"We have to get the car. I rented a Navigator... we, uh... went camping," Bruce explained as he walked to the SUV.

"Cool! Does it have a DVD?" Rebecca asked enthusiastically as she followed Bruce.

Amy laughed. She thoroughly enjoyed watching Bruce in 'daddy-mode'. He did a great job with Rebecca. He was firm but very loving and nurturing. Bruce lit up when his daughter was happy. Amy thought to herself how alike their daughters were. She could see Lauren reacting exactly as Rebecca just did. She stood by the side of the vehicle and watched father and daughter.

"I'm not sure. We're about to return it and we don't have any DVDs anyway," Bruce replied as he opened the tailgate.

Rebecca looked eagerly into the Navigator. She threw her stuff down in the back and grabbed one of the bags that Bruce had put down.

"It does have one... see, that's the monitor up there. I have a DVD. Aunt Winnie bought me "Bring It On". Can I try it daddy? I'll just show Amy my favorite scenes. Please?" she begged.

Bruce rolled his eyes. He wanted to choke his sister... Rebecca had been obsessed with this movie and made him rent it five times. It was pure torture. And now she wanted to subject Amy to it. A thought hit him: Rebecca wanted to share something she loved with Amy. He knew his daughter had an admiration for Amy but it still tickled him to see how enthusiastic she was about Amy.

"Its up to Amy. She's the one you're going to torture," he said as he closed the tailgate.

Rebecca scowled at Bruce, then turned to Amy and smiled.

"Have you seen it? It really good. Its one of my favorite movies. Its about a girl who's new to a school in a rich preppy neighborhood and she ends up trying out for cheerleading because there isn't a gymnastics team, and she used to be in gymnastics. Well she finds out–"

"Rebecca breathe! Let Amy answer if she wants to see the movie. We have to go" Bruce scolded.

Amy giggled: 'Daddy-mode' again. She thought Bruce was so cute. In all honesty, Amy absolutely hated anything to do with cheerleading but it seemed like the girls were really into it. Lauren had also subjected her to a cheerleading 'craze'. She walked over to Rebecca and put her arm around her shoulder.

"Yeah, go ahead and show me," she said with a smile.

"I think you can only see the monitor from the backseat. Will you sit with me?" Rebecca asked.

"Sure," Amy said as she opened the door to the backseat.

Rebecca climbed in and began fussing with the DVD set up. Amy was about to climb in after her when Bruce pulled her to him. He kissed her quickly and softly on the lips. He surprised Amy. She looked at him curiously with a smile. Rebecca caught them through the corner of her eye, stopped what she was doing, smiled and watched them.

"Thanks," Bruce whispered and grinned at her.

Amy understood what he was thanking her for. She nodded an acknowledgement and smiled tenderly at him. She turned around and climbed in. Bruce shut the door and headed to the driver's seat.

Bruce and Amy were tortured the entire 20 minutes it took to get to the rental car place. Rebecca was adept at working the DVD player and played a few of her favorite scenes the whole way. Once they reached the car rental place, Rebecca didn't stop discussing the movie as they got their things out of the Navigator and walked to Bruce's car. She assured Amy that they'd get to see the rest once they got to the apartment. Bruce and Amy both secretly wished the DVD would've gotten stuck in the player. Amy forced a smile and lied to Rebecca: She told her that it sounded like fun... Then she came up with 'a great idea': She asked Rebecca to save the movie for when Lauren came. Amy explained that she was horrible about ruining the good parts of a movie for people and she didn't think Lauren had seen the movie. Rebecca naively agreed. During the 'discussion' Bruce put their things into the trunk of his car, turned in the rental and headed to his apartment. The ten minute drive was serene: Rebecca was satisfied with Amy's response and stopped talking. Each passenger was deep in thought of the days events and sat in a happy silence until the car reached Bruce and Rebecca's apartment building. Bruce turned to Amy.

"How long can you stay?" he asked her.

"For a little while. I really should spend some time with Lauren and maybe let my family know what's going on too," she answered him with a smile.

"Rebecca, we're not going to keep Amy long. We have to get ready for the week and she needs to spend some time with her family too. So just show her what you wanted to show her and then I have to take her home," Bruce looked back in the rearview mirror as he spoke to Rebecca.

"Kay," Rebecca answered as she jumped out of the car.

Amy reached to open her door when Bruce grabbed her hand.

"Hey let me do that. I need to set an example for my little girl... Show her that her daddy's a gentleman," he said with a smile and a wink.

"Go ahead... But your always a gentleman. No need to put on a show," she winked back at him.

Bruce got out, opened the trunk and motioned to Rebecca to get her things. He rushed around and opened the door for Amy. Rebecca beamed at her father's behavior as she struggled with her things and walked toward her building. Bruce extended his hand which Amy took to get out of the vehicle and held onto it. They walked hand in hand to the rear of the vehicle where Bruce grabbed the rest of Rebecca's things and his own bag. Rebecca had already entered the apartment and left the door ajar for Bruce and Amy. Bruce pushed opened the door and led Amy in. He looked around the apartment and made sure Rebecca was not around before he pulled Amy to him and kissed her. It was a soft but wet kiss, his mouth was slightly opened. He backed away slowly, dropped what he had in his arm, and looked into her eyes. Amy looked up at him curiously but with a smile.

"I have to sneak those in when I can," he whispered with a seductive smile.

"Hope there is more where that came from," she coyly whispered in return.

Amy leaned in and they gazed at each other, each grinning. Rebecca yelled from her bedroom for Amy. Bruce and Amy jumped apart, looked at each other and laughed.

"You better go see what she wants. You got to get to your own," Bruce said as he reached for her hands, pulled Amy near and kissed her forehead delicately.

Amy nuzzled against his neck with her forehead for a second before dashing to Rebecca's room. Rebecca was busy unpacking her things which she had laid on her bed. She noticed Amy enter her room and looked up at her, smiling.

"I just wanted to show you a picture we took," Rebecca said as she turned to her nightstand and picked up a framed picture.

Amy walked toward Rebecca, smiling. She looked at the picture and carefully took it out of Rebecca's hand. It was a picture of Amy, Rebecca and Lauren at a science center that Amy and Bruce took the girls to a few years back. Back when Amy and Lauren had lived in the apartment in which Bruce and Amy shared their first kiss. The thoughts made Amy smile. Rebecca looked anxiously at Amy.

"This is from the science center. We went a few years ago. You kept this all this time?" Amy asked softly.

"Yeah. You remembered. I know we've done some fun things together since but the science center was the first time we all spent time together. It felt like I was part of a family, even though you and my dad weren't dating then. You were really nice and looked after me like a mom. Even my mom is usually too busy with how she looks who trying to pay attention to who's around than to pay attention to me. I keep it by my bed because when I have a day that isn't so great, I look at the picture and remember one that was."

Amy's eyes filled with tears. She could see that Rebecca longed for a mom. It was the way she longed for her father since his passing. It felt good to give Rebecca a 'great day' but it saddened her at the same time that a wonderful girl like Rebecca was stuck with a thoughtless mom like Mia. Bruce had walked into the room with Rebecca's things in his hands. Amy was facing away from the doorway, toward Rebecca and didn't notice him enter the room. He placed his daughter's things quietly at the foot of the bed. Amy returned the frame to Rebecca's hand. Rebecca looked at Amy concerned.

"Did I make you sad? Why are you crying?" she asked as she put the photo back on the nightstand.

Amy rested her hands on Rebecca's shoulders and began to speak.

"I'm not sad, I'm just touched with what you said. It was very sweet. I really enjoyed that day too. Rebecca, I think you're a wonderful girl. You're so smart, sweet and beautiful. You deserve to have great days all the time. I think its very special that you feel that one of your best days was an outing with me and Lauren... I know I deeply care about you and your dad, so I promise that whatever happens; I'll always be here for you. Whenever you need me, I'm here. I look forward to having more great days together," she concluded with a smile.

Rebecca beamed and leaped into Amy's arms.

"Me too," she said as she squeezed Amy.

Amy held her in her arms and rested her cheek on Rebecca's head for a brief moment. Bruce wanted to embrace them but he thought it was better to let them have the moment alone. He folded his arms and expressed his joy with a huge smile. Rebecca stepped away from Amy and looked up at her.

"Thanks Amy. Lauren is really lucky," she said smiling.

"She is, isn't she?" Amy joked.

Bruce cleared his throat. Amy whipped around. The girls focused on him.

"You ready? I have to–"

There was a loud knock at the door. Bruce turned around and headed to the door. Rebecca and Amy followed.

"Who is it?" Bruce asked as he looked through the peephole.

"Officer Sitz... Mr. Van Exel something's happened. I need to speak to you. Can you open the door?" Leticia called through the door.