Sara had arrived home an hour ago and was now standing in front of her closet in frustration. She didn't know what to wear. Most of her clothing was casual and this was too important to pick just anything. Maybe she should have taken Mary up on her offer earlier in the week to go shopping but she'd been sure she could find something in her closet.

She knew Michael well enough to know he never did anything half way. He would have everything for tonight planned. She needed to put as much thought into her outfit as she knew he would put into their date. Besides, she had seduction in mind and that needed planning of its own.

Ten minutes later she was still standing in front of her closet. "Ugh." This was too hard. She had to find something to wear. She had found a couple of dresses that might work but nothing she thought would knock Michael off his feet.

A wicked smile appeared on Sara's face. She remembered a dress she had worn three years ago to one of her dad's political functions, before she had met Michael in Fox River. It seemed like a lifetime ago now.

Sara reached into the very back of her closet and pulled out the simple black dress. "This will work" she smiled. She looked over at the clock and realized she only had 20 minutes. Michael was never late. She headed to her dresser and selected the sexiest undergarments she owned. With everything she needed in hand she headed for the bathroom to finish getting ready.

~

Michael had just put the car in park outside of Sara's building when his cell rang. He looked down at the screen. Lincoln. Michael couldn't think of any reason for his brother to be calling him tonight so he answered it. "Hello?"

"Hey little brother."

"Hey Linc, what's up?"

Michael could hear his brother smiling on the other end of the line and wasn't quite sure what to make of it. "I just wanted to wish you good luck on your date tonight."

"Uh…yea…thanks." He was a little confused why his brother was wishing him luck on his date with Sara. Did Lincoln know how nervous he was about tonight? What he had planned? Michael hadn't intended to tell his brother at all about their date, but then Lincoln had asked him to come over and watch the game with him and LJ so he had had no choice. He had kept it short and sweet. No details. But something told Michael Lincoln knew more about tonight than what Michael had shared with him. "Was there anything else?"

Lincoln gave a little laugh and said, "Nope. Just have fun Mikey." And with that Lincoln disconnected.

Ok that was strange Michael thought. He looked at his watch and realized he couldn't sit in his car any longer. Michael got out of the car and made his way into Sara's apartment building.

~

Lincoln gave a little chuckle as he hung up the phone. Michael was right. Lincoln had no idea what he had planned for the evening, but he did have an idea what Sara had planned for his little brother. Oh she hadn't said anything directly but she had been hinting over the last few weeks. Asking Lincoln his advise on how to get Michael to stop holding back in their relationship. It just so happened that with an invitation for Michael to come over and watch the game, Lincoln had found out about the date.

Two day's later Sara had again brought up the subject of how to get Michael to "take the next step". Lincoln had taken his past talks with Sara seriously. She was family now and he had no doubt that Michael had a plan and would one of these days get off his butt and ask her to marry him. Sara of course seemed, on that front at least, willing to wait him out.

He knew Sara had been disappointed when Michael had insisted he get his own place upon his release. It had been obvious to Lincoln that Sara had expected Michael to move in with her; even though he was pretty sure they had yet to sleep together. After tonight, however, he was expecting that to change, at least if Sara had anything to say about it.

With a goofy grin on his face, Lincoln picked up the phone again and called their favorite pizza place. "LJ. What do you want on your pizza tonight?"