Saturday morning found Nathan working with Dwight and McHugh repairing a roof on one of the houses damaged by the troubles. They had been working for a few hours, when Nathan stood up and looked down at the lunch area. The area was nicely decked out with plates of food and propane heaters to keep people warm when they took their breaks. There were plenty of people around either helping do the repairs or just lending their support. In the middle of the crowd Nathan's eyes were immediately drawn to where Paige and James had arrived. He immediately started smiling and Paige, as if knowing she was being watched looked up at Nathan, smiled back and waved, then leaned down to say something to James. Nathan was immediately needled by McHugh to get back to work, as they didn't have much time to get these houses completed, as next weekend was Thanksgiving.

All in all it was a successful day for everyone. The group managed to get all three houses fixed up so that people could move back in. Whenever Nathan looked down to see what Paige was doing, she was meeting and talking to different people and every so often he would see her looking up at him and smile.

When they finally came down off the roof, Nathan sought out Paige. "Hi" He said, suddenly self-conscious.

"Hi" she breathed back, smiling. "Um, if you're interested, Gloria and Vicki offered to look after James tonight so that I can cook you dinner as a thank you for everything you've done for me and James."

"You don't have to do that" Nathan responded

"I know I don't have to do it, I want to do it. Really, after all you've done for us, it's the least I can do."

"Then I accept, thank you."

As Paige prepared dinner for them, they chatted about the day and plans for the next week.

"Gloria invited James and me for Thanksgiving dinner next week. She said it was going to be just friends getting together and being thankful for where we are all at now. It was very nice of her to invite us. Are you going to be there?"

"She asked, but I told her I'd be working. It's been a tough year for people in Haven and I'd like, as much as possible, to let my officers be able to spend time with their families this year. They deserve it. I'm glad to hear you'll be spending Thanksgiving with friends."

"It is; everyone is so nice here. You know I've never felt like I belonged anywhere, but I do here."

"Speaking of which, have you managed to settle things with Dwight about buying The Haven Herald?"

"We're getting there. I'm hoping we can get the legal papers all signed this week and then the newspaper will be mine the first week of December."

"That's great, I'm really happy you're getting what you want and it's going to be great for the town to have their newspaper back.

"Dinner's ready so let's eat. I'm starved!"

"That was delicious, thanks for cooking" Nathan smiled at Paige as he put his napkin on the table.

"It was only spaghetti, nothing fancy, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'll just clear up the dishes."

"No, I'll get the dishes since you did the cooking. Do you want more wine?" Nathan started to get up to grab the plates, but his shoulder muscles had stiffened up from working today. "Oh, ouch…"

"Yeah, I think not," Paige stood up and took the plates from Nathan. "I'll grab the wine and while I do that why don't you turn your chair around and I'll give you a bit of a shoulder massage to loosen those muscles a bit."

"You don't need to do that," Nathan stated, however he did as she suggested and turned his chair around. He also grabbed a pillow to lean on so it would be more comfortable.

From the kitchen Paige commented, "You know you really need to stop saying that. I know we haven't known each other very long but I rarely offer to do something unless I really want to do it and it seems to me that you need to learn to accept people's appreciation for what you do."

"Probably."

Paige came back with the wine and started massaging Nathan's shoulders through his t-shirt. She pressed on a particularly sore muscle and Nathan let out a groan.

"You can't tell me you've never used these muscles before." Paige goaded him.

"Just not used to feeling it." Nathan answered wryly.

"Oh, tough guy." Paige said amused by Nathan's response. Nathan tensed at this comment, but quickly covered it by rolling his shoulders. Still amazed when the similarities to all 'Audrey's' personas would come out.

Paige continued to massage Nathan's shoulders and he started to relax and warm to her touches, so much so that he closed his eyes just enjoying the feel. As a result he was taken completely unaware when she whispered in his ear. "You know I could do a much better job if you laid down on your bed and took your shirt off."

Nathan practically leapt out of his chair, knocking it over, but he kept ahold of the pillow in front of himself as he turned to face her. "I, uh, I'm not sure that's such a good idea."

"Why do I always go for the shy ones?" Paige quietly said half to herself as she looked anywhere but at Nathan. Then she turned to look directly at Nathan. "Why not?"

"I don't think I'd want it to stop with just a massage." Nathan revealed honestly.

She walked toward him, bringing her hands up to his cheeks, "what makes you think I want it to stop either? I feel like there's something special between us. Am I wrong?"

Nathan's voice caught, "you're not wrong, but…but are you sure?" He wanted desperately to be with her, but he wanted to make sure he wasn't rushing her.

"Yes" she quietly replied before kissing him softly on the lips. The kiss deepened as Nathan dropped the pillow and groaned into her mouth. He bent slightly to put his arms around her waist as Paige put her arms around his neck and as he stood straight he brought her up with him, so that they could continue kissing as he walked her into the bedroom where they lost themselves in each other.

In the morning, Nathan awoke to Paige snuggled up to him and his arm around her waist. When he stirred, Paige rolled over to face him.

"Good morning" she said with a smile on her face.

"Good morning" he smiled and asked her quietly "can I make you breakfast?"

"Pancakes?" Paige asked eagerly.

Nathan started to get up and put his pants on. He grinned at her, "of course, would it be anything else?"