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A/N: This was inspired by the Wedding Wishes video on YouTube.
"What time do you get off work tonight?" Drew asked Candy as she got ready to leave for work. She had spent the night with him, but he didn't have to be at work until noon.
"One in the morning," she said. "I'm working a split shift. It sucks. I'm on eight to twelve, then nine to one."
He nodded. "I'll come by and walk you home."
"And stay there?" she grinned, looking at him in the mirror.
"Or you could stay here again," he said. "Technically, I am getting off work first." Since Christmas, they had rarely spent a night apart, usually staying over at whoever got home first's house.
"Yes, but I would have to go home and get some more clothes," she replied. "So, we might as well just stay there." She put her lipstick down and went over and sat on the bed beside him.
"You know, you could just move in here," he said. "Then we wouldn't have to decide this every day."
"No good," she sighed, feigning distress. "What would I do with Trubel? One breakfast and she would burn the house down."
"Trubel is grown," he said. "I'm sure…," he paused, remembering her attempt at cinnamon toast the last night he had stayed over there. "Nevermind. I'm not sure of that. Good point. Besides, I wouldn't make you leave your best friend."
"Thank you, Darling," she leaned over and kissed him. "I've got to go. I'll see you tonight. We'll decide then."
"Bye, Babe," he said, hoping to get a little more sleep before work.
Candy opened the door and jumped back and yelped, not expecting to see the now startled woman standing, poised as if to knock on the door.
"I'm sorry," Candy said, her hand pressed against her throat. "I didn't expect anyone to be standing here. Can I help you?"
"I'm looking for Drew Wu," Dana said, looking confused. She comforted her daughter, Emmaline, who was in a carrier on her chest.
Drew heard Candy yell and had gone into the living room to see Dana standing at his door, talking to Candy.
"Drew," she said, smiling at him over Candy's shoulder.
Candy stepped back and looked at Wu as he walked to the door.
"Candy," he said. "This is my friend, Dana Tomas."
"Oh, you're Dana," she smiled, holding out her hand. "Drew has told me a lot about you. It's nice to meet you."
"Likewise." She shook Candy's hand then turned to Wu. "Sorry for the intrusion, I tried to call, but Emmaline and I was in the neighborhood and thought we might invite you to have breakfast with us."
"That sounds like fun," Candy said looking at her watch. "It was so nice to meet you, but I have to run or I'll miss the MAX."
Wu kissed her again before she left, leaving his standing in the doorway with Dana. "I'm sorry," he said. "Come in, have a seat."
Dana stepped inside his apartment and hugged him awkwardly, careful of Emmaline. "I feel like I haven't seen you in forever."
"That wasn't my decision, Dana," he replied.
"I know," she said, looking down at Emmaline. "It was mine, and it was wrong. That is one of the reasons I have wanted to talk to you. Sam left. He's gone back to the Philippines."
"Sorry to hear that," he said.
"Well, don't be. After the ordeal with his mother, I'm just glad to have a break from that family for a while," she said. "But I don't want to talk about that. So what do you say? Want to go to breakfast with us?"
"Sure," he nodded. "Just let me put on some clothes."
Dana took a seat as Drew disappeared into the bedroom. She lifted Emmaline out of her carrier and held her. She thought about Drew's girlfriend as she looked at her daughter. She hoped she was wrong, but she knew she wasn't. It was in the way Candy had rolled her head when she answered the door and the way she had jerked back when Drew had appeared.
She knew she had to warn him, like she wished someone had warned her, but how could she? He would just think she was making up some crazy story to get him back. He didn't even believe that he had seen an Aswang, much less that it was Lalani Tomas. To be true, it had taken Sam revealing himself to her to convince her she had seen one, as she had believed him to be telling her some crazy story to get out of being a real father to Emmaline. Really, who would believe that he had to leave them so that Emmaline would be free of his family's 'curse' of turning into a terrifying, baby-eating, monster over that he just couldn't hack being a father?
"Ready to go?"
Drew's voice shook her from her thoughts. He looked good in jeans and a t-shirt. He looked happy and relaxed. She smiled and nodded.
"Help me get Emmy back in her carrier," she said, motioning for him to take the baby.
He cradled Emmaline against his chest. "Hey, there, Emmaline. It's about time we met."
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