<div align="center"><em>Matilda...at Chez Antoinette for lunch with Shawn Pierce.</em></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Matilda smiled back at him, but removed her hand when the waiter arrived with their food. Blushing a bit at how long she'd kept her palm to his, she cleared her throat and began eating her French onion soup. <br/><br/><em>"An actress..."</em><br/><br/>She nodded and waited until she'd swallowed her current bite before answering.<br/><br/><strong>"Not professional yet, obviously, but yes...I'm an actress and singer, and I studied both at NYU. I want to get into musical theatre on Broadway, but I have to work on my accent before then."</strong><br/><br/>She chuckled and finished her soup before moving on to her salad and taking another drink of water.<br/><br/><strong>"What about you? I don't really know what you do, or anything about you. What do you do for a living, and where are you originally from?"</strong><br/><br/>She wanted to ask about his family, but she didn't want to offend him so soon.</span><br/>