There as nothing any of them could do to completely erase the love or the hurt he still felt over it. Booker's heart would always hold his mortal family close. Just as he would always love the three of them, his found family. One love didn't overshadow the other. One love simply hurt more because it was gone forever.

"I happen to think I'm a very good flirt," he mused as he tugged her further into the shallow end so her feet could touch the bottom of the pool. Then he swept her up and began a somewhat awkward waltz.

It was much harder to waltz in water but that was sort of the point. Let her laugh. Let her tease him. Somehow, they had to find happiness again after all the darkness or they'd be lost.

Booker tried very hard not to get lost somewhere these people couldn't reach him.