Neil wakes the next morning to something that's been rare in the past fortnight, a warm body beside his. He neither opens his eyes nor dwells on it in case it's a beautiful and at the same time cruel dream. He falls asleep again before he dares to check if Andrea is real or not.

When he reawakens Andrea is inching away from him, shifting lethargically with her still half asleep body. "Hey where are you going?"

"Thought you were asleep, sorry," Neil hadn't dared hoped that would be her response.

"Are you nauseous?" He asks watching her lie back down on her back.

"No, I was just getting up." Andrea says simply.

"I have to ring this morning and book some flights." Neil subtly uses the plural.

"I think I'm going to stay on for a while." She at least can look across at him.

"What's a while?" Neil asks, it takes him back to Monday of last week, of asking the same question of her fathers stay and then later in the week and nastier, how long did she need before she would find out what was going on with her father.

"I don't know." Not the answer Neil wanted.

"Jake will be disappointed you're not there." Neil tries the approach again being subtle.

"I know but dad's a guilty mess, I need to stay on." She's firm but not rude.

Neil shifts closer taking a hand of hers in his. "Please come home Andrea we can put all of this behind us."

"That's exactly our problem, we're good at that, too good." Neil doesn't deny it's true. With the poor choice of words he feels things disintegrate, "I just need to think." She rolls onto her side to look directly at Neil.

"I'll be waiting with open arms to welcome you back." As if to accept his point she slides herself into his hold.

He doesn't remember dozing off again, and wakes to Andrea tying to wake him. "We need to get up Neil." He hears just barely, squinting he watches her get out of bed and dress; eventually he manages to find the motivation to do the same.

It continues into breakfast, a gentle touch here and there, a long look, even one flirty comment. She eats voraciously, finishing off the toast he has no room for but switches to tea from coffee.

"Has dad gone to work already?" Andrea asks between mouthfuls, Caroline Dunbar lifts her head slowly and Neil senses something's not right.

"He's still in bed, he won't get out, and I had to call in sick for him."

"He feels guilty." Neil offers and Caroline nods in confirmation, Neil's correct. This only makes Neil feels nervous that Andrea will fall straight back into her same ways from last week.

"Andrea." She immediately looks over to Neil. "Take him today to pay his respects."

Before she leaves the table she kisses his forehead. "Thanks."

For the rest of breakfast Caroline Dunbar doesn't mention the new life in Andrea towards Neil.

Neil waits for a half an hour on the phone after breakfast for a seat on a flight home the following morning. Caroline has cleared up and gone, Andrea who comes in dressed for the day is a welcome distraction. "Do you want a window or aisle seat tomorrow?"

"I'm staying on." She reminds him as she pulls up a chair next to him. Neil wasn't convinced he could trick her into coming home anyway.

"When then I'll book a flight now for you, save another half hour phone call." He grumbles at the length of time he's had to wait.

"Neil." She says with a short sigh.

"Please come home for you and me and Jake." Neil requests putting the phone down on the table and looking her right in the eye. "What are you going to do about work?"

Her only answer is to kiss him sweetly on the lips and to leave the room.

Neil picks up the phone and goes back to the joys of listening to advertisements, product theme songs and tinny elevator music. Caroline is not her usual perky self this morning, added to the fact she looks tired.

"It's not his fault Caroline."

"Try telling him that, he's where Andrea gets it from." Neil only nods in agreeance. "Who are you on hold with?"

"Airlines, you have to queue before you get to the airport." Neil muses.

"When for?"

"Tomorrow."

"Hope you've got deep pockets then." Caroline Dunbar points out such a late reservation will cost him.

"I don't want to miss out on Jake this weekend." Neil explains his major motivation.

"Let me know what time, I'll drive you there, wouldn't want you to miss it." From the singular way she's speaking Neil assumes Andrea's mother knows of her daughters plans to stay on.

"Yes I'm here." Neil says when his call is suddenly and finally picked up. He mouths thanks to Caroline who leaves him with the misery of his expensive flight.

"I fly out at eight in the morning." Neil tells Andrea whom he finds doing her hair in the bathroom.

"Should give you plenty of time before picking up Jake," Andrea says with a mouthful of hair pins. Provided that is, this flight isn't delayed also.

"You sure you won't change your mind and come?" Neil asks looking at Andrea in the mirror; she looks back at him, eyes pleading him to understand. "I'm off to go and help with this case, I'll see you tonight." Neil waits for her to say something; she doesn't though her eyes remain with his. "Take your dad to the grave site won't you, it'll help." Andrea nods with the wide eyed look she gets.

"Neil." She calls after him when he's almost to the top of the stairs. She looks out the bathroom door to see if he'd heard her first and then walks up to him, hugging him tightly and kissing him on the side of his face. "Thank you." She says in his ear.

"It's o.k." He breathes in through her hair. When he lets go he says he'll see her tonight before heading down the stairs.