Running his fingers across her tear stained red cheeks; he sighed as she sat up and wrapped her arms around his neck, holding him to close to her like she'd wanted for so long. She didn't know why she'd left but she blamed it on the fact she was stubborn and only wanted to not ruin his life with the fact she couldn't get hers together. Bursting into tears again, she buried her head against his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her, running his hands slowly up and down her back, comforting her.
"It's okay, I'm here now" he whispered into her hair as he continued to hold her close to him. "I'm here Kate and I'm not going anywhere I promise" he mumbled slowly as she looked up at him. Running her hand around his neck, she slowly pressed her lips up against his, enjoying the touch of his lips against hers once more as they sat there in each other's presence forgetting about the rest of the world.
"You shouldn't be here Rick, I didn't want you here Rick because of what I'm doing to your life, I'm ruining your freedom and your life Rick, and you're not spending anytime with your daughter or doing any work" she explained onto his lips as he held her close. "It's not fair on your family Rick, for me to take you away from them for so much time".
"Kate, my family understand and they know how much you mean to me, they would think so much less of me if I wasn't here helping you through this" he declared as he clung onto her hand, bringing it to his lips slowly before pressing his lips against her knuckles. "You didn't call so I had to get your dad's number off Lanie and well he ended up calling me, I wasn't going to come originally I promise, I was just going to call you but he sounded worried I had to come" he explained, knowing that she'd want an explanation to his appearance. "I had to come because I love you and don't want to spend my life without you Katie" he declared, her arms wrapping tightly around his neck as she sighed. "It doesn't matter if you suspend you Kate" he whispered as they both lay down on the bed and his arm wrapped around her hips, holding her close to him.
"My job is all I have Rick, if I lose that I have nothing else in my life, all I'll have is an apartment I hate and a set of foreign films" she muttered, her fingers playing with the bottom of her shirt, stopping herself from looking up at him.
"You have a family now Kate, you have my family" he declared, touching her cheek before leaning down and kissing her gently. "My family adore you and you have them now and you have us, it's not just you and the job now Kate, you have such a bigger life now" he announced before kissing her slowly. "You have friends and a family, your whole life doesn't have to end because you've been suspended for a while, anyway it's not forever".
"I shouldn't have run away Rick, I was afraid of everything" she muttered slowly, her lips pressing against her cheek as they both sighed. Shutting their eyes, they lay there in complete silence, enjoying the warmth of each other's bodies as they remained together. "I'm scared of everything that's happened in my life and everything that is now happening, I lost my mum Rick and I've practically lost my job, I've been attacked and raped Rick and I'm scared of how weak I was" she announced as he sighed and clung onto her, keeping her close to him. "And I'm scared about how much I'm in love with you and how I might lose my job because of something stupid I did and I'm scared that I've become so dependent on you Rick and that one day I might lose you" she announced, a tear trickling down her cheek. Staring at her, he slowly slipped his thumb to her cheek, wiping it away from her skin as she smiled lightly at his touch.
"There's no reason to be scared, it's just another opportunity Kate" he declared as she nodded, her arms wrapping around him as she remained close to him. "Where do you see yourself ten years in the future?" he asked as they lay there.
"I don't know, maybe one day when Roy retires I'd like to take over and have that opportunity and perhaps get married and have some kids" she admitted as she continued to play with his shirt. "I want to have a family Rick, I want to have a life other than just a job" she declared. "I don't want to be a coffee addicted lonely woman forever; I want to have my own children and a husband who will love me forever" she declared, her cheeks going red as she realised how desperate she was to have people who love her around her.
"One day you'll have it Kate and you're going to be an amazing mom" he whispered before kissing her cheek. "Any kid who had you as their mother would be lucky" he declared quickly as she smiled.
"Alexis is lucky to have you as a dad Rick, you're an amazing father" she admitted, a smile appearing on his face as he listened to her. "And if I wanted anyone to be the father of my children, it would be you" she blurted out before rolling over so her head was buried into the pillow, amusement covering his face.
"You want me to be your baby's daddy Kate" he laughed as she hit him on his leg, a smile covering both their faces as they thought about it.
"Yes, my imaginary baby that doesn't exist so shut up about it Rick, this is why I don't tell you anything" she commented into the pillow before he started to tickle her gently, making sure he wasn't touching any of her lasting injuries, laughter leaving her lips as she turned to look at him, the laughter stopping as they stared at each other. Leaning down while she leant up, their lips slowly pressed together as her arm crept around his neck, bringing him down to her. "I love you".
"I love you too" he mumbled onto her lips as she smiled at him, bringing their lips together once more as her hands slipped to the buttons of his shirt, shocking him slightly. He knew she wasn't ready and he knew he wasn't ready to move it there, not when she was so fragile and her attitudes towards him kept changing. "Not yet Katie" he whispered onto her lips. "Let's make it a bit more special than here under the eyes of your mom and dad" he declared, turning to look at the pictures that covered the room. "That's just a little bit odd don't you think, having sex under your parents eyes?" he whispered, a small nod answering him as he sighed and kissed her forehead. "But soon" he promised.