Hikaru- San: Sorry the update took forever! I almost had the chapter done, but i needed something from Shikonprincess... and then i had to go to phoenix for the weekend. all and all a very crazy weekend... anywho! I'll shut up and let you read on...

Andy drove up to an expensive looking apartment.

Doctor? Andy thought to herself, as she turned off her 06 Volkswagen beetle and went up to the front door.

Nice landscaping though…

Andy checked over her outfit one last time. Dark blue flared jeans, black high heeled boots, dark red wife beater, tan coat, a turquoise pendent on a silver chain, hair back in a low braid… presentable. Casual…but not too casual… perfect.

She rang the doorbell. Then she did something that she couldn't help but do. She looked over to the front window to get a better view of what the inside looked like. What she didn't plan on doing… was to fall over on the other side.

"Ack!"

At that exact moment, Sesshomaru opened the door.

"What are you doing?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Andy perked her head up. A small branch was barely hanging off a stray strand of hair.

"Not…nothing…." She answered meekly. She dusted herself off.

"You got a branch… right there…" Sesshomaru said, pulling the small twig out of her hair. Andy couldn't help but blush. It was so embarrassing.

God… of all days… why today to be a klutz…

"I think that before anyone else makes a comment of your little display, you would like to come inside…"

Andy zipped right pass Sesshomaru. Hell, she'd be damned if the whole neighborhood saw that. Her eyes went big after one quick scan.

"Oh My God!"

The living room alone was just as big as her entire apartment, all nicely furnished as if to say, I'm rich…. but yet all child proof. The view from the back windows was that of the Tokyo skyline.

"No way! This can't be a house!" Andy kept saying as she bounced around the room taking in the total awesomeness of it. "This is so totally awesome!"

Andy then folded her hands together and made a dramatic pose.

"Is this how the elite live?"

"You're that impressed?" Sesshomaru asked, as a classic anime sweat drop formed.

"Most women when they come over say that I should get a bigger place."

Andy turned around and smiled.

"Ok shock over… so what's for dinner?" she said cheerfully.

"You get straight to the point don't you?"

"I can't help it. It's in my nature!"

"I have pasta cooking in the kitchen."

"Ah yes… the single man's specialty…" Andy said, as she slid into the kitchen.

"Dang! My mom would be in heaven in here!" Andy cried out in surprise.

There was the dream kitchen that any housewife only dreamt about. Double door refrigerator, along with water dispenser, with an island in the middle, currently occupied with vegetables and other foods, cooking utensils in one corner, neatly stacked and organized, and plenty of cupboards and storage space. Even the lighting was just right.

(A/N: Mine too! I love to cook!)

"You wouldn't happen to have any room on the stove for me would you?" Andy asked.

"But you're the guest…" Sesshomaru protested.

"I want to help!" Andy added. She picked up a knife and started to finish what Sesshomaru started to finish before she got there (a salad…)

"So… Andy said, as she finished up. "What do you do for a living anyway?"

How can she handle that knife so fast, but not cut herself?

Sesshomaru shook his head to get back to reality.

"I'm a lawyer…"

"You lie for a living?"

"What?"

Andy laughed. She faced Sesshomaru.

"It's a joke one of my younger cousins told me. Her dad's a lie- ayer."

And we like sexy… Andy's inner youki popped up.

Not now…

You didn't notice that he was staring at you when you were working that knife.

Go… away.

Fine…

"Wine?" Sesshomaru asked, handing Andy a glass.

"Thank you." Andy said, taking a sip. A very good year.

A few minutes later, dinner was ready and the two ate in silence.

"That's odd…" Sesshomaru said.

Andy looked up from her plate.

"What is?" She asked.

"Normally, you always have something to say…"

Andy rolled her eyes.

"If you don't hear anything from a native during meal time, then it's usually a good thing." Andy said.

"Why's that?"

"Because the food's pretty good."

Sesshomaru couldn't help but chuckle at the last remark.

"But it's true…" Andy added.

"I never disagreed with you."

"You were thinking about it though."

After the dishes were clean, they spent the rest of the time in the living room, talking about a lot of things, especially Andy's care free lifestyle that she led back in America.

"… you haven't even experience a real hang over until after a softball tournament. I had to learn that one the hard way."

"And why's that?"

"Because win or lose, you always wind up staying with the rest of the team drinking beer after beer after beer. It's like an unwritten rule or something. And the team members that were parents are the ones that drink the less as the kids need a ride home and they can't be smashed. That's against the law… drinking and driving I mean… in speaking of which… what time is it?"

Sesshomaru looked over at the clock.

"Eleven…"

"Oh shit! I should have been home by now!" Andy said in a panic, as she got up from her spot on the couch.

But I don't wanna go…

Shessh, now you're starting to sound like Hayden…

Sesshomaru handed Andy her coat. HE didn't want her to leave, but who was he to tell her to stay? She had her own life.

"Thanks for having me over…" Andy said.

"Come by again sometime?" Sesshomaru asked.

"Yup… bye…" Andy slid out the door.

She was almost to her car when realization struck her.

"Oh! I knew I forgot something!" Andy said, snapping her fingers as she raced back to the front door.

Sesshomaru was trying to keep his frustration under control by picking up the empty wine glasses and placing them into the sink. Why did he just let her leave? He then heard the door knock. When he answered the door, Andy stood there, arms across her chest, giving him a smirk.

"I forgot my car keys…" Andy said, pulling Sesshomaru in for a kiss, which he returned.

Andy closed the door behind her, as Sesshomaru picked her up and carried her upstairs to his bedroom.

Andy's jacket slid off her shoulders, one of her bra straps sliding off her shoulders.

Shut up…

Sesshomaru felt her soft smooth skin. Her arm slipped out fit the strap.

Will you be quiet…?

They entered the bedroom and closed the door.

Meanwhile...on the far side of town…

"You just screwed up there…" Rin said.

"What do you mean?" Rin's friend Angel said, while staring at her computer screen, trying to locate the flaw in their story.

"You just got yourself in a snitch and since you just burnt her house down, when the kid's supposed to be living with her and now they're back at his house… man… I don't know how to get out of that one…"

Angel slammed her head on the desk.

"I'm a failure…" she kept saying over and over again. Rin stared.

"You're going to damage a lot of brain cells doing that and we won't be able to come up with a solution for that. Is Hikaru online? Maybe she can help." Rin said.

Angel got her act together and emailed Hikaru.

Tee Hee! anywho... read and Review! (and to whom it may concern... don't take the last part seriously... you know i love you!!!!)