It hadn't been an overly stressful day, but Ryan was exhausted and had to call on the luxury of the extra set of hands for babysitting when Iain got home around seven pm so he could crash in bed with his first painfully early night in months.

In hindsight, it really did take a considerable amount of energy to be him.

If she had known in the end that he would break her heart, she would have never taken his hand and walked away as she had planned from the start.

Emma had been tempted to buy a red dress to give to Scott as a joke in reference to their upcoming date, but instead she decided to buy one for herself and prove that she was capable of wearing more than white, and look just as stunning.