She became even more positive when Nolan was safely up on her shoulders and Erin reached out a hand toward her. Blair held on to Nolan with one hand and held Erin’s hand with the other. It wasn’t the easiest thing, but it was the best.

After a few minutes, she felt a cold liquid dripping onto her head and down her neck. Before she could tell Nolan to be more careful, the whole ice cream cone slid down the front of her shirt. “What the hell?”

Erin looked over at Blair, then quickly up at her shoulders, before bringing a hand to her mouth and starting to laugh. “I’m sorry to laugh, but I did warn you.” She laughed even harder. “He is passed out right now.”

As if he subconsciously needed to prove Erin was telling the truth, Nolan laid his head on top of Blair’s, and she could tell by the little snores coming from that direction that he was definitely asleep. Erin helped get her as clean as they could using wipes and napkins, then they headed toward their car instead of the Ferris Wheel.

Walking to the car with Erin, hand in hand, a shirt stained with ice cream, and a little boy asleep on her shoulders, Blair was pretty sure this had been the best day of her life.

Chapter 27

Erin

Erin woke up the day after the carnival feeling happier than she could ever remember. After getting home and putting Nolan to bed, Blair got into the shower to get the ice cream off of herself, and Erin decided to join her. They didn’t have sex this time, but Erin did help her clean herself, and somehow massaging shampoo in Blair’s hair was more sensual than watching her come. After making out under the water for a few minutes, they got out and dried each other off.

Erin was pretty sure they both assumed this would lead to sex, but instead, they snuggled in bed naked and talked for hours. Blair told stories of when she was younger, and they both talked about their college years. Erin shared the highlights of Nolan’s life so far and Blair seemed to hang on every single word. When they could barely keep their eyes open anymore, Blair suggested they put on pajamas so Nolan didn’t break into the room in the morning and find them naked. It was such a simple gesture, but it made Erin’s heart skip a beat.

As Erin stared at Blair, she slowly opened her eyes. When she caught Erin looking at her, her whole face lit up. She reached out and grabbed Erin’s hand and kissed her knuckles, a move she had been doing more and more, that Erin found she really liked. “Good morning.”

“Morning,” Erin said as all of the words she wanted to say threatened to spill out.