Author's Note: This is one of my shorter chapters, but there's some backstory in it.

The four ate dinner in front of the TV and once they were done Morgan pulled out her computer to finish her essay.

By the time she put the last period on her essay she was at 1,014 words and Ashlyn was leaning against her side watching the TV. It was now 8:30 and she was wondering what time her parents would actually make it home. She printed the essay and made sure it was in plain sight for her mom to see when they got home

"Hey nerd," Morgan called to her brother to get his attention, "You finish all your homework?"

"Yeah moooom," He joked back at her.

"Hey! I'm just looking out for you," she laughed.

"I know, sis. But yes I did it already. Just need to shower and I'll be ready for bed."

"Alright. After this show is over how about you do that, okay?"

"Got it," he told her.

Morgan turned to Ashlyn; "You wanna come upstairs while I get ready for bed?"

"Sure, love."

"Alright, we're gonna head upstairs. Ry, I'm serious; after this show! Lex, make sure he does, please," Morgan said to her siblings.

"I got it covered, Mo," Alexis assured her with a smile.

The couple made their way back up the stairs and into Morgan's room. Morgan grabbed some clothes to change into and went into the bathroom to shower, having told Ashlyn to make herself comfortable and that she'd only be a couple minutes.

Morgan stepped under the hot spray and let it pelt her body and wash the day away. Her muscles were sore from the workout they did today in weight training and she knew a hot shower would help with that.

By the time Morgan made it back into her bedroom Ashlyn was fast asleep on her bed. She went over and joined her girlfriend, hoping not to wake her, but was unsuccessful as Morgan saw Ashlyn's blue eyes open.

"Hey Sleeping Beauty," Morgan smiled.

"Mmm, sorry I fell asleep, love," Ashlyn replied.

"It's okay, baby. Go back to sleep if you're tired. I'm just gonna snuggle up to you."

"I love your cuddles," Ashlyn told her sleepily.

"I love you!" Morgan laughed.

"I love you, too," Ashlyn smiled and kissed Morgan, "Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course," Morgan replied hesitantly.

"What's the story with your biological dad?"

"You want the whole story?" Morgan asked her.

"I want whatever you're comfortable with telling me…" Ashlyn told her, "Or if you don't want to talk about it, I understand."

"No. It's fine. Let's just get comfortable, cause this could take a while," Morgan said as she got up to turn off the bedroom light, but made sure to leave the door open, and went back to the bed where her and Ashlyn got under the covers and snuggled up.

Once they were comfortable, with Morgan's head on Ashlyn's chest and an arm around her stomach, and Ashlyn's arm around her shoulders, Morgan began, "So, my mom was 17 when she met him and from what she's told me they were in love. They dated for 3 months before she got pregnant with me, and when I was a couple months old, grandma was murdered. Mom took it really hard and grandpa didn't handle it well either, so all mom had was dad to be there for her. They got married and then, what? 3 years later they had Ryan and by this time mom was on the fast track for detective. She was spending what little free time she had investigating grandma's murder, so she wasn't home a lot, but they seemed to be fine. It wasn't like we felt neglected from her or anything like that, we would all get lunch or go somewhere special on weekends and have family time. Although, I do remember times when mom wouldn't even come home at night, but it never seemed to faze dad, he always seemed so supportive and loving. A lot like Rick in that way, I guess. So one day when I was 8 and Ry was 5, we were all home together and dad got a phone call from work and they wanted him to move to DC for a promotion, and he took it. Right on the spot he took it, I guess thinking mom would follow him out there. He didn't even talk to mom about it. So they got in this huge fight and Gramps came and got me and Ryan and took us to his house, and the next day mom and dad sat us down and told us that dad was moving and they were getting a divorce and told us we would be staying with mom. He just kinda dumped us. I guess to me, it felt like he didn't even put up a fight for us, and that hurt. We went and visited him every now and then or he would come see us, but it was never the same. He started drinking more and more and by the time I was 14 I decided I didn't want to go see him anymore and be stuck with him while he was drunk. So now he only calls occasionally and on birthdays, and he'll drop by un-announced if a case brings him into the city," Morgan finished and noticed Ashlyn's grip around her shoulders had tightened and Ashlyn kissed the top of Morgan's head.

"I'm so sorry that happened to you, babe. He is missing out on seeing the amazing woman you are," Ashlyn told her sincerely. Morgan leaned up and captured Ashlyn's lips in a slow, lazy kiss.

"I think everything happens for a reason, if dad hadn't taken that job, who knows what would've happened. And I know that mom is more in love with Rick than she ever was with dad, so that makes it easier to handle. There are days that go by that I don't even think about dad anymore. I used to call him after every game I played to tell him my stats and listen to him say how proud of me he was, but I don't even do that anymore."

"Did you ever resent Rick? Or hate that he and your mom were together in the beginning?"

"God, no. They spent so much time dancing around each other that when they finally got together I wanted to jump for joy!" Morgan laughed, "I think it probably helped that we got to know Rick and Alexis so well before they did start dating that once they did everything just flowed easily."

"How did you guys find out that they were dating?"

"Well ever since Mom was comfortable enough around Rick and knew that he was going to be her partner for a while, the 5 of us hung out a lot. Ryan and Rick got along so well and Alexis, mom, and me would do our own thing. So then a couple years ago all of a sudden we stopped hanging out with them. Alexis and I got together and figured out that they had this huge fight, so we hatched a plan to get them to see what we had all been seeing for 4 years. I like to think they got together because of us, but in reality I think mom just came to her senses and figured out that Rick was the love of her life. Martha had came and stayed with us kids that night at our old apartment and the next morning we were heading over to the loft and, let's just say they definitely weren't expecting us to be home…" Morgan trailed off with a look of disgust.

"That sounds interesting," Ashlyn admitted with a chuckle, "But all in all, I think you've got a pretty great family, Mo."

"Yeah, I think so too. Plus now I have a pretty amazing girlfriend, so my life is pretty spectacular," Morgan smiled up at Ashlyn.

"I am pretty amazing, if I do say so myself," Ashlyn teased.

"I love you so much," Morgan told her.

"I love you too."

They continued to talk about lighter things and before Ashlyn knew it, she was having a conversation with herself because Morgan had fallen asleep. Ashlyn lay there and looked down at her girlfriend wrapped up in her arms fast asleep, thinking about how beautiful she was while she slept, before sleep overtook her as well.

Ashlyn woke up to something nudging her arm lightly; she slowly opened her eyes until they focused on the object in front of her, who happened to be her girlfriend's mom.

How do you think Kate is going to handle this situation? If there's anything you guys want to see happen sometime during this story, let me know and I'll try to work it in! Thanks for reading! Hope you're enjoying!