I am sorry about the lack of updates. Life is giving me a ton of sh*t haha. I hope to find time during winter break to really buckle down and write this! The next update wont be for awaile, and for that I am sorry. But this is a hobby, and my life is... busy. Thank you for understanding.
One Month Later
A month and eight dates later. They were an item and Elizabeth found herself lay in Henrys arms, in his bed, after he'd made her dinner, taking adavnage of the weekend his daughter was spending with her grandparents before she went to college. Elizabeth lay on his chest, loosely figesting with their entwined fingers.
"Just so you know," She said, "I would never normally sleep with someone this soon." Elizabeth told him playfully, and the chuckle he let out vibrated in his chest, the sound hitting her ears in a way that made her stomach flip.
"I have that effect on women." He quipped, and she playfully hit him on the chest and sat up as her phone rang. Stevie.
"Hey, are you okay?" She asked her daughter over the phone.
"Hey, yeah everythings fine. Where are you though? Because I'm studying with the girls in an hour, I told you this morning." Stevie reminded her.
"I'm leaving now, ill be home soon." Elizabeth said, and after a quick goodbye, she put the phone down and began to get her clothes on.
"I hate lying to her." Elizabeth completed as she buttoned her top.
"Then don't." Henry answered.
"It's too soon, esspecily since her and Brooke are so close, I just want to be sure before we tell them." She explaiedn, and he nodded in undertstanding.
"I get that." He said, "When do you leave for India?" He asked as he remembered her mentioning that it was soon.
"Tuesday." She replied, standing up.
"Will I see you before then?" He asked her, and she turned to face him as she put her shoes on.
"If you're lucky." She teased. "How's Monday?" She suggested, and he nodded, leaning up on the bed to pull her back down.
"Sounds great." He said, before kissing her.
"I have to go." She said, kissing him one last time before standing.
"I'll see you Monday." She said, and left the bedroom, grabbed her coat from the couch and left the apartment, before heading home.
Monday soon came, and Elizabeth was rushing out of her office around lunch hour to make her dinner with Henry.
"Ma'am." Blake said, and she turned to find Jay and Nadine not far behind.
"Yes?" She said, stopping walking.
"The Russian president requsted a meeting for around three, do I let him know you agree?" Blake asked, and she nodded, and Blake rushed back to his desk.
"Ma'am." Jay began, "Maria is still pushing for war with ukriane, are you sure the meeting is the best plan? Jay asked.
"I agree with Jay, Ma'am. We don't want them thinking that were taking sides." Naidene said.
"I'll take the meeting, but it will stay between us." Elizabeth said.
"Oh and about India, Ma'am. The president requested that your children stay home, he wants you soley fouced on the deal." Nadiene said, and Elizabeth groaned before nodding.
"Okay. I have to go for lunch, but make sure I have Maria on the line when I get back." Elizabeth said, and her two staffers nodded, and Elizabeth got into the elevator and took a deep breath, and as they opened as she saw henry discrety meeting her, and smiled to herself.
Once at a quite lunch, Elizabeth felt herself relax in the man opposite hers compony.
"How long are you in india?" Henry asked as he took a bite of his meal.
"Until Thursday." Elizabeth told him.
I cant believe they've told you not to take your kids. Who's with them?" Henry asked, and she rolled her eyes at the reminder of that annoyace.
"Stevie said she can handle it, and I trust her. But, I left her Nadine and her grandmothers number just in case." Elizabeth said.
"Did they tell you why you cant take them?" Henry asked.
"They said they want me soley focued on the deal, which I undertstand." Elizabeth told him. "They want me to on high alert for the danger instend of my kids." She laughed at how Daisy had put it.
"How dangerous is it?" He asked her.
"Not that dangerous. Its just a quick deal and I'm out of there. The terms are already negocated." Elizabeth told him.
"Good." He smiled, and she placed her hand in his.
"Honestly, I'll be fine." She told him.
As their dinner came to an end, Elizabeth turned around a placed a gentle kiss on his lips.
"Ill see you in a few days." She told him, and he kissed her before saying the same thing back to her.
Henry arrived home to his daughter studying at the tbale, and his smile caught her eyes.
"Will I ever find out whos making you smile like a fourteen year old?" She quipped.
"I hope so." He replied, kissing her on the top of the head.
Elizabeth arrived home after a bunch of meetings, and smiled as she looked at her phone as a text from henry came through. Lunch was fun, can I see you on Friday after you get back?
"Is it seruous yet?" Stevie asked her mother as she caught her smile, and Elizabeth looked up.
"It could be." She said, and wrapped her arms around her daughter to steal some of her chicken, "I'll keep you posted." She said to her daughter, and the eighteen year old laughed.
Elizabeth walked upstairs and into her six year olds room, where she found him sat on his bed reading.
"Hey buddy." She said, walking into his room and he looked up.
"Hi momma." He said, looking at her still as she sat next to him.
"What are you reading?" She asked him.
"A book about dinosours." He replied innocently, and she smiled at her little boy, before gently picking him up and placing him on her knee, and her heart melted when he rested his head on her shoulder.
"I love you, baby.." She said, and he cuddled into her more.
"Love you too, Momma." Her son replied, and her whole body filled with warmth.
India sucked.
She missed her children.
She missed Henry.
Elizabeth lay on her back staring at the ceiling, before pulling out her phone and ringing her daughter.
"Hey mom." Stevie said.
"Hey honey, is everything okay?" Elizabeth asked.
"Everything is fine. Jason is eating his dinner, I am just plating up my own. Is everything okay with you?" Stevie asked.
"I just missed you." Elizabeth said.
"I miss you too, Mom, but you're home in two days." Stevie said.
"Yeah I guess." Elizabeth contuiend to complain, and her daughter laughed.
"I gotta go Mom. I love you." Stevie said.
"I love you too, baby." Elizabeth said, and her daughter ended the call. Elizabeth then rang the number of the other person she found herself missing.
"Hey." Henry said, and she could hear is smile, "Is everything okay?" Henry asked.
"Yeah. I just missed you." Elizabeth said, and then filled with embrassement.
"I miss you too." He said, and her heart warmed.
"Are you at work?" She asked as he could hear him shuffeling plies.
"Yeah, reading through some flies, checking evidence, the usual." He joked.
"That sounds.. classified." She said, and he laughed.
"It is." He told her.
"That sucks." Elizabeth said.
"Yeah. You'd proberly be a huge help as well." Henry said to her, a laugh at the end of his sentence.
"I cant belive state haven't been read in on it." Elizabeth said, knowing that both cases were linked.
"I know. You will be soon though." Henry told her, and then looked up, "I have to go, but ill see you on Friday." He said to her as someone walked towards his office.
"See you Friday." Elizabeth said and the line ended.
Elizabeth threw her head back onot the bed and sighed, closing her eyes, but that didn't last long, as not even five seconds later, Russell was ringing her.
It was late Wednesday night, and Brooke and Henry were sat watching the news when the headline broke.
9.5 Earthquake hits India
Brooke looked to her dad.
"Isnt that where Stevies mom is?" Brooke asked.
"I think so." Henry lied, because he knew that's where she was. He felt sick.
"Why don't you ring Stevie, see if she's okay." Henry suggested, and see if Elizabeth is okay, he thought to himself. Brooke nodded, grabbing her phone.
"Hey, are you okay? I just saw it on the news." Brooke asked her friend.
"I'm okay." Stevie said, her from quiet.
"Have you heard from your mom?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah. She's fine. She's helping out for awhile and then getting on a plane later." Stevie told her.
"I'm glad." Brooke smiled. Henry sighed in relief. His daughter didn't realise. "Would you like me to come over, or is your house already way too full?" Brooke laughed slightly.
"No, its fine. My moms chief of staff is here to help with the reporters and my grans on her way. I'll see you tomorrow though, like we planned." Stevie said, and Brooke nodded.
"I'm glad your moms okay." Brooke told her.
"Me too." Stevie said, and with a quick goodbye, the line ended.
"Her moms okay?" Henry asked.
"Yeah." Brooke said softly, tucking a stand of curly hair behind her ear.
"Good." Henry nodded, and his daughter nodded.
"Hey, you okay?" Henry asked her.
"Yeah its just- I don't know. I guess I'm just a little jealous that Stevie gets her mom back after a horrific accident but I didn't. Its stupid. And its selfish." Brooke said, and Henry stood in front of his daughter.
"Its none of those things. Come here." Henry said, and held his daughter tight.
Elizabeth arrived home later that day, and as she walked into the hallway, her daughter was in her arms.
"I'm okay, baby." Elizabeth said, hugging her daughter tightly as she began to cry.
"Momma!" Her six year old shouted happily, and Elizabeth smiled at her son and lifted him into her arms, placing him on her hip so she could still hold her daughter.
"Hey little man." She said to her son, and he smiled as he rested his head agasint her shoulder.
"Grans still here." Stevie told her mother, and she rolled her eyes.
"Really? Okay." Elizabeth sighed, and Stevie walked ahead as Jason babeled nonsense into their mothers ear.
Later that night, when she knew everyone in her house was fast asleep, she snuck down the stairs, out of the back door, knowing that her children were safe with the amount of security they had, and into the back of the neighbourhood, and was quickly in Henrys arms.
"I'm so glad you're okay." He said to her as he held her tightly.
"Sorry about the weird location. I just had to see you." Elizabeth said to him, and he caught her lips in his, softly and passionately, and as they parted, she smiled. If all her trips ended something like this, she'd have to go on them more often.