By midday on Monday, Dave was feeling outstanding about his work and personal relationships with Alex, as they were both developing at what he felt like was a good speed.

Their first client meeting that morning had gone well. He had gotten a lot of photo work done, and was amazed as he watched Alex work from her tablet, making design changes on the fly as they discussed the project. Now they sat in a pub, having a late lunch, with his camera hooked up to her tablet through an adapter she explained she had purchased online for an occasion such as this. It allowed them to view the pictures quickly on a larger screen, and she could download low-res versions of the photos to pull into her design mock-ups.

As they both paused from the work to take another bite and drink, Dave decided to lead the conversation away from work momentarily. "After our next meeting, I need to run home to be sure the kids are alright with Tanya. Can I pick you up from your place at 6 for dinner?"

"Sure, sounds good." She smiled a bit shyly and he met her gaze with a warmth in his eyes and smile that set her nerves at ease. "Any hints on what I should wear?"

"The weather is supposed to be nice tonight, I was going to offer you a ride on the motorcycle, if you're up for it. You mentioned it last Saturday at dinner. If so, then I'd say casual is fine. If that's okay with you."

"Let's see, last Saturday. That was the non-work dinner that wasn't quite a date, right?" She grinned.

He acted hurt, but transparent enough that she could see he was playing. "Are you mocking our relationship up to this point?"

She shook her head and chuckled, "Oh no, I'm mocking us, as two adults who have both managed well-established, healthy, long-term relationships in the past, who now can't seem to figure out what the heck a date is and if we should be on one."

He joined her in laughing at themselves. "I guess we have been a bit of a mess, haven't we?"

She nodded. "Yeah, but I guess we both deserve to be a bit of a mess at all this."

He still smiled, but became serious with her as he continued, "I do enjoy your company, Alex. I'm looking forward to our date tonight." He emphasized the word 'date."

Suddenly there was a ringing sound from her bag, which was echoed with a beep from her tablet. She dug into her messenger bag and pulled out her phone and smiled at the screen. "Do you mind? It's a video call from my brother."

He nodded, "No, no, go ahead."

She pushed the 'accept' button from her tablet and the video call routed through from her phone to there. Her brother's face appeared on the screen. "Hi Nathan! What's going on?"

"Hey sis! We've just walked into Disney World and the boys wanted to Voice Call you to show you the castle—hold on a sec—" The camera view turned and she saw her two nephews, 12 and 16 years old, standing in front of the camera with the castle in the background. They both waved then ran up closer to the camera . "Look Aunt Lexi, the castle is lit up to be purple! We had to show you. It reminded us of you and Laney!" the younger of the two boys was excited to explain.

Dave watched Alex's face light up. "Aw boys, look at you both, you're growing up too fast, but still finding time to be sweet to your Aunt Lexi! Thanks so much for thinking of me! I hope you have a fabulous time!"

"Okay, Aunt Lex!" the older of the boys said as they waved goodbye.

The camera flipped back around, and this time Alex saw both Nathan and Danielle in the camera view. She grinned and spoke, "Hey, there's my brave sister-in-law, how's life with those three boys?"

'Oh, you know, as ridiculous as ever!" Danielle laughed. " I hope we didn't disturb your work, we hoped we'd catch you at lunch time."

"Oh yes, it's fine. We're on lunch break, Dave and I, in between meetings with two clients we're working with right now."

"Oh?" Danielle smiled wide. "Dave is there?"

Alex rolled her eyes, but then sighed and looked over at Dave who was watching with a humored look on his face. She nodded him over, "Come on, might as well come over here. Now is as good a time as any—" Dave slid out of his side of the booth and moved around to slide in next to her, coming into view on the video call.

"Hello there." he said brightly towards the two faces on the tablet.

"Dave! Hi! It's nice to meet you. We've heard alo—" Nathan coughed as Danielle elbowed him off camera. "—a little, about you from Lexi."

"Yes, nice to meet you as well. So, Disney World? My kids have begged me to take them to America and visit there for years."

"Dave, trust me—" Nathan pulled the phone closer to his face so only he was view, as if it made their conversation private, "just take all your money and go flush it down the toilet, it's about how it feels coming here. It goes that fast."

Alex burst out laughing and the camera suddenly jerked back and Danielle was glaring at her husband. "Oh Nathan, stop it, you know the kids love it, even now when they're older."

"I will not take it back. The 'magic' in Magic Kingdom is how all that money just goes poof and it's gone." Nathan shook his head.

"Oh, come on, bro, you know you love riding on Dumbo." Alex snickered.

Nathan glared at his sister. "Should I start sharing stories of our childhood trips to Disney with Dave?"

Alex jumped and slid the tablet closer to her. "Oh, look at that, I think it's time for us to get going, our meeting is coming up soon."

"Mmhmm, I thought so." Nathan shook his head, then smiled. "Alright, see you later, sis. Love you."

"Love you all too, hugs to you all. Bye!" She grinned and ended the call, then turned to Dave who was still sitting next to her, and found him staring at her smiling. "Sooo—sorry about that—didn't know they'd be calling."

"You're apologizing? You had known me less than a week and were subjected to meeting my wild children? I can handle a video call with your brother and his family." He smiled, then his eyebrow perked up. "Lexi?"

She sighed before continuing, "Yes,'Lexi.' It's what I was called as a kid, and then when my nephews were born and old enough to start talking they couldn't say Alex or Alexandra, it came out 'Lexi' so I became Lexi again in the family."

Dave smiled. "I like it."

She smiled back. "I don't hate it, but you definitely owe me a real first date before you even consider calling me Lex or Lexi."

"I can handle that deal."

"I thought so. Come on, we really do have a meeting to get to."