Chapter Twenty-One

Later that night, after dinner, Emma helped Diane wash the dishes and put them away. It was something they usually did together, Em liked helping out in the kitchen with some easier tasks.

"Did daddy do something wrong?"

Diane certainly didn't expect such a question from her daughter after the afternoon and evening they had spent together as a family. The mood had been especially cheerful, Will had joked around a lot, she didn't even remember the last time they'd had so much fun.

"Why do you think so?"

"Because he brought you flowers. Our teacher says her husband only brings her flowers when they have a fight and he wants to apologize. Did you fight with daddy?"

The observant nature of her daughter surprised her yet again and even though she didn't like lying to her kids, such white lies were necessary once in a while.

"No, we didn't fight. He brought me flowers because he loves me."

"I also give you flowers on Mother's Day because I love you. Is it a special day today?"

"No, he doesn't need to wait for a special day to bring flowers to me, men sometimes do that."

"I'd like to get flowers too, I love flowers, especially lilies."

"I'm sure you're going to get many bouquets in your life."

"I hope so. Yours is really nice, I like roses too."

They were both staring at the vase, standing on the table with red roses in it. Will probably shouldn't have brought her flowers after all, but she loved them nevertheless.

"Me too," she looked from the flowers to her daughter's smiling face and it hit her again how little time they had spent together lately and how much she missed that, "What do you say if you and I go somewhere together this Saturday, just the two of us?"

"Really? Only you and I?" just the look on her face already told her how much joy her suggestion caused for her.

"Yes."

"And where would we go?"

"You decide, we can go wherever you want to go."

"Do I have to decide now?"

"No, just think about it and you can tell me tomorrow."

"I'll think of something, I'm sooo excited, but what would daddy and Nat say?"

"We'll tell them it's something between us girls, they will understand."

Em dropped the cloth from her hand and hugged Diane tightly.

"I love you, mommy."

"I love you too," she bent down to kiss her head and truly couldn't wait for their time together.

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"Your daughter asked if you'd done something wrong, because you brought me flowers."

Of course both of them knew why he'd brought the flowers, she just wanted to make it clear again that she had no reason to be angry with him with or without flowers.

"And what did you tell her?"

"That you brought me flowers because you love me."

"Also true, but I did something wrong as well, I hadn't realized that you're under so much pressure. You need to find some time for yourself, hang out with friends."

She hadn't exactly had time for her friends either lately, but her children came first and as long as she was able to spend time with them and Will, she didn't really need anyone else.

"I'm going to hang out with my daughter this weekend."

"Really? And where are you going?"

"I don't know yet, but knowing Em it will probably be something fun."

"Just what you need right now."

"Speaking of something fun I need right now, I believe we have some unfinished business from this morning," she changed to a quite seductive tone and didn't miss the smile on his face.

"Unfinished business? Very exciting."

"I'm just going to take a shower and I'll be back in ten minutes, don't go anywhere," not that he looked like he wanted to go anywhere, he hadn't even moved from the bed ever since she'd entered the room.

"Why don't you take a long bath? I kind of made you one," he said casually and it was her turn to give him a remarkable smile.

"You do feel guilty for what happened, don't you?"

"I do and I'm so sorry, I wish I could take back everything I said."

"I have my own share of things I said and want to take back too," she admitted, because she knew both of them were to blame for that fight, even though he had provided the reason for it on the first place.

"You can start making up for them after your bath," he proposed, still not making one single move and it started to actually irritate her, she wanted to finally feel him close to her, she had been waiting for too long already.

"What about during? I don't remember the last time we shared a bath together," she looked into his eyes as she said the words and didn't have to wait much longer for his reply.

"How could I say no to that?"

He finally got out of the bed, his eyes never leaving hers and his lips soon tasted hers, while he gently guided her in the direction of the bathroom. They slowly undressed each other enjoying every single kiss they shared and indulging in the feeling of the other's hands and lips on their skin. There was no rush in their movements, it was the only way they could really make up for what had happened that day and it was the best proof that despite everything there was really nothing that could come between them, because they truly belonged together.