After brushing her teeth and going to the bathroom one more time, Blair walked back out of the bathroom to find Nolan and Erin sitting in her bed, reading a book together. She leaned against the doorway and let herself enjoy the scene in front of her. How couldn’t she? It was so fucking cute the way Erin did different voices as she read, and Nolan laughed hysterically at each one as if it was the greatest thing in the world. And in that moment, to Blair, it kind of felt like it was.

“And that was a nice story,” Erin said as she closed the book.

“Night night, Mommy.” Nolan yawned and snuggled into Erin’s side.

“Night, buddy.” Erin kissed Nolan’s forehead and tried to move away from him, but he grabbed her even tighter. “I thought you wanted to snuggle with Blair tonight, sweetie. You have to let Mommy go to her own bed so Blair can get in here.”

Nolan shook his head. “I want to snuggle both of you.”

The blush that had taken over Erin’s cheeks when the front desk woman assumed they were a family came back with a vengeance. “Oh, honey, the bed isn’t big enough for all three of us.”

“Yes, it is.” Nolan nodded matter-of-factly. “We all ate on the bed.”

The kid did  have a point. Blair wasn’t sure how Erin was going to argue with that logic. Instead of arguing with him, Erin looked to Blair for backup, which Blair was sure she was going to find was a mistake because Blair couldn’t care less about sharing her bed. “He has a point. I’m cool with sharing. We’re all small. We can make it work.”

Erin squinted her eyes and furrowed her eyebrows at Blair, and Blair could tell exactly what she was silently saying to her. This is a terrible idea. Blair didn’t disagree, but it also kind of felt like a terribly wonderful idea, so she simply shrugged and threw Erin her most charming smile to soften the blow.

Erin shook her head at Blair, and even though Blair could tell she was trying not to, her lips curled up into the slightest smile. Blair took that as permission to get back into bed and situated herself on the other side of Nolan. Nolan immediately grabbed her arm and wrapped it around himself. Within a few minutes, his breathing had leveled out, indicating that he was asleep.

“I’m really sorry about this,” Erin whispered into the quiet room. “I would offer to go back to my own bed now, but if he wakes up and I’m not right here, it’ll only make the night that much longer.”

“Don’t worry about it,” Blair whispered back. “This isn’t exactly what I normally mean when I say I want to get a girl in my bed, but I can’t say I hate it.”