A Little Risk Never Hurt Anyone

This is a rewrite of the end of episode 20, where Walter decided that Paige is worth the risk. Please rate and review.

Chapter 1

After talking to Toby and thinking long and hard about what each of them had said, Walter decided to go and talk to Paige, to tell her the things that had been going through his mind ever since he met her. And so, he left the garage, got into his car and drove to Paige's house, and during the drive he contemplated the exact words he was going to use and carefully imagined each and every possible outcome, hoping that she would accept what he was saying and that she would reciprocate his feelings.

When he got to her building he saw, through the window that she was sitting with Ralph at their dining room table and he smiled, remembering all the times that she had helped him and reliving all of them in that moment. He then walked over to the door and pressed the buzzer for her apartment, moments later he got a reply:

"Hello" came Paige's voice from the other end.

"Hi Paige, it's me"

"Walter, what are you doing here?"

"I came to talk to you, can you let me in please?"

"Sure, I'll buzz you in, come on up"

"Thank you"

A couple of minutes later Paige opened the door and let Walter come in, leading him down to the main room, which was open plan and had a kitchen, dining and living space.

"Walter!"

"Hey buddy, what ya doing?"

"I was showing mom my homework, my teacher gave me some college level math problems"

"Those should a walk in the park for you, but if you get stuck you can ask me or go call Sylvester yeah"

"I will"

"Good, now can you go to your room please, I need to talk to your mom?" asked Walter

"Sure"

"Ralph, it's getting late, so go get ready for bed ok?"

"Ok"

When Ralph's bedroom door had closed behind him Paige turned to Walter and asked him "So, what are you doing here?"

"I had a conversation with Toby earlier, and he reiterated something that you have previously told me on multiple occasions"

"And what was that?"

"That sometimes a little risk is worth taking if you want something really bad"

Before she could reply, he stepped closer to her, took her face in his hands and kissed her on the mouth, nervous at first, he began to get more into it and the kiss became less hesitant and more romantic. The same went for Paige, while she was shocked at first, she soon settled into it and, at least on her part the kiss felt normal, like they had done it before.

When they had finished, Walter stepped away from her, nervous at what she was going to say about what he had done and before she could say anything, he decided to, "I love you Paige".

Paige, not knowing what to say in response, simply stared at Walter in silence.

"I knew I shouldn't of come, I'm so sorry, I'll go"

"No, wait, the silence wasn't because I didn't know what to say, it was because I was surprised, now come back here".

Paige then kissed Walter back and, afterwards she said to him "I love you too" and he responded by smiling at her, to which she smiled back, happy that she had finally admitted (to herself as well as Walter) what she had been keeping inside of her.

End of Chapter

*If you like this story, please review and tell me if you think I should continue, because I'm not sure*