"Really? You want me to move in with you?" Eric asked astonished and with hope.

"Yes, separate bedroom of course but it'll be good for Finley to have his dad close by."

"I'd love to."

"Great that's settled than."

Eric went to pack his bag, just for tonight, the rest would come later, and they went to Melissa's place.

"Hey mom," Melissa said as she and Eric walked in.

"Hey Melissa… and Eric."

"Hello Mrs. Bryan."

Melissa's mom noticed the bag Eric held in his hand.

"What's with the bag?"

"Eric's moving in with us," Melissa informed her mother.

"What?"

"It's better for Finley."

"Oh okay. Sure. Whatever works for you."

Melissa noticed her mom was not happy with her decision but it was her life and she did what was best for Finley despite her mother's hatred feelings towards Eric.

"How's Finley been?"

"Very good. He's asleep now."

"That's good. Thanks for watching him."

"My plessure. I'll see you guys later."

"See ya," Melissa replied as she showed her mom out.

"She doesn't like me," Eric stated when Melissa's mom had left.

"Was it that obvious? She's just still upset with you for what you did but don't worry about her. She'll be okay."

Melissa showed Eric to his room and they settled in for the night.

"We'll talk more about this in the morning," Melissa spoke.

"Yes, we will. Goodnight."

"Goodnight."

Melissa walked to her room and closed the door. She wondered how Finley would react tomorrow when they would tell him that his father was coming to live with them.

…..

The next morning Finley came running into Melissa's bedroom. Melissa woke up when Finley jumped on her bed.

"Good morning mom."

"Good morning Finley," Melissa replied still half sleeping. "Did you have fun with grandma last night?"

"Yes I did."

"Good, why don't you get dressed, I've got something to show you."

"What is it?" Finley asked intrigued.

"Go get dressed and I'll show you."

Quickly Finley went back to his room and got himself dressed. Melissa dressed herself as well.

"I'm ready mom. Now what do you want to show me?"

"Come on."

Melissa took him to Eric's room.

"There's someone in here for you."

Melissa slowly opened the door. Finley looked inside and saw his dad lying in the bed.

"What's dad doing here?"

"Your dad is coming to life with us."

A huge grin spread across Finley's face. "Really?"

"Yes really."

Finley was really happy and happily he jumped on the bed waking Eric. Eric immediately woke up and saw his son jumping up and down on his bed. As soon as Eric was awake Finley gave him a big hug.

"Mom told me you're moving in with us. Is that true?"

"Yes buddy it's true. I'm coming to life with your mom and you, if that's alright with you."

"Of course dad." Finley gave him a hug again. "I love you dad."

"I love you too son."

Melissa watched with a big smile. She was happy to see her son so happy. Eric got dressed too and together they had breakfast. After breakfast Melissa and Eric brought Finley to school and they drove to work.

"Finley seemed really happy this morning," Eric stated.

"Yeah he was. I'm glad he was so happy about the fact that you are coming to life with us."

"Yeah me too. Thank you again for this, for letting me get to know my son and letting me be a part of his life."

"You're welcome. Finley deserves his father and you deserve him."

"Thank you for giving me another chance."

"What's done is done right? It's different now."

"Yes it is."

….

That weekend they moved Eric's stuff into Melissa's house, all the stuff they need anyway. Eric brought his own stuff from his bedroom, some pictures of his parents, some decorations, his couch and lounge chairs because Melissa's one were a little bit old and his computer stuff. The rest of his stuff they put in storage. They hired some movers to help with the stuff. Melissa had a computer room already so Eric's computer stuff went in that room. 2 hours later everything was moved in an on it's place. Only some boxes had to be unpacked. Finley helped Eric unpack the boxes.

"I really like that you're living here now dad."

"Me too."

"Now, you, me and mom can be a family."

"Yes we are a family."

"Does that mean you and mom are getting married?"

Eric was surprised by this question and didn't really know how to answer.

"Uhm I'm not sure son."

"Why not? Aren't we a family then?"

"Of course we're a family son. Your mom and I don't have to be married for us to be a family."

"Do you love mom?"

Eric didn't know how to answer. He wasn't sure of his feelings and if Melissa felt the same way. Somewhere deep inside of him he still loved Melissa. But so much had changed over the years they had been apart. But seeing her brought a lot of those feelings up again especially since he found out they have a son together.

"Come on, let's go see if dinner's ready," Eric said dodging the question.

"But dad, you haven't answered my question. Do you love mom?"

Eric realized he wasn't getting out of this. "I don't know son. A lot has happened with your mom and me. I haven't seen her in a really long time. We'll see." Eric put his hands on Finley's shoulders. "But whatever happens I'm not leaving you. I'll always be your dad, okay."

"Okay dad."

They had a nice dinner together. After dinner Eric and Finley played a game on his x-box. After that Eric brought Finley to bed.

"Goodnight buddy."

"Goodnight dad."

Eric walked back to the living room and sat down next to Melissa on the couch. Together they watched a movie. During the movie Eric noticed that Melissa came closer to him and she put her head on his shoulder. Eric slowly moved his arm around Melissa. When Melissa felt his arm she snuggled in even closer. Eric liked sitting like this. Just like old times. They had sat like this for countless times when they were dating in college. When the movie had ended neither one of them wanted to get up, they were too comfortable.

"It's nice lying like this again. It sounds weird maybe but I've missed this," Melissa spoke.

"Yeah me too."

Melissa lifted her head up and looked into Eric's eyes and Eric looked back in hers. Eric moved his head forward till their lips touched. Melissa didn't pull back so Eric kissed her deeper and he moved his hand to cradle her neck. Melissa kissed him back big time. It felt so good. Eric pushed Melissa down on the couch and he lay down on top of her. It felt like the same in college when they made out on the couch. The kissed quickly became more heated. Melissa realized that if they didn't stop now that they went end up in bed together.

"Eric," Melissa stammered in between kisses. "We…can't…..do…this."

"Sure we can," Eric replied and kissed her again.

God it felt so good. But Melissa pushed Eric away.

"No we can't. I can't."

Melissa pushed Eric off of her and got up. She walked to the kitchen. Eric was a bit stunned. Why didn't she want it? She was kissing him just as much as he was kissing her. Eric followed her into the kitchen.

"What's wrong Melissa? I thought you liked it," Eric spoke as Melissa leaned against the counter.

Melissa sighed and she turned around. "Nothing's wrong. It's just….. I don't know…. I don't know what I'm feeling right now."

Eric stepped out to Melissa and cupped her face.

"I still love you Melissa," Eric spoke with a lot of passion in his voice and in his eyes.

Melissa noticed the passion in his voice and saw the sparkle in his eyes. The same sparkle and passion when he said I love you so many years ago. Melissa had feelings for Eric too, but was it love? She wasn't feeling sure of her feelings and if she should get into a relationship with Eric again. She had Finley to think about too. But she could clearly see that Eric loved Finley and that Finley loved him. She knew Eric was a good father to him.

"I think I still love you too."

Eric kissed her again as he backed her up against the counter. The kiss felt so good to both of them. All kissing they walked to Melissa's room. As soon as they were in the bedroom and closed the door they started taking each other's clothes off.

"Maybe we shouldn't be doing this," Melissa uttered.

"Maybe not, but I can't help myself. I've missed you."

Eric moved his lips down to Melissa's neck. Even being apart from each other for so long Eric still knew what Melissa liked.

"Oh god Eric," Melissa moaned.

With that kiss all doubt was out of Melissa's mind and she wanted Eric so badly. Quickly they took their clothes off and got into bed.

It had been so long since she had been with a man. After Eric she hadn't slept with anyone else. Same for Eric, he hadn't slept with anyone else since he broke up with Melissa.

"I want you so badly," Eric whispered in Melissa's ear.

"I want you too," Melissa moaned back as Eric kissed his way down her body.

After all these years he still knew how to pleasure her. Melissa was in heaven as Eric worked her body. After a while Eric couldn't take it anymore and he got back up. He kissed her as he pushed himself into her completely. God it felt so perfect, exactly how Eric remembered it felt like. They put all of their feelings of the past years into their love making. They couldn't get enough of each other. They kept making love until they were both too exhausted. Tired but pleasured they fell down on the bed next to each other.

"Wow, oh my god. That was absolutely amazing," Melissa breathed out.

"Yes wow, that was really amazing. This was even better than the previous times."

"Yes it was. Being apart for so long only made our feelings stronger I guess."

"Yeah is guess."

Melissa rolled onto her side and lay her head down on Eric's chest and Eric moved his arm around her.

"There wasn't a day that went by that I didn't think of you," Eric spoke.

"I know. Same for me. I wondered a lot how it would have been like if you had been there."

"Yeah I wonder that now too since I know about Finley."

Melissa lifted her head up and looked into Eric's eyes. "You're here now, that's all that matters. The 3 of us are a family."

"Yes we are. You know what's funny. Finley asked me today if I still loved you."

"Really? He asked you that?"

"Yeah he did."

"What did you say?"

"That I didn't know. And I didn't really now, at least not for sue. Not until I kissed you again, then I knew. I love you and I've always loved you."

"I always loved you too. You gave me something really wonderful, a beautiful son."

"Yes, our beautiful son."

They put their pajamas on again and fell asleep in each other's embrace.

The next morning they woke up early when the sunshine peeked through the windows.

"Good morning Melissa," Eric said when he noticed Melissa was awake too.

"Good morning Eric."

"Sleep okay?"

"Yeah I slept fine. Really good. I was pretty tired after our activities last night," Melissa replied with a cheeky smile.

"Oh yes it was really good last night. I loved it and I love you."

Eric gave Melissa a kiss.

"I love you too."

"What are we gonna tell Finley about this?"

"Nothing I think. He doesn't need to know yet right. We'll tell him when the time is right."

"Sure," Eric replied but Melissa noticed a bit of sadness in his voice.

"It's not because I'm not sure about this. Cus I am. I love you and I wanna be with you. But I wanna just wait. I just wanna enjoy what we have right now without putting a name or a label on it."

"Meaning you're not sure about this," Eric said a bit angry as he sat up in the bed.

"No it's not that. I am sure about this. But what if we tell Finley and it doesn't work out between us. I'm not saying that it's gonna. But you can't be sure."

"Fine whatever."

Eric got up out of bed and went to the bathroom to shower. Melissa was left alone in bed. Had she just blown it with Eric? She wanted to have a relationship him, she knew she wanted that. But they had been away for so long, what if they didn't work anymore as a couple. She loved him and he loved her but Melissa knew that love sometimes wasn't enough. Melissa got up and walked to the bathroom as well. Eric refused to talk to her.

"Eric please, just listen to me," Melissa said as Eric walked out of the bathroom.

"What more do you have to say? I think you were pretty clear."

"Eric, please don't be like this."

"You said everything you wanted to say. It's clear to me."

Eric walked out of the bathroom and took Finley to the beach to do some surfing. Melissa walked outside and sat down in the backyard and she wondered about everything that had happened. She and Eric spend the most wonderful night together but now it was all messed up. Why did she have to say that? She loved Eric more than anything and she wanted a relationship with him, like they had at college. So why was she so guarded and careful about their relationship? Was it because of Finley? Eric proved to her that he loved Finley and that he would be there for him no matter what. She didn't want to lose Eric again. They got a second chance to be a family. Melissa made a plan to fix it with Eric tonight when Finley was in bed.

Just before dinner Finley and Eric came back.

"Hey Finley, how was surfing?"

"It was awesome. The waves were big. I only fell once."

"That's good."

"Now I'm hungry."

"Dinner's almost ready. Could you set the table?"

Finley set the table and they ate dinner together. During dinner Melissa and Eric didn't speak to each other, only with Finley. After dinner Eric helped Finley with his homework while Melissa cleaned up. They played a game on his x-box before it was time for bath and bed. As Eric was bringing Finley to bed she made the living room a bit more cozy and romantic. She lit several candles, put a soft music on, grabbed some wine and put some cheese on the table.

"What's this?" Eric asked astonished as he walked back into the living room.

"Just something nice for the two of us."

"I'm not in the mood," Eric replied and he wanted to walk off.

"Please Eric. Can you just come over here and listen to me for a sec?" Melissa said a bit annoyed.

"Fine," Eric sighed and he sat down on the couch.

"Thank you. I'm sorry about his morning. I didn't mean it like that."

"It sounded that way," Eric mumbled.

"Can you please let me finish?"

"Sure, go ahead."

"Thank you. It just caught me a bit off guard. I don't know why I said that. Maybe because I wanted to protect Finley."

"I would never hurt Finley."

"I know. I know you love him and you're a good father to him. I mean that."

"Then what?"

"I don't know. It's just, I never have been in a relationship ever since we broke up so I don't know how Finley will react to that."

"I'm sure he'll be fine with it. I think he wants us to be together. We're his parents."

"Yes we are. I just don't want to make any mistakes. I don't want to lose you again."

Eric understood what she meant. He put his hand on her cheek.

"You're not gonna lose me. I'm not going anywhere. I made the mistake of walking out on you once, I'm not gonna do it again. I love you."

"I love you too."

Eric leaned forward and kissed Melissa.

"I'm not going anywhere Melissa. I'm not leaving you and Finley. You're my family."

"That's good to know. I don't want you to leave. I want you here, with me, with Finley."

"And I wanna be here with you."

Eric kissed her again, this time a little deeper. Melissa kissed him back with a lot of passion. The flame was back in there relationship. This felt right, it felt good. This was how it was supposed to be.

"Why don't we go take a bath together?" Melissa suggested.

"That sounds nice."

"Why don't you blow out the candles here and take our wine glasses while I'll fill the tub?"

"Deal."

5 minutes later they stood in the bathroom and they were kissing again. As they kissed they took each other's clothes off. Once they were both naked they got into the tub. Eric sat with his back against the tub and Melissa sat in between his legs with her back to his chest. Eric had his arms around Melissa.

"This is nice."

"Just like old times."

"Yeah, just like old times."

"Do you remember that time in the hot tub?" Eric whispered into Melissa's ear.

"Of course I remember those 3 amazing hours." Melissa snuggled back into his chest even more and she felt his excitement. "Wanna have a repeat of that?"

"Of course."

Eric bent his head and kissed her neck. Eric knew exactly where to kiss her. They may have been apart for a long time but Eric still knew what she loved. Melissa was moaning as Eric kissed her and she grinded her back against him. A little later Melissa turned around and sat down on Eric's lap and let herself fall down on him. They had closed the door so Finley couldn't get in, but they had to be quiet. The water made their movements even better. It felt so good. They made love in various different positions in the tub for about 2 hours. Eric lifted them out of tub, they were still joined and they made love once more on the counter.

After that they dried themselves off. They quickly put their bathrobes on and walked to Melissa's bedroom, which was now their bedroom. They quickly took their robes off and fell down on the bed as they kissed.

"God you're so amazing," Eric stammered as they made love once more.

"You're not so bad yourself," Melissa moaned. "This is so good. God I've missed this."

"Me too. You feel so good."

Melissa wanted to scream loudly as she reached her peek but Eric kissed her just in time to silence her. Eric felt her moans on his lips and that was enough for him to join her.

"Wow, that were another amazing 3 hours," Eric breathed out as he fell back down on the bed.

"Yeah they were. You're so good. I haven't forgotten how good it felt."

"Me neither. But it's like it feels even better now."

Melissa rolled onto her side and faced Eric.

"I know what you mean. So I take it everything is good between us again?"

"Oh yes definitely," Eric replied as he pulled Melissa in for a hug. "Everything's fine between us. More than fine."

"Good to know. I love you."

"I love you too."

Together they fell asleep after getting dressed again. The next morning they woke up when their alarms went off.

"Good morning," Eric spoke.

"Good morning," Melissa grunted as she stretched herself.

"Last night was really amazing," Eric stated as he pulled Melissa close to him.

"Oh yes it was amazing."

Melissa kissed Eric but Eric took control of the kiss. The rolled her around on her back and he lay down on top of her. They were so busy with each other that they didn't hear the door open.

"What are you doing?" Finley's voice sounded across the room and Eric and Melissa stopped kissing each other and looked at Finley.