang and ran to open the door.
"Slow down, buddy!" he father shouted from the kitchen's door. "remember to always check who is at the door before open it"
Sam slowed down and stopped in front of the wood frame. "Who is it?" he shouted to the person at the other side.
"It's Sophie" she hesitantly answered.
Sam turned his head towards his father who just nodded with a big smile on his face. The little boy stood on his tiptoes to try and reach the door handle and slowly opened the door.
"Hi" Sophie waved at him smiling.
"Hi" Sam studied her. He was as beautiful and kind as he remembered and he smiled back.
"Where's your daddy?" she tried to peak behind him.
"Sam, let her in. You don't keep the guests outside" came his voice from the back of the door.
Sam opened the door fully and Sophie could finally see Nate leaning against the wall. "Hey"
"Hey" he smirked "Took you long enough to ring the bell" he teased her.
She gasped "How did you …."
"I am that good" he shrugged and took a step towards her.
"Well, I…" she lightly hit him on the arm. "You could have come to help me, you know!"
Sam stood between and watched them fascinated. He could vaguely remember how he parents w acted around each other when they were still together. He was only four years old when his father left home and they told them that they were going to live in different houses. But it was strange to see his father so happy and playful. He was a good dad, the best, but he knew that he was sometimes sad. He wasn't sad now.
"What's the fun in that!" he grinned. "So, are we ready to go for our day?"
"Where exactly are we going?" Sophie still had no idea what they were up to.
"Dad got us tickets for the Dodgers – Red Sox game!" the little boy exclaimed jumping up and down.
"Is that baseball?" Sophie looked skeptical.
"Yep" he nodded. "it's the first game of the season!"
She turned towards Nate frowning. "Baseball? Seriously?" she whispered to him.
He nodded smiling. "You're going to love it!"
He took three Red Sox caps from the wardrobe and put one on Sam's head and another one on Sophie's. "Let's go!"
How will the rest of the day go? Thanks for reading and please review :D