Sorry for the wait guys, I am almost done with my first set of grad school finals and I am dying. All A's so far but I have to keep it that way so this chapter may be brief but I'm still in this I assure you.

Emily Fields had never been more scared in her entire life.

You would have thought that after the A drama and all the many, many times she was almost killed that nothing would scare her. And yet here she was, terrified of what was happening.

So, yes, Emily Fields was scared, but with good reason. It's not everyday that a girl is swimming the anchor position in the Olympic games. Years of training and months of intense workouts with the team brought Emily to where she was currently standing a few feet from the pool that was about to become a flurry of activity. Emily looked up into the stands and found her friends sitting next to Paige. Paige could see the worried expression on her fiancée's face and wished more than anything that she could be down on the floor with her, but front row seats would have to do for now. She locked eyes with Emily and she hoped that the words of encouragement she wanted to say would be conveyed through her intense stare. The girls looked at the exchange with fascination because Emily seemed to understand everything that Paige was trying to get through to her via their intense staring contest. As the race began Paige nodded her head as if to break the connection and Emily nodded back and smiled.

Spencer looked at Paige with a very confused face, a face that wasn't lost on the young officer. "What?"

"Don't what me, what was that little staring contest you two just had right there?"

"Well me shouting across the pool would hardly work and it certainly wouldn't calm her down."

"She looked like she understood everything you were trying to tell her."

"I know, it's just something we've always managed to have. There were times in our relationship where we weren't that good at communicating, but no matter what was happening our eyes totally betrayed what we were thinking and feeling. Over the years we just got good at reading each other. It may seem like a useless skill, but its time like this that make it a good one to have. She's just nervous, like anyone would be and she just needed a little push of encouragement and to have someone keep her focus so her mind wouldn't race."

"Wow, if you two weren't already getting married I'd say you should be."

"Soon enough." Paige smiled at the thought as she watched the second swimmer enter the pool, with the American team in a dead heat with the French and Australian teams.

"Any news on how soon, we've been bugging Emily to give us a date, but she hasn't said anything." Hanna jumped into the conversation at the mention of the wedding.

"We literally agreed on a date yesterday so she wasn't trying to keep it from you, we just didn't know yet."

"And, am I preparing for June brides or winter wonderland?" Hanna had all but become the wedding planner, which suited Paige just fine as she and Emily had precious little time to plan the last few months and it wasn't until recently that they managed to start planning some of the details themselves.

"Winter." Paige smiled as the girls all busted out their own big grins. Hanna would have pressed for more details but the third swimmer was about to hit the wall and Emily was standing on the platform ready to dive in. This time she didn't look up to Paige or her parents or her friends for that final push of support, she was focused on the task at hand and her nerves had melted away, at least for that moment. As her teammate's finger grazed the side of the pool Emily was already off the platform and a split second later was already cutting through the water. The dead even run among the three countries was still present as all the swimmers entered the final lap. As Emily turned and kicked off the wall she knew that if she was going to win, she was going to have to give it all in that moment. As soon as her feet left the cement wall Emily felt this burst of energy that she was sure was pure adrenaline, but whatever its was it caused her to cut through the water at a remarkably faster rate.

Outside the pool it was harder to tell who was going to hit the wall first, but as soon as Emily turned Paige's face lit up like she knew what was about to happen. The girls looked on confused until they saw what Paige had seen coming; Emily had managed to get ahead of her opponents by about 2 feet. For Emily, she felt like she was swimming through mud because everything had begun to feel like she was moving in slow motion. Being in the water distorts your sense of reality and you have idea what is happening outside the pool, so when Emily finally hit the wall she wasn't sure if she had in fact beat out the French and Australian anchors, but that uncertainty was quickly put to rest the second she came up for air.

The entire arena was going mad, but that wasn't what caught Emily's eye. Her team was going nuts and her coaches were acting in a similar fashion. The head coach reached down to offer Emily a hand out of the pool and before Emily accepted it, she looked up at the score board because she truly didn't believe that she had just won an Olympic medal, a gold one at that. As she climbed out of the pool Emily was scooped up by her head coach in a big hug and it was only when he let her down that she looked up and saw her own cheering section going insane. Her parents were clearly in a state of shock, but they were cheering and crying along with the rest of them. Emily broke away from her teammates and headed straight for the section where Paige and the girls were seated. Without a moment of hesitation Emily grabbed an equipment box that was not in use and she quickly used it as a stepladder. When she stood onto of the container she was eye level with her friends, but before anyone could say anything Emily pulled Paige toward her and kissed her hard. When they finally did pull away they both had tears freely flowing down their cheeks and in that moment neither one of them needed to say anything. Emily knew how proud Paige was and even if she had tried Paige would never have been able to communicate it properly, not at that moment anyway. She hugged her friends and her parents before returning to her team who were all still celebrating the huge upset against the French team.

That race was the last one for the American team that day and so after they changed they were ushered into interviews with different media outlets. Paige stood off to the side and waited patiently for Emily to be done so that she could walk her back to the village where all the athletes were staying. Emily spoke about the race and about the games when the reporter asked about the woman Emily had kissed after she won. It was no secret the Emily was gay, everyone at the games knew that she was one of the newest names that had been added to the list of Olympic athletes that were openly gay. Emily smiled at the question and looked up at Paige, they had never discussed telling the public about their engagement. Paige nodded her approval and Emily turned back to the camera.

"The woman I kissed was my fiancée, Paige." The reporter's face lit up like she just got handed the story of the year.

"Your fiancée huh, I know we have a lot of female viewers whose hearts are now broken because of this new look into your romantic life."

Emily laughed, "well I haven't been single for a long long time, we've been dating since we were seniors in high school. We just got engaged a little over a month ago, after we both graduated from BC."

"And when can the American people expect to hear wedding bells for you and your bride?"

"We are in the process of planning a winter wedding, I always wanted to get married when it was snowing outside."

"A lot of major things happening in your life within a few short months, where does winning this race and this medal rank."

"That's like asking a mother to chose which of her children she loves more. This race, winning a medal, being here period has been one of the proudest moments of my life because I have worked toward it my entire life and here I am with this awesome team of people and I get go home with something that proves that my work was not for nothing. But in 50 years, when my swimmer's body has been replaced with the body of a mother of three, when my name is no longer on People magazines most beautiful people list, when my name is something people will hardly remember even in the Olympic world there will be one person that still thinks my body is amazing because it's our children that I gave birth to, she'll still think I'm beautiful and my name will never be forgotten. I'm marrying my best friend and this incredible woman who has seen me through unspeakable hells as well us celebrated the victories. I am both incredibly lucky and very blessed because I may never win another medal, but for the rest of my life I never have to question who loves me because every morning I get to wake up holding her."

Paige was smiling ear to ear and was brushing stray tears from her eyes. She knew Emily loved her, but hearing it like that, knowing that the entire world would see that broadcast was emotional for her. The reporter wrapped up with Emily and thanked her for a great interview before walking away, allowing Emily to go over to Paige.

When all was said and done, the end of the games resulted in 6 medals for Emily; 5 gold and one silver. Her friends and family looked on with pride as Emily and her team was presented with the highly sought after medals and Paige was sure her face hurt from smiling so much. They flew home a few days after the games were over and were met with a massive media storm. Emily knew the next several months would be a mess of interviews and wedding planning and mixed in that whole mess would be Paige starting at the police academy. The non-stop pace was going to be stressful, but in that moment, with her sitting up in bed finishing the first draft of their seating chart for the wedding reception and Paige filling out paper work for the academy office she couldn't think of one reason why it wouldn't all be worth it in the end.