Claire spun around, " He asked about me?", she gulped.
Her dad smiled, " Yeah, he wanted to know how you were doing. I told him about Ethan"
" Oh", Claire muttered, knowing that was probably the end of that conversation. He wouldn't be interested in her now.
" Zack is a pediatrician. Loves kids. He asked for me to give you his number. He wants to take you out", Frank said with a pleased smile.
Claire blushed, " Really?", she smiled.
Her dad nodded, " Here, why don't you call him now?", he said, walking over to her and handing her a piece of paper with Zack's number on it.
Claire stared at it. Her thoughts jumping to Henry and what he would think. She shook that away. It was none of Henry's business. He was her boss and semi-friend. He didn't have anything to do with her love life. Maybe if she went out with someone else she could get over the stupid crush she had on him. It's been three and a half months since she started working for him. She needed to stop thinking about him, they were never going to be together.
So Claire picked up her phone and called Zack. He sounded sexy as hell on the phone and they made a date for that Saturday night. Claire was practically giddy afterwards. Her dad found it funny and had laughed at her. She hadn't been on a date in two years. But she was definitely due.
That Saturday rolled around and her dad took Ethan back to his house so that Claire could get ready in peace. She took a shower, blew dry her hair and curled it. Put on make-up then got dressed in a sexy short black cocktail dress and killer red platform pumps. She put on red lipstick to match her shoes then went and stood in front of the mirror. Damn she looked good. She turned, checking out her ass. Looking good there too. Claire had worked damn hard to get back to her pre-baby body and she was proud of it. And glad that she was finally going to be able to show it off.
A knock on her door had her stomach turning nervously. Her heart started to pound as she went to get it. After smoothing her hands down the front of her dress, she opened the door. Standing in her doorway was Zack Landon. And holy shit was the man gorgeous. Not as gorgeous as Henry, but still handsome in his own way. He had dark brown hair that was a lot longer then Henry's. It touched Zack's collar in the back. It was kinda sexy. He had golden hazel eyes with long dark lashes. His nose was a bit big for his face but his pretty smile countered that. He actually looked a bit like Bradley Cooper. He wasn't as tall as Henry either, maybe about 5'11-6'.
Zack was dressed in a nice black suit with a pale blue shirt and dark blue tie. He looked thin, but she didn't think he came even close to having the muscle built of Henry. And why the hell did she keep comparing this guy to Henry?! Shit! She had to get him out of her head. After taking care of him for a week while he was sick had really screwed with her head.
" Zack! Hi!", She greeted him and moved aside so that he could come in. " Let me just grab my purse then we can go"
" Okay", He said, moving into her apartment and shutting the door behind him, " You look beautiful Claire"
Claire blushed. Not used to getting complimented, " Thank you. You look great yourself"
Zack smiled his handsome smile, " Thanks"
After Claire grabbed her silver clutch purse, they headed to dinner. Zack took her to Maggiano's down town. It was a fantastic and expensive Italian restaurant. They had a delicious dinner. The conversation was great too. They had seemed to really click. He told her all about his work and how he had struggled to open his own pediatric practice. She told him some about her job, trying not to talk too much about Henry.
After dinner, they decided to go to the homey little pub down the street. Claire had never been there and Zack insisted that they make the best drinks. So they walked down to the pub and found a high two seater table against the wall.
Henry walked into the pub behind Sebastian. He hadn't really felt like going out tonight but Sebastian somehow talked him into it. He guessed he did need to relax a bit. And this place had Guinness on tap, his favorite. He hopped onto the stool next to Sebastian, who had already ordered then both a pint of Guinness.
They started a tab and took the glasses the pretty redheaded bartender set in front of them. They clinked their glasses together then took a few gulps. They both smacked their lips together and said " Ahhhh" when they set their glasses down. The beer was so good.