Alex was driving through the dark streets stretching the speed limits since they were already late. He sighed when they hit another red light.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Jo asked him, crossing her legs to face him. "It's just Stephanie and Jason and they won't be mad if we are a little late," she pointed out.

"I'm not in a hurry. I just don't like red lights," he said. She rolled her eyes.

"Always so impatient," she commented on his behavior. They sat in silence for a bit until Jo chuckled and shook her head. Alex glanced at her quickly before focusing on the road again.

"What's funny?"

"I still can't believe we were about to… do it when we had the babies," she smiled a little bashfully. Alex smirked.

"Well, it's old news that orgasms can kick-start labor, you know that," Alex told her indifferently, shrugging.

"Yeah, I know, it's just… I didn't think that you could actually have sex with two babies in your uterus at 37 weeks," Jo laughed.

"We didn't actually have sex," Alex winked at her. "We did though, the night before," he smiled, remembering it as if it had been days before. He tried to block out the very clear image in his head. Stop haunting me, naked Jo. I'm trying to be a good guy here for once.

"Of course," she replied, smiling at the thought of it. "I can't believe I let you see me naked looking like that," she commented dryly, like she had been having the same image in her mind.

"Horny trumps embarrassment," Alex replied, making Jo laugh. It still didn't make sense that by now, Alex could talk about having sex so freely but not actually do it. He sure was one complicated guy. And she loved him even more for it. "And besides, you were gorgeous," he commented, making Jo blush slightly. They arrived at Joe's and after parking the car they walked in, finding Stephanie and her boyfriend already occupying a booth.

"Hey guys," Stephanie exclaimed, getting up to hug them. "Jo, you look beautiful," she said, "And well-rested," she added.

"Well, I'm actually enjoying my sick leave to the fullest at the moment," Jo laughed and hugged her friend back.

"Jo, this is my boyfriend Jason," Stephanie turned around to introduce her boyfriend. They shook hands and she smiled at his face.

"I know this is awkward," she smiled at him knowingly. "We've probably met before, right?" she asked him good-naturedly. He nodded. "It's fine, don't worry about treating me any differently," she told him. He looked relieved. They got some drinks and small talked for a while, Alex putting a casual arm around Jo while he talked guy talk with Jason.

"So, how's everything going?" Stephanie asked, excitedly.

"Pretty good, actually," Jo smiled at her. "The kids really enjoy having us both at home I guess," she narrated. "Not for long though, Alex is starting work back on Monday as far as I know," she said, leaning herself into his hug. Stephanie nodded.

"You guys are probably bored out of your mind already, right?" she chuckled.

"You bet," Jo nodded theatrically. "I didn't know having so much time on your hands could be that difficult, to be honest!" They laughed together.

"Well, I can't wait for you to come back to work," Stephanie voiced. "It's time, you know, it's been… over a month, right?" Jo nodded.

"I don't know, though," she articulated her cares. "I'm not quite sure how to go back to work," she said. "To be honest I have no idea what I'm doing. The last thing I can remember is messing up constantly because I was an intern. And it was okay for me to mess up. But now I'm supposed to be an attending trauma surgeon. I don't really know how to handle that," Jo mused. Stephanie looked at her, nodding.

"Yeah, must be hard. But you know, you can take it easy. You'll have Kepner following you like a stray and nobody expects you to start back on full terms. You'll get there. You'll just need to take it slow and give yourself some slack. I think you put out the highest expectations to yourself," she reasoned.

"Probably, yeah," Jo agreed, thinking about it hard.

"How's it going with Alex?" Stephanie's eyes twinkled. Jo smiled at her questioningly.

"Anything specific you are talking about?" She asked her skeptically. Stephanie giggled.

"No, not really," she laughed. "I just wanted to get the gist," she said.

"Yeah, we're fine. Taking baby steps, to be frank, but well, better than nothing, right?" she sounded a little exasperated.

"Let me guess, Alex is the one controlling the speed of your progress," Stephanie inquired. Jo nodded. Her friend rolled her eyes.

"He's such a softie. I can't believe him. Acting all tough and hardcore at work but not daring to take a leap at home. He's an idiot," Stephanie ranted good-heartedly, looking over at Alex. Jo smiled at how close everyone seemed. She loved that Stephanie and Alex were actually getting along.

"It's okay. I wish he'd go a tiny bit faster but he will have all the time he needs," she said quietly, not wanting Alex to hear.

"You know, it was you who was in the accident and you who can't remember. Why does he get the slack?"

"Because… he has fears, too. It's not that easy, Steph, trust me. He's really trying. And we made huge progress since we are out of the hospital. I mean, we can even talk about sex now. What do you think about that?" Jo laughed and infected Stephanie with it, making both the guys look at them weirdly.

"Oh, he is such a grown-up, unbelievable," Stephanie commented sarcastically.

"Are you talking about me?" Alex asked gruffly. Jo grabbed his hand that was rounding her waist and intertwined it with her fingers, looking at him cheekily.

"Yes, we are talking boys," she gave him a dramatic look and pulled him in to kiss his lips gently, immediately pulling away again, making him chuckle. "Don't you dare listen to us. Go back to your guy stuff," she grinned at him while he pulled her closer to kiss her neck. Stephanie watched them in surprise. From what Jo had been telling her, she hadn't anticipated them being that close with each other. They almost looked like… like they were completely back to normal.

"I thought you told me the other day that he wouldn't touch you?" she asked a little confused, once Alex had turned back to talk about some Scottish Whiskey he had been wanting to try. Jo sighed.

"Well, I didn't mean it in a casual setting," she answered, a blush creeping over her cheeks. Stephanie caught on quickly and nodded understandingly.

"Oh," she just commented, not knowing what to reply.

"Yeah," Jo just said, letting out a frustrated sigh. "And it's… killing me," she said, chuckling. Stephanie nodded.

"I imagine," she said. "Do you talk about that?"

"Well," Jo tried to find the right words. "We have talked about it before but early on after the accident. And he was saying that he didn't wanna hurt me more and it felt wrong to him that he was touching me because I couldn't remember and the last time I remember him was when I was 'grossed out' thinking about doing it with him. Which actually isn't true and I told him that but he's still insecure. I've been thinking maybe he's scared I won't like it or something, I don't know… or maybe he's scared that… that… I don't know… I really don't know to be honest. However, like this morning we completely casually talked about not sleeping with each other. That was pretty new I must say," she recalled, puzzled.

"You talked about not sleeping with each other? You guys are so weird," Stephanie laughed.

"No, I told him off for teasing me if he wasn't gonna sleep with me anytime soon," Jo explained.

"That is… fair I guess," Stephanie decided. They sat in silence for a while.

"Hey, Stephanie, can I ask you something completely else? I mean… we haven't seen each other for a while and I just… I needed an opinion on something," Jo asked, a little insecure about Alex sitting next to her and the possibility of him overhearing. Stephanie identified the look she was giving her and got up.

"Hey guys, we're empty, getting another beer at the bar," she said, Jason nodding, Alex looking skeptically. Why could he read her so easily? Jo thought to herself smiling. Alex gave her a look but she only shook her head and pecked his lips.

"Girl talk," she murmured against his lips and he sighed. The girls got themselves a second round of beers and walked over to stand in line for the darts vendor.

"What's up?" Stephanie asked interestedly.

"Well, I have a question," Jo said, trying to find the best way to ask what had been bothering her.

"What would you say, if I told you that I had been cheating on Alex? I mean, before the accident," Jo looked at Stephanie, her eyes slits, observing her friend's reaction closely. Stephanie looked taken aback for one second before bursting with laughter, making the people around them look at her. Jo raised her eyebrows anticipating an answer. Stephanie tried to calm herself before looking at Jo incredulously.

"I'd tell you, I'm not in the mood to get punked tonight," she said, sincerity lacing her voice. She took a swig of her beer, not breaking the eye contact. "And also, if you wanted to punk me, please, be original and think of something more plausible," she said. Jo sighed.

"Alright," she said after a second. "Not the reaction I was expecting but okay," she giggled softly.

"No, seriously, Jo, what the hell are you talking about? And why are we talking about this again?"

"Well, Alex told me about Elliott," Jo began, waiting for a reaction. Stephanie nodded, waiting for elaboration.

"I thought that might be where this was coming from," she said. "I wouldn't have thought, though, that you might jump to thinking you had an affair," she admitted.

"I didn't really. Just for a few moments. It was just… Alex didn't tell me about it right away and it just… it seemed like this big mystery and he didn't wanna tell me and Elliott was always there… so I kept coming up with possible reasons for it and that was one of them," she explained. Stephanie nodded again.

"Alright, sounds reasonable. Sometimes it's not that easy to follow your thoughts because for us it's hard to imagine not knowing some things. So, yes, now that you've clarified your thought, I get why you might have thought that. But believe me, you wouldn't be able to cheat on Alex," Stephanie calmed her. "At least not the Jo that I know. I know I told you before but you are madly in love with your husband," she said. "And also, you are a real charmer when it comes to adultery," Stephanie added with a hairy look on her face.

"How so?" Jo asked, surprise showing in her face.

"Well, as much as you really despise commenting on other people's lives and decisions… we kind of had some incidents at the hospital where we heard about some people cheating on their partners… and you were… well… very opinionated about that," Stephanie tried to reconstruct the story without going into the details. Jo raised her eyebrows.

"Oh, was I?" she asked rhetorically. There was a short laugh between them.

"Could you imagine yourself cheating on Alex?" Stephanie asked more concerned now thinking about the possible origin of Jo's question.

"No, not at all. That was my problem as such. I couldn't have accepted the fact that I would have because… I just… no… I wouldn't do that… but then I didn't think Elliott would stalk me either…," she stated, making Stephanie nod in agreement. "Imagine that hadn't happened like it did and I had still been groping for reasons and I had come up with Elliott stalking me even though it wasn't true… try imagine the eyes Alex would have given me then…," she smiled. Stephanie chuckled.

"True, I didn't ever think about that," she said sighing. "Your life must be so crazy right now, learning all that stuff and trying to distinguish true from imagined," she realized slowly. Jo nodded. "I'm amazed how well you are doing considering," she complimented her.

"Well, I'm really trying," Jo said. "But then again, I seem to have built myself a wonderful life. It's perfect. I have Alex who loves me unconditionally it seems. I have the twins who are the most beautiful creatures I have met in my life. I have a successful career it seems, a beautiful house, expensive cars, amazing friends," she looked at her sincerely. "I think it would be an exaggeration to be uncomfortable with that life," Jo concluded. Stephanie smiled.

"You do look very happy," Stephanie agreed.

"Speaking of which," Jo nudged her friend. "Tell me all about your boyfriend," she looked at her in anticipation. Stephanie smiled over at the guys.

"He's… he's perfect. He really is. We've been going out for a year now and he's… well, he's perfect. I wouldn't have thought I would ever be able to date someone who's not a surgeon as well," she chuckled.

"Oh, he's not?" Jo asked, wondering. "How does that work?"

"Well, he's a research assistant, so he is acquainted with the medical world. He logs a lot of hours, too. And he's so considerate and resilient and he's just… he's making my life a lot easier," she concluded.

"Well, that sounds awesome," Jo squeezed her friend's upper arm. Stephanie smiled at her gratefully.

"You know, it wasn't easy for me to find my way through residency," Stephanie admitted making Jo look up from her beer. "I didn't have someone like Alex," she started. "I didn't have anyone much after Jackson dumped me. I mean, I did hook up with guys, you know, I just… I missed having the stability of a relationship, the support and the back-up. I was constantly scared that my history with Jackson would eventually cost me my spot on the program which was complete bullshit but that I didn't realize until way up in our 4th year or something… so, I had a few hard years. But then I met Jason and he took some of my fears. He's… I mean… he's…," Stephanie tried to describe her feelings, looking at Jason with glimmering eyes.

"Do you love him?" Jo asked her cautiously. Stephanie looked over at her, pondering. She took a deep breath.

"I do," she said eventually, a small smile playing on her lips. "I do love him," she said. "I didn't think I would in the beginning… but I… I just fell for him and couldn't help it," she explained.

"Well," Jo nodded, knowing the feeling all too well. "That's what love is about. You can't help it. You just fall and can't stop it," she smiled at Stephanie.

"I'm so glad you made it out okay, Jo," Stephanie voiced, a little unsure. "I wouldn't know what to do without you," she said. Jo smiled trying to hide her burning eyes. She was so glad she had found a friend like Stephanie.

"Are you guys having a moment?" Jason startled them, putting his arms around Stephanie and kissing her cheek, making her blush. The guys snickered. Jo turned back watching Alex stride towards her, smiling at him. He hugged her side, nuzzling his nose in the crook of her neck. She closed her eyes and enjoyed the moment. Then she opened them back up and looked at Alex lovingly. His eyes were burning holes into hers and she could feel goose bumps covering her body. She gulped not breaking the gaze. Alex's thumb was painting circles on her hip and she could feel his staggering upper body pressed up against hers. She had completely suppressed their whereabouts for a moment. Her eyes fluttered close when he bent down to kiss her, softly, longingly.

"Alright, you two, stop making us all feel uncomfortable with all that palpable desire going on between you two," Stephanie interrupted their moment rudely. "You go get yourselves a room if you need it that bad," she continued, making them both blush. She laughed. "And now you feel self-conscious, really? You guys are adorable," she said mockingly. "Do you wanna play darts?" she asked them, both nodding happily.

They had some fun for a while, having a laugh about one thing and the next, teasing each other for sucking at the game and teaming up against each other, first girls vs boys, then couples challenging each other and lastly switching partners, concluding that romantic partners might not be perfect for each other in winning a game together. Everything was so easy and casual, Jo felt like this was truly working out for her. She had been dreading to think about the fact that her amnesia might never change to the better but watching her friends and husband joke around and have a good time, she could only think how lucky she was and that she would be fine, no matter if her memories got back or not.

"Remember that one time when we played darts interns vs residents/attendings?" Stephanie held her stomach from laughing too much. Alex who had just taken a sip from his beer almost spit it out, laughing and nodding. Jo and Jason looked at them curiously. "That was hysterical," Stephanie tried to breathe.

"Yeah, for you maybe," Alex commented, taking his turn and scoring 110 points. Jo looked at him, acknowledging his well-executed shots.

"Do tell," she said, watching Stephanie giggle in amusement.

"Well, it was during our… hm… wait, when was that?" she turned to look at Alex who shrugged dismissively. Stephanie turned back to Jo, rolling her eyes. "What year of residency did you guys get married again?" she asked her, frowning.

Jo looked back at her, bemused. "I have no idea," she said, giving Alex a pointed look, trying actively to make him feel uncomfortable about the fact that he wasn't coughing up a whole lot about their romantic history. He looked at her soberly.

"Um…," he tried to recall the dates. "You started your 5th year of residency after we came back from our honeymoon, I believe," he turned over to Stephanie. "Does that sound right?" Stephanie nodded appreciatively.

"Yeah, that makes sense. We were in our last year and the new interns had just come in and it wasn't anything official going on but lots of people from staff came down here that one night and we had quite some fun. We had decided to play darts, interns vs attendings/residents," Stephanie started the story, trying to get her laughter under control.

[October 2016]

Jo had had a long day and one of her long-time patients had died on her watch which had devastated her. Even though they had anticipated a downward trend with the patient's health, his untimely death had shaken her. She knew Alex was still in surgery, so she tagged along with Stephanie and Ben who were headed towards Joe's. It was packed in there that night and it seemed like there was a lot of fun going on. She could make out Hunt, Grey, Kepner and Avery in one booth, interns crowding around the darts vendor and nurses and other staff members throughout the bar and at the tables. She raised her eyebrows at the scene. "What's going on?" she asked Stephanie who just shrugged her shoulders. Callie Torres and Arizona Robbins had just come in behind her when they tried to take a seat somewhere.

They walked towards the bar and got their beers and watched the on-goings merrily. After a second round of beers, they saw how the interns had slowly creeped towards the attendings' table and talked to them now. The attendings all seemed to laugh about something. She just wanted to turn back when Avery gave her a shout out. "Jo," he called, waving her over. She looked at him dismissively but walked over towards their table when Grey motioned for her to get closer as well. "The interns wanna challenge us in a game of darts," Jackson explained, making her raise her eyebrows. "Do you wanna play on our team?" he asked and she could see how his competitive side had overcome him. She chuckled.

"I suck at darts," she just replied, wanting to make her way back to the bar.

"We all do," Grey looked at her sympathetically.

"But they can't know that," Torres stared at her with a threatening gaze. Jo grinned.

"Oh, what the hell, let's show them who's the boss in here," Jo exclaimed, making the attendings laugh and get up. Stephanie strolled over to them and joined their team while Ben had met Bailey at the bar and seemed to be in deep conversation with her.

"So, who's on the other team?" Jo asked April skeptically.

"Um… How should I know all their names if you don't?" Her mentor looked back at her, annoyed.

"Um, because you are the one always preaching about how every intern is a person and it makes them succeed if you treat them like it," Jo told her mockingly, making Torres laugh.

"You go, girl," she cheered her on. Everybody laughed.

They played several rounds and Jo had had at least one too many beers, having the time of her life, laughing until her stomach started hurting when she saw Alex and one of the interns enter the bar from the corner of her eyes. She still felt the butterflies flutter inside her guts whenever she saw him. She smiled slightly, before taking another turn in throwing the darts.

"Not bad, Wilson," Robbins cheered for her team member proudly. Alex had gotten a beer and strolled over to stand with Jackson and chat whereas the intern tagging along after him had socialized herself with her fellow female interns on the other side. Jo watched them look at Alex intensely before breaking out in giggles.

"I swear this year's batch seems more ridiculous than any of the last ones," Grey commented quietly, only for them to hear. Jo smiled slightly, shaking her head.

"You know there's already a betting pool within the interns of who'll score with Karev the soonest," Torres turned around to inform Jo. She raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"Oh, really," she said, grinning and waving at her dismissively. "I'll be keen to find out who that'll be," she winked at Grey who smiled at her good-naturedly. Alex who had been engrossed in the conversation with Jackson hadn't noticed anything, sipped at his beer and glanced over at his wife who was winking at him cheekily. He smiled, turning back to Jackson.

"How did it go with your intern today?" Jackson asked him meaningfully. Alex sighed.

"Well, could have been worse. She was… nervous. But all in all she did what I told her and barely messed up. Just like any other intern," he informed the fellow board member. Jackson nodded.

"I swear, this year's batch seem dumber than the last ones," he commented. Alex rolled his eyes.

"We always say that and you know it's not true. I mean, they're all idiots but we only think they're more stupid than last year's because we get to see their stupidity over and over and over again," Alex reasoned rationally, making Jackson look at him mockingly.

"Since when did you become such a reasonable superior?" he chuckled. Alex shook his head.

"Shut up," he took a drink of his beer and smirked.

Jo who had decided two beers ago that she was way wasted and had just flunked her shots at the dartboard, turned around towards Stephanie and murmured, "I think it's time to claim my territory." Stephanie laughed and turned around, watching the interns still sighing for the attending. Jo made her way over towards Alex and surprised him in putting her hands around his neck and kissing him full on the lips. When she pulled back, he stared at her skeptically, trying to hide a smile.

"How drunk are you?" he asked her, slightly pushing her off of him, giving Jackson an exasperated look who just threw his hands in the air commenting about how he had nothing to do with how drunk Jo was. They chuckled. Jo stood before him, nodding exaggeratingly.

"I'm wasted," she told him, making him shake his head and snicker.

"Yeah, I can see that," he said, turning back to his conversation with Jackson. Jo walked back to where Stephanie was standing and looked at her expectantly.

"You should have seen their faces," Stephanie burst out laughing. "They were all like… what is she doing? And then they gave you this distasteful all-over body check," she laughed. Jo chuckled, rolling her eyes. They finished the round and cheeringly took the win back home. Callie Torres was out of her mind excited, ordering a round of shots for everybody but the interns. They chuckled. It was a good evening. They all sat down, shattering all over the bar and chatted some more before people started leaving for the night.

Alex had just gotten up and walked over to the bar to retrieve another round of beers for him and Jackson and a water for Jo who had had way enough, when he could feel a hand sliding up from his ass to his sides. It definitely wasn't Jo's, he could tell. He turned around and looked at the person, startled. It was the intern whose name he had forgotten but had scrubbed in with him that day. He looked at her in surprise, speechless. When he didn't say anything and just gave her big eyes, she leaned in and kissed him. He pushed her away immediately, staring at her weirdly. The crowd around the table quieted down a little, one by one noticing the scene.

"Um, excuse me," Jo looked at the intern incredulously. The girl looked back at her with an annoyed face. "What do you think you're doing?" Jo asked, half skeptically, half not being able to hide a grin.

"It's none of your business," the intern said cockily, turning back to Alex who looked at her with a mixture of amusement and vicarious embarrassment on his face and walked by her back to his chair next to Jo.

"It sure is my business," Jo replied testily, feeling Alex's hand squeeze her thigh in an attempt to calm her down. She wasn't mad but she couldn't believe how bold that intern was.

"You do know that Dr. Wilson and Dr. Karev are married, right?" Meredith spoke up, trying to hide her laughter as well. They all watched the intern's face falling gradually, losing all expression, making wide eyes at them, a shade of deep red covering her everything. A hand flew up to her mouth and she started running towards the bathroom, deeply embarrassed. The people at the table burst out laughing, everyone pretty much trashed. Jo turned round to look at Alex and made a point of wiping his mouth with her sleeve before kissing him. He pulled her closer, squeezing her waist lovingly, before breaking the kiss.

"You are too drunk for your own good, you know that?" Alex assessed sighing. She chuckled.

"Yeah, and I'm tired," she said. "Take me home?" she asked him, giving him her innocent deer eyes. He smiled at her genuinely and nodded.

"Let me finish my beer real quick, alright?"

[Back in 2019]

Jo burst out laughing at the story they had just told her. "Wow, that is really embarrassing," she commented, making the other ones nod. "So, they actually didn't know that we were married?" Jo asked the other ones. They shook their heads.

"Seems that way," Stephanie answered. "But to be honest, I never asked," she admitted.

"Wow," Jo sighed. "I would never have dared to even look at an attending while I was still an intern," she voiced, making Alex and Stephanie give her patronizing looks. "No, you know what I mean, guys," she said. "It wasn't like that with us," she said, trying to convince them. "I would have never gone over to Alex even though I might have been… attracted to him… and just kissed him. I mean, who does that? And in front of every other doctor in this hospital it seems? In front of the chief of surgery?" she looked at them incredulously.

"I think Lloyd actually thought that when you kissed him and he reacted a little gruffly, you know, pushing you away because you were drunk that you were doing the exact same thing. You know, just trying to 'seduce' an attending. That may have even encouraged her, since he had pushed you away," Stephanie explained her view of the story. Jo mulled that over in her head and realized that she might have had a point with that. Then she chuckled.

"Yeah, but still, this is ridiculous behavior…," she concluded, Alex nodding at her.

"You don't say," he just said, throwing his darts.

"By the way," Stephanie looked at Jo, bemused, pointing to a girl sitting at the bar. "That's the one," she chuckled. Jo turned around seeing a mid-twenties doctor sitting at the bar with some other colleagues she guessed, turning around quickly when they saw who was looking at them. Jo smiled.

"How's that workplace relationship going?" she asked rhetorically. Stephanie laughed.

"Well, I think she's ruled out Trauma and Peds pretty early in her career," she snorted. They finished up their game and drinks and called it a night soon after, both couples going their separate ways.

When they arrived home, they released Lauren off her duties and went to bed quickly. They lay side by side, both staring at the ceiling before Jo started to giggle. Alex looked over at her in amusement. "What?" he asked, wanting to share the good mood.

"Oh, nothing," she said, turning around to face him. "Just replaying the story in my mind," she confessed, still laughing quietly. He smiled. "I honestly think if I ever did that I would have never in my life dared going back to that hospital," she mused. Alex snorted.

"Remember that time when Hunt felt you up?" he looked at her in anticipation. Jo remembered clear as day, still embarrassed about the situation and letting her hands fly up to cover her face.

"Oh God, that was so awful," she called out, laughing, infecting Alex.

"Yeah," he said. "You went back to work the same day," he pointed out. Jo looked over at him mockingly.

"Well, but it wasn't my fault he did it," she defended herself. "If anything, he should have resigned from Chief of Surgery knowing what he had done to me," she said, cockily. Alex snickered. They lay in comfortable silence for a while before Jo initiated another topic.

"I really enjoyed tonight," she admitted, looking over at her better half. "It feels good to go out sometimes, seeing other faces, laughing about other people's stories," she said, her eyes twinkling. Alex nodded, agreeing to her statement.

"I told you back at the hospital you were gonna get sick with seeing us all the time at some point," he told her knowingly, winking at her. She smiled.

"I didn't say that," she corrected him. "I enjoyed being with you just as much as with Stephanie and Jason," she said, grabbing for Alex's hand to entangle their fingers. "I just can't see the insides of this freaking house anymore," she chuckled.

"Yeah, I can't wait for both of us to go back to work, to be honest," he chimed in. She smiled back at him. "And I promise," he tried to soothe her, "you're going to be just fine."