Major Crimes and all its characters do not belong to me but to Mr. James Duff. However any characters not recognized from the show do belong to me. Any owned by Mr. Duff will be returned to his sandbox when I am done with them for the day.

Rated T for today probably

An hour later Emily and Julio were back at his apartment. He locked the door behind them. He then took off his badge and gun and put them up on the bookshelf. He glanced at Emily. "Does it bother you that I carry those all the time?"

She looked at him and smiled then shook her head. "You're kidding right? You're Seargent Julio Sanchez. I expect you to. Mom and Dad always have theirs. I think I'd be concerned if you didn't always have them."

He smiled and walked over to her. He gently kissed her. "Just making sure. I love you and I want this between us to work long term. I want to make sure you're not uncomfortable, especially when we're going somewhere together or just here in our home."

Emily smiled at his use of 'our home.' "You make me feel safe, protected, and loved. No matter where we are or what you do. Now go watch your shows or a game or take a shower or something. I need to call Nicole and Rusty and maybe the older brothers."

Julio leaned in and kissed her then smirked. "Yes dear." He turned on the tv then went to the kitchen to get a drink. When he came back a minute later he picked up the remote and began to channel surf.

Emily shook her head then kissed the top of his head before getting her phone and going to the bedroom. She changed into her nightshirt, grabbed her phone and flopped on the bed. She held the phone, trying to decide who to call first.

She scrolled through her contacts. She hit Rusty's name and it dialed his number. She listened to his ringback tone. Less than a minute later, someone answered. "Hello, this is Detective Flynn." Emily pulled her phone back to see what number she dialed.

"Detective Flynn? Keith? Did you and Rusty trade phones or something? I know I dialed his number. Is my little brother with you?"

Keith looked at the phone. "I answered the wrong phone. You have the same ringtone on both phones and they look the same. I wondered why you were calling me. Just a sec. Babe phone." Keith handed Rusty his phone.

Rusty took his phone and sat next to Keith on the sofa. "Hello, this is Rusty." He curled up next to Keith. Keith kissed the top of his head then went back to watching tv.

"Hey little brother, it's Emily. So you let your husband answer your phone? Interesting. Julio doesn't touch mine unless I'm nowhere in sight when it rings. I guess we just haven't reached that point yet. But we are living together." Emily was silent for a moment waiting for a reaction.

Rusty pulled his phone back for a second looking at it, then spoke into again. "Um, did I miss some stuff? Living together? You live in New York and he lives here. And aren't you under a contract with the ballet company? I didn't think that was something you can just stop doing. Explain."

Emily softly chuckled into the phone. "That's why I'm calling my brothers and sister. To explain what's going on. Mom and Dad got the short version. You guys will get the slightly longer version. With the ankle injury, it's too painful to dance full time and my contract with the company is up next month anyway. They don't want to renew with me being in my present condition."

Rusty nodded and made a face into the phone. "That sucks. I know how much you love your career. But are you in a lot of pain every time you perform? Because that would suck more." Rusty sighed into the phone.

Emily shook her head. "Way to put it little brother. Yes it's really painful to dance four and five nights a week. My understudy is taking my place a lot. And people that pay to see me really don't like that. But really I'm ready for the next step or phase in my adult life. I've found the man I love, he loves me back, and I want to be with him for as long as he'll have me. And Mom and Dad approve of the two of us together."

Rusty smiled into the phone and moved closer to Keith. "I'm guessing that's Julio right? He's a great guy and he like worships the ground that you walk on. I know this because I hear and see things and keep them to myself. Until they become useful to me anyway." Rusty smiled and Keith shook his head at him.

"So anyway, when my lease is up on the apartment Julio and I are flying to New York, packing up some of the stuff and bringing it back in a U-Haul or whatever we have in New York City. We'll sell or donate whatever stuff is leftover that we don't need here at home. But yes I am bringing all my shoes, and no I don't have quite as many pairs as Mom."

Rusty nodded, holding the phone. "Sounds like a plan. So are you two just going to live together or do you plan on getting married? If it's none of my business or you aren't ready to talk about that yet, feel free to tell me to shut up. Word of advice though, don't run off and do it secretly like me and Keith. I know all four parents were upset about that, even if Mom and Dad did say otherwise."

"Julio's mother would be so hurt and mad if we did that. She would somehow make him or both of us pay in return. No plans for doing that. Plus I don't even have a ring yet. We haven't really talked about it. I'd rather Jack not be involved either, he's drinking again. Do not repeat that last part, okay? You did not hear that from me."

Rusty nodded into the phone again. "My lips are sealed. I have no reason to say anything about him to anyone anyway. Well I'll let you go Em so you can get back to Julio. Let me know when you need our help. Bye sis."

Emily smiled into the phone. "I will. Night little brother." She ended the call and looked at the time. Emily scrolled through her contacts again, this time hitting Nicole's name. She waited a few seconds and Nicole picked up. "Hey sis."

Emily leaned back into the bed. "Hey Nikki. Haven't seen or talked to each other this week. Thought I should catch you up to what's going on. If you have time to talk right now."

"If there is stuff I don't know but others do, I definitely have time to talk. Dean and the kids are watching some animated movie. I just finished a bath. What's up? Do you have some gossip or something?"

Emily laughed into the phone. "Gossip? No, I wouldn't call it that. But things that have to do with me that you don't know, unless Mom and Dad let it slip?"

"Let what slip? Do tell. No they haven't said anything about you. All I know is what I saw when Dad was still in the hospital and any conclusions I might have drawn or jumped to then. Has to do with Julio right?"

"Julio?" Emily asked. "You saw the two of us there and jumped to conclusions? Like what? We weren't doing anything."

Nicole laughed into the phone. "Yeah right. You two were close. I'd say couple-y, romantic type of close. But he's like ten years or something older than you and me." Emily was silent. "Emily Ann? Are you and he a thing?"

Emily smiled into the phone. "We are. He's in the living room watching tv. I'm in the bedroom. I called Rusty a bit ago and now you. Mom and Dad know. I'll tell the older brothers next week. I injured my ankle again. I can't dance professionally anymore really. They aren't renewing my contract. I'm moving here with Julio and going to open a dance studio for kids of all ages and backgrounds. And then wait and see when he and I take the next step. I want him in my life and I want kids. But I'm not going to rush him or pressure him. We'll do things at his pace."

"Oh Emily that is so great. I am so happy for you, except for the injury and end of contract parts. And I know Julio. He is such an amazing and great guy. And hot. Did I mention that he's hot? I may be married, but I know a hot guy when I see one." At that moment Nicole heard a crying baby. "Em, I gotta go. The baby woke up. I'll call you tomorrow or the next day."

Emily nodded into the phone. "I can hear her crying through the phone. Go be Mommy. Talk to you later." They both ended the call. Emily set her phone on her nightstand and went in search of her man.

Julio was still watching tv from the couch. "Are you kidding me? That was a strike!" He threw a piece of popcorn at the tv. Emily shook her head and kissed the top of his head.

"You are just as bad as Dad and Provenza. And yes I mean that." She shook her head again once he noticed her. "Look at your mess. There is popcorn everywhere. You have to vacuum tomorrow." She looked at the score to see what inning it was. "Are you ready to hit the bedroom or are you going to watch the whole thing?"

Julio looked at the score again then at her. He set the bowl of popcorn on the coffee table. "They are going to lose. I don't need to see it. I will clean all this up tomorrow." She nodded. He turned off the tv, took her hand, and led her back to their bedroom.