Milo never accepted Xander's offer. Sometimes he wanted to, but he also definitely did not want to go home, now, because going home meant being around his grandparents, being pushed into really difficult conversations, and the stress of knowing that's just where he was going to be... forever, maybe. Biking meant it took him longer to get home. Which meant he got to spend more time away from home. If Xander drove him, he'd lose those moments.
Sloan did go to the skating competition, and although she had some fun there, especially because she brought Rumy, and was able to get to know her a little bit better, afterwards she thought it probably wasn't her scene, which was surprising considering she felt like she understood a lot of the skaters and the work they clearly did pretty well, given the work she did, but it still seemed a bit boring to her. But she'd try anything once, and she was glad she went.
It did bother Dark keeping the secret from Daizi. He knew how happy it would make her to hear, he knew how thrilled she'd be. But at the same time, she wasn't unhappy, which made keeping it a bit easier. Had she still been crying over it, he wasn't sure if he'd make it, but all things considered, he handled the first week of silence on it fairly well. Although it helped other things were on his mind. When he was at work, all he wanted to be was home. But when he was home, all he could think about was what he might have missed that day. And when he started thinking about what he might have missed, he started thinking about everything else he missed. Everything his entire life. And when he started thinking about that, it was hard to get off of that track. And these thoughts had already been lingering in his mind for awhile, but they were only growing louder. When he exercised, or went to his shed, he heard them, and felt selfish that despite how much time he spent at work wishing to be home, there he was at home, doing something alone. It didn't matter if Ivy was napping, or if Daizi or either teenager were all equally occupied.
Once during the week, he got on that train while playing with Ivy, and didn't recognize he had stepped aboard until she began to cry because he wasn't responding to her anymore. And that only made him feel more guilty, because he upset her. Come Tuesday, it was another long day ahead.