Kirsten walked around on the streets in Berkeley. She couldn't stop thinking about Sandy Cohen, the charming man she had met the day before. She desperately wanted to call him, but he was probably in the middle of divorce stuff and she didn't want to interrupt.

It was Saturday and she was on her way to a restaurant to have lunch with her daughter, Rachel. Kirsten was really looking forward meeting her. She hadn't seen her for a long time.

She had been so pre-occupied with thinking about Sandy that she passed the restaurant where she was going to meet Rachel. Slightly embarrassed she turned around and quickly walked back. She entered the restaurant and looked around for her daughter. There she was, sitting at a table next to the window, waving and laughing at her mother. She stood up to hug her.

"Hello mom!" she said as they hugged.

"Hey sweetie, how are you?" Kirsten said and sat down.

"I'm fine. How are you? You looked a little…distracted on your way here; otherwise you wouldn't have passed the place, right?" Rachel laughed. "I saw you"

"Okay, guilty" Kirsten laughed "I'm great, it's really nice to see you"

"Oh I'm so glad to see you too. I already got the menus, so maybe we should order" Rachel said and handed Kirsten a menu. The ordered and while they were waiting Kirsten asked Rachel about her love life.

"So, are you seeing anyone?" Kirsten asked and hoped she wouldn't be getting that question back, she wasn't sure if she wanted to tell Rachel about Sandy, yet.

"No, I've actually been out on a couple of dates, but they were all jerks." Rachel laughed at the memory. "Have you met someone?"

"No, I haven't met anyone." Kirsten said, a little too quickly. Rachel looked at her suspiciously.

"Ok…You know what?" Rachel started but got interrupted by Kirsten's cell phone ringing.

"Oh, I'm sorry." Kirsten said and took up her phone to see whose calling. She didn't recognize the number.

"Hello?" she answered.

"Is it Kirsten Nichol?" a voice said. Kirsten recognized his voice immediately.

"Yes" she said and smiled to herself.

"Good, this is Sandy. Remember me?" he asked. Kirsten signed to her daughter that she was going to take the phone call outside, Rachel nodded.

"How could I've forgotten? How did you get my number?"

"I'm a man of mystery" he laughed "I just wanted to hear your voice. What are you doing now?"

"Oh, I'm having lunch with my daughter. How the divorce stuff going?"

"Well, it's going. Are you free tonight? Cause I thought maybe we could have dinner? If you want, of course" he sounded unsure "if you have other plans I totally understand, I was just wondering…" he rambled

"No, I'm free" she quickly replied "I really want to see you again" she admitted.

"You do?" he actually sounded surprised.

"Yeah, so where do we meet?" she asked and smiled to herself. She told him which hotel she stayed at, what a coincidence! He's staying there too! They decided to meet up in the lobby at 19:00.

"So it's a date" Sandy said.

"Yeah, bye"

Kirsten hung up and went back to the table where Rachel was sitting.

"Who was that?" Rachel asked when Kirsten sat down.

"That was…my dad" Kirsten lied and Rachel looked at her.

"Since when do you smile when you talk to him?" Rachel said and just when Kirsten were about to open her mouth, the waitress came with their food.

"It was nothing. Now I wanna hear everything you've been through" Kirsten quickly changed the subject. Rachel began talking about her experiences, but Kirsten was only listening with one ear. Sandy was on her mind, the fact that they had a date tonight.

"Mom! Are you even listening to me?" Kirsten was brought back to earth by her daughter's voice.

"Yes, of course I'm listening" Kirsten said and realized at the same time that she sure hadn't been listening.

"Ok, so what did I just said about my new teacher?" Rachel said, she couldn't believe her mom did that to her!

"I'm sorry. Just…dad told me something important…about work… and I just.. But I'm letting it go now, why don't you tell me again" Kirsten lied to Rachel for the third time this day, and Rachel repeated what she had said, and Kirsten was paying attention and asked her questions about the new teacher.

Half an hour later they stood outside the restaurant and Kirsten hugged her.

"I'm gonna be in town for a few more days, so don't hesitate to call or come by my hotel, okay?" Kirsten said and Rachel nodded.

"Yeah, it's Friday, so tonight I'll probably be out with some friends, but we'll catch up later this weekend."

"I love you sweetie" Kirsten said, still holding her in her arms.

"Love you too mom"

They walk off in different directions; Kirsten decided to walk back to the hotel.

When she got to the hotel she went to the reception and asked for her key, she hesitated, but finally asked where a man called Sandy Cohen was staying.

"Do you know Mr Cohen?" the receptionist asked

"He's my date" Kirsten asked and the woman smiled.

"Well, he's staying in room 146" she smiled and Kirsten thanked her and started to walk towards her own room, 115. But she walked right pass it, she continued to room 146. She stood outside the door, she hesitated to knock, reached out her hand, and then pulled it back. She was a coward, she was afraid of what he'd think of her if she showed up outside his room, she didn't want to seem desperate. She walked back to her own room, checked the time, 15.37. She still had more than four hour until their date. She jumped into the shower.

Sandy sat in his hotel room and counted the minutes. He had totally fallen for Kirsten and he longed to see her again. He knew where she stayed, but he didn't want to appear desperate by coming by her room four hours before their date.

At 17.00 he had chanced his clothes and he ran his hand through his hair as he looked in the mirror.

At the same time Kirsten had dressed herself in black pants and a beautiful white top. She had just finished applying lipstick and checked herself out in the mirror. Her cell phone beeped and she took it up. A text message.

'Hey, would you mind if we started our date a little earlier? I'm coming by your room right now. Sandy'

There was a knock on the door and she smiled.

"Hey" Sandy said and held out a bunch of roses for her. She happily accepted them.

"Aw, thank you, they are wonderful" she couldn't stop herself from laughing.

"So are you" he said and kissed her cheek. "Are we gonna go now, or..?"

"Yeah, let's go" she said "Let me just grab my purse"

Sandy stood in the doorway and watched as she put her cell phone and wallet into a cute black little purse.

"Now I'm ready" she smiled and he smiled back and held out his arm for her, she accepted it.

"You really are a gentleman" she laughed.

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