Blair stopped beside her, put her hands in her pockets, and rocked back and forth on the balls of her feet, looking not quite as sure of herself anymore. “Of course. It sounded like you could use some adult time, and I figured since I’m the closest thing to an adult here, we could spend it together. It’s completely up to you what we do, but we do have dinner reservations at seven. I figured that would get us back in time to grab Nolan from Marisol and Damien to put him down for an only somewhat-delayed bedtime.”

“You really thought all of this through, didn’t you?” Erin felt tears threatening to fall. No one had ever done something this sweet for her. And Blair had put it all together so quickly without missing a single detail.

“Of course. You deserve all the best things in the world. It’s not much, but it’s the least I can do.”

Not much? Erin wanted to forget all about her worries and kiss Blair right there in the lobby. She wanted to drag Blair back to their hotel room and… well… do a lot more than kissing. Of course, she wasn’t going to do any of that, but god, this woman really might be perfect. “It’s everything, Blair. It’s everything. ” Her voice cracked when she said the words because she was still on the verge of tears.

Blair started walking again and motioned for Erin to follow and soon they were standing in front of Marisol and the guy who was, apparently, named Damien.

Nolan jumped up and down once they reached them. “Mommy! Guess what? I’m going on rides! So many rides.”

“Ah yes.” Blair reached into her pocket and pulled something out. “Three all-you-can ride wristbands. Go crazy.”

Marisol snatched the wristbands from Blair. “Don’t worry. We’re going to have so much fun.” Marisol looked from Blair to Erin. “And don’t you  worry either. We are much more responsible than Blair. He’s in good hands.”

Erin didn’t doubt he would be well taken care of, but before she did anything, she needed to make sure Nolan was actually okay with all of this. She knelt down in front of him. “Are you going to be okay without Mommy for a few hours?” she asked.

Nolan nodded an excessive amount of times. “I’m a big boy. I need big boy time without you !”

Erin laughed as she stood back up. That answers that. “The man has spoken. I’m not needed.”

After saying goodbye to Nolan, Erin found she had a hard time walking away. She was excited about her time with Blair, but she had gotten so used to not having time to herself and she felt guilty for finally taking some.

“You know, we don’t have to do this if you don’t want to,” Blair whispered to her.