Emma walked into the office and sat at her desk. She had some paperwork to go through, and a few emails to answer. A new listing popped up, which could mean another big commission.

"Rosedale. Wow." She typed some things into her computer and printed out the listing. Rosedale is one of the wealthiest areas in Toronto, and if you can sell houses there, it would be like selling a brownstone on the Upper East Side in New York or selling a mansion in Beverly Hills or Bel-Air, California. The houses in Rosedale were old, beautiful, and usually designated as historical landmarks, meaning you could remodel the inside, but you couldn't touch the outside, and you definitely couldn't tear them down and do a rebuild. A lot of them were multi-million dollar dwellings. This listing was just under $8 million. Emma took a deep breath and smiled, "I can do this."

Emma liked working with and selling older looking homes. The real estate in Toronto had become too modern for Emma. All the houses were starting to look the same: cold and beige. She liked houses with some character and history.

As she was working, she called Manny. Emma got her voicemail and left her a message. "Hey, it's me. I'm just checking in and making sure everything is going well. You don't have to rush to call me back." She ended the call and got back to work.


Sean stepped back from Drake's car and said, "I think we're all set for today."

Jay looked at the car and nodded, "We can definitely finish it by Monday afternoon."

Pete agreed, "Yep."

"Great." Sean, Pete, and Jay put a tarp over the car and locked it in the back where the famous client's cars are stored. "I'm going to check on everyone else, close up, and get the hell out of here. We have a trip to IKEA on the itinerary."

Drew smiled.

Jay asked, "Do you want me to come over tonight or tomorrow?"

Sean looked at Jay and smiled, "We'll be building the stuff tonight, and we'll probably have you help us move it all tomorrow."

Jay laughed and said, "Okay. But I still could come over tonight and help with the building part. I can even help with the moving part. Might as well get it all out of the way."

Sean asked, "Are you sure?"

Jay shrugged, "I have nothing better to do all day."

Sean clapped his hands together and said, "Great! We will let you know when we're home. We can order some food, drink some beers and put some IKEA furniture together." He wiped his hands and said, "I'll be in my office." He looked at Drew and said, "You can hang out here with the guys if you want."

Jay joked and said, "Yeah, stay out here, Drew. You'll be bored in the office with your dad."

Sean shook his head, laughed then walked into his office.

Jay asked, "So, Drew, who do you like at school?"

Drew looked down at the ground then said, "My friend Oliver."

"He was at your party, right?" Drew nodded. "And you're afraid he's straight, and he'll reject you."

"Yep."

"Does he ever talk about girls he's interested in?"

Drew shook his head, "Not really."

Pete asked, 'Do any of your friends know?"

"I haven't told anyone yet. Our friend Ethan has a gay older brother, and he seems cool about it, so I think if I came out to him, it would be okay."

Jay said, "I'm glad kids have evolved since we were teenagers."

Pete added, "I'll admit, I was a jackass about it when I was younger, but I've grown up, and one of my best friends is gay."

"Really?"

Pete nodded, "Yep. His husband is awesome, and we have a lot of fun when we all hang out."

Drew smiled, "That's cool."

Jay put his hand on Drew's shoulder, "If anyone is an asshole about it, they don't deserve to have you in their life."

He nodded and said, "I know."

Sean called Emma from his office phone and waited for her to answer. He had finished his paperwork and just needed to do a few more things before they could leave the shop.

She smiled when she saw Sean calling, "Hey, babe. How's everything going?"

"Everything is great. We're almost done here, and Jay is coming over tonight to help me and Drew move and build the furniture."

"Good! That'll be fun."

"We'll probably order some Chinese. Do we have any beer in the house?"

Emma walked over to the fridge, opened it, and said, "We may need to get some on the way home from IKEA."

"I'll stop off on the way home." He looked at his computer. "We should be home by 1:15."

"Okay. Sounds good."

He asked, "How was work?"

"I have a new listing that could potentially lead to another large commission."

"That's great, babe!"

"I know. I'm excited. It's in Rosedale."

Sean said, "Whoa. In Rosedale? How much is it?"

"Just under 8."

Sean nearly fell back in his chair, "8 million?"

Emma laughed, "Yes. I'll be going there on Monday to meet with the sellers. Oh, and I found two new places to look at with Jimmy."

Sean smiled and said, "So you'll probably win the award for second-quarter sales too, huh?"

"We'll see."


"Okay," Sean locked up the shop and turned to Jay, "I'll let you know when we're on the way home from IKEA."

"Sounds good, and don't worry about the food. I'll bring it over. Just text me what you want."

"Thanks, man. I'll provide the beer."

"Awesome."

Jay got into his car, and Sean unlocked his truck. He looked at Drew and said, "I just have to stop off and get some beer. Then we'll pick up your mom and be on our way."

They both got into the car, and Drew said, "Thanks again, dad. For everything."

"You're welcome, kiddo."

"And thanks for being so supportive."

"I love you, and I will always support you no matter what, okay?"

Drew nodded.


Sean looked around and said, "This place is amazing."

Emma turned to Sean and asked, "Haven't you been here before?"

"A long time ago, but I always have the same reaction."

"Oh, okay." She looked at Drew and said, "You printed everything out, right?"

"Yep!"

"Great, this shouldn't take too long."

Drew walked ahead of Sean and Emma, and Sean grabbed her hand. "By the way, Jay will be bringing over the food later."

"That's good. One less thing to worry about."

Sean bumped into her shoulder and said, "You won't have anything to worry about. We'll be doing all the building and moving."

"I can help if you want."

Sean shook his head, "Nope. You can relax and watch us if you want."

Drew pointed at a dresser and said, "There it is."

Sean and Emma walked over and inspected it. "How many did you want?"

Drew pointed at another piece from the same furniture line and said, "One like that and one like this."

Emma asked, "In gray, right?"

"Yep."

Sean nodded, "That will look cool."

Emma walked over to the bed that they had set up and asked, "Would you want the matching nightstand?"

Drew nodded, "Yes. And I want the gray desk."

Sean looked at it and said, "That's a good size. Not too big, not too small."

Drew smiled, "I pretty much want my room to look like this."

Emma looked around and said, "It's perfect. Now how about your bed?"

"Can I just keep the one that's down there?"

She nodded and said, "Of course. That would make things a lot easier for your father."

Sean laughed and said, "Thank you for thinking of me." Emma bumped into him, then Sean continued, "And we can move his current bed against the wall for now."

"Okay, so if we're done in here, I have some organizers to buy!"

Sean laughed, "You are so excited about that."

"Don't make fun of me."

He kissed her and smiled, "Okay, I won't."


Sean wheeled the furniture to his truck while Emma held onto the stuff she bought to organize the closet. "I just have let Jay know we're on the way home and give him our food order."

"I can text him everything." Emma took out her phone, and after Drew and Sean let her know what they wanted for dinner, she sent Jay the message.

Sean opened the back of his truck and started loading the furniture into the back. Drew helped him, and Emma got into the passenger seat. Sean said, "Uh, kiddo, you're going to be kind of squished back there."

Drew shrugged, "That's okay."

Emma looked back at them, "I'll just keep the organization stuff with me in the front, so it doesn't take up room back there."

Once they figured out how to fit everything and fit Drew in the backseat, Sean started the truck. "At least unloading everything will be easier."

Emma said, "We can just move everything that's currently in that room, minus the bed, into the T.V. area in the basement. Then we'll figure out what to do with it. You can build the furniture in the bedroom."

Sean nodded, "Sounds good to me."

Drew smiled, "Thank you for doing all this for me."

"You're welcome, kiddo."

It didn't take them long to get home, and when they did, Jay was already waiting for them on the front porch with two bags of food. Emma walked up to the front door and unlocked it, "Here, give them to me. You can go and help the boys."

"Yes, ma'am!" Jay jogged over to Sean and Drew. He joked, "Jesus, did you buy the whole store?"

Sean laughed and said, "Almost."

Drew grabbed one of the smaller boxes and walked to the front door.

Jay helped Sean with the bigger boxes, and when they got everything inside, Sean locked the front door.

Emma had opened all of the take out cartons, put out plates, utensils, and cups. She also opened two bottles of beer, one for Jay and one for Sean, and a bottle of root beer for Drew. "Everything's ready, boys."

Sean walked over to Emma, "This looks great, thanks." He wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek. "I like the root beer. Nice touch."

"Well, I wanted him to feel like he grown-up even if he can't drink real beer yet."

Jay asked, "So we're going to eat first then put everything together?"

Sean said, "We're going to move everything out of the room, minus the bed because Drew's keeping it."

Jay joked, "That's a great bed."

Drew grimaced and said, "Oh god, all four of you have had sex in that bed."

Emma laughed, "The sheets are all clean, I promise."

Drew shook his head as if he were trying to get the images out of his head.

Sean and Jay chuckled. Sean pat Drew on the shoulder and said, "Sorry, kiddo."


Sean and Jay moved the furniture out of Drew's new room. There wasn't much, just two dressers and one nightstand. Drew was going to keep the chair in there so he could have a reading nook. It was a pretty spacious room for a basement bedroom. As Jay and Sean started building the furniture, Drew gathered his toiletries and brought them down to his new bathroom.

"I'm excited to use this shower all the time."

Jay nodded, "That rainfall head is amazing."

Drew scrunched his face, "Did you and Aunt Manny have sex in there too?" Jay smiled, and Drew said, "Maybe I don't want to move down here."

Sean said, "Fat chance, kiddo. You're stuck down here now."

Emma walked into the room. "Do you guys need anything?"

Drew answered first, "A mind eraser so I can forget that I ever knew about Aunt Manny and Uncle Jay having sex in that shower."

Emma shook her head, "Jay!"

"What? I couldn't lie to him!"

Sean laughed.

She asked, "So do you need anything?"

"Nope," Sean walked over to her and kissed her nose, "How's the closet coming along?"

"It's coming along great."

"Good."

Drew walked into the bathroom, and Jay said, "He called me Uncle Jay, That's the first time he's done that."

"Well," Emma smiled at him, "He's finally comfortable around you."

Jay smiled, "He's a great kid, Em. You've done an amazing job."

"Thank you, Jay."


After Jay and Sean finished putting together all of Drew's furniture, they moved the basement furniture upstairs and put it in the front room of the second floor for now. Sean showed Jay Drew's old room and explained how they were going to turn it into a workout room.

"Not a nursery?"

Sean smiled, "We'll probably make the front room a nursery or maybe the middle room, but I think we'll probably have the baby upstairs with us first."

"Are you trying?"

Sean shook his head, "Not yet. I'd like to get married first."

Jay nodded. "And how's that coming along?"

Sean put his finger to his lips, "Not so loud."

"Sorry."

"I'm still trying to think of a way to propose. I want it to be special for Em."

Jay put his hand on Sean's shoulder, "I have faith in you, Cameron."

Sean smiled and said, "Come on, let's get back downstairs and check in on the kid. See if he likes where everything is."

"Okay."

When Sean walked into the room, Drew was putting clothes into his tall dresser.

"So?" Sean asked Drew, "What do you think?"

"Everything looks great!"

"Are you sure?" Sean looked around, "And you like where everything is?"

Drew nodded, "Yes, I like the dressers next to each other, and I like having this corner as my workspace." He pointed at his new desk. "I'm going to bring my computer down and chair tomorrow."

Jay chimed in, "Well, I think everything looks fantastic, kid. You've got yourself a great room."

"Thanks." He hugged Sean, then hugged Jay. "You guys are the best."

"Well, since my work is done. I'm going to head home and pass out."

Sean chuckled, "Thanks, man. I appreciate the help."

"Anything for my favorite nephew."

Drew smiled.

Sean said, "Let me walk you out."

Jay said, "Bye, kiddo."

"Bye, Uncle Jay."

Sean and Jay walked upstairs, and Emma put down the book she was reading, "All done?"

"Yep. For now. The next thing is painting the room." Sean quickly added, "We'll wait a few weeks for that."

Emma smiled. "Well, you should sleep well tonight."

Right on cue, Jay yawned, "Yep."

Sean laughed, "Okay, get home before you pass out, Hogart."

"Bye."

"Bye, man. See you on Monday."

Jay walked out of the house, and Emma walked over to Sean, who locked the front door.

"Hi."

She smiled, "Hi." She leaned forward and kissed him.

Sean asked, "What was that for?"

"I can't kiss you?"

"Well, yeah, of course, you can."

Emma kissed him again, pulled away, and asked, "So is Drew happy with everything?"

"Yep." He grabbed her hand, "Come on down and see everything."

They walked into the room, and Drew was sitting on the bed.

Sean asked, "Kiddo, are you okay?"

He nodded, "Yep. Just tired."

Emma said, "Well, you've been sick all week, and this was a big day. Maybe take a shower and then go to sleep?"

Drew nodded and stood up, "Thanks so much for today and for everything."

Emma opened her arms, and Drew walked into them, "I love you so much, kiddo."

"I love you too."

Sean smiled as they hugged. When Drew pulled away from Emma, he hugged Sean, "Wow, two hugs, huh?"

Drew smiled and said, "I hope that's okay."

"Of course, it is."

When Drew pulled away, he smiled at his parents. "I love you both a lot. And I can't wait for us to be a family officially."

Sean's eyes widened, but Emma didn't see his reaction. She grabbed Drew's hand, "Maybe it will happen sooner than you think."

"Oh yeah?"

She looked back at Sean, "Well, yes, your father and I want to be married, and you never know, maybe we'll just decide to do it."

Sean smiled at Emma, and as she turned back to Drew, he looked relieved. He didn't want her to have any idea that he was working on both his proposal and getting her a ring.

Emma said, "Okay, we'll leave you alone. You have everything you need down here? Are there clean towels?"

"Yes, mom."

"Good. Let us know if you need anything."

"I will."

Sean flopped back onto the couch as soon as he got upstairs, "I am exhausted."

Emma joined him and smiled, "But you got everything done today, right?"

"You mean all the moving and building? Yes."

"Which means you'll be okay for tomorrow night."

Sean smiled, "Yes."

"Good."


After his shower, Drew got ready for bed. He looked around his new room and smiled. Just then, his phone buzzed. It was Oliver.

He took a deep breath, then answered, "Hello?"

"Hey man, how did everything go today?"

"It was great. I'm in my new room right now getting ready to go to sleep."

Oliver looked at his phone and saw the time. It was only 8:30. "Uh, it's kind of early, no?"

"Well, I went to work with my dad, then we went to IKEA, then we came back here and moved things and put things together."

"Ah, that's a long day."

"Plus, I just got better, so I don't want to make myself sick again."

"That makes sense."

"Oh, my grandpa said that Perino gave us until Thursday to work on our project?"

"Yes!" Oliver laughed, "I am so glad."

Drew said, "Yeah, it's good to know Perino actually has a heart."

Oliver laughed again, then said, "Well, I'll let you go so you can sleep. I'll see you Monday?"

Drew said, "Yep."

"Cool. Bye, man."

"Bye." Drew ended the call and sighed. He hated not knowing how Oliver felt about him.


Emma beamed and asked, "Doesn't it look great?"

Sean looked around the closet and said, "Yes, it actually does."

"Excuse Mr. Cameron, but did you doubt my organizational abilities?"

"No, I didn't." He smiled and said, "It really does look great, Em." He yawned, "Sorry."

"Oh, my poor baby." Emma wrapped her arms around Sean's neck, "You're so tired." Sean nodded. "How about this? I'll start a bath for you. You can relax for a little while and then we'll go to bed."

"You can't join me?"

"I probably could, but we can't do anything."

Sean laughed, "I think I can control myself around you, Em."

Emma raised an eyebrow. "Okay, how about this? I'll get the bath ready, and I'll let you know when you can join me."

"Sounds wonderful."

Emma walked into the bathroom and turned on the faucet. She made sure the water temperature was okay and then got ready for the bath. Emma also had to make sure she was okay. Her period was at its end but it was still there. She couldn't wait for it to finish. Emma climbed into the tub and called out Sean's name.

He slid the door open and smiled at her. She said, "Come on in; it's perfect."

Sean stripped down and stepped into the tub. He sat opposite Emma and sighed as he leaned back into the water, "Ah, yes, that's the good stuff." Emma began to massage his foot. "That feels incredible."

"Good. I wanted to thank you for making our son's weekend."

Sean smiled and said, "You had a big hand in that, too, you know."

"I know, but you put everything together and made it so he could have that room."

"I never knew I could love someone the way I love him, you know?"

"I do."

Sean looked at her, "I feel the same way about you."

"Oh yeah?"

Sean nodded, "Yes. I'm so thankful that we're back in each other's lives."

"Me too." She began to massage his other foot.

"Oh, God, I cannot wait for tomorrow."

Emma laughed.