Alright fellas two more chapters and we are going to be heading into the serious stuff of the story. Thank you everyone who has been continuing to leave some positive feedback and good constructive criticism. I am eating up that stuff like I do cake! I hope you continue to enjoy as the story becomes serious after this chapter! As always, feel free to leave feedback or message me! Enjoy! :)

A couple of weeks to a month passed by since Helena and Leon officially were reinstated their US citizenship along with their previous records. It took them a while to go through the process but they were given a proper welcome back from the rest of the government facility along with SURGE. The pair found themselves amazed during this time to find just how integrated the BSAA was now to their head office base. A whole new section of the facility was built dedicated to just the people who worked with the BSAA and their associates. Hunnigan couldn't have been more proud of her hard work come to life. For so long she had dreamed about uniting the CIA and BSAA together, and now with it complete she was officially given a more worthier title aside from being a desk manager. Much to Leon's surprise, her new position also gave her paid vacations which were something she was always nagged on him for.

Not only was the SURGE branch of the facility upgraded with the latest technological advancements, but it also boasted some top contenders on their list of agents. Chris and Jill were one of the many who were now co-captains of the SURGE operative's team unit which is a special group of people dedicated to rescue missions and Intel on bioterrorists. Because of Jill's pregnancy however, she took a step back and was working as a trainer for recruits. Since the night of Chris nearly breaking Leon's nose, they had since then talked with each other. A part of Leon though couldn't help but think Chris was still upset upon learning about the secret relationship he carried out with Claire, but he managed to put it behind him for the time being.

Leon and Helena didn't do any real big missions during this time. The most they did was escorting some scientists from B.O.W Defense Research and Tactics over to some other countries to conduct more research on vaccines for some of the viruses. Jarvis, one of the professors they rescued in Europe was doing well with himself and gave the couple great news that he managed to find a cure for some samples of the T-Virus after many years of tracing down several potent strains across the globe. As much as the pair was thankful their missions didn't involve B.O.W's running amok amongst civilians and cities, they hadn't had a chance to see one another within the last two weeks. Being busy all the time now with protective detail and with helping Manuela during her organization meetings to better the D.O.S, Leon and Helena had their hands full. Now and again they would send each other texts or small messages here or there but to them both it was never enough at times. It was part of their job though and they accepted it even though it was difficult at times.

Helena yawned as she stretched her arms and began walking down the main entryway of the hospital facility. Claire called her hours beforehand after hearing the news that Jill was going to be receiving a checkup. Helena had some time to kill and decided to go ahead and help out. On the way there, she bumped into a familiar face.

"Hey Sasha, I haven't seen you in a while."

Helena greeted warmly as Sasha came up to her from behind her oak wood desk and shook her hand, also returning a smile. It had been a long time since Helena encountered Sasha who was her nurse during the time she was recovering from her wounds from the Middle East incident.

"Same thing goes to you Miss Har—"

Sasha found herself smirking a little bit and holding back her tongue upon seeing the bright ruby ring on Helena's wedding finger.

"Do you have a last name now?"

Helena shook her head with a light laugh.

"It's Ms. Kennedy now."

"Whoa wait a second, you two tied the knot?"

"That's right. There's going to be another wedding ceremony in the next few days. You're more than welcome to come. Hunnigan practically invited everyone else so I don't see the problem."

Sasha found herself laughing at Helena's somewhat irritated remark. She had heard that two agents were going to be getting married but it never occurred to her it would be Leon and Helena. Sasha grabbed some papers from her desk and motioned for Helena to follow her as they made their way to Jill's room. On the way, Sasha explained that she was going to be Jill's primary doctor during this time and was going to help her walk through the exams she would be needing. Helena found her mind becoming slightly overwhelmed by the information Sasha was giving to her. She shook her head as she grasped a bit of her hair, messing with it momentarily before yawning once more.

"I'm sorry I don't mean to yawn. I'm just tired from the mission."

"Probably also tired of hearing me talk about babies and all the protocols we got to go through."

Sasha said calmly as she grinned at Helena.

"Makes me feel better I've decided not to have children. Too much to worry about."

Helena found herself saying as they approached the doorway to Jill's room. Sasha gave Helena a pat on the back and looked at her fondly.

"Well, if you ever did you know who to go to for help."

"Thanks, I'll keep that in mind."

Helena said somewhat sarcastically as the two women entered the room. Jill was sitting upright on the hospital bed with Claire sitting next to her. They both waved at Helena who gave a light nod and a smile as Sasha and she came over to the girls. Helena propped up a metal chair and took a seat nearby the hospital bed and began listening to Sasha intently. So far it looked like Jill was doing well minus the fact she needed some more vitamins in her diet. Claire was ecstatic the entire time, proclaiming how happy she was that she was going to become an aunt. Jill on the other hand looked nervous but glowing as every now and then she lightly touched the surface of her stomach. It almost now three months and she could see the weight starting to come in more. She sighed after Sasha took a blood sample to check for infections and what not just in case she came into contact with anything during a training session. Helena could tell she was shaken up a bit by the news but was handling it quite well. Helena couldn't imagine herself in that situation, and deep down admired Jill for sticking through with her decision to go through with the pregnancy till the end. She found her stomach slightly getting a little bit upset as she glanced around the room for it reminded her of the time she was trapped in a similar fashion because of her wounds. Claire and Jill took notice of Helena's nerves and decided to address it to her.

"Are you holding up alright Helena? You look kind of pale."

Helena did a double take before yawning once more and focused her attention on the two women who were looking at her concerned.

"I'm alright. I just don't like hospital rooms, too many bad memories."

"I heard your last escorting mission had you get up at three in the morning and you didn't get back until almost five in the afternoon."

Jill stated as Sasha wrote down a couple of notes here and there and went to take Jill's blood sample to another area of the hospital wing, leaving the three women alone together.

"Yeah, I'm feeling pretty worn out right now."

"Have you been able to see Leon at all?"

Claire asked as Jill gazed up and down at Helena, taking in her tired features. Jill smirked somewhat and grinned as she shook her head.

"Even if they were to see each other it probably wouldn't be much exciting cause of how tired Helena is."

Helena and Claire lightly laughed at Jill's joke. Claire jumped up from the bed and went over to a small water fountain located nearby the door. She found it silly to have such a thing in a hospital room, but she shrugged as she got herself a drink. Jill was breathing a bit more slowly as she traced her hands over her abdomen thinking about what was going to happen as time went on. Helena studied her carefully before responding.

"Jill, are you going to be alright?"

"Yeah I'm going to be just fine. I can handle this, I'm a big girl."

"That's going to be an understatement after you reach the third trimester."

Claire stated as she grinned up at Helena and Jill who both rolled their eyes at her but not long after laughing to themselves. Claire came back over to the bed and sat down at the edge of it.

"So if my brother helping you out more?"

Jill shrugged a bit with a half smile before replying.

"Yeah, I guess in his own way. He's still trying to take everything in but I think he's starting to come around better. I've just been giving him his space and he's been doing the same thing for me. Just the other night he brought up names for our kid so it's a start."

"If he doesn't start manning up, let me know and I'll beat it into him."

Claire said with a wink as Jill gave her a warm smile in exchange. Helena's eyes then met contact with Claire for a moment as the red head recalled what had happened a while back. She rubbed the back of her head as she gave a nervous laugh.

"Leon still doesn't have any hard feelings about my brother hitting him in the face right?"

Helena shook her head and was getting ready to speak until Jill's mouth gaped and she interrupted.

"Whoa, wait time out. Chris hit Leon in the face?"

"Yeah, it was about a month or so ago. Chris found out about mine and Leon's relationship we had way back when. It was funny though, right Helena?"

"Now that I am thinking back on it, it sure was."

Helena managed to say in between a yawn and a smile as Jill added up the pieces together in her brain. She found herself laughing out loud as Claire and Helena cocked an eye brow out of question.

"Alright, I saw Leon's face the week you and him returned at least the bruising on his nose. I seriously thought that you were the one that did it Helena."

"Don't be ridiculous! Am I really that cruel?"

Helena said as Claire and Jill laughed together. Helena couldn't help but share in with the girl's fun but a part of her was irritated from that. Word traveled fast around the facility that Helena knew how to keep Leon in line due to his nose. Almost everyone she encountered during that week asked if a fight had occurred between the two of them. Helena had to admit she did come close a few times to really wanting to hurt Leon, but never to the extent that Chris had taken it. She leaned her head back against the seat as she could hear Claire's and Jill's voices mumble down while she rolled her eyes playfully.

After about another hour and half, the girls went their separate ways but not before Jill gave Helena a notification requested from Manuela in regards to a mission that Leon and her were going to be taking on later on within the next few weeks. Jill gave her the slip of paper saying when the meeting was going to be taking place and also there was a side note to go with it. Hunnigan was requesting Helena to come nearby her office ASAP for documentation paperwork that needed to be filled out for one of her undercover names she had requested for Helena. She thanked Jill kindly for delivering the news to her before Jill went off to the SURGE area. Claire tagged along for a short while until she caught wind of Markus. Helena and she stopped briefly near the main hallway as Claire gave him a friendly wave and as soon as they made contact with their eyes, Helena could see him lightly smile as he returned it. Claire sighed happily not before Helena motioned for her to go after him.

"Just go say hello. No sense in torturing yourself."

"I think I might just do that. Oh, by the way he says he is looking forward to officially be meeting you."

"Why not now?"

Claire rubbed the back of her head nervously as Helena waited patiently for an answer.

"He thought it would be better to be introduced to you and Leon at your ceremony. Thought it would be a good atmosphere to break the ice. He's a got a really nice gift for the both of you."

Helena nodded quietly as she took notice of Markus talking to some of the suits nearby.

"He seems awfully busy with them."

Claire looked over and nodded slowly, sensing that Helena was still feeling a bit anxious in regards to Markus.

"He tells me all the time he gets tired of the suits pestering the agents and all. Actually he was planning on putting out an initiative that makes it harder for the suits to barge in on agents trying to recover in the hospital wing."

Claire was hoping that telling Helena something good about Markus in that regard would lighten things up a bit. Helena smiled as nicely as she could; still feeling like there was some negative vibes in the air when she looked over at Markus. Though she had been reassured not just by Claire, but also by Manuela about Markus having a clean slate she still couldn't help but remain defensive. Even though Leon and her were welcomed with open arms back into the states and didn't have to worry about too many Family members coming into high positions of power, they never knew who might be sneaking around trying to get close to them to go for the throat. Claire and Helena said their final goodbyes as they departed their separate ways for now. Helena was walking down the main corridor of the hospital wing and came over to the elevator. Her eyes widened as she took notice of Leon already inside of it. He looked over at her with a smile as she got on. They stood side by side next to the other remaining relatively quiet.

"Kennedy."

She said as she could feel her lips form a sly smile.

"Harper."

She could feel her fists clench as she heard her maiden name be slyly called out by him. Though she loved her maiden name before hand, she hated it whenever Leon didn't mention her by his last name that she had taken from him. She brushed it off though and crossed her arms.

"What brings you to the elevator?"

Leon shrugged a bit as he found his hands being shoved into the pockets of his jeans.

"Oh nothing much, just heading down to the third level to get some more paper work. How about yourself, what are you doing here?"

Helena shrugged back as she could feel the elevator come to a stop.

"I'm going to see Hunnigan because she has important documents for me to look over."

Leon nodded as the silver elevator doors opened up. He motioned with his head for Helena to go on ahead first as he traveled behind her. Before they went their separate ways they both froze for a moment and gazed up at each other. They hadn't seen one another this close in a couple of weeks and their closeness felt almost foreign again. Leon found himself gazing at her for too long as he sighed and turned to go down the other hallway.

"I'll talk to you later sometime when you're not so busy."

He said nicely as Helena nodded with a sad look in her eye.

"I'll be looking forward to it."

Leon gave one more slight smile to Helena before taking off to take care of whatever it was he was dealing with at the time. Helena slouched a little bit as she shook her head feeling disappointed. A part of her was somewhat angry at herself for not at least giving Leon a hug, but then again she made it clear to him they had to be professional during their work times. A part of her almost regretted being the one to suggest that in the first place. Helena groaned a bit as she headed off towards Hunnigan's new office. She opened up one of the glass doors and came into the main office way and much to her surprise, there was no one around. Helena cocked an eye brow as she glanced around seeing everything was neat and tidy and a single piece of paper was on the front desk.

"Off to a meeting. Will be back around nine o clock?"

Helena found herself repeating the words. She then took some of the papers that Jill gave her and studied the writing carefully. Helena found herself closing her eyes as she shook her head and felt a smile creep up on her lips once she took notice that one of Hunnigan's K's didn't have her signature loop added to them. She quietly exited out of the office and traveled down the hallway, still amazed that there were so few people around. Some of them happened to be other agents who gave her brief nods as she headed down the direction Leon was heading off to. Helena stopped midway down the hall after she couldn't see him and she hummed to herself a bit while crossing her arms to contemplate. While she wasn't aware, Helena gasped as she felt something grab her right arm and pull her off. She took notice of Leon ushering her away over to a nearby empty office space. Helena couldn't help but still feel stunned as Leon quickly shut the door and pinned her to the wall and began kissing her ferociously. Helena didn't hesitate to wrap her arms around his neck and deepened their contact before parting.

"I missed you so much."

Leon managed to say as he gasped for air.

"I did too. You should really work on your K's though if you want to pull off Hunnigan's writing."

"I purposefully did that."

"Oh shut up Leon."

Helena whispered as she pulled him into another kiss taking every moment to savor him. Helena didn't want to admit it but it felt good having him like this again after so long. It was almost as if everything was new once more, every touch and every moment Leon's lips clashed against hers. Leon broke their contact this time as he stroked the side of Helena's face tenderly and kissed her neck roughly. It was beginning to become hard for Helena as she tried to keep her voice down while she enjoyed every second of Leon's contact with her skin. She managed to get him to stop momentarily and she could feel his breath on her face as he teased her lips a bit before responding to her.

"I can't wait until I'm with you again."

"Only a few more days then we get the weekend off."

"You excited about marrying me once more?"

Leon asked in a seductive tone as Helena found herself grinning widely as she looked deeply into his eyes before they kissed again.

"More than ever."

"Ditto."

They both started to make out again passionately for what seemed like forever until the door swung open. Leon backed off from Helena as they both gasped and their eyes widened as panic and fear began to sink in. All three parties felt like they were a deer in the headlights. Leon and Helena could see Hunnigan staring at them wide eyed along with a couple of her colleagues. Before anything could be said Hunnigan quickly shut the door.

"Anyway there is nothing to do here in this area! Let's go back to my office and chat!"

Leon and Helena were panting hard, feeling like their hearts were about to fall out of their chests as they froze until they heard Hunnigan usher her colleagues away. After the coast was clear they both found themselves laughing at the situation.

"Do you think we are going to get into trouble for this?"

Helena said in between her giggling. Leon rubbed the back of his neck and sighed.

"I don't think so. It's Hunnigan, and knowing her it's not you I'm worried about. She probably will be the one giving me the talk later."

Helena bowed her head a bit as her face flushed from getting caught until Leon perked up her chin and gave her a light kiss.

"Don't be ashamed. It was well worth it considering we haven't seen each other in two weeks."

Helena nodded at him with a huge smile as she fell into his arms for a long embrace. She could feel Leon's chest heave a little bit as he sighed happily, finally having her with him once more after being away.

"You made me go through some bad withdrawals Lena."

"Quit your bitching Leon, I think I had it worse."

"Says who?"

"Says me."

Leon laughed a little bit, taking a moment to concentrate on the tone of Helena's voice.

"Sadly this has to be short lived. I really do have to go to a meeting with Chris real soon and I won't be back until our actual ceremony date because I have another mission."

Helena nodded with understanding as she pulled Leon closer to her.

"How soon do you have to go?"

Leon found his hands entangling Helena's as he looked at her longingly.

"Another five minutes or so. Why do you ask?"

"Think you can kiss me that long?"

Leon gazed up and down at Helena with passion in his eyes as he smirked widely.

"I could do more."

Helena rolled her eyes as she laughed while finding her arms rest around Leon's neck. Their foreheads met in the middle of each others as the bottoms of their lips met momentarily.

"You're so terrible."

"Only because I love you."

Their lips gently pressed against one another's while they enjoyed being together again.