It was finally Friday and Sandy was waiting outside the airport, on almost the same spot that they had parted last Sunday. He could feel his heart beating loud, he had missed her so much the last five days that he had thought he was going crazy. She had told him over the phone her plane would land at seven, it was now half past seven and he hadn't seen her yet. He thought about Stephanie, they hadn't talked much; she was still staying with friends and she had said she needed some time.

There she was! Kirsten seemed to be having trouble carrying her bag across the parking lot, it looked heavy, so Sandy hurried towards her.

Kirsten saw him coming towards her, probably to help her with the bag, he was so sweet! When he came closer she dropped her bag to the ground and threw herself into his arms.

"Oh, Sandy! It's so good to see you!" she said and then she kissed him deeply. He drew her closer into an embrace.

"Kirsten, I've missed you so much!" he whispered into her ear and she smiled to herself.

"I've missed you too" she whispered back. They stood in each others arms for several minutes until he let go of her.

"Let me help you with your bag" he offered and took it up and carried it to his car.

Kirsten climbed into the passenger seat and Sandy into the driver's seat.

"Are you hungry?" he asked

"Yes, I'm starving" Kirsten smiled and looked at him; he started the car and felt her looking at him, so he turned his face to her.

"Well, where do you wanna go?" he asked and looked into her eyes

"I don't know" she answered and her hand touched his. Sandy looked down at their hands; her fingers were stroking the back of his hand.

"I know where we could go" he said and withdrew his hand from her and started to drive.

"How have you been?" she asked.

"Lonely" he answered and looked quickly at her "You?"

"Same" she said "Have you talked to Stephanie?"

"Well, yes…" he started, he didn't really know how to say this to her

"And? What did she say?" Kirsten asked and looked out through the window

"We're here!" Sandy said, ignoring Kirsten's question. She looked up and saw that they were parked on the street right outside the restaurant where they first met. She couldn't help but smile, even though she knew he had avoided her question.

"What do you say? You wanna eat here?" Sandy said and smiled

"Sure, if you tell me what Stephanie said" Kirsten tried and she noticed that Sandy was looking rather tense. He looked down onto his knees before he looked at her.

"Well, the same as Rachel said" he sighed but he noticed Kirsten was actually smiling. "What?"

"I almost forgot to tell you! Rachel called me last night, and she said she'd like to meet you. I know she'll love you. And if we give Stephanie some time, maybe she'll come around too!" Kirsten said, sounding excited, but Sandy knew his daughter better.

"Sandy?" she said when he didn't responded "Aren't you happy?" she got a bit scared, didn't he want to be with her?

"Huh? Oh, right, of course, honey. But I don't think it's gonna be quite that simple when it comes to Stephanie. After everything with Rebecca she just wants it to be me and her." Sandy tried to explain, but it wasn't easy, he had said things to Stephanie, things that might have made her believe he and Kirsten was getting married. He should have told her Kirsten was his girlfriend, not his wife-to-be.

"But, couldn't she just give me a chance?" Kirsten was starting to get upset, why were everyone against them?

"I said the wrong things to her. I told her you would make a great mom for her, I thought she'd be happy to finally have a real mom, but it turns out…"

"She doesn't want a new mom" Kirsten quietly finished the sentence for him and he nodded.

"Then I told her that you already had a daughter, I thought she would want a sister too. But she asked me, that if she already has a daughter, why would she want her? Then she left." Sandy explained and Kirsten was now looking down onto her feet, lost in thoughts.

"Kirsten?" he said and she looked up at him.

"Sandy, do you think we're gonna get married in the future? She said but immediately regretted it when he turned himself towards her in his seat. He took her hand in his.

"Kirsten, I don't know anything about the future, but I do know that I love you so much. I've known you for a week, yet it feels like years. And at the moment I feel like I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Kirsten Nichol, you've chanced my life. After everything I have been through with Rebecca, I thought I'd never feel this kind of love again, but you've brought that back into my life, and I'm just so happy right now. But we just have to wait and see if the future brings us closer together or tear us apart. But right know I love you, Kirsten." Sandy said and saw a tiny little tear escape from her eye. He smiled and whipped it away with his thumb.

"Just so you know" he added softly and she laughed.

"I love you too, Sandy" she said and leaned in to kiss him.

"Shall we go and eat something, and then we can head back to our hotel room…" Sandy suggested and Kirsten laughed.

"Sure" she said and they both got out of the car and he wrapped his arms around her shoulders as they walked into the restaurant. What they didn't know, was that Stephanie was sitting on a café on the other side of the street and had watched them during the whole car scene. She had seen the kiss and her father touching the woman's face.

She knew she needed a mom, she longed for a woman to hold her and love her like her own child. But she was very proud and stubborn; she didn't want to seem weak and admit she actually had weaknesses. She needed to get that woman away from her father before it was too late. She knew her father would do anything for her, even if it meant giving up his own happiness. But the next question was, could she live with the fact that she had forced her father to leave this woman, just so she could have the life she thought she needed?

Stephanie looked out through the window again and saw her dad and Kirsten take seats at a table by the window, she was laughing at something he had just said, and Stephanie felt extremely jealous.

Kirsten was really happy to be back up here and to see Sandy. He was sitting opposite from her and she just couldn't take her eyes off him and he clearly couldn't take his off her. They looked into each others eyes and smiled. Without saying a word, Sandy reached out and took her hand that was lying on the table.

"What?" she asked and he just kept smiling in silence.

"Nothing" he finally said and she laughed.

"You're beautiful" he added and she smiled shyly.

The moment was interrupted by the waitress bringing their food. Sandy drew back his hand and they started to eat, now chatting comfortably with each other.

Two hours later they were standing outside Sandy's hotel room and he was fumbling with the keys. They didn't bother to take two rooms, because they both knew they wanted to spend this night together. He unlocked the door and she carried her bag into the room. He followed her inside and closed the door behind him.

When he turned away from the door he saw her sitting on the bed, looking directly at him, but when Sandy smiled and started to walk towards her, she jumped to her feet, grabbed her bag and disappeared into the bathroom and he was left confused. He stripped himself off his clothes until he was left in his underwear. He closed the blinds and climbed into the bed.

Sandy lay there and waited for Kirsten to come out, at last he heard the door unlock and she came out, wearing a gorgeous, sexy nightgown that ended halfway up her thighs.

"It's been a while since I wore this" she said as she sat on the bed and looked down on him.

He grabbed her arms and pulled her down closer to him.

"Well, if you ask me, you won't be wearing it for long!" he said and they both laughed as she let him kiss her and let his hand wonder all over her body. Kirsten reached up and turned out the light before climbing on top of him and she kissed him.