Erin stood in line with Micah at for the swings at Navy Pier. Jay was with Macy on the carousel but Micah claimed he was to big for that ride now, and wanted to ride the tall spinning swings. Erin wasn't going to ride with him because the spinning wasn't her thing, but she didn't want him to stand in the crowded busy line alone so she stood beside him.

Micah's turn was approaching when a man behind them in line with his own son that looked to be a bit younger then seven-year-old Micah spoke to them. "Nice day out huh?"

Erin looked over her shoulder towards the man and smiled awkwardly. "Yup it is nice out." She turned her attention back toward the front of the line.

"Are you two going to the beach after this? Maybe we could join you?" He winked at her afterwards.

Erin silently sighed and rolled her eyes the second he began speaking again. Couldn't he tell she wanted to be left alone? Of course he couldn't. They never seemed to be able to tell.

"We're actually going to find my husband and daughter after this for lunch." Erin responded hoping it would shut him up and make him leave her alone.

"Husband? Damn that's a shame."

Micah reached up and grabbed his mom's hand not liking the way he was talking to her. He glared at the man and he noticed.

The stranger leaned down and ruffled Micah's hair. "Hey little buddy no need to get mad."

"Hey, don't touch him please." Erin said it warningly but still keeping calm.

"Hey, come on girl. No harm done. I was just letting him know he's got nothing to worry about. I'm a good guy that thinks his mom is hot. That's it. Don't get feisty with me now, honey."

Erin cringed at the word 'honey.' "Don't do that. Don't touch my son, and don't talk to me condescendingly either. Just leave me alone and we wont have an issue."

The man let out a snicker. "What kind of issue are we gonna have if I don't quit talking, honey."

There was that word again, 'honey.' It had the ability to immediately piss Erin off.

"What part of leave me alone is confusing to you?" She yelled at him. People in the crowd began to stare but no one stepped in to say anything. No one bothered to tell this man that towered over Erin to back off. He had to be at least a foot taller then her and he was decently built muscle wise, yet no one in the park stood up.

"Hey shh, shh just calm down now." He reached out to grab her arm and Erin pulled it away. The mans son stood unfazed as though this was something he'd seen occur multiple times. Erin felt bad for the child.

"Don't touch me." Erin said sternly.

Micah pulled on Erin's arm trying to get her out of line. "I don't want to ride anymore mom. Let's just go. Please?" The little boy pleaded.

"No, baby we've been waiting in line. This idiot isn't going to stop you from riding."

"Hey! Don't call me shit in front of my kid!" The guy snapped and grabbed Erin's arm again tightly.

"Don't touch my mom!" Micah yelled.

With her free arm Erin pushed Micah behind her while also trying to pull out of the strangers grip. This was the first time in a long time that any creep hitting on her had gotten physical. She was surprised, and didn't know how to react with Micah there.

"Let go of me. I don't want to hit you in front of your kid or mine, but if you don't let go I swear to god…"

Before she had even finished her sentence A mans voice shouted "Hey!" Erin knew instantly it was Jay. She watched as he scooped up Macy, so he could hurry over to the scene faster. He sat their two-year-old daughter down next to Micah and steeped in between the man and Erin.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Let go of her now."

"Who the hell are you?"

"I'm her husband, and you're about to be the guy that gets his ass kicked if you don't let go of my wife right this second."

The man shoved Erin's arm away aggressively. "Whatever man. She's a bitch anyways."

Jay's temper got the best of him and before he even realized what he was doing his fist crashed into the guys nose resulting in a cracking noise. He man bent forward as his nose bled. Jay looked down at the stranger's son who was now standing there cowering in fear. "I'm sorry you had to see that." Jay told the child before scooping up a crying Macy, grabbing Erin's hand as she grabbed Micah's, and walking away swiftly towards the car.

"You alright? Do you just wanna go home?" Jay asked Erin after they put the kids in the car, but before they had gotten in themselves. He could tell it had shaken Erin up a bit.

She shook her head. "No, I'm fine. The kids are hungry. We should get them lunch. We promised them a fun day, and I'm not going to let that jack ass ruin that for them, especially since it's our only Saturday off this month."

Jay nodded. "Okay. Let's go."

Later that night Jay crawled into bed beside Erin. "Let me see the arm."

She rolled onto her side and laid her arm across his chest.

"I should have killed the son of a bitch." Jay said pissed off when he realized the man had left a bruise from squeezing Erin's forearm so tightly.

"It's fine, Jay"

Jay lifted the arm up to his face and kissed it softly before beginning to massage her forearm gently. "That's not the point. I know you're fine, but he had no right to lay a hand on you."

"I know that. I froze, Jay. That's never happened to me before. No one has ever got physical or violent with me like that in front of the kids. I wasn't sure how to react with Micah there. Normally I would have kicked his ass, but I panicked because of Micah. "

"I know. I wish the kids didn't have to see me hit him."

"Macy wont remember she's too little, but you talked to Micah at lunch. He understands you don't just punch people. You were defending me and I think he understands that. I don't want him to think I can't defend myself though."

"Hey, he knows his mom's a bad ass. Sometimes bad ass' need assistance too, especially when their opponents are at least a foot taller and 80 pounds heavier."

"Yeah seriously what kind of jack ass would do that not only in front on my kid, but in fort of his own son? That makes me so angry, and feel so bad for that little boy."

"Me to, Er. He reminded of Micah when we first met him."

"He was so much like Micah. It just makes me so grateful that we got him away from Marcus. I mean I'm grateful for that everyday, but after seeing that it just really put it all in perspective. You know?" She snuggled in closer to him. Her head rested on his shoulder and he continued to rub her bruised arm gently.

"I do know." He whispered back knowing Erin was close to falling asleep.

They rested silently for a few minutes. Jay heard Erin's breathing even out and he assumed she was asleep before he faintly heard her whisper. "By the way, you punching that guy was really sexy."

Jay laughed quietly. "Is that so?"

She nodded slightly, still barely awake.

"Well I'm going to have to bring that back up when you're more awake then." He joked before kissing the top of her head and setting in to fall asleep for the night.