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Sorry about the posting delays, it seems reading my story's to edit them is like a sleeping pill for me, every time to tried to edit I fell asleep part way through. It's really strange. So I apologise as this was meant to be up a few days ago. So now it's finally here, the last chapter... I hope you enjoy.
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Disclaimer - I do not own any of Rookie Blue, I only own the characters I create.
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Chapter Twelve
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After spending hours consummating their marriage, the newlyweds fell asleep wrapped up in each other. A while later, Holly woke with a start, she realised straight away Gail was missing, within a few seconds she knew where she was. She jumped up, pulled on a T-shirt, grabbing one for the blonde, she went straight to the bathroom "Is it bad?" She asked her wife from the doorway. Gail, whose head was currently over the toilet, nodded. Holly squatted down next to the sick, naked blonde "Can I put this on you?" She asked, showing her the shirt.
"Yea" Gail said, she sat back, her body trembling, leaning against the wall next to the toilet.
The brunette pulled the shirt over her head and kissed her sweaty forehead "It's probably the stress of organising yesterday" she said as she helped her into her shirt.
"I woke up about an hour ago" the blonde said "My head was sore but I thought it was just lack of sleep" she started breathing deeply, trying to stop the next wave of nausea, it didn't work and she leaned over the toilet again.
Holly rubbed her back as she heaved "I'm sorry, honey" she said, she reached over to the nearby cupboard and grabbed two face washers, she waited until Gail was done vomiting then quickly got up to wet them. She grabbed the bucket they kept under the sink for times like this "Can you stand?" she asked as she squatted next to her again, handing her one of the cool wash cloths and placing the other on the back of her neck.
"Think so" the blonde said, taking the cloth and cleaning her face.
"Let's get you back to bed"
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Once they were back in bed, Gail's stomach had settled and she'd managed to take both migraine pills and pain killers, she was curled up in Holly's arms, neither were asleep "Do you remember that first night you stayed with me in the hospital?"
"Like it was yesterday" the blonde murmured into her chest.
"Do you remember the bet?"
Gail looked up at her "Yes I do" she put her head back down on her chest "I was hoping you didn't"
"We should do it" the brunette said, she thought about it for a beat "Go for a run I mean" she said with a slight blush, when her wife looked up at her.
"I'd rather do what we were doing earlier" the blonde said with a smirk, running her hand over the chest she was leaning on.
"You were vomiting about fifteen minutes ago, I think that can wait a bit" Holly said, taking her hand with her own and linking their fingers "How are you feeling?"
"A little better, my stomachs not rolling so much anymore" she sighed "I'm sorry, it's not exactly how I had planned to spend this morning" the sun was just starting to rise.
"What were your plans for this morning?" The brunette asked running her hand up and down her lovers back.
"First, I was going to cook you breakfast then wake you with breakfast in bed, then spend a few hours making love to you, then tonight we have dinner reservations then more love making when we get home" Gail explained then sighed.
Holly kissed her forehead "How about I cook breakfast while you rest, I'll wake you with breakfast and we'll spend the day just resting and if your feeling better tonight we can continue with your plans then" she suggested.
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"You ready Mrs Stewart" Holly asked Gail as she stretched her quadriceps on the Monday morning after the wedding.
"That's Stewart-Peck, Doctor" the blonde pointed out "And no, I was happy in bed"
The brunette looked at her watch "I have two hours until my shift so let's do this so I can kick your ass and go home for a shower together" she said and slapped the other woman on the behind.
Gail raised an eyebrow "You think you're gonna kick my ass huh?"
"I know I'm going to" Holly said, she pointed to herself "Played sport through High School and College and was running every morning until the incident" she pointed to Gail "Hates sport unless it's on TV and only runs when she's pissed off or needs to work through something. I think I'll win"
"Wanna make it more interesting than just who buys lunch today on my break" the blonde asked.
"What did you have in mind?" Holly said reaching out and pulling her wife against her.
Gail put her arms around the cocky brunettes neck, she gave her a quick kiss "Well sexual things come to mind first but I was thinking more household things, like the loser does the dishes for the next month"
The brunette raised an eyebrow "You hate doing dishes"
"I know that's why I'm saying the loser should do it" the blonde said with a smirk.
Holly kissed her again "Alright" she said with a shrug "Loser buys lunch and does the dishes for the next month"
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Holly walked into 15 Division and put the bag with lunch in it in front of Gail "Your lunch" she said to the blonde, who was currently on the front desk.
"You didn't have to, technically neither of us lost or won"
"No, technically you tripped over your own feet and sprained your ankle in the first mile" she leaned over and gave her wife a kiss.
Gail reached out and took her hand, leaving her lunch there "Dov, watch the desk" he nodded and stood from his own desk.
"Hey Holly" he said as the blonde released her hand so she could let her in the secured door. She led her, limping, to an empty interrogation room.
As the door closed behind them, Gail pulled Holly against her "I missed you this morning"
When the blonde had fallen, they had called Steve to take her to get it checked so Holly could go and get ready for work, as she had been called to go in early "I'm sorry I had to go" the brunette said resting her head on her lovers.
Gail gave her a kiss "Steve kept telling me I fell on purpose cos I didn't want to lose"
"Man after my own heart" Holly said with a grin, the blonde swatted her on the arm "I'm glad it's only sprained"
"Me too, Doctor said I should be back on duty by next week, maybe Friday if I rest it" Gail explained.
"Good" the brunette said, she slid her hand into the back of the blondes hair and tugged her close "I love you" she said softly and pulled her into a heated kiss
The officer let the kiss continue for a while, enjoying the feeling of of her wife until there was a knock on the door. They slowly broke apart "What?" Gail called out, not releasing Holly, she moved to the desk and sat on it, pulling the brunette in between her legs.
"Just warning you that Traci and your brother will need the room in about ten minutes" Oliver's voice filtered through.
"Thanks Oliver" Holly called back as she ran her hands up and the blondes back "What time do you finish?"
"Seven" Gail said resting her head on the brunettes.
"I'll pick you up, I finish at the hospital at five, I was gonna suggested we go out tonight but I'm thinking maybe pizza and a movie at home" the brunette said.
"I'm sorry" the officer said with a slight blush "I really didn't mean to fall over" she moved her head to her wife's shoulder.
"I know Hun, your a klutz it's fine" Holly said with a grin.
Gail put her head up and hit the brunette on the ass "I am not, take that back"
The doctor chuckled "okay, your not a klutz" she said, she grabbed both of the blondes hands and linked their fingers. She leaned in and kissed her passionately.
Gail had only just started to return the kiss when there was another knock at the door, Holly broke the kiss and stepped back "Come on hop along, I'll eat lunch with you before I head back" she said as she tugged the blonde from the room.
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A year and a half later...
Gail walked onto the crime scene, this was the third homicide this week, Traci, who she'd been partnered with since she started her detective rotation a year ago, had called in sick today, Steve had been sick the day before, she figured it must be a bug going through their house. Oliver had offered her a uniformed officer for the day, when she refused, he had insisted. So she currently had a rookie following her and she wasn't too happy about it.
"Do you think that Medical examiner will be here?" He asked as they stepped out of the car.
Gail stopped dead in her tracks and looked back at him "What medical examiner?" She asked.
"The cute brunette one, I ran some evidence down for detective Nash the other day, she is hot and she was flirting with me" he said smiling "I might ask her out"
"Are your referring to Dr Stewart?" She asked.
He nodded.
"Number one, she's a forensic pathologist and number two..."
Before she could continue she was interrupted by one of the other new rookies calling from the doorway to the warehouse "Detective Stewart-Peck"
"What?" She called out annoyed.
Holly was standing behind the rookie "We need you" she said over the mans head and disappeared.
Gail sighed and walked over to the doorway, leaving the young man behind "What do we have?" She said opening her notebook.
"On first look it looked like a self inflicted gunshot wound but if you look at this" she said pulling his shirt open and he had purple bruising all over his chest "Also all his fingers on both hands are broken, so there is no way he was shooting a gun"
"Sounds gang related, I'll call guns and gangs see if they know him" the blonde said as she finished her notes "Anything else?"
Holly pulled off her gloves and stood near her "Sam is already on his way, I'll give you more once I get him on the table, the techs will finish up with the scene" she explained, she turned to her wife "How has..."
The young rookie stepped forward interrupting Holly before she could finish "Dr Stewart, I was wondering if you'd like to meet for a drink tonight?"
The brunette looked to him then to her wife, who shrugged at her, looking annoyed "Can I ask you a question?"
"Sure" he said happily as she hadn't turned him down straight away.
"You know my surname?"
"Yes it's Stewart" he said, puzzled.
"And this lovely Detective over here with the wedding ring on, what's her surname?"
"Stewart-Peck, are you sisters or something?" He asked.
"Fuck" Gail sighed "We have an up and coming detective here" she muttered.
"We're married" Holly said flatly.
He looked between them "Really?"
Sam, who'd moved to guns and gangs after Steve had changed to homicide, came up behind him and slapped him on the back of the head "Yes moron, Detective Stewart-Peck and Doctor Stewart are married"
"Hey Sam" Holly said with a smile.
"Hey Doc" he said, he turned to the rookie "Coffee, black now" he said, when the young man didn't move he added "Your ass is mine for the rest of the day, coffee now" with that he took off "I'll tell Oliver" he said to Gail "Now what do we have"
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Gail walked into her wife's office at the lab hours later, yawning as she did "You tired?" Holly asked as she stopped her note taker.
"A little" the blonde said stretching her neck "My wife kept me up late last night"
The brunette winked at her "Lucky woman" she said as she saved her work.
Gail rolled her eyes but smiled at her lover "I am" she said and sat on the edge of her desk "Any results?"
"His injuries before the gunshot would have killed him, his lungs were filling with blood and his heart was damaged from the beating" Holly paused for a beat "Shouldn't Swarek be down here getting the information?" she asked.
"Probably, but I was coming here anyway, I told him I'd text them through and well I missed you" the blonde said with a blush.
Holly stood and moved between Gail's legs, putting her hands on her shoulders "I missed you too sweetheart" she gave her a soft kiss, she pulled back and frowned "Is something wrong?"
"That rookie" the blonde said with a pout.
The brunette tilted her head "It was innocent"
"I could have shot the little fucker" Gail said pulling her in tight against her.
"Honey" Holly scolded "He didn't know we're married"
"I don't care, he still hit on you, I don't like it when..." the blonde stopped, realising how possessive she sounded.
The brunette just smiled at her "Little bit jealous are we"
Gail scoffed "No" she said then paused for a beat "I was a lot jealous" she added.
Holly laughed and kissed her again "I love you and only you, you know that right?"
"Yea but it never hurts to hear it" the blonde said.
"There is one thing we can do to help prevent it happening" the doctor said running her hands up and down her wife's back.
"Yea, what's that?"
"Change my name"
"I like Dr Stewart" Gail said, wrapping her legs around Holly.
"So do I, but I happen to love Detective Stewart-Peck and if changing my name makes it so people know we're married I'm happy to" she ran her hands up and down the blondes legs "Maybe I should start bringing results to you, kissing you in front of the whole division"
Gail grinned at her "That would certainly put that rookie on the back foot" she slipped her hands inside the lab coat.
"You off shift?" The brunette asked as she grabbed the blondes jacket.
"Yea, that door have a lock?" The Detective asked in return.
The doctor released her and walked to the door, she flipped the lock, she closed the blinds "Nobody will try to come in, I usually lock it when I'm busy"
Gail smirked "Oh you'll be busy" she got off the desk and walked over to her wife, she tugged the lab coat off and started undoing her belt.
Holly grabbed her hands "You think your the boss here Detective?" She linked their fingers "My office, my lead"
The blonde grinned "Yes ma'am"
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Another six months later...
"Baby, I'm home" Gail called out as she walked into the house they had bought three months before, they'd start discussing having a family or maybe adopting, it had so far resulted in them leasing the apartment and buying their house, it was a reasonably sized two story house with four bedrooms and a big backyard, the blonde initially didn't like the suburban feel of it but had come to love it.
"I'll be down in a sec, can you check the casserole?" She called out. Even knowing her wife couldn't see her, the blonde gave a look in Holly's general direction "Actually don't, you might make it burn"
"Ha ha" Gail called back, she took off her badge and gun, she went straight to the safe in the living room and locked her gun away "I got an odd call from my mother today, seems since your mother is retiring and is thinking about running for Mayor, she's got the idea that she can use that in some way"
Holly appeared at the bottom of the stairs "She really doesn't understand that my mother doesn't like her does she" she said shaking her head.
The blonde moved over to her "Hi" she said and kissed her.
"Hey" the brunette said resting her hand on Gail's cheek "I missed you today"
"Good there were no homicides though" the blonde said and gave her another kiss.
Holly brushed her fingers over the blondes neck into her hair, Gail had grown her hair back, it was about the length it was when she was a rookie "I made a few calls today and did some research about what we talked about"
The detectives hands slid inside the loose t-shirt her lover had on "Adopting?" She asked.
The brunette nodded "We have a really good chance at being approved and because of our professions we can possible help a child that wouldn't normally get a chance"
With the trauma they had both been through and Holly's background in medicine, they were in a unique situation to help a child with special needs, which they both wanted to "Baby, I'm ready when you are" Gail said holding her close.
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Two years more...
Holly walked up the front steps to hear her wife yelling "Jake" she called out "Don't do that" she sounded irritated. The brunette smiled. The little boy they had welcomed into their home over a year and a half ago had gone from a completely introverted two year old to an outgoing almost four year old, so outgoing that he drove the blonde around the bend, when truthfully, he was so much like her wife somedays, she wondered if they were related. They had also fostered his eleven year old sister, Jessica, who was turning into a thirteen year old, moody teenager, she knew the details of their past and used it regularly with adults to get what she wanted, it hadn't worked for even a minute with either woman, through work, both women had seen the worst a teenager could dish out and they were ready for it. Their parents had been killed in a late night, extremely violent home invasion, luckily the children weren't discovered but unfortunately the girl found her parents and called the police. When they'd heard their story and the fact that they'd been in 5 different foster homes in the twelve months since their parents deaths and that It wasn't likely that they would find a permanent home due to their issues and the fact that they didn't want to be separated, they decided they needed to help these two. They were currently fostering them until the paperwork for the adoption was finalised. They made sure one of them was home most afternoons, occasionally work got in the way of that, Vivienne had decided not to run for Mayor meaning she had a lot of time to help them out, when it turned out they were both working, she would come over and look after her grandchildren who she doted on. Holly smiled and finished her walk in the door "I'm home" she called out.
"Help" Gail shrieked from the living room. The brunette walked in to find, their son trying to tickle her wife while their daughter tried to hold her down "Don't just stand there, Hol, help" she said as she grabbed the little boy tickling him, he squealed happily.
"Okay" the doctor dropped her things and sat astride the blondes abs and held her hands above her head "Get her" she said and the pair started tickling her.
"You cheat" the detective squealed, trying to roll the other woman off.
The family wrestled on the floor for a while until they all ran out of energy "Mommy, what's for dinner?" The little boy asked Holly, looking up at her from where he was laying on the floor. Jacob had called them both Mom within a few weeks, Jess was still holding out but she had almost said it a few times recently.
The brunette grabbed his hand, helped him up and tugged him over to her, he sat on her lap "You need to ask Mama, it's her night to organise dinner" They'd decided whoever was home in the afternoon with the kids either cooked or at least organised takeaway.
"Well, how about you two go and wash up so I can talk with Mommy about what to have" both complained but complied. Gail moved over and rested her head on the brunettes lap "I got a call from the lawyer this afternoon and the social worker"
Holly smiled down at her "Does that mean..."
"Yep" the blonde said picking up her wife's hand "At 4pm tomorrow, both the lawyer and social services will meet us at the courthouse to officially sign the adoption papers in front of the judge"
The brunette had tears running down her face, it had been a long process, social worker visits, therapy visits for them all as individuals and as a family, interviews, arguing about the bureaucratic, bullshit hoops they had to jump through, was finally done. The therapy would continue but the rest was over. Gail sat up and pulled Holly over to her, the brunette sat astride her lap and put her face into her neck and cried. They were still in this position when Jess came back "What's wrong?" She asked lingering in the doorway.
Holly's head came up, she sniffed, swiped her sleeve at her eyes "Come here" she held out her hand but the girl hesitated "it's good news baby, come here" she said.
The thirteen year old gave in and walked over, taking the brunettes hand "Mo... Holly what's going on?" She asked as she was tugged onto the ground.
"Jake" Gail called and the boy tore into the room, landing on the couple.
"We got a call today" Holly explained, she squeezed the girl's hand "tomorrow we go to court and sign the adoption papers"
"Your our mommies for real now?" Jake asked
The blonde grinned and tickled the boy laying across them both "We've been your mommies since you moved in, it's just now you can be Stewart-Peck's too" Gail looked to the girl she considered her daughter the second they'd walked into their lives "If you want to be?"
"I do" Jake said looking up at the women.
"I do too" Jess said
"Really?" Holly asked.
"Yea Mom I do" she said and smiled, the brunette pulled her into a hug.
"What about me?" Gail said.
The girl pulled an arm out and pulled her into the hug "I love you guys" she said softly.
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Another year later...
"Detective Stewart-Peck?" One of the rookies asked as Gail stood looking at the board, the case they were currently working on posted all over it.
"Yes?" The blonde said not looking at her.
"Someone claiming to be your daughter is here" she explained.
Gail spun around "Claiming?" She yelled "I have a fourteen year old, if a teenager claiming to be my daughter comes here shouldn't you bring them to me?"
"Yes Ma'am" she said and left.
Traci chuckled "Don't you think that was a little harsh?" She asked, sitting back in her chair.
"No, is it that hard to believe I'm a mother, that asshole rookie that hits on my wife didn't believe that a call from Jake's teacher last week was legit" the blonde scoffed.
"Ma" Jessica said from the doorway.
"Why aren't you at school?" The blonde asked softy, knowing she wouldn't have left school unless something was wrong.
"Something happened at school" she said looking at the floor.
"I need to check with your brother about some things" Traci said, leaving them to it.
"Hey Aunt Traci" the girl said as she went.
Gail pointed to her chair and Jessica moved over to sit in it, the blonde closed the door "What's going on?" The girl looked up at her then back at her feet, she moved over and squatted down in front of her and lifted her chin "Jessica?"
"I didn't do it I swear" she said with tears in her eyes.
"Hey kiddo, I'm not mad, just tell me what happened" the blonde said as she brushed her hair off her face.
"I was in the bathroom, I heard these girls talking about drugs, when I came out they were snorting it and I went straight to the headmaster but the girls said I was doing it too, they said you guys need to come to the school, I don't do drugs, your a cop for fucks sake, do they really think a cops kid is gonna do drugs, you'd kill me" she rattled "Not to mention Mom, how many times has she told me every single thing that happens when you take drugs, I..."
Gail put her hand over the teenagers mouth effectively silencing her, ignoring the fact she swore "it's okay" she kissed her head and released her mouth "I believe you" she stood and pulled her cell phone out of her pocket, she dialled her wife as she went to move away from the girl, Jessica grabbed her hand and tugged her back pulling her against her "It's okay" the blonde said, she kissed the top of her head again "We'll sort it out"
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"Good afternoon" the headmaster said as they walked in, Gail had called Holly, they'd sat down with Jessica and got her side of the story, now the detective, the doctor, Swarek and McNally were at the high school "Nice to see you again Detective"
"This is Detective Swarek and Detective McNally, they are part of what we call guns and gangs, they investigate the drug problems within our jurisdiction and will take over investigating the drug issue in the school" Gail said.
The woman in front of her frowned "Drug issue, we haven't got a drug issue" she said looking panicked.
"My daughter overheard a discussion and then caught girls doing drugs in the bathroom and when she comes to you, you believe the girls she accused before even considering the evidence" the blonde said.
The other woman looked at the detectives and doctor in front of her "If I could discuss this in private I would appreciate it" she said gesturing to her office.
"McNally and I'll have a look around" Sam said and they walked off.
Once the door closed behind her, the head master spoke "There was no evidence, I had to consider the fact that five girls said she was also doing it"
Holly didn't speak, she pulled her daughters phone from her bag, push a few buttons and held it up, five girls appeared on the screen, the conversation and drug use going exactly as Jessica had described "You see the daughter of a cop and forensic pathologist has the intelligence to gather evidence to back up her claim" the brunette said "That file has been given to the Toronto police and each of those girls have been identified and their parents contacted" Holly said stopping the video and putting the phone back in her bag.
Gail crossed her arms "Next time call us when there is an issue or just maybe hear our daughter out"
"I didn't..." The teacher started.
Holly interrupted her "As I'm sure your aware my mother is the former Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, now if there is found to be a drug problem here and she hears that you accused her granddaughter of taking part when clearly, there is evidence to the contrary, you might find yourself having a few issues" she said.
The blonde stood back watching her wife with a smirk on her face "Is that a threat?" The head master asked.
"Take it how you want, just remember who your dealing with the next time you wrongly accuse our daughter who has been through enough in her short life" the brunette said and left.
"I expect to receive a letter of apology within the next few days or we'll pull our child from this school and make your life a living hell" Gail added and followed her wife.
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"We could send her to a private school" Holly suggested later that night, as she closed the fridge, milk in hand making them tea before going to bed, both kids were in bed asleep.
"I'm just not sure we should keep her there, Sam and Andy found out who the source was fairly quickly but I'm just not comfortable with her staying somewhere she gets lumped in with others just because that woman didn't bother looking into it" Gail said and sighed "She could also get bullied because she turned them in"
The brunette leaned on the bench "We should talk to her about it, let her decide, if she wants to change schools we'll look around, there is a good private school not that far from here" the blonde frowned at her, confused "I looked into them before she decided to go to public school" she explained.
"Oh" Gail said "At least she did the right thing"
Holly turned around and finished making the tea "Covertly filming her fellow pupils talking about and taking drugs?" She chuckled "that's not exactly the right thing but it did work out because it kept her out of trouble" she put the cup in front of her wife "You taught her that didn't you?" She asked.
The blonde picked up the cup and took her wife's hand, leading her into the other room "I only told her if she's in a situation she's not comfortable with to call or get to us straight away and if she thinks what's happening is criminal try to make sure she has evidence before making accusations"
"Not your usual teenage talk" the brunette commented as they sat on the couch.
"We're not exactly a normal family and I don't want to see either of them go through anything bad again" Holly went to speak but Gail stopped her "I know, I can't wrap them up and hide them from the world, I can, however, teach them how to deal with the things that can happen"
The brunette spaced for a second then snuggled into the blondes side "She asked me how we met the other day"
Gail was about to have a drink but stopped, she looked over at Holly "What did you say?"
"I told her its a story we both need to tell her, sometime when Jake's not here" The blonde was still watching her, as her head rested on her shoulder "He doesn't need to know that, not until he's older"
"Can you tell me?" Jessica's voice said from the doorway.
"How much did you hear?" Gail asked and waved her over.
She sat next to Holly who was leaning on the blonde, she shrugged "I could hear you talking about school I was gonna come out but..."
"You heard the rest" the officer added.
"Yea, I'm sorry" she leaned into her brunette mother "Can you tell me how you met?"
The couple looked at each other, Gail nodded "Go up and get in our bed, we'll be up in a minute" Holly said.
After the girl was gone, the blonde tugged her wife over her onto her lap "This wasn't exactly what I had planned tonight"
"Oh yea?" the brunette said sliding her hands over the other woman's shoulders, her fingers slipping into the blondes, once again, cropped hair.
"Well, you going at the Head master today was so hot, I kinda wanted to jump you when we left" Gail explained, she moved in and started kissing Holly's neck "So hot" she mumbled.
The brunette used her hand in the blondes hair and pulled it, so her lips stopped teasing her "Let's go talk to our daughter for a while then we'll see" she got off her wife's lap and headed up the stairs leaving Gail with locking up.
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The three were sitting on the couples bed, their legs crossed, Gail started the story "Your mom and I didn't exactly meet like most couples do, well we did meet at work but not in the way you'd expect"
"Did Mom get busted or something?" Jessica asked and laid down on the end of the bed.
Holly smiled "That would have been a lot easier for both of us" she commented.
"That's for sure" the blonde agreed "I answered a call about a domestic assault, it was your mom who was the victim" Gail reached out and took her wife's hand, even after the years that have past since it happened, she knew the brunette was still deeply affected. She still woke from nightmares, mostly during times of stress but it still happened and there were times when she would get nervous about being left alone. She was still seeing her therapist but only when she felt she needed it.
"Really?" Jess asked "What happened?"
They explained what happened from their initial meeting until Katherine went to jail.
"How long is she in jail for?" The girl asked as they finished their explanation.
"She got thirty years so another twenty five" Gail said.
"Have you ever been shot any other time?" She asked.
Holly gave the blonde a look "I need to use the bathroom" she said and left.
Jess frowned at her mother, not sure what was going on "She doesn't like talking about the times I've been hurt at work, I've had four other concussions aside from the really bad one Katherine gave me and I was shot once in the shoulder" she pulled down the neck of her shirt, showing her the scar.
"I wondered what that was" she said touching it.
"I don't wanna hide anything from you or your brother, your mom worries about me getting hurt" Gail explained and let go of her shirt.
"I think about it sometimes, but I hear you tell Mom everyday that you promise to come home to us, so I try not to" the girl got up and yawned "I'm gonna go back to bed" she leaned over and hugged the blonde "I love you Ma"
"I love you too kiddo" she said rubbing her hand up and down her back.
Holly appeared in the bathroom doorway, Jess hugged her and wished her good night.
Gail got up off the bed and made her way over to her wife "You okay?" She asked once their daughter had closed the door. The brunette nodded, not willing to speak as her voice would betray her "Liar" the blonde said and took both her hands "It's okay, I know it still hurts"
Holly sobbed and moved onto Gail's embrace, the blonde dropped her hands and wrapped them around her "I know sweetheart" she whispered "I'm here, I love you"
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The talk with their daughter had resulted in a rough night for both women, Holly had woken multiple times, twice crying and once almost screaming. Gail hadn't slept, she'd spent the night watching the love of her life. The blonde was up early making breakfast for them all when Jess got up "Morning" Gail said as she put in another batch of pancakes.
"Hey" the girl said sitting at the breakfast bar "Is Mom okay?"
The blonde looked at her, she didn't want to lie "Last night was hard for her, it's hard for both if us, we got each other out of it but..."
"Doesn't mean it wasn't a fucked up situation" the girl finished for her "Like how we came to be with you guys"
"Language" Gail scolded then added "But yes at least something great came from it"
Before anymore could be said the subject of their conversation walked in, she walked over to her wife and wrapped herself around the blonde, needing the contact "I called in a personal day" she mumbled into her shoulder.
"Do you want me to call Oliver?" She offered, she put her hand on Holly's arm that was around her. She felt her shrug against her, the brunette wasn't one to admit when she was feeling weak, she would never ask Gail to call in sick to be with her "Let me finish this and I'll call in" she said. Oliver would understand, over the years they'd taken time off around the anniversary and the blonde was always honest about needing days off work to comfort Holly, he got it.
The brunette nodded against her, she looked over at their daughter "You wanna stay home today?" She offered.
The girl smiled "Are you kidding? I'm a teenager, of course I do"
"Go get your brother up, we'll have breakfast then decide what to do with our day off" Holly said.
The girl hopped off the stool and went upstairs "You doing okay?" Gail asked the woman who was still attached to her and probably would be most of the day.
"Yea, I just need my family today" she said with a sigh "You didn't sleep last night, did you?"
The blonde shrugged "It's okay, not like I'm going to work"
Holly tugged her tighter against her "Thank you" she whispered.
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"You are a cheat, you cheated" Holly said as they came back from their family day out.
"I did not, you just can't handle the fact that I beat you, it will teach you to play laser tag against someone who has been in the police force for nearly ten years" Gail said as she carried their sleeping son inside "Wake him for a bath or just bed?" she asked.
"He could use a bath but just bed, I'll do it tomorrow morning" the brunette said. As the blonde disappeared upstairs, She moved into the kitchen, they'd been out all day, they'd been to the batting cages, bowling, then lunch, after that to the Museum then once they'd had dinner, they'd played laser tag, which Gail and Jacob had won against Holly and Jessica. The teenager had flopped on the couch "Do you want cocoa before bed?"
"Yea" she said back, she was looking at her cell phone, she only got use of it at school and until bedtime "Mom?"
"Yea sweetie?" Holly answered as she moved around the kitchen.
"I wanna change schools" she said.
The brunette moved so she could see her daughter "Has something happened?"
"No, just thinking a new start might be good, then I'm not the kid who got the school busted" she said with a wry smile.
"I'll talk to your Ma, we'll work it out. You can come to work with me during the day until we get it sorted" Holly offered.
The teen yawned and nodded "I actually think I'm gonna head to bed" she got up, gave the phone to her mother, said goodnight and disappeared upstairs.
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Gail appeared about ten minutes later, yawning herself, she sat next to her wife, who was on the couch drinking cocoa "That was a long day" she said with a sigh then looked at Holly "But a good one"
"Yea" the brunette said picking up her hand.
"You doing okay?" The blonde asked as she rested her head on Holly's shoulder.
"I'm good now Hun" she said and kissed her head.
Within a minute or two Gail was fast asleep, the brunette smiled to herself, all those years ago, in that moment when she first saw the blonde through blurry eyes, she never thought she would end up here. Married, two children, house in the suburbs with the beautiful woman who saved her life that day. No matter what they had been through it was all worth it, to have her in her life was worth anything.
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The End.
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I really hope you enjoyed it, if you'd like me to write some one shots with this story please feel free to prompt me on Tumblr bec77broo. I really enjoyed writing this and I hope you enjoyed reading. I do have another Gail/Holly fic started and have started the next chapter to 'What happens' so I should be posting something soon. Thanks again for reading and feel free to send some one shot prompts through for this one, they can be for things after the story or extra scenes within the story. Thanks again.
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