The next morning, Sandy woke up before her, and he had some time to think. As he lay with his arms wrapped tightly around her body, he thought about how much he loved her, but he also thought about Stephanie and the fact that he loved her too. He knew he had to talk to her, soon.

He felt Kirsten moving in his arms.

"Kirsten?" he whispered, he didn't know if she was awake or still sleeping.

"What?" she murmured

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you" he apologised. He heard her yawn.

"If you kiss me I'll forgive you" she said and turned around in his arms. Sandy saw she was smiling and smiled back before he kissed her deeply. One kiss led to another one, and after several minutes they broke apart, both breathless.

Kirsten started to giggle.

"What?" he said as he looked at her and tried to hide a smile. She looked so adorable!

"Nothing" she said but continued to giggle.

"What is it?" he tried again, now he couldn't stop himself from smiling.

"It's just…you" Kirsten answered

"What about me?"

"You came into my life at the time when I almost had started to give up on love, I thought I never was gonna find someone, and then you show up." She said, sounding serious now. Sandy smiled and stroked some hair out of her face.

"Well, you saved me from Rebecca" he said and kissed her.

"I was thinking, maybe we could have lunch with Rachel today, she really wants to meet you" she said and looked into his eyes.

"Do you want me to meet her?" he asked, stupid, he knew, but he just wanted to make sure.

"Do I want you to meet her? Sandy, of course I want you to meet her. You both means so much to me" she smiled and her hand wandered down his chest.

"Maybe we should get out of bed then, it's already 11.30" Sandy said

"Oh my God" Kirsten turned her head and looked at her watch, 11.31.

"I have to shower" she said and sat up, she didn't cover herself and Sandy's eyes wandered over her body.

She reached for her robe and put it on before she crawled out of bed. Sandy watched her as she picked up her cell phone and dialled a number. He lay in silence as Kirsten spoke to Rachel. A few minutes later she hung up and turned to him.

"She said she could meet us for lunch at one thirty"

"That's good, then we have some time to get ready" he said

"Yeah, you know, I really think you should go and shower" Kirsten said, her hands on her hips.

"Right now?" he said, trying to sound surprised. "But what about you?" he couldn't help but playing with her, he know very well was she meant.

"I think there's room for both of us in that shower"

Taking a shower together was probably not the smartest idea. Since none of them knew what the time was, they ended up being late.

At a quarter to two, Sandy and Kirsten rushed into the restaurant; Kirsten looked around and saw her daughter sitting at a table by herself, taking on the phone.

"There she is" Kirsten said and they started to make their way towards her table.

She felt his hand tightening around hers and she understood that he was nervous.

"It's gonna be fine, don't be nervous"

"What? I'm not nervous. I'm just…" he couldn't finish his sentence, because he couldn't find a word that matched how he felt, besides nervous.

They reached Rachel's table.

"Oh, I have to hang up now, my mom and her boyfriend's here. Bye" she said into the phone when she saw them. She smiled and put away her cell before she stood up and hugged her mother.

"Hey mom" she said and then she turned to Sandy and shook his hand.

"Hi, nice to meet you"

"It's nice to meet you too"

There was an awkward silence as the three of them sat down around the table.

Sandy shot a nervous glance at Kirsten and she smiled back at him.

"So, Rachel, how have you been?" Kirsten asked and turned her attention to her daughter.

"Well, I've been ok. Had a lot of school work." She answered.

"I heard you go at Berkeley" Sandy said

"Yes, I do" Rachel answered.

"I went there too. Great school" he said and he felt Kirsten's hand hugging his.

"What are you working as?"

"I'm a lawyer. Right now I'm at a private firm, but I'd rather be a public defender, like I used to be"

"Why did you quit as public defender?" she asked.

"My wife forced me, she wanted me to make more money" he said and then he realized how stupid it must have sounded when he had said 'wife'.

Rachel frowned "Your wife, or ex-wife?"

"Ex-wife, they just divorced" Kirsten quickly said and Sandy nodded.

"Should we maybe order?" Kirsten continued and Rachel thought that was a good idea. Sandy picked up a menu and Kirsten leaned closer to him so she could see too.

Ok, I know it's been a while since I updated, but I have been both busy and out of inspiration, but here's the new chapter!