We're coming to an end... I wish this last chapter satisfy you. Thanks for the beautiful reviews on every chapter and I'd like to mention Emma (since I cannot reply to you in any other way than here): You're right! Good point, in fact this chapter has a resolution.

"What are you doing?" Walter was in front of her and she could read fear in his eyes, she never saw so many emotions from Walter O'Brien than the last couple of weeks, but she was still upset. She let the papers falling from her hands on the carpet and went near him.
Paige slapped him hard on the face, twice...

"What did you said you remembered from what I told you... uh?" she asked lowering her voice trying to contain herself from harm him again, and when he didn't answer she slapped him again. "Nothing! You said you didn't remember anything!" she was yelling.

Paige needed to go away as soon as possible, but he grabbed her wrist and turned her to face him.

"You weren't supposed to read it."

"Really?! Didn't you told me you didn't bother if I did this morning?" she struggled but he didn't let go.

"Because when I told you I thought it was just a nightmare"

"You should have told me, Walter! I spent the last couple of weeks taking care of you, to support you… and you lie to my face?" she was still shouting and her eyes was starting to get glossy "Let go of me!"

He didn't. "I didn't know if it was real or not! I wanted to believe it was only a nightmare. I wanted to believe it was only a bad dream because it if it was real then it would hurt too much. You hurt me and I cannot prevent myself from feeling it over and over again".

Paige was quiet at that point.

"You're not supposed to be angry at me! You behold informations for weeks and I beg you to tell me everything... How should I supposed to feel then?" his voice was raising.

"Walter..."

"No. Don't you dare to talk." pain was written all over his face, he let go of her wrist and took few steps back. "I came back here to talk to you, to tell you how much you m-mean to me... that it-it isn't your fault, you're not the cause of my accident… a stupid coyote was!" He was crying and tears kept falling free on his cheeks. He felt his eyes burning.

"Walt-"

"I remember telling you that I l-love you" she tried to get closer but he pushed himself back even more "but I came to realize that maybe I don't... I hate you".

Paige felt her heart broken, he didn't mean it he's just mad because I lashed out, she tried to tell herself as he stormed off.

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Walter was running fast, his mind full of thoughts he wanted to forget. He came to the point he didn't even see where he was going for the amount of tears in his eyes and he had to stop himself from being hitting by a car. His breath was short preventing him to scream out the pain he felt in that moment. How could he be so stupid? He shouldn't never told her the L word in the first place.

He couldn't comprehend the reason why she was so mad at him, but he knew it hurt very much and he didn't want to feel any of that anymore in his life. Walter heard the words of his sister jumping in his head: she loves you. No, she didn't and that was the only logical explanation he could think about.
When he finally arrived on his favorite spot at the beach he sat down and ran his fingers in the sand drawing circles around him.

He stayed like that for two hours, now the sun was going down reflecting its form on the surface of the ocean and the sky was a mix of bright red and blue. He wanted to appreciate it but that wasn't him, he always seen thing only from a logical point of view and emotions weren't an option he'd ever consider. He was conflicted but at least he was calming down.

"Can I talk to you... for a moment?" Walter heard her voice at his back but he didn't flinch. Paige was so quiet that he didn't hear her presence until she spoke. "Please, Walter I-"

"Go away. I don't want to see you... ever again" the calm inside him was gone once again.

"Walter, I want you to listen to me just few minutes. Then you decide if you want me gone f-forever or not." the genius heard her voice shaking but he told himself that he didn't care.

"You have two minutes." he waited looking furrowed at the horizon.

"I'll be efficient then." Embracing herself she stepped closer to him, not too much "I'm sorry I lashed out... You were right when you said I had no rights to be mad at you. I-I was because I care about you, Walter. I care about you very much and the fact that you lied to me betrayed... humm... whatever. What I want you to know is that I feel the same for you". Back at the loft when he ran out she realized that he remembered everything and there wasn't any reason to pretend or hide her feelings anymore. "I know you're an emotional wreck right now but... are you up for a social experiment?" she ask tentatively trying not to push him too hard and leaned on the sand few inches away from him.

Still furrowed, Walter turned his head slowly to face her and the exact moment he saw her red eyes and shadows of tears shed on her cheeks he felt something inside that he couldn't explain. It seemed like everything that happened before was a long lost memory of a distant past.

"I know what you're doing" he replied not noticing how is voice was deep and calm. But he figured that he overreacted before, just like she did and both of them were regretting their actions.
Paige bit her bottom lip and waited. They waited for one another to do something, a sign, a gesture that gave the other the chance to react, pure physic Walter thought. Then she spoke softly.

"I don't blame you to be upset," she knew how he would react to emotions and she understood that he needed space, but Paige still wanted to clear things once for all "but I need you to know that ...I love you too".

"Don't say it if you don't mean it" he shot.

"I do." she was opening up to him and felt it wasn't inappropriate anymore since he felt the same way.

Walter hesitated but never left her gaze and when she smiled at him his heart melted "What about that social experiment?"

"Maybe it not the time" she looked away praying he didn't notice her blush.

"Paige..." he asked to look at her and when she did his lips were on hers. A little chaste kiss but long enough to make them both forget everything else. "I think I need time to process everything but... but I wish you will wait and don't give up... on me". He added.

Paige grabbed his hands and laced their fingers together, then leaned her head on his shoulder "What do you say... No more secrets?"

"Mmm" Walter replied freezing at her contact.

"Walter? Is there something I need to know?" she question the genius confused. He raised his eyebrows and mumbled.

"Maybe a few...".

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The next morning Happy was building a new mechanical object for a project at her table and when Paige and Ralph arrived she asked her if Walter and her were good. The young mother told Ralph he could play with Proton Arnold until it was time to leave for school and he ran happily to in front of the game. Then Paige turned to Happy to answer her question.

"Yeah, we argued a little but we found a positive solution"

"Good" she simply replied but a half smile and half grin was stamped on the genius lips "So, now you are..."

"No!" Paige blushed at what Happy was implying "Walter and I decided to not rush things... actually I came earlier to talk with him about few things left unsaid"

"Oh. Okay." Happy wasn't convinced by her answer but she was interrupted by Toby coming out of nowhere asking for Mr. 197.

"Where is that smartypants? Oh, Paige I thought you slept here last night" said with a grin on his face.

"She didn't" Walter was right behind him and spoke in his ear causing the shrink to jump on his feet.

"Geez Walter! You scared me". Toby pretended to be offended, but clearly failed.

"Not that it takes more than that to scare you anyway" Happy provoked him keeping her eyes on the project she was working on.

Paige giggled and Walter smiled while Toby and Happy argued about stuff, like always.

"They love each other" Paige said but Walter glared at her confused.

The young mother didn't had the chance to speak with Walter privately at this point and left to bring Ralph to school.
Later when she came back, Sly and Cabe were arrived and, since there wasn't a new case to work on, they all spent the morning adjusting stuff, signing papers, cleaning the place and starting other stuff again.

Walter was staring at a white board on the calmer side of the garage when Paige approached him.

"What is it?" she asked and Walter immediately grabbed the board and hid it under a grey cloth.

"Nothing... hum... Toby draw it months ago. It's-" he stopped as he saw Paige eyes confused and sad. After all they said to not keep any secrets between them anymore. "Ok. He made a chart on our 'connection'... and... how that increased over time, but I erased it".

She closed the gap between them and moved the cloth from the drawing left in a corner of the board. "And you missed this?" She finally took a good look at it. It was two stick figures, she recognized to be them, surrounded by a red heart. Now her own heart was racing knowing that the genius who refuse to surrender to his own emotion was unable to erase a simple drawing.

"Toby still think to be five years old" he attempted a smile but froze when she briefly caressed his cheek and then pinch it lightly.

"Oh, that I know!" and with that she covered the board again and walked away but stopped when she realize something "Walter? The drawing... has it anything to do with our talk?"

"The one we still didn't have?" he answer with another question but she waited for a real answer. "Maybe".

Paige walked closer to him again. "I'm listening" she said curious.

"Well..." Walter brushed his hair nervous choosing the right words to explain it "Toby noticed I didn't remove the drawing from the board and questioned my action saying that, while I didn't want him and Happy to be in a relationship because it could have hurt the company with inefficient results, I was doing the same thing with you. Meaning developing feeling... for y-you."

"Was he right?" she was standing dangerously closer and even if they agreed to keep figuratively distance she couldn't help but be nearer him as possible.

"I... maybe", Walter could feel her breath on his skin, that woman was the end of him.

"And?" she encourage him to keep talking.

"Well, he convinced me to go to your apartment..."

"But Drew was there and you just left." she concluded "You told me when you were on the cliff".

"I did. But you didn't know what pushed me to go see you. Now you do". His brain told him to take a step back but the proximity was growing comfortable so he stayed waiting for her to say something definitive that would have concluded their chat.

"And the other stuff?" Of course, he told her that there were few things.

"Mmm" he mumbled. He slid his hand in his pants and walked around the garage "Remember when we were on the case of the stolen painting? We went to the house of the art collector, Jaques Lebeau, to find the real painting."

"I remember, what about it?" Paige replied sitting on a couch nearby and Walter kept talking avoiding her eyes.

"We danced... and we used a device that I voluntary reset it to be, um, to be able to dance with you more time but unfortunately I didn't calculated that Lebeau would ask you to dance with him instead"

"Oh. That's why you insistently asked Sylvester how much time was left" she talked more to herself .

Paige watched how Walter was uncomfortable with that revelation, he must have be jealous of the man who stole her from that dance. Then she realized that he was developing feelings for her long before she expected. His eyes were glued to the floor and refused to look up when Paige was standing in front of him. He felt ashamed like never before, it was a silly thing but it meant so much to him that he never imagine it to have such effect. Dancing with Paige involved physical contact and he wasn't used to it, anyway it just felt very good and relaxing, he even made a joke of geniuses brain.

"Do you have any secrets to share with me?" Walter suddenly asked and she was taken aback "like that dream you made when we shared my bed"

Paige was red and could feel her face burning in shame but instead of change subject she decided to turn the tables "I had plenty of those actually, but I prefer to share them in another way... when you will be ready of course". It was his turn to turn bright red and he regretted even asking for it.

The young woman kissed him an a cheek and left with a grin on her face. Walter, instead, stood there few minutes like an idiot staring at the empty spot previously occupied by Paige.

"Earth calls Walter!" Cabe call him four times already. "Are you okay?" he asked once Walter joined the guys.

"I'm fine. Just lost in thoughts" he replied.

"I bet you were, Miss Dineen was over the moon when she left. Mmm, and be careful Walt, your emotions are showing... what could she possibly told you to prevent you to function anymore?" Toby pointed out and Happy rolled her eyes.

"Ah, okay" Walter was still lost in thoughts, Toby noticed and chuckled. "Cabe, I didn't thank you yet for that stunt you made on the cliff. Thank you for saving my life".

"I would do it again, maybe without causing you to lose your memory, but I'd prefer it to be the last time I have to save your butt". The old agent told him serious.

"Wait a minute... so now you remember everything?" Sly asked Walter trying to contain his happiness.

"Yes buddy, I do" Walter said with a genuine smile.

"Cool. Now, Walt what is that ' mother nature' thing that make you go off the cliff?" Happy leaned on the table beside her.

"A coyote... and as I told you before wild animals are unpredictables"

"Poor coyote you almost killed him" Toby added but shut his mouth when he felt four pair of eyes deadly glaring at him "Forget what I just said. It's good to have you back, pal" he concluded.

"Okay guys. Let's go eat something... I'm starving" Cabe proposed and everyone agreed.

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When Walter returned to the garage at 10.07 pm he found the light on and he was even more surprised to see a familiar face waiting for him.

"What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you?" Paige replied standing up from the couch "For a moment I thought you would never come back"

"I was out with the guys and... if you're here where's Ralph?" he asked preoccupied.

"Don't worry, he's staying with Drew for the weekend" She said softly then she grabbed his hand and lead him up to the loft. She placed candles everywhere and the atmosphere was, well, Walter was tempted to use the word intimate.
Only then he noticed she was wearing a black dress, short, but still beautiful.

"What are we doing?" he asked under his breath without tearing away his eyes from her curves. He was dangerously attracted and basically he forgot how to function.

"Another social experiment?" Paige laughed nervous but then she gained confidence and pressed the play button on the keyboard of his computer. The music started playing and he recognized it to be the same they were dancing on that time at the fancy party.
She walked up to him and with a quick gesture she fixed his tie and adjusted some folds formed on his shirt stretching it out a little. Then she looked straight in the eyes of a speechless Walter.

"May I have this dance?" she whispered.

"Yes" the genius agreed faster than she could ever imagined and with the widest smile on her face she bring him at the center of the loft. Paige didn't need to show him what to do, he was already in position and she get even closer leaving no space between them. Walter was shivering of what he could figured being excitement and he didn't want to stop feeling that emotion.
He felt her heart racing and she felt the same about him, they danced for a long time in silence.

"What do you think about this experiment?" Paige whispered in his ear after a while.

"I love hearing you voice in my ear... I love dancing with you". Walter whispered back while she started crying.
"Me too" she concluded.

They danced all night long and neither of them wanted to stop. It would have been a long road but it seemed brighter than ever and that was enough. They loved each other and in that moment was all they cared about.

A/N: Thank you for reading this story and I wish you enjoyed... leave a comment on the review section, let me know what you think about it!