Note: Yup just more filling the blanks, I'm a stickler to detail so those idiosyncrasies ABC throw out can sometimes set my nerves on end

AJ

AJ was no longer at the Martins; Marissa had returned from the park to find that Tad had taken her son back to the mansion. It was not the ideal place to talk to AJ but Marissa knew she couldn't put it off for much longer. Already JR was spouting off at the mouth and she didn't want AJ finding out through anyone but her. So she'd gotten in her car intent on driving over there only her conscience wouldn't let her do it without calling Scott to make sure he would be around. Marissa wasn't big on breaking promises and she'd promised Bianca she wouldn't go to the mansion alone. But Scott was in Llandview getting supplies and wouldn't be home for several hours.

It left Marissa with few options; the other people she could count on for support were Krystal and Caleb but both would incite JR's ire. Marissa wasn't naïve, she was well aware that Bianca would probably have the same effect but the more she thought about it the more she wanted her friend with her, her girlfriend. Together, that's what they'd said and that's how it should be.

The brunette's mere presence had given Marissa the strength to withstand JR's drunken ridicule. While Bianca went after JR Marissa was able to sit down and talk to her son. AJ's new found happiness would be shattered by the conversation; it was the reason Marissa dreaded it so much. Too often she had seen confusion and pain linger in her son's eyes and now she was going to put it back there. The family AJ had wanted so much was to be torn apart by the one person who had instilled within him just how important family was. Marissa carried that burden like an invisible cross and her only way to unload it was to try to make her young son understand that there were many different kinds of family.

Innocent eyes stared up into Marissa's with a nonchalance that surprised the redhead. AJ's simplistic understanding completely floored her. Bobby and his two Dads, Miranda and Gabby and their two moms it was all so very simple to the little boy. And his request for ice-cream that just about made his mother's day. Marissa hugged her young son to her wishing the world could view life through the eyes of its children; without prejudice or anger or ridicule.

JR's return to the parlour had dampened the joy that had lit up the room. His sneer at Marissa and Bianca's lady love was enough to cause Bianca to try to pull away but Marissa wouldn't let her. She clutched the brunette's hand tighter refusing to let it go; love was exactly what AJ needed, it was what they all needed and there was no way Marissa was going to let JR Chandler make her feel ashamed of that.

Marissa was glad when her ex-husband finally left taking with him the horrible tension that had settled around the room. She turned to see AJ standing with Bianca, the brunette's comforting hands resting upon his shoulders. He was at ease with her touch and her presence just like Marissa was; Bianca had always been part of his life and now she always would be.

The redhead made the decision to take AJ back to the Martins, she wasn't prepared to leave him at the mansion with JR acting out the way he was. AJ came first, his wellbeing and happiness were and always would be paramount to Marissa. If she had to take JR back to court then she would.

Bianca sat with her, listening as Marissa processed her thoughts out loud. She offered comfort and encouragement but most of all she offered love. And not just to Marissa but also to AJ. Because that was the kind of woman Bianca was, her love knew no bounds. Marissa could hear it in Bianca's voice, see it in her eyes and feel it in her mere presence. Bianca hadn't said the words out loud, she'd admitted to an attraction, confessed to having feelings but had yet to actually put a name to those feelings. But Marissa didn't need to hear the words not when she could feel them.

"What?"

Brown eyes searched Marissa's, confusion showing on Bianca's beautiful face.

"I'm just wondering, why did it take me so long to realise how perfect you are for me?"

Marissa watched the smile curve perfect lips just a fraction higher before climbing into those deep brown eyes and settling there. There was a majestic radiance to how beautiful Bianca looked in that moment and it had Marissa leaning in needing so desperately to capture just a little of that smile. Bianca closed her eyes and Marissa's heart skipped a beat before she herself did the same. It was a quick kiss, over much too soon because Marissa wanted to gaze into those wonderful eyes again. She pressed her forehead against Bianca's and basked in the love that shone from the brunette, a love that shone for her.