Amanda Friel actually had a date to Oksana's wedding.

She hadn't been on a date in ages. Jackson Delaney had called her, it seemed out of the blue, and asked her to go to the wedding with him.

It felt like a date. She knew they would both have been there anyway. But calling her to make a point of it seemed to mean something.

Amy considered it to be a date and got into the subject of what Amanda should wear. When it came to things like this, Amanda's younger sister was more opinionated. Amy may have been in high school, but when it came to dates, Amanda needed help. That Amy had no experience with dating whatsoever didn't stop her from helping Amanda.

Amanda just smiled, and didn't mind. Amy, visiting at Amanda's apartment, went through Amanda's closet, pronounced that none of it would do, and commanded her older sister to go with her to Wyndam's.

They told their father about this at their weekly Sunday brunch. Amanda came home for this whenever she could.

"You need a date, too, Dad," Amy observed.

Amanda was almost shocked for a second. Rick never dated, not even for things like this.

But it had been four years now, since their mother had died. Maybe it was time for him to start feeling single again. Amanda knew she herself had no such reasons, but felt expansive on the subject, since she was going on a date to the same wedding.

"Yeah, Dad," Amanda said. "you and I can be each other's support. I haven't been on a date in forever, and neither have you, and maybe you could start thinking of things like this."

"You should be going on dates," Rick said. "But it's different for me."

"I know, but you won't just stay alone forever," Amy piped in. "I hope."

"Yeah, Dad, if Duane can do it, you can," Amanda said. "One year for him, four for you. You don't have to pick someone that young, of course."

"Divorced people can bounce back easier," Rick asserted. "They were sour on their marriage to begin with. Mine was just got stronger and stronger until the end. And pick who? Really, I can't think of anyone to ask."

"Come on Dad," Amanda said. "Really, you can't find a single woman?"

"At my age they are pretty rare," he said.

"I have an idea," Amy said. "But I'm not going to say, since you're in a rejecting mood."

Rick looked curious. Amy just smiled mysteriously.

"You're going to tell me, though, right?" Amanda asked, ruffling Amy's hair.

"Oh, sure, Amanda," Amy said. "I'll tell you my idea."

Later, when Amy was going through her closet to decide what to wear to school tomorrow, Amanda remembered what Amy had said at brunch about a date for Rick.

"I think he likes Detective Ardanowski," Amy said.

Amanda looked like she hadn't considered it, but was willing to. "It was about her doing her job well, and mainly directed at disciplining you," she said, to test the argument.

"Yes, all true, but somehow there was something extra wrong with wasting Detective Ardanowski's time," Amy said. "And some reason to keep contacting her to apologize."

Amanda looked more interested. "How can we help him with this?" she asked. She knew Zander and Quinn had helped her, and realized most people needed some help with things like this. She truly wondered if Jackson would have asked her to be his date for the wedding without Zander and Quinn saying a thing here, inviting them both to the same place there.

"Get him arrested," Amy said. "What about the garden?"

"You wouldn't!" Amanda stood bolt upright.

Amy just smirked.

"That could be dangerous," Amanda said. "And it should have been cleared away by now. And it was for Mom."

"And Mom would have wanted him to find someone else," Amy said.

"I think that's true," Amanda said. "Maybe that's Mom's legacy - for Dad. But really Amy -" she stopped, seeing Amy's face fall into a big smile. In spite of herself, she smiled too.