"Doctor Hooper you make us women proud and our heads high!" Lady Walker said sincerely looking to the blushing doctor, it was the first time hearing an old lady having this opinion, most of the people she met specially in this kind of events were terrified of what she's capable of, she remembered making a group of ten speechless after saying in few details what she does in her normal autopsy.

She couldn't help but to smile at the horrified look on their faces but she never regretted it, people criticize a woman for reaching her dreams was from the few things she couldn't lightly handle.

It was a nice change to be in the side of appreciation.

"I'm only following my dreams as my father always taught me Lady Walker, I'm sure if we all tried and spent our time to reach for what we're passionate about, the women's world would be much different." She smiled kindly to the old lady.

"Is this Lady Irene Adler dancing with Sir Holmes?" Lady Williams interrupted their conversation with her surprised voice.

The both women looked to where she pointed. Her heart sank in her stomach seeing the scene in front of her.

Sherlock was dancing with the most beautiful woman she's ever seen, looking to her with admiration laughing and grinning together.

He looked happy and comfort talking to her, which was unusual for Sherlock around lot of people, she must be close to him.

"I thought she traveled out of London!" Lady Walker got engaged with Lady Williams in the topic.

"She was out of the whole Kingdom of England, if you must know, leaving the Holmes despaired and losing any hope of settling their son for marriage" her heart sank more, they were really close.

"Seems like we're going to hear church bells soon" Lady Walker smiled saying this staring at the young happy dancers.

Her thoughts were cut by the sound of knocking on her door more than once. She ignored whoever was in the other side.

Be careful of what you wish for.

She thought while wearing her night gown, the image of Sherlock and Lady Adler dancing together never left her from the moment she left the ballroom in hurry after apologizing to Lady Holmes.

Her heart had all the emotions that were opposite to each others.

A smile kissed her lips imagining Sherlock happy with his other half, married and with lookalike kids, as smart and kind as he was.

A tear tendered her cheek when she realized it wasn't her.

Different emotions tortured her between them, but seeing him happy, laughing and having the chance to have a real family turned her sad tears to another happy smile.

She knew things would be different for them from the day he would get married.

London wasn't the best place to raise a kid, he would probably move to a cottage in the side of the country.

A cold hand squeezed her heart, she already lost her friend.

It was a lot to take and think of in one night, she decided to go to bed even if she knew she wouldn't get any sleep, but a sound of broken glasses alarmed her.

She felt scared and took one of the irons next to her chimney for defense, leaving her room with cautious steps only to find Sherlock standing next to her broken windows.

She was about to admonish him for his foolish behavior, but the look on his face made her stop.

"I'm terrified," he said with breathy voice making her heart ached, she knew what he meant, when it came to handle emotions, Sherlock Holmes was more of a lost puppy.

Surely with her luck he would choose her over Doctor Watson for a romantic advice, she couldn't send him away in the condition he was in, he was a man looking terribly in love and scared of what this would mean, she knew part of his fear of commitment is his love for his work, wondering who would bear him and what he did.

She walked to him slowly and caught one of his hands in both hers.

"Falling in love is scary, but if you fall for the one, the right one, it will be freedom for both of you," she knew how much he loved his job and having someone could tie him down, she wanted to make him understand it's normal to do what he loved the most and have a home and beloved family too without stopping being himself.

Hope began to appear in his eyes, a smile touched his lips while he said "I'll need your help Molly," he demanded.

She stopped breathing for a moment, he was asking for her help to be with another woman, he didn't even know how cruel what he asked from her, how could he when she never tried to show her feelings even to herself most of the time, she closed her eyes to hide the pain in them, when she opened them she put the most beautiful smile she could fake in this situation.

"Of course I will, you are my friend and I would do anything for you to be happy, what do you need?"

She was surprised when he looked to her in shock, but not the half of surprise when he pulled his hand away from hers, took her hand in both his warm hands. The way he looked to her made her shiver, he looked to her as the ultimate reason of living, as she was his heaven.

"You," was all he whispered.

She didn't answer her door, he knocked and knocked but no answer had come, his mind told him to wait till tomorrow like it told him before and didn't listen, his heart and legs had another said.

He didn't feel what he was doing till he was in his half way up on the tree.

He used the neighbors' tree to climb to her windows, he wondered if the writers in the romantic novels when they write about their hero climbing tree to reach his lover have they mentioned how difficult it was, how many scratches he would get to accomplish his mission.

With a small branch he broke the glasses and entered her home.

She got out her room and it hit him the moment he saw her. He didn't even prepare what he should say. She looked beautiful even with the trace of tears he didn't miss on her cheek.

"I'm terrified," was all he could think of.

His heart felt warm the second her hands touched his, her assuring words made him feel relaxed and gave him strength, if they would reach their happily ever after they would need to help each others.

He was shocked hearing her answer to his demand, he really thought she understood, instead she misunderstood entirely what was happening, he needed to fix it.

He felt her whole body shivered after taking her small hand between his.

"You," he said it sincerely answering her question.

He took a breath and said the last thing she thought she would hear out of his mouth.

"I'm the most ridiculous idiotic man in the world" she twisted her mouth in amusement but he didn't give her a chance to answer.

"I love you Molly."

She couldn't believe what she heard but he didn't stop, "Lady Adler is a dear old friend I didn't see for years and nothing more."

He felt her heartbeats going faster between his fingers.

"If you could give this foolish man a chance, if you could find a place for him in your heart and life he would be the happier man in the world" he said as a pray.

She only looked to him with disbelief for a minute, didn't say a word, anxiety began to get the best of him, he really thought she shared the same feelings he had for her, He was afraid he was wrong.

He began to think she only considered him as a friend. That was why she offered to help him to court another woman.

Suddenly her eyes were filled with tears, a wonderful smile lightened her whole face, and then she laughed loudly.

"If it passed in your mind that breaking into my home calling yourself names and declare your love in a beautiful way will spare you from courting me, you are terribly wrong sir!"

He grinned in relief thanking god for the precious chance to love and be loved by such an amazing person, promised himself whatever happened, no matter how many things he ruined before in his life, this love wouldn't be ruined for any reason and he was sure she would help him with each step they would take together.

He got his mother's precious gift out of his pocket and dried her tears with the lucky handkerchief.

His mind never believed in luck, this night his heart had another said.