No joke, I slept until one when I got back home. Even then I woke up twice because I could sorta here Bear crying in my sleep. The second time I found the perfect solution to stop myself from waking up again. I picked up my Bear replica from the desk and cuddled it to sleep. Tricking my brain into thinking Bear was here with me, safe.

To her credit mom didn't even try to wake me up like she usually does. When I came home this morning she could see how tired I was. I still had to explain that I was actually taking care of Bear the whole night and not actually with a guy, if you know what I mean.

She thinks there is a guy out there willing to take me home for the night! I laughed at the thought until I was wiping away my tears but then it started to hurt when I thought about reality.

When I woke up I thought hard of what I wanted to do for the rest of the day. I mean I never had a day off from work before. What do hardworking people do on a day like this? I didn't want to waste it away watching free world movies like I used to do when I didn't have a job.

Oh wait a minute!

Didn't I owe Justin a coffee for helping me out so much?

I should call him to see what he is up to. He is probably out there somewhere, being perfect. I dialed Hot guy and waited for him to pick up patiently. I was practicing how to invite him out to coffee without sounding creepy and desperate the whole time.

"Took you long enough to call me back."

OK so I might have been a little busy with Bear.

"I'm gonna hang up if this isn't about the coffee"

"No no no! Don't hang up. This is about the coffee I swear."

I could hear him laughing on the other side of the line. He should be glad he is so hot, otherwise I would be pretty mad at him for teasing him so much.

"Aw. Thanks Shorts, you're not too bad yourself"

Oh fish sticks. I banged my head in the nearest wall. When will I ever learn? I should at least get points for making him laugh.

"I got a day off for working overtime yesterday, so do you want to catch up?"

I took a deep breath to brace myself in case he said he was too busy or something. I mean he is a busy guy (unlike me) and probably have tons of plans.

"Definitely if you're paying for my coffee. I get off work at three."

I'm not gonna lie my voice did sound a little off from all the happiness I felt.

"Yes! Yes! I guess I'll catch you there."

Perfect. I thought as I put my phone down. Two more hours gives me just enough time to get ready and go to the mall. No, wait. Scratch that, I still need a shower, so that gives me not enough time to get ready and make myself look presentable.

The whole time I was picking on the inside. I mean what does a girl on a casual not so much a coffee date even wear. I didn't want to look as if I was trying too hard. Just imagine if I was to waddle over there with five inch heels and too red lipstick that's gonna get all over my teeth, what would he even think of me? See people, this is why I don't date. It's too much work to impress other people (and definitely not because of that one time in high school that we do not talk about. Ever).

Wait a minute Shortie. You're getting way over your head. You're buying that man a cup of coffee for helping you out. He is a friend. Don't creep out your only friend, so soon.

I ran to the store just five minutes to three because I didn't want him to wait around for me. After much debate I settled on a plain white tee tucked into blue jeans and my cute black boots. My hair was in a ponytail which I hoped didn't get messed up on my way over here.

It took another twenty minutes for him to come out but when he did he spotted me standing around and gave me a big smile. Oh my god! That smile. That's the kind of smile which will brighten up even the crappiest of days. It's the kind of smile that'll make rainbows come out when it's not even raining. Like everything else about him, it's perfect.

"Sorry about that, robot help was getting kind of funky."

"Don't worry about it." I would have waited for you, forever.

"Ready?"

I nodded. We walked over to the same coffee shop that not so long ago, he gave me all the advice on how to deal with Bear. God that was long ago, how much has happened since then.

We both sat down with our coffees and he turned to face me.

"So how's life been for you?"

"Pretty great considering how things were like a month ago." It really was. Yesterday was a testament to how all of us have changed in such a short time.

"Mr.Jack is acting more like a dad now and a good one at that."

Justin smiled.

"I've told you, you'd be able to get through to him. All you needed was time, and a bucket load of patience."

"Yes you did." in fact he was the only one who believed in me for a while. Honestly though I didn't even believe I could do anything that I have done so far. I had a lot of people in my life pointing out when I did something wrong but virtually nobody has ever said to me that I was doing something right and now I can't even give myself a compliment.

"Bear was a little sick today, and guessed what I managed to do?"

He shook his head and smiled again. I knew he was just humoring me cause I looked so excited.

"I got Mr.Jack to take care of him the whole night!! I even got him to change his diapers."

This sounds like not a lot to most people, but you know how that father and son relationship was.

"That's really impressive. So that guy is not really cold blooded as most people think, he really has no clue how to be a father."

Talking to him was like talking to an old friend that you haven't met in a long time. He talked about opening up his own child care facility in the future. Something that will really take care of the kids and help them to grow up and not just coop up the kids until their parents come and pick them back up. If anyone's gonna do, something like that it'll be Justin, cause he really knows what he is talking about.

This really was the best day I had in a long time. I was so happy that I was singing the whole way home and not caring one bit about people giving me weird looks. Nothing could make this day go bad. Nothing!

And you know how that's usually gonna turn out.

I could hear people talking in the living room when I got back so I made my way over there.

"Hey mom you're never gonna believe the kind of ....."

Wait.....was Erine actually crying?