"Hi, Matt." She smiled shyly. "Clara, what are you doing here?" Matt said surprised. A confused look spread across his face as he leaned against the door frame. "More to the point how did you know where I live?"

She blushed and handed him his I.D card. "That's how."

He glanced at the card then back at her. "I didn't even know this was gone. How did you get it?"

Clara rubbed her arms. "There's a logical explanation but may I come in? It's kind of cool out here."

He saw she was wearing only a blue floral dress and black tights.

Matt felt silly not inviting her in."Oh, of course." He smiled.

She thanked him and sat on the couch looking around his apartment. Clara was impressed how tidy it was.

After a few minutes of awkward silence he asked. "Can I get you something to drink?"

"Tea?" She replied.

Matt nodded and went to the kitchen.

She sighed and skimmed through the textbooks on the coffee table while she waited.

Just then she heard David approaching. "Hey, Matt can I borrow some toothpaste?" He asked walking into the living room holding a toothbrush.

He saw Clara sitting on the couch and quickly paused. "Uh, hello?" David said confused.

Clara looked up and smiled politely. "Oh, hi I hope I didn't wake you."

David looked at her like she was nuts. "No, I always sleep better knowing there strangers in the living room." He replied sarcastically.

She suddenly remembered him from Amy and snapped her fingers. "You must be David; Amy said you were a bit of a smart alec." "But she meant it in the nicest way." Clara quickly added.

David relaxed a bit and smiled. "And you must be Clara. Nice to meet you." He gently shook her hand.

"Is Matt your roommate?" She asked.

He nodded. "Yeah, we've been friends for years." David tried but it was hard to mask his grin. He couldn't wait for Matt to come back.

"Payback." He thought mischievously.

Matt walked back into the living room with the tea and set it on the coffee table. He noticed David standing there and winced.

"Hi, Matt!" He smirked.

"Oh, hi David." Matt said blushing. He really regretted teasing David, now.

"I see you've met Clara." He smiled feeling extremely awkward.

"Yes, we were just having a friendly chat. You work fast don't you?" David teased.

Clara looked at them completely lost. "Sorry?"

Matt gave a nervous chuckle. "David could I speak with you for a minute?" He said pulling David aside.

He huffed at David like was three years old. "What are you doing up?" Matt hissed.

David arched his eyebrow. "Well, daddy I had to brush my teeth and I needed to borrow some toothpaste." He replied in a child's voice.

"Very funny. I'm so glad you're amused." He scowled.

"Hey, I think it's great that you want to date again. She seems like a nice girl." David said.

Matt scoffed. "This is not a date besides it's a bit late for a date don't you think?"

He smirked. "That's not what you said to Sally Sparrow on prom night."

"Is there something wrong?" Clara asked watching them.

"No, in fact David was just leaving, right?" Matt hinted at him.

He nodded and cleared his throat. "Right of course, I'm just going to steal some of Matt's toothpaste and head off to bed." David said slowly backing away.

Halfway he paused and glanced at Matt. "I want details tomorrow."

"David!" Matt groaned.

"I'm going." He waved to them as he left the room.

"Sorry, about that." Matt sighed sitting beside her.

"It's okay. Amy can be the same way sometimes." She smiled.

Matt just nodded; he never felt so tongued tied around a girl before especially someone as pretty as her.

"So you were asking how I found your I.D." She said snapping Matt out of his thoughts.

"Yeah, uh, how did you find my I.D?" He asked.

Clara shrugged. "Well, when you left I found it on the ground and it had your address so here I am."

"That's very nice but why didn't you send it to lost and found?"

She glanced up at him sheepishly. "Because I was using it as an excuse to come by so I could get to know you better."

"Well, you didn't have to go through all that. I wouldn't mind getting to know you." Matt replied.

"Really? Kind of hard to tell the way you ran away from me." Clara said softly.

Looking at her face he felt bad about rushing off like that. All she wanted was to have coffee not get married.

He placed his hand on hers'. He was surprised Clara's skin was so soft almost like silk. "I'm sorry. That was pretty rude of me." Matt replied somewhat ashamed.

"Why did you do it?" She asked.

Matt sighed and looked into those striking wide eyes. "I just broke up with a long-time girlfriend and it was a bit nasty." He let out a small scoff. "The typical break up phone call."

Clara gave him a sympathetic smile. "I'm sorry; I guess my presence didn't help."

Matt shook his head. "No, I'm glad I met you."

Her face brightened. "Yeah?'

Matt nodded. "And I still like to meet you for coffee, if you want."

She smiled. "I'd like that."

"Great, when's a good time for you?" He asked.

She thought a minute. "How about Saturday at 3:00 P.M?"

Matt grinned. "Perfect."

He walked her to the door. "See you then." He smiled.

Clara gave a small bashful wave and smiled as she left. Matt closed the door and leaned against it grinning.

Suddenly he heard David shout from the bedroom. "You need to work on your pickup lines!"

Matt smirked and grabbed a throw pillow and darted to their room.