It had been a week since Paige opened up about her past to Walter. Neither of them could stop thinking about the kiss they shared. She remembered falling asleep in his arms and feeling peaceful.

Her body tingled as she recalled him tracing circles on her palm as she dozed off. Her memory felt like a dream; part of her wasn't sure if it had really happened.

What she didn't know was that Walter hadn't slept at all that night. It wasn't because he was uncomfortable; his heart was racing too fast for him to fall asleep. He spent the rest of the night with her head on his shoulder. He just stared at her and took in the moment.

He wasn't analyzing the situation, or running calculations in his head. He was just living in the moment. Walter considered it one of the only times in his life where he truly felt normal.

Since that night, Matt had returned home and things at Scorpion were beginning to fall back into their normal rhythm.

Lately however, there was something else on Walter's mind. He couldn't stop thinking about what Paige had told him… something didn't feel right.

Walter was sitting at his desk with his mind running on full speed when Paige found herself leaning against the wall staring at him. Her thoughts were cut off when Toby walked over and joined her.

"What happened with you and Walter?" Toby said as he lightly nudged Paige in the side.

"What?" She replied, knowing she was a bad liar. "Nothing."

"The reddening shade of your face tells me otherwise." Toby tipped his hat towards her as he gave her a mischievous smile.

Paige avoided eye contact, which told Toby everything he needed to know.

"Wait, you and Walt did what?" Happy quickly approached the two as she caught wind of the conversation.

Sylvester followed, now he was curious.

"We didn't do anything." Paige lied again; she didn't want to spill before her and Walter decided what to do about their encounter.

"Yeah right." Happy chimed in.

"My bet is they shared an intimate moment." Toby said in a fake-romantic voice.

"Yup, that's probable." Sylvester added.

"What? Why is that probable?" Paige was curious if everyone knew about her feelings for Walter.

"Well, you two have been through a lot together. He has a connection with Ralph, which is important for any relationship a single mother gets into. Not to mention you both have been walking around with hearts in your eyes for the past week, not literally of course. Oh and-"

"Okay, okay," Paige cut him off, "I get it, I'm crappy at hiding my feelings."

"You both are." Toby stated before he and the other geniuses left Paige to her thoughts.

His words caused Paige to blush as her mind went back to their kiss.

"Mom." Ralph looked up at Paige. He didn't say anything, he just held up his wrist and let his mom read the time.

"Oh, we better get going!" Paige exclaimed as she realized that Ralph had to get to school. "We're off!"

Ralph went to say goodbye to the others as Paige once again found herself staring at Walter.

Walter caught sight of Paige staring at him. They shared a smile before they heard Cabe enter through the side door.

"I'll be back soon." Paige said as she and Ralph headed outside.

"See ya later kiddo." Cabe called out.

As the door shut, Walter stood up and walked over to Cabe.

"How much do you know about Paige's past?" Walter questioned.

"Everything."

If Walter had been better at reading people, he would have noticed the expression that momentarily passed Cabe's face; he was showing signs of guilt.

"I need you to do something for me."

"What's that?" Cabe questioned.

"I need you to look into something."

"What do you need me for? You have a room full of geniuses who could dig up way more than me."

"I can't ask them because they don't know about Paige's past. And I can't do it myself because they'll find out if I use the software here."

"I can try, what is it?" Cabe's face stiffened.

"Paige told me about the fire, and something isn't right about it."

Cabe still didn't respond. Walter took that as a sign he needed to further explain himself.

"She said that a police officer told her that an electrical shortage caused the fire. But there's no way that he could have known that without having an investigation conducted. And there's no way an investigation happened yet because the fire was still burning."

Walter was confident that there was more to the story, and he needed Cabe's help to figure it out.

"Maybe she remembered it wrong," Cabe said in a professional voice, "It was a traumatic experience. She might just be confused."

Walter was confused by Cabe's impersonal response.

"No, that's not it. She has vivid memories from that night. There's more to that fire than she realizes."

Cabe furrowed his eyebrows but didn't say a word.

"I'm going to figure out what really happened."

"Don't."

"What?"

"Just let it go Walter."

"Let it go?" Walter asked with anger lacing his voice, "I'm not going to let this go. What aren't you telling me?"

Cabe didn't respond, which only infuriated Walter.

"Cabe!" Walter's voice caused the other members to look towards the duo.

Cabe grabbed Walters arm and pulled them out of earshot, so the others couldn't listen in.

"You can't go looking into that fire Walter." Cabe's voice was stern.

"Why not?" He wanted, rather he needed to know.

"It's not safe for anyone involved."

"What are you talking about?" Walter folded his arms in front of his chest.

"Listen, son, if you go looking into this before it's time, you could be putting both Paige and Ralph's life in danger."

Walter held his lips together in his classic frustrated facial expression.

"What do you mean by 'before it's time'?"

Before Cabe could reply, the door opened and Paige entered.

"What did I miss?" She asked with a smile on her face.

"Nothing at all." Cabe replied as he returned the gesture and headed towards the rest of the team.

Walter didn't know what to say; he couldn't lie so he just stared at her.

"Is everything okay?" Paige asked with concern lining her words.

Walter just nodded his head and stiffly followed Cabe's path.

Paige followed with confusion seeping from her every feature.

A/N: So… what did you think!? I will try to get the next chapter posted by the weekend!

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