"Okay, I'm ready!" Jessica says returning wearing leggings and a lose fitting beige sweater.

"Oh you saw my baby." She smiles when she sees Danny holding a frame with Nolan's picture in it.

"Isn't he precious?"

"He is!  He looks so much like you."

"Thank you!" Jessica smiles.
"That was taken a week before it happened.."

"Wow.. really?"

"Yeah.." Jessica takes a deep breath.
"Alright well.. let's go!"

**

"Oh my gosh, it's crazy in here!" Jessica laughs.

"It is!  All this for toys?! This is nuts!"

"Aw but she wants it!  She NEEDS it!"

"Ahh!  You're right!" Danny smiles.

"Of course I am!" Jessica laughs.

Danny laughs and continues pushing his cart.

"Mr. Huston, she needs this!" Jessica points to a huge dollhouse.

"Ms. Lange, you're crazy!"

"I'm serious!  She told me she wanted it!
And call be Jessica, you jerk!"

"Jerk?!  Well someone's comfortable!"

"I mean we've only sobbed together a handful of times now!" Jessica laughs.

"That's true! Well then you can call me Danny." He smiles.

"Are you sure you don't want me to call you Daddy?"

"What?" Danny laughs.

"Remember?  Cause Delilah told me to call you that!
Oh gosh, it's awkward now!" Jessica covers her face.

"Haha!  Oh yeah, I remember! Don't be embarrassed!
.. You can call me daddy!" He smiles.

"STOP!"

Danny laughs even harder and playfully taps her.

**

The next store they went into was extremely crowded.

"Okay maybe this wasn't such a good idea." Danny says.

"Yeah, I don't think— Woah!" Jessica says as she gets pressed up against Danny.

"Oh!  Hello." Danny chuckles.

Jessica laughs and says, "Maybe we should go?"

"I think we're stuck for the moment." He laughs.

"Yeah I think so.. so uh.. what's new?" She giggles.

"Hah! Nothing much!"

Jessica's breasts were pressed against him, and he didn't know exactly how to react.

"This is awkward, I know.. I'm sorry!"

"It's no problem." Danny chuckles.

**

"Okay, I checked a lot off my list, I think I'm good!"

"Yep! Man, you're such a good father, Danny.. I know I say it a lot but I really mean it."

"Thank you so much. That's nice to hear."

Danny smiles then looks down feeling his face become red.

"Would you um.. do you want something to eat?
Would you like to grab something?
.. With me?"

"Sure!" Jessica smiles.

"Cool! Let's get out of this craziness."

"Okay!"

Not many places were open on Thanksgiving night, but luckily there were a few.

"So.. Danny. May I ask you a personal question?" Jessica asks.

"Sure!"

"Since Delilah has expressed wanting a mother figure in her life.. have you thought about dating?"

"No. I honestly don't have the time. Between work and taking care of Delilah, there's really no time."

"That's understandable."

"Have you dated someone since Frank?"

"No.."

"Really?"

"Yeah.. it's been six years."

"Oh wow.."

"I've never had the best luck with boyfriends so.."

"Really?"

"Yeah. The thing is, when a guy wants to date me.. he doesn't realize he's getting into a threesome."

"Excuse me?"

"Him, Me.. and my anxiety."

"Oh! I see."

"My anxiety is a totally different person than I am. She decides if I am going to leave the house, or if I'm going to stay home and bawl my eyes out. She decides who I speak to.. who I don't speak to.
Which parties I attend. She decides the outfits I wear by saying, You look fat, don't wear that dress! Or, Wear this, it hides your giraffe legs! You see.. people don't like me because of her. She doesn't allow them to know the real me.
.. Because the real me is curled up in a ball, sobbing on the inside, while the outer me wears a look of pure bitch.

.. I'm not rude.. I'm just constantly replaying in my head, that awkward moment I had in the twelfth grade. Or that time I peed myself in kindergarten and I wonder how many people still think about that day.

Or.. about the day my son died.
.. that of course is the worst. And when I think of that day.. I never want to move, eat.. or breathe ever again.

So.. I honestly think my days of dating are over.
Who wants to date someone who is afraid to leave their own house? Would you?"

"Jessica, you'll find someone that will love you and your anxiety. You'll find someone that loves you so much, that that anxiety will just go away."

"Heh! Thank you for trying but.. I don't know if I ever will.

.. I don't know if I want to find someone.
How can I allow myself to be happy without my son?

.. I can't."