You couldn’t be more wrong, Erin. Blair looked between Nolan and Erin and shrugged. “I’m okay with it if you are. Since Marisol started school, I’ve really only been hanging out with my parents. It would be cool to spend time with other people for once.” Especially if those people are you two.

The smile on Erin’s face told Blair that she was happy she had agreed to stick around. “Perfect. Any chance you want to help with bath time too?” Erin laughed as though she were kidding, but there was honestly nothing Blair wanted more.

“I’m down.”

After taking a few minutes to convince Erin that she was actually okay with giving Nolan his bath, Blair headed upstairs with him while Erin finished cleaning up from dinner. Blair spent the next half hour yelling at Nolan to keep the water in the bathtub while she struggled to get him clean. She was relieved when Erin finally came up and told Nolan he had to get out and get ready for bed.

Blair worked with Erin to help get Nolan dressed, then asked him to pick out a story. Blair climbed into Nolan’s bed to read to him while Erin sat beside it, watching the interaction as if it was an episode of her favorite show.

After Nolan suckered her into reading a second book, he yawned and wrapped an arm around Blair. “Snuggle me until I fall asleep?”

Blair held Nolan tight up against her, but instead of focusing all of her attention on him, she looked over at Erin, who was sitting beside the bed and already staring at her. The intensity of her stare took Blair’s breath away. She wanted to know what Erin was thinking about while looking at her like that. Of course, she couldn’t ask, because that would wake Nolan from his drowsy state and make this whole process take ten times longer. She could still enjoy that look and imagine everything it could mean though.

When Erin’s lips started to move in silent words, Blair’s imagination went even more wild. Was she telling Blair how she really felt? Inviting her back to her room? When Erin lifted her eyebrows and nodded toward Nolan, Blair realized it wasn’t anything that exciting. She was trying to tell Blair that Nolan had fallen asleep.

Erin nodded to the door, then stood and walked out of the room. Blair carefully extracted herself from Nolan then climbed out of bed and left the room as well. When she closed Nolan’s door behind her, she was surprised to find Erin was standing just inches from her.