DISCLAIMER: Same as in Chapter One. Nothing has changed. For the record I also have nothing to do with the restaurant and/or shopping mall mentioned in this chapter.

CHAPTER TWO: THE NEW JOB

Sandy sat in the living room of their new, well old house in Berkeley, playing with Sophie as he waited for Kirsten to get ready.

"Kirsten hunny, I'm sure you look fine. We have to leave in 15 minutes or we're going to be late for lunch with Ryan." He placed Sophie in her car seat, and made sure everything she could possibly need was in her diaper bag.

"I'm done, I'm done. We can leave now." She came out in True Religion jeans, a black v-neck sweater made by Christian Dior, and her black Marc Jacobs stilettos.

"See I told you that you looked beautiful." He said as he gave her a kiss.

She kissed him back and said, "Come on, We don't want to be late."

Sandy buckled Sophie's car seat and carried her out to the car as Kirsten grabbed the diaper bag and her purse. Sandy placed the baby in the backseat of the Lexus and he waited for his wife to lock the door. Once the three of them were situated in the car, Sandy pulled out of the driveway and headed to Trattoria La Siciliana; a nice Italian restaurant downtown.

By the time they got there they were running five minutes late. They saw Ryan waiting at a table.

"Hey, sorry we're late." Kirsten said as he gave him a hug.

"It was Kirsten's fault; she was in the bathroom for like an hour getting ready." Sandy laughed as he returned Ryan's hug. Kirsten glared at him as she unbuckled Sophie's car seat.

"How's Princess Sophie?" Ryan asked as he picked her up and held her as the three of them ordered their meals.

"She's doing great. She's starting to babble a lot. It's really cute." Sandy smiled.

As they received their food Kirsten asked, "How's school going?"

"School's great. Classes are not too tough. Things are going great. Taylor and I just redecorated the kitchen in our apartment, it looks nice." Ryan dug into his lasagna.

"Sounds like things are going good for the two of you." Sandy stated.

"They're going really good. I love her."

"That's really great Ryan. It is about time you find someone that makes you happy." Replied Kirsten as she nit-picked her lunch.

Their lunch and conversation went on for about another hour and a half before Ryan announced that he had to study for a Calculus exam he had the next day. They all said their goodbye's and went their separate ways.

When Sandy, Kirsten, and Sophie got home they continued their day watching TV, playing with their daughter, and relaxing on the beach. Later that night when they returned home from the beach they gave Sophie a bath and put her to bed.

After they put the little one to sleep they curled up on the couch with Kirsten against Sandy's chest and watched reruns of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Sandy felt her breathe even out and knew that she was going to fall asleep.

"Come on, let's get you to bed."

Around two o'clock in the morning they awoke to the sounds of Sophie's cries. Sandy started to get up as Kirsten stopped him, he looked over at her.

"No, I'll get her. You start your new job tomorrow, you need your sleep."

"You need your sleep too."

"No. Go back to sleep. I'll be in in a little bit. She probably just needs her diaper changed." Kirsten got out of her warm, cozy bed, put on her robe and walked out of the bedroom.

As Sandy was starting to doze back off he felt the bed dip as his wife joined him. "She just had a wet diaper." They both fell back asleep.

The next morning Kirsten and Sophie sent Sandy off with a travel mug full of coffee and a bagel topped off with a mound of cream cheese; just how Sandy liked it.

"Well it's just you and me sweetie. What should we do today?" Kirsten asked in baby speak when Sophie and her were all alone. Sophie just kicked her feet. "Well how about mommy gets ready and then we can go shopping." Sophie giggled and kicked her chubby little legs again.

Two hours later mother and daughter were on their way to Broadway Plaza in San Francisco. After a couple of hours shopping and a massive credit card bill Sophie and Kirsten returned home. After laying Sophie down for a nap, Kirsten started dinner. Sandy would be home in an hour and she wanted to have a romantic dinner to celebrate Sandy's first day of teaching. Hopefully everything would go according to plan.