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On Saturday afternoon, Ephram was carrying his laptop case on his shoulder as he walked down the terminal towards the baggage claim. He had to stay an extra two days in New York to finish up gathering all the specifics of the project with Mac. He was tired and ready to be home. As he was approaching the baggage claim area, a smile grew across his face. Jake was running around the baggage claim area like an airplane and Madison was sitting on a bench watching him.

Ephram yelled out, "I didn't know airplanes were allowed in the building, Jake."

Jake stopped running around as soon as he saw his dad and huge smile came across his face, "Daddy, you're home." Jake ran up to Ephram and Ephram swept him up in his arms with a grunt.

"Miss me?" Ephram said. They started to walk over to Madison who was getting up from the bench.

"Bunches."

"Were you good for Mommy?"

"I tried to be."

Ephram gave him a curious look and then looked at Madison.

"Hey there, Mommy." Ephram said with a smile.

"Jake got in a little trouble at school while you were gone." Madison said giving Jake a look of disappointment.

"Jake?" Ephram said concerned.

"Jake decided he wanted to bring Roger, the bunny, home from school so he could play with it. So he brought it home Thursday from school and Mrs. Parker was not too happy when she found out."

"Jake, why did you do that?" Ephram asked.

"I don't know. I just wanted Roger to see our house."

Madison looked at Jake and then back at Ephram, "So Jake has no play dates for the next two weeks."

"Wow. So you got punished while I was gone." Ephram looked at Jake.

"I said I was sorry." Jake said apologetically.

"Yeah, well, what Mommy says goes." Ephram put Jake down when he saw bags were coming out. "Let me grab my bag and you can drop me and Jake off at my place."

"No hurry, I thought we could order some Chinese for dinner."

"Doesn't matter to me. I just know I've already made you keep Jake for part of the weekend and I'm sure you want some alone time." Ephram turned to go grab his bag before Madison had a chance to respond.

The ride home was uneventful, Ephram tried to take a short nap and Jake played with his Hot Wheels in the back seat, while Madison drove.

When they got to Ephram's, Ephram went to unpack and Madison popped in a video so Jake could watch it and play with his Hot Wheels. Madison went and ordered the Chinese food and then went to check on Ephram who was in his room.

"So did you have a good trip?" Madison said as Ephram was putting some clothes in the closet.

"I did. I got everything I needed to talk to Glenn about the project on Monday."

Madison sat on the bed by his bag, "So did you do anything fun while you were in New York?"

"I went to a Yankees game with Mac. But other than that, it was pretty much work and room service." Ephram walked back over to his bag and started to pull more clothes out of it.

Madison grabbed his hand stopping, "Hey?"

Ephram looked at her, "Hey."

'Take a break for a minute." She patted the bed with her other hand. "Talk to me."

Ephram went and sat down on the bed beside her.

"You okay?" Madison looked at him with concern.

Ephram let out a sigh and laid back on the bed.

"That doesn't sound okay."

"Just tired. I got a lot of things on my mind."

"Why don't you take a break and play with Jake before dinner gets here?" Madison said as she laid down on her side beside him on the bed.

Ephram rolled over onto his side, propped himself on his elbow, looked at Madison and smiled.

"What's that smile for?" Madison said smiling back.

"I really missed you." Ephram said.

"Y'know, if you didn't say something like that soon I was going to have to consider murder." Madison said with a smile.

"Why don't you spend the night?" Ephram said raising his eyebrows with mischief.

"Can't."

"Why? Did your other son's father just get in from out of town and he misses you more than I do, because I'll have to bet I missed you more?"

"Funny. No, it's a woman thing."

"Oh, I see. Well, I guess that means you can't spend the night then. So I guess I'll just call my girlfriend on the sly to see if she can come over then."

Madison pushed his elbow out from under him and Ephram fell back on the bed, "That's right, call her, I'm sure she'll just rush right over."

"Oh, come on now, Mad. You know I'm just being sarcastic. I would never call her when I have Jake for the weekend." Ephram said with a straight face and seriousness in his voice.

"You're not helping your case. I think I better go check on Jake since you obviously need a cold, and I mean, freezing cold shower."

Madison got up and smiled at Ephram before she walked out of the room.

Ephram finished unpacking and then took a shower – a cold one. He came out of the bedroom and Madison and Jake were eating dinner.

"No one cared to mention the food was here." Ephram said disappointed.

"Sorry, Daddy. We were hungry and we didn't want to wait until you got out of the shower. You were taking forever." Jake said innocently.

Madison let out a snicker. Ephram glared at Madison. Madison mouthed, "Sorry."

Ephram walked over and sat down next to Madison at the table. He started eating from one of the Chinese containers. Jake started playing with his food and beating the chopsticks on the table like it was a drum.

"Hey, Jake, go grab your pjs and get your toys ready for a bath and we'll get your bath done early since you're done eating." Ephram said.

"But Dad, it's early." Jake pouted back at his dad.

"Sorry, kiddo. Now, go. I'll be in to get you for a bath in a few minutes. Let me finish eating."

Jake got up and stomped off to his room. Madison got up and grabbed her and Jake's plates and went into the kitchen, while Ephram finished eating.

Several hours later after Jake had gone to bed, Ephram was laying on the couch with his eyes closed and Madison was coming back into the den from the bathroom when she decided to lay down on top of him.

"You're hogging the couch." Madison said.

Ephram let out a grunt, "Damn, you're heavy."

"Take that back." Madison said as she pulled his hair.

"Ok, Ok. I take it back." Ephram said scratching his head where Madison had pulled on his hair.

"That's better." Madison said as Ephram shifted to allow Madison to lay down beside him on the couch. Ephram brushed Madison's hair out of her face and tried to kiss her but Madison pushed him away, "I don't think so after that comment."

"Madison, come on. I took it back." Ephram pouted.

"Tough. I thought we were gonna watch a movie."

"We are." Ephram said with a grin on his face.

Madison turned around and faced the television and Ephram draped his arm over Madison and squeezed her. Ephram kissed her shoulder and she smiled. They were comfortable just being together and that's what they both wanted.