co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo

John groaned as he opened his eyes and reached over Alyssa to grab his cell phone. He felt Alyssa moved.

"What are you doing?" She asked him.

"I'm calling Annie and telling her that I have to stay here in Alaska for another week to close the deal but in reality, you and I are going to Hawaii for a little vacation." He smiled and kissed her. He dialed the home phone and waited for his wife to answer.

"Hello."

"Hey, babe." He said to her.

"Hey, are you on your way home?" She asked when she heard her husband's voice.

"I'm not. I'm sorry. That's why I called you." he said to her. "I have to stay here in Alaska for another week to close the deal. I'm sorry."

She sighed. It had been almost two weeks since he had left. "Alright. Did you want to talk to the kids?"

"Sure." John talked quickly to Jacob and then to Payton before hanging up. He looked at Alyssa once he had. "Now, that is taken care of. We can get ready to fly to Hawaii for our vacation. No interruptions."

Alyssa smiled. "I like the sound of that." She leaned over and kissed him.

"Good." He smiled. "Because I plan to get us a nice ocean front suite. We can enjoy Hawaii and enjoy each other."

She smiled as they started to make love again. She hoped he would eventually leave his wife for her. She was ready to have him all to herself. But she had learned from one of the other assistants who had been sleeping with another of the executives that if you keep after them to leave their wife, they would leave you instead. And she wasn't going to let that happen. She was intend on doing whatever she had to do to keep him even if he was still married.

Annie hung up the phone and sighed. She couldn't believe that John wasn't coming home. She finished getting Payton ready for school. She had just finished up breakfast when the phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Annie, it's Amanda. I can't baby-sit today. My mom was in an accident and I have to be with her. I'm sorry."

Annie sighed. "That's okay Amanda. You go take care of your mom." She said hanging up. She picked up the phone and thought about calling her mom to watch Jacob but then she would have to answer questions as to why she needed her too and Annie was running out of excuses.

"Mommy, I'm ready." she heard and it brought her out of her thoughts.

"Yes, you are." She smiled. They ate breakfast and then Annie took Payton to school. She sat in the car after dropping her off thinking about what she would do with Jacob.

She drove to the warehouse and sat outside for a moment. She turned to look at him.

"You okay mama?"

"Yes baby mommy's fine. We're going to go and talk to some friends of mommy's okay? And you be a good boy for me."

"K." He replied. She nodded and got out of her SUV and walked to the back to get him out. She grabbed his stuff and headed to the door. She took a deep breath as she knocked.

"Annie, nice to see you again." Careena said when she answered. She smiled when she saw Jacob. "He really is a handsome little boy."

"My babysitter cancelled and my mom would ask too questions. I hope it's okay that I brought him."

"It's fine as long as you're okay with it."

Annie nodded and walked in. "It's sooner than I wanted but that's okay."

"Alright. Let's head to the room." Careena smiled as they walked. She knew seeing Jacob was what Randy needed. And she was happy that Annie was doing it so soon. Even if it was purely coincidence. "We have visitors." She said when they walked in.

Justin looked and smiled. "Annie, nice to see you again. And this must be Jacob." He said so Randy would hear and turned to where they were. Justin turned to Randy. "Randy, there is someone you should meet."

Randy looked at the little boy and then at Annie. "Is...is this Jacob?"

"It is." She smiled. "Jacob, this is Justin and Careena. They are friends of mommy's. And this is Randy. He's a friend also."

"Can you say hello?"

"Hi." He said resting his head on her shoulder and putting his thumb in his mouth.

"He's a little shy around strangers." She replied.

"Why don't we all sit down?" Careena said to them.

Annie walked over to the sofa and sat down with Jacob on her lap. Justin and Careena sat on the other one. Annie looked as Randy wondered where to sit. "You can sit by us." Annie smiled. Randy nodded and sat down.

"Well, this is a little of a surprise" Justin smiled. "I guess we will have to redo the session for today. Why don't we let Randy get to know Jacob?" Careena nodded and they walked away.

Annie looked at Jacob and then Randy. "So, what did you want to know about him?"

"I don't know." Randy replied.

"Well how about you guys play blocks?" She smiled and turned Jacob. "Would you like to play blocks with Randy?"

Jacob looked at Randy. "Not know him."

"Well, that's okay. You're getting to know him. And he's a nice guy. He's been mommy's friend for a while. And I know he loves to play blocks."

"Okay." Jacob said. "You play too?"

"I'll play too." she smiled and put Jacob down on the sofa while she got the blocks out. She placed them on the coffee table. She looked at Randy who was looking at him. "You can talk to him. He's a very smart boy."

"I don't really know what to say." He said to her.

She looked at him and then Jacob. "Jacob, why don't you show Randy how you build a city? And I bet he will help. He's really good at building."

"Weally?" Jacob asked.

"Yep. I bet you two can build a huge city." She said as she finished getting all his blocks out. She got him off the sofa and put down where he could be near the coffee.

"Come ow, Wandy." He said to him.

Randy smiled and got down on the floor in front of the coffee table. "Alright little man." He took some blocks and started putting them together. "Is this the way you build your city?"

"Yes." Jacob said with a smile. "Mommy, come play."

Annie nodded and got down on the floor on the other side of Jacob and started building. Justin and Careena walked out of the other room and saw the living room. Both had to smile as Randy played with his son. They knew this was wonderful progress for him. Meeting Jacob and knowing him would be the best thing for Randy's recovery.

"Aww, all the bwock faw down." Jacob said as the blocks fell over. "Wandy, will you help me?" Randy smiled.

"Sure little man. No problem." He started picking up the blocks.

"Mommy, I'm hungwy." Jacob said turning to Annie.

"It is snack time." Annie smiled and took out a bowl of cheerios. "Here you go baby. Do you want some milk or juice?"

"Milk." Annie nodded and poured him some from the thermos she had. She sat the sippy cup on the table. "Wandy have some too?"

"That's a good idea. Why don't you share it with him?"

Jacob turned to Randy. "You wike Cheewios?" Randy smiled and nodded.

"They're my favorite."

"I shawe wif you." Jacob said pushing the bowl toward him.

"Thank you." Randy said taking some.

"Mommy, swaid shawing is nice."

"And she's right." Randy smiled.

Annie watched as Jacob and Randy interacted with each other. She was really amazed. Jacob was taking to Randy faster than she thought he would. She looked at her watch and realized it was nap time for Jacob and then she had to get Payton from school. "I hate to cut this short like this. But it's almost time for Jacob's n-a-p."

Randy nodded. He reached forward and hugged her before he could stop himself. "Thank you so much for bringing him here."

"You're welcome." She said as she packed up Jacob's things. "I will bring him back tomorrow."

"That's great." Justin said walking in. "And we will have something set up so Jacob can his n-a-p here."

"Great." Annie said. "Jacob, say goodbye."

"Bye, Wandy." Jacob said hugging him.

"We will see you tomorrow." She said picking him up and heading. The day had gone good and she knew Jacob had a great time. She just hoped every other one went like that.

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