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Legal: I own nothing but the idea.

Important things to know before reading~

*This is a future fic that begins 12 years after Clare graduated from DeGrassi

*Drew never went out with or slept with Zoe and when Clare broke up with Eli for cheating she began dating Drew

*Adam never died or even crashed his car and never fooled around with Imogen

*Adam and Becky broke up during their senior year when her family wouldn't accept him and he began dating Grace

*Clare was never pregnant in high school but did have cancer

*This will have intense moments and be descriptively graphic because of Clare's job and this is your one and only warning!

Ch. 1 What Makes the Sun Set, What Makes the Moon Rise?

(OWEN)

"Daddy I have to potty," Jude calls from the second row of the SUV. "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy have to potty!"

"I heard you Jude we'll be at Meema and Pawpaw's in a minute," I tell him.

Meema and Pawpaw are what our kids call my parents. Clare's parents, well her mom and Glen since we hardly ever see her dad or stepmom, are simply called Grandma Helen and Granpa Glen. We'd been driving all day because an eight hour drive from New York to Toronto turns into ten hours with four kids.

Clare and I began dating in college, she was going to Columbia and I was at Fordham where I'd been drafted to their football team from DeGrassi. We might never have run into each other at all but for the fact that Clare came to a football game at Fordham to support her Lions. She didn't recognize me in my football uniform but I recognized her, I tried to approach her but the Columbia team was not going to let me near their fans. So I took off my helmet and called to her by name using the bullhorn I borrowed from our head cheerleader. She looked at me and smiled, her cheeks were red from the attention she was getting and I thought it was cute. I and the other Fordham Rams beat the Columbia Lions 44-24 and after we won I asked Clare to come celebrate with me.

That was the start of it; Clare and I began dating and fell in love. We dated for a year before I asked her to marry me and we were married the following year. Not long after we were blessed with a son, we named him Zak, after my dad, and he turned nine last month. In a couple of months Clare and I will be celebrating ten very happy years of marriage, it's hard to believe it's nearly been ten years already.

After college I was drafted to the Buffalo Bills, I played for them for five years before an injury forced me to stop. Now I'm a defensive coach with the team. Clare graduated from Columbia with honors and went into criminal psychology. In high school she had been determined to be a journalist but after her journalistic idol assaulted her that determination had faltered. In Columbia she'd attended a criminal psychology lecture and became fascinated and so changed her major. She's even been through the FBI's criminal profiling training course at Quantico; she was handpicked to take the course and studied with the top profiler at the time. She is now not only one of the top criminal psychologists in the country but a bestselling crime author, all her fictional stories are based upon actual cases including a few very famous ones, she's written four bestselling books. She consults with police stations all over the country and in Canada, which puts her on the road a lot. So do her book tours whenever she writes a new book. Of course I'm on the road a lot too with coaching and was on the road a lot when I was playing so we've always had a lot of time apart but we make it work.

Despite our crazy schedules and a lot of traveling for work Clare's been pregnant three times and we've been blessed with four kids. Zak of course is the oldest, two years after he was born we had a girl we named Bethany, after Clare's grandmother, and we have four year old twins Jude and Sadie both of whom are named for Beatles songs. Zak and Bethany were let out of school for the summer a few days ago and they will be spending the next month with my parents in Toronto. They come for a month every year just before I begin with training so that Clare and I can have some time alone together, plus my parents love to have their grandbabies for so long.

It's never been easy for the two of us to get a lot of time alone together between our schedules, it became even harder when Clare's books were successful and her consulting career kept her traveling. She always makes sure that her book tours don't happen during this time but the one thing I can't stop is if she's asked her to consult on a case. Still my parents take the kids for a month every year so that we have time to ourselves and can enjoy most of that time even if she has to travel to consult. Jude and Sadie have only been coming for a month the last two years and we did the same with Zak and Bethany until they were two they'd only come for a couple of weeks. When Clare and I both have to travel for work and the kids are not with my parents they're either watched by Tris and his husband or by Adam and his wife Grace. Adam and Grace met in his senior year at DeGrassi and stayed together even after he left for college. They're very sweet together and Grace is good friends with my brother.

"DADDY POTTY EMERGENCY!" Jude screams.

"Jude don't scream in the car we're at Meema and Pawpaw's look," Clare says pointing to the house as I park out front.

Clare takes Jude and gets him out of the car as my parents open the front door. Clare tells them Jude has to use the washroom and he runs in. Zak gets out to greet his grandparents while I help Bethany and Sadie out of the SUV. The kids hug their grandparents and when the kids are done I hug my parents, Dad and Clare help me bring in all the bags while Mom treats the kids to fresh baked cookies. We get settled and have dinner; the kids watch a movie while we talk to my parents for a while before putting the twins to bed. After a long day of travel we're tired and go to bed early, tomorrow we're getting together with Drew and Bianca and then we're going to a BBQ at Audra and Omar's tomorrow night before Clare and I drive home Sunday morning.

I fall asleep easily because even though I have my own house now the home I grew up in will always be home. I wake Saturday morning to the sounds of banging in the kitchen and the smell of cinnamon rolls. I yawn and roll over and putting my arm around Clare, kissing her cheek and gently brushing my fingers over the soft skin on her abdomen.

"You know the kids will come get us in a few minutes," Clare yawns.

"They're with their grandparents they don't need us," I argue.

"That doesn't mean they'll let us sleep in," she replies. No sooner has she said it than the door opens and the twins run in.

"Mommy, Daddy we made cimmamom wolls," Sadie tells us climbing on the bed and tugging at my arm.

"Mommom wake up," Jude says as he softly strokes Clare's arm.

"Mommy and Daddy will be up in a moment," Clare replies.

"You two go wash your hands for breakfast and we'll get up," I tell them after kissing Sadie's forehead.

"I told you they wouldn't let us sleep in," Clare comments when the twins leave the room.

We get up and ready before joining everyone at the breakfast table. We eat with my parents and then get the kids ready to go. We're meeting Drew, Bianca and their boys at Wonderland. We meet at the entrance, Clare and I hug Drew and Bianca and the kids greet each other, they only see each other a few times a year but they're all pretty close in age and they get along.

After Eli cheated on her during Clare's senior year and Bianca called off her engagement to Drew he and Clare began dating. Of course I wasn't around for that but they dated until the end of their senior year. Drew stayed around Toronto and went to Centennial while working for his dad. During Bianca's junior year at Wilfred Laurier she and Drew reconnected. It was only a few months before they were re-engaged and a year later they were married. Bianca went to law school and now works as a lawyer in Omar's firm. Drew managed to get a marketing degree and now works in advertising. They have three boys; Dash who is ten and likes to go by DT, Jackson who is eight and Duke who is five.

Clare of course had remained friends with Adam and so she knew that Drew and Bianca had gotten back together. About a year after Clare and I began dating we came home for Christmas and we ran into Drew and Bianca. Both of whom I was very good friends with in high school but I admit it was a little weird to be around Drew when I was dating his ex. It never bothered me to be around Eli who we've seen a few times since he's still friends with Adam and made amends with Clare. Then again I was never friends with Eli at any point so it never felt weird that I was in love with his first love.

"Any big plans for your month of peace and quiet?" Drew asks as we start walking through the park.

"Lots of sex and sleeping in," I reply with a grin.

"Adam wants to throw a big party for his birthday this year," Drew says.

"He always likes to have them on odd years he'll be turning 31 this year yet last year when he turned 30 it was just dinner with the six of us and the kids," I comment.

"Yeah I love my brother but he always was an odd one," Drew remarks shaking his head a little.

We spend the day at the park, we stay together for the morning but after lunch Clare and Bianca take the twins and Duke to Kidzville and Planet Snoopy while Drew and I take the older kids on the roller coasters. We meet back up at five to drive to Toronto and to Audra and Omar's house for a BBQ. We spend the evening eating and talking, the kids run around the backyard; Audra and Omar are still in the same house and often watch their grandchildren. We return to my parent's house just after nine and get the little ones to bed then Clare and I spend a little time with my parents since Clare and I leave in the morning to drive home.

(CLARE)

"Good morning Beautiful I'm making breakfast," Owen smiles when I come downstairs Wednesday morning. I laugh when I see him cooking breakfast naked except for a lacey pink apron. We returned late Sunday night from Toronto and took advantage of the empty house.

"And you look rather sexy doing it," I laugh walking over to kiss him while he puts our breakfast on a plate.

"Aww you're dressed," Owen pouts when he looks over and sees me in a robe.

"Just a robe," I reply.

Owen smiles pulling the tie on my robe until it opens, "I can't believe how incredibly sexy your body is after four kids."

I grin as he takes my robe off, kissing each of my breasts. Owen takes the plates and we sit at the table to eat breakfast and talk about what to do today. When we finish breakfast Owen comes over picking me up and tossing me over his shoulder. I giggle as he runs upstairs with me; he's still in amazing shape despite the injury that ended his pro career.

My husband lays me on the bed and trails open mouth kiss down my body, opening my legs and lying on his stomach between them. He puts my legs over his shoulders and submerges his face into my pussy. I jolt with a purring moan and grip his hair as my husband uses his nimble tongue to bring me to orgasm. Even after nearly ten years of marriage our sex life has never dulled or gotten monotonous, which may be in part because of our hectic schedules and often needing to travel for work.

After I climax Owen withdraws his tongue and pulls me up, he catches my lips. I taste my flavor on his lips and kiss him back passionately as I catch my breath from orgasm. Owen turns us and lies on his back, I'm mounted over him now and sitting on his thighs take his growing erection my hand. Stroking his length until he's not just totally hard but trembling with his eyes half lidded. I lean down and kiss him deeply with a fiery wanting, when I break the kiss I go up on me knees and then lower myself onto him. We both moan and Owen lurches a little arching his back and taking hold of my ass cheeks as he helps guide me down.

I brace my hands on his chest as I begin riding him slowly. I bite my lip and lock eyes with my husband, my body quivers just slightly and it seems to make Owen tremble. He lets go of my ass and his hands caress my body before he grips my breasts. Owen arches his back and starts moving in tandem with me, I start to ride him faster and Owen sits up. It sends him farther into me and I moan loudly but it's lost on Owen's lips as he kisses me. I wrap my legs around his waist as our bodies undulate together. After a moment he leans me back and takes over, thrusting fast as our lips stay locked in a kiss. I feel us both drawing close to climax, my body tenses before shaking vehemently and out of my control. Owen's own body is tense and frantic as he nears orgasm and then we both reach our peak, breaking the kiss at the same time to scream out.

Owen pulls out and lies next to me, he grins and starts stroking my skin gently. We continue to tremble and shake, pant breathlessly as we recover from orgasm. When I can breathe again I roll to my side and put my head on his chest. Owen puts his arm around me and caresses my back while I run my fingers over his chest.

"I think we should stay in bed all day and do that again in about thirty minutes," Owen comments.

"Isn't that we what we did yesterday?" I laugh.

"But I like being naked and making love all day and we get one month a year to do it."

"Yes but we need to go grocery shopping or we'll have nothing to eat today," I remind him.

"I will be perfectly satiated eating you all day," he grins as he swiftly pushes me to my back and slides down between my legs.

"Nyagh OWEN!" I shriek as his tongue slides into my sensitive pussy causing my entire body to quiver violently. He would probably keep going but my cell phone rings, not my personal phone my work phone.

"Tell them you are busy getting ravaged by your husband," Owen says and I give him a look. He does move away so I can answer my phone. I grab it from my bedside table and Owen smacks my ass lightly just before I answer.

"Clare Milligan."

"This is Chief Clarke with the New York Police we're putting together a task force and we want you to be a part of it. I was told you're one of the best."

"Is this about the recent abductions in the area?" I inquire.

"Yes can you be at our headquarters at first precinct in New York City in two hours?"

"Yeah I'll be there," I reply and Owen huffs.

"You're leaving me during the one time of year we get to be alone," Owen whines.

"You leave me several months a year and I'm only going to NYC I'm not flying across the country or anything. I'll make it up to you when I come home tonight," I tell him before placing loving kiss on his lips.

Getting off the bed I walk to our substantial walk-in closet. Between Owen's time as a pro football player and his endorsement deals, his coaching salary and my book sales we live very comfortably in a six bedroom house in Westchester, New York. Owen and I both wanted a large walk-in closet, Owen almost has more clothes than I do and he definitely has more shoes than I do. While I'm trying to decide what to wear today Owen comes in and starts kissing my neck and caressing my skin.

"Owen I have to go," I laugh.

"But you're naked and sexy," he whines while I grab a skirt and a cream blouse.

I kiss him again and start to get dressed. With my black skirt and cream blouse I wear black pumps and a red blazer. After jewelry and makeup I kiss Owen one more time and he pouts at me again.

"Why don't you call Tris and spend some time with him?" I suggest as I grab my purse.

"Good idea but you still better make it up to me later," Owen comments and I laugh.

I say goodbye to my husband and get in my car driving to first precinct and the officer behind the desk gives me a visitor badge and directs me upstairs. I've worked with New York police before but never from first precinct.

"Mrs. Milligan I'm Chief Clarke," a man says extending his hand to me. "Thank you for coming this is an interstate task force and Agent McHale from the FBI here is running the task force from here," Chief Clarke tells me and introduces the tall man standing next to him.

"Thank you for joining us I requested you personally. You worked on the Romeo Con case last year with SSA Larken and you came highly recommended from her. What do you know about the recent abductions in New York, the surrounding states and Canada?" Agent McHale questions motioning for me to walk farther into the room.

"Only what I've seen in the media, women between the ages of 25 and 33 have gone missing. Four in the last three months but other than the age range and gender the victims seem to have nothing in common. Most people don't believe the cases are even linked," I reply.

"But you do?"

"Yes the similarities between the abductions are too much to be coincidence and the time between abductions is fairly consistent. I was aware of one in Jersey and one in Pennsylvania but I didn't know of any in Canada," I comment.

"Actually there have been eight abductions all together, the four you know of but we believe the first was in Vermont six months ago. Five months ago a thirty year old woman was abducted from London, Ontario and six weeks ago a twenty-eight year old woman was abducted from Ottawa. We only recently made the connection between all the abductions including the ones in Canada. We've gathered the case files on all the abductions and I'd like you to go through it all focusing on victimology and of course profiling our unsub, there has to be something that connects these women and a reason he chose them."

I see the stacks of files on the table and nod. Agent McHale introduces me to the other people in the room that are on the task force. Officers from various police stations wherever there were abductions they believe to be a part of this case. After greeting them I sit down and begin looking at the files, I hear someone else come in but I'm sure Agent McHale will introduce me so I continue looking at the files and making notes and observations on the victims.

"This is our criminal psychologist and profiler Mrs. Clare…" Agent McHale is saying when he's cut off.

"Clare Milligan, formerly Edwards wasn't it?" He says and I look up to see Miles Hollingsworth. I haven't seen or thought about him since DeGrassi but here he is front of me. He's looks a little older but otherwise he still looks like the boy from high school.

"I guess you two know each other?"

"Miles and I went to the same high school in Toronto," I reply.

"Miles joins us from D.C. he's our Victim Advocate and he'll be working with you on victimology. He's already spoken with many of the victim's families and he'll be interviewing the others I'd like you to go with him on as many as possible," Agent McHale tells me before he turns around and walks to the front of the room where there's a video screen. "Everyone please sit down now that we're all here," Agent McHale says and everyone sits down facing the screen. "I've been trying to get this taskforce together for a while but it took this," Agent McHale comments clicking a remote and an image of a beaten and dead woman comes on the screen. "This is Adele Phillips she was abducted from Philly a little over a month ago. Yesterday she was found in the woods of Short Hills Provincial Park, Ontario. She'd been repeatedly raped, beaten and tortured. Her autopsy will be conducted by an FBI medical examiner but preliminary observations estimate that she's been dead less than a week which would mean that she's been captive for more than three weeks. You all have your assignments and your teams let's find this unsub and stop him before another woman is abducted or found dead."

"So I guess we'll be working pretty closely together. I have to admit I am a huge fan I read all your books, I couldn't put them down," Miles grins when Agent McHale is done.

"Thanks I've always loved writing, never thought I'd be writing crime novels thought," I remark as Miles sits down. "I'd like to catch up but we should get to work so which of these families have you interviewed?"

Miles looks at the files and picks out the ones of the victims whose families he's interviewed. He tells me about each of the families and what the families said about the women. Since it's already late in the day when we assembled Agent McHale tells us all to go home after a couple of hours. He speaks with each of the groups and asks that Miles and I work together and make this a priority, finding out what the girls have in common and getting inside the unsub's head is what will catch him.

"I'm going to take the files home with me unless you want to take some? This is the only time of year Owen and I don't have the kids and get to be alone," I tell Miles.

"No you can take the files I'll be caught up with victim support for another case for the next couple of days. I'll be in court but I'll call you when it's done so we can focus on this," Miles replies. We exchange numbers and Miles helps me take the files down to my car. "I read in your author's bio that you married Owen I couldn't believe it. Do you really have four kids?"

"Yeah we do the oldest just turned nine and Owen and I will be celebrating ten years of marriage soon. What about you?"

"I was married for a few years but it didn't work out. Never did have much luck with relationships. I suppose you see Tris since you're married to his brother," Miles remarks.

"Yeah Tris and his husband Anthony live in Brooklyn and three years ago they adopted a baby girl they named Kira."

"Great tell Tris I said hi when you next see him and I'll call you in a couple of days," Miles says.

"Sounds good see you soon," I wave and get in my car to drive home. I do hope this case doesn't take up too much of my time this month but it is important and as much as Owen whines I know he understands.

I plan to leave the files in the car when I get home, after all I did promise to make it up to Owen for leaving.

The update of Thursday February 25th will pick up with Clare getting home and include an appearance by Tristan and possibly Adam and Grace.