Chapter 106 Time Off (One)

• So Becca and Dan came to a sort of truce about their relationship, or more appropriately, their lack of it. In the meantime, they would see what this time off from each other meant for their relationship, after which they would decide where they stood with each other. Becca knew where she stood, or at least, wanted to stand with him. She wanted to continue being friends with benefits, just have amazing sex with him without any strings attached as she had been doing, but that would be a selfish thing to do.
• They bade themselves subdued goodbyes the next day, each person lost in their thoughts. Dan kissed Emma’s face tenderly, telling the baby how much he was going to miss her as if she understood any of what he was saying. In return, Emma rattled off a lot of things that neither her mother nor Dan understood in baby language, and patted Dan’s cheeks with her strong, but chubby hands.
• “She’s going to be a very cute talkative, this one,” Dan remarked as he kissed Emma’s forehead and handed her back to her mother. They all piled into his vehicle so that he could drop Emma and Becca off at the airport. The drive down to the airport was quiet but was punctuated now and then with a sudden burst of baby talk from Emma.