jay was debating whether on visiting erin for quite sometime now. a positive would be that he will get to see his daughter again which he misses dearly. he misses everything about her, her smile, her laugh, and the one thing he can't resist is when erin his holding her. he will never get over that feeling, ever. on the other side if he does go over there erin might chew his ass out and probably won't let him step foot into the doorway. instead with jay being jay he decides to go over the the residence where his wife and daughter have currently made themselves home.
taking the longest way possible, jay starts to formulate what he is going to say when he sees her. "hi", no wait "i'm sorry." no she's already gotten enough of that, maybe "can we try to talk", eh it's worth a shot. might as well just wing it considering he can't even figure out a sentence. 30 minutes later and he was already parked in the driveway, not budging at all. he thought about turning around and doing it some other time but he knew if he did that he will never be back to talk to her. slowly he makes his way out of the car and towards the big door he's stepped through multiple times. each being more intimidating than the first. he can already hear playful screams through the door, erin's voice echoing they hyperactive daughter to calm down. he knocked on the door twice and within seconds erin opens the door and stands still.
"hi.." jay says in a calm voice not only to be woken up with loud shrieks from layla calling for her daddy. erin softly steps to the side making enough room for jay to enter through the entry way. heading towards his daughter. he happily picks her up and kisses her cheek. which then again came more happy shrieks that could blow your ear out. while closing the door erin couldn't help but smile at the cute moment. she's never seen her daughter this happy since they left the apartment.
erin gracefully walks to where her still husband and daughter are on her play mat on the carpeted floor. taking in each moment, each laugh. everything in her sight she wanted it all back. "it took you long enough" she spoke catching jay's attention. "yeah well, i didn't know if you would like me to come or not." he responds back still paying attention to layla.
erin sighed "she missed you"
"i missed her too" jay says with a smile on his face diverting his focus to erin. she slightly smiles back. "thanks for the elephant. i can't believe i forgot it." erin is just obviously trying to make conversation so this whole moment wouldn't be too awkward. "you're welcome."
"hey er, i know that this isn't going to change your mind. but what i did it wasn't my intent to hurt you. i didn't mean for those words to come out of my mouth." jay said softly
erin did her signature eye roll before responding "of course. you are just gonna blame it on being drunk. were you ever going to tell me?"
jay stayed silent. "i should have known that too..." erin sighs
"er."
"no. stop calling me that" erin grew frustrated.
by this time layla was starting to sense something was going on. so she started to cry. erin reluctantly picks her up. "looks like someone needs a nap" layla then put her head in the crook of her neck and instantly calmed down to her mothers touch. "i'll be back" erin says as she starts heading towards the bedroom.
jay interrupts her "can i go? or maybe i could put her down?"
"uh, yeah i guess. here pumpkin go to daddy" she says as she passes layla over to jay's arms. at first she cries softly not wanting to leave her mothers embrace. but immediately settles down when she inhaled the sent of her father she hasn't been with in days. slowly starting to doze off, erin gives her a light kiss on the top of her head before jay exists the room. walking down the hallway full of pictures until he steps into the warmth of erin's childhood room. gently placing layla into her crib, covering her up with her soft purple blanket and nestling her stuffed elephant right next to her.
he got so lost in watching her little chest rise up and down he never noticed erin's presence nearby.
"she's pretty great isn't she" erin says softly. smile on her face. "yeah she is" responding back not taking his eyes off of her. he then slowly walks out of the room with erin in tow after she lightly shuts the door. once jay enters in the living room area he starts to pick up layla's toys until erin stops him and says that their princess will only make it messier when she wakes up. erin practically falls onto the couch and lies down. jay followed the same motion and sat next to her where her head was. of course erin being desperate she picks up her head and lays it in jay's lap recalling all of the memories she's done this in the past. jay smiled down at her and gently started to comb through her hair making her instantly fall asleep. jay then turned on the tv to some weird show before dozing off himself.