A/N: Hello people, I once again wanted to thank you all for reading. Also I wanted to thank all the assholes who keep writing nasty reviews about my story as guests. I would like some criticism instead of reading things like "It's shit." If you want to help me at least tell me what's wrong. (E.g. the plot or my writing style). For others I just want to thank you for being there and reading. Thank you for keeping me writing.

"I've missed you so much big brother." Cheered Elaine hugging her older brother.

"I've missed you too, sis." Said John and hugged her. Then he let her go and walked up to his parents. "Father, mother." He said hugged both of them.

Nathalie watched the happy family by the gate of their yard. They lived in suburban area of Glasgow in a nice two floor house. After a long four month tour around Russia and Middle East with constant missions sometimes that sometimes lasted weeks and there weren't any days off between them the team got a two week vacation. Nathalie and John agreed to visit their families together because they wanted to celebrate a year that they knew each other.

For the first week they went to see John's parents and younger sister. Nathalie felt a little awkward just standing there by their luggage watching them greet one another. If only she had a family like that. It made her smile that they were so happy. John turned around to look at her and smiled. He was used to seeing her in her regular soldier uniform and when she was wearing a dress and wedges with her hair and make-up done she looked stunning and it made him fall in love with her even more.

John walked up to her put his arm around her waist. "This is my girlfriend Nathalie. I told you about her last time I came over." He said and gently led her closer to the family. John sensed that she was nervous and could feel her heartbeat get faster so he kissed her forehead to make her feel more confident.

"Hello. I'm Elaine." Said his younger sister and pulled Nathalie into a strong and warm embrace.

"Hi." Said Nathalie and smiled.

"Okay, enough. You'll have plenty of time to torture my love over the week we stay here." Said John pulling his sister away from Nathalie.

"What do you mean torture? I am the nicest person ever." Complained Elaine.

"This is my mother Kate and my father Adam." John introduced his parents to Nathalie and they greeted her. His father had a little stern expression but Nathalie didn't react so much as her own father used to have such expression most of the time.

They gathered at the table that was set up for the whole family. John offered Nathalie a chair and sat down next to her for support. He took her hand and smiled at her knowing that his parents will ask her about everything and anything that came to their minds. They began eating and Kate casually started asking Nathalie questions. "So where are you exactly from?" Was her first question.

"Um, I am from Russia though my mother is from Britain and I moved to live in London." Nathalie answered trying to be as honest as possible. There was no need to hide anything as John knew everything about her past. Well almost everything.

They seemed shocked at her answer especially the father. The only one who seemed content was Elaine. She smiled and asked "Do you speak the language? It sounds so damn cool."

"Yes, I speak fluent Russian."

"Awesome. Can you teach me?" Elaine kept going until she heard her father clear his throat. It all fell to a little awkward silence until John's mother asked again. "So, who are your parents?"

"I don't have parents. My mother died when I was younger and I don't know my father." Nathalie told them leaving the part of actually knowing her father out. No need for them to know he was a Russian terrorist.

"Sorry to hear that, darling." Said Kate and Nathalie just shrugged her shoulders. Silver noticed that the more John's father knew about her the more of disliking her had towards her. He was hesitant to eat any of his food and was just holding his drink staring at her with contempt. Adam looked at his wife and nodded towards Nathalie.

"Well, don't take any offense but that's some nasty amount of scars on such young lady, don't you think? What happened?" She said carefully not wanting to hurt Nathalie's feelings in any way.

"I got hurt in the battle field." Nathalie answered without going into any more detail about it.

"Battle field? What the hell a woman is doing in the battle field? Going around pretending to be a soldier?" Were the first words Silver heard from John's father. Nathalie almost choked drinking water at his words.

"Father, please knock out of it." Said John trying to stop his father from making any more comments on the subject.

"Knock out of what?" Asked Adam putting his glass on the table in a very angry demeanour. It looked more like her was trying to smash the glass through the table into the ground. "I am here to tell you the truth. Throughout your life all you did was make wrong decisions and I won't let you make another one."

John couldn't stand his father's words anymore and stood up from his seat. "Stop making everyone feel bad because you made wrong decisions and hate your life." He raised his voice and only realized what he said when the words escaped his mouth. "No offense to you, mother." Kate nodded.

"I don't hate my life, but you will if you keep the relationship. A woman in a battle field is a burden. What will you do when she gets hurt? Drop everything and go save her?" Adam jumped up from his seat and started shouting at his son. "Even then, you are not with a woman, you are with a soldier. She will never be a good wife nor bear any children to you. She will be a soldier running back to fight at any time given..."

Before he could even finish shouting at his son Nathalie burst out in tears and lifted herself out of her seat. She just turned around and rushed outside of their yard walking down the street. Once again life brought her down. The situation was a mess, she was a mess, and overall her life was a huge mess. John deserved someone better and she just couldn't listen to anyone telling her that it was truth. John needed someone a lot better than her; without emotional baggage, dark past and dark secrets, someone who knew how to love him right.

"Nathalie, wait." She heard a soft voice behind her and turned around to see Elaine jogging after her. "I apologize for what my father said."

"No need to. He is right. John needs someone better." Said Nathalie turning her back to John's younger sister.

"Now that's some bullshit. If my brother makes a decision it is bound to be right one." Elaine caught up with her and gently put her arm on her back. "Want to go to a bar and just discuss everything? You can tell me more about yourself and I will tell our mom. I doubt everything is as bad as you think."

Nathalie nodded and they walked around the town for a while in complete silence. Silver tried to dry off the tears and lighten up which was easy in Elaine's company. She looked like a very warm and bright person Nathalie immediately felt better. When they settled down at the outside tables by the bar with drinks in their hands Elaine began their conversation, "So what got you to tears? I believe that he touched a sore spot since tough soldiers don't just break in like that, am I right?"

Nathalie nodded looking down at the glass of scotch. "Your father was right at some point. I will never bear any children for John if we continue our relationship." She shook her head at the thought and took a few gulps of the whiskey and continued. "Technically I could bear a child if I could get pregnant. I don't know what the issue is exactly since my hormones are stable and there is no other known sickness that could affect it."

"So you are infertile?" Asked Elaine and Nathalie nodded. "Does John know?"

"That's what the doctors say. The possibility of me getting pregnant is small and close to non-existent. And no. We've never talked about it or our plans for future." Answered Silver thinking about the situation. "Usually the plan is just to survive the day without any major injuries. That's life of a soldier."

"Must be tough." Whispered Elaine. "And I know it's not my business but the marks on your body are not only from battle..." She continued with a careful tone trying to approach her without making her burst out in tears.

"No." Said Nathalie and finished her drink. "I did many bad things to my body. Tried to kill myself." She made a pause trying to come up with something to make the conversation a little more cheerful. "Everything changed when I met John. I have never been so happy and loved ever in my life. He brought so much light into my dark world."

Elaine smiled and asked the passing by waiter to refill their drinks. She took Nathalie's hand and stated. "You did much more to him than you believe. For the first time I saw my brother so happy and crazed from love when he was looking at you. You are the first one John looked at like this. He basically have gave his heart to you."

Nathalie smiled at John's sister and tried to hold back tears of mixed emotions from spilling out. She felt so many both positive and negative feelings it was hard to contain them.

"I have never thought I could love anyone but your brother proved me wrong." Laughed Nathalie.

"Oooh, that is so romantic. Maybe you have a brother that could prove that to me." Said Elaine dreamingly but soon started giggling. "Though I'd be willing to date anyone just to annoy my father."

"I don't have a brother. And why do you want to annoy your father so much?"

"He's so controlling, I hate it so much. When we were growing up he never let us do what we wanted. John basically left home against our father's will to join the military. And I fought him for many years to be able to study medicine. He always wanted me to be a lawyer."

Nathalie smiled at her. Everyone went through some kind of struggle in their lives; some struggled more, some less but it was undeniable that life was never fair. Silver wanted to show some support to Elaine and stated, "You did a right choice. I studied medicine to be a nurse myself, it was worth it. Don't give up."

They spent a couple more hours talking and boozing before they went home. It was late when they reached the house and the parents were already sleeping. John was sitting in the kitchen with a bottle of beer just reading something on his phone when he heard the girls come back home. Nathalie took off her shoes and went upstairs to the room that Elaine told her to go. They had quite a few drinks and Nathalie needed to sleep it off. She saw her bag in the room she entered. It wasn't decorated too much and she assumed that it was John's room many years ago before he left home for his military service. Nathalie opened her bag, took out her sleepwear and changed into it before she laid down on the bed.

It was warm but Nathalie pulled the blankets over her legs. She felt somewhat safer when she was hiding under the blankets. No matter how much she tried to push away all the thoughts and start snoozing she couldn't. His father hated her while her father hated John. It was a terrible situation, Nathalie couldn't even think of introducing her own father to John. It would be more than just a mess at the dinner table like earlier that day. It was bound that someone's blood would be spilled if the two of them met.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the door to the room open. Nathalie sat up in the bed and saw John close the door behind him. He looked tired and a little frustrated. The events of the day weren't pleasant and he really wanted to rest but most importantly he wanted to make sure his love was alright.

"I talked with Elaine. She told me about your condition." He began walking up to the bed. John sat down as close to her as possible and kissed her forehead. "It doesn't really matter whether we can have children or not." He whispered to her softly and began stroking her hair. "My feelings to you don't change. I still love you with all my heart, Nathalie. I love you."

Nathalie felt tears forming in her eyes once again and she leaned closer to John wrapping her arms around him. "I love you too, John." She whispered to him and he smiled at her words. They went through a lot during the period of one year but managed to stay true to each other.

John didn't even bother taking of most of his clothes and just laid down with his love in his arms. "The only thing that matters is us." He whispered to Nathalie who was listening to his heartbeat.

The next couple of days went quiet because John's father refused to talk to any of them. Kate, John's mother, on the other hand took a liking to Nathalie who helped with cleaning and cooking. She might be a soldier but Kate saw her soft and feminine side. Nathalie knew how to be helping and caring even being a fighter. The fact that Elaine liked Nathalie also helped John's mother to get used to her presence.

On the last day of their visit John took Nathalie out for a walk. It was just the two of them and she couldn't describe how happy she felt walking around with John hand in hand. Soon John took a sharp turn and walked into someone's yard.

"Where are we going, John?" Nathalie asked confused.

"It's a surprise." He said and pulled her forward. They walked around the house to see another fenced area and a guard dog sitting in front of it. John smiled and crouched extending his arm towards the dog. "Seth, come over here, old buddy." The dog got up and walked closer to John wagging his tail. He liked John's face and sat down next to him.

"John. How are you doing?" Dog's owner walked out of the house with a smile. "And who's with you? A girlfriend, perhaps?" The man was older than John but seemed younger than his parents. On his arms were visible scars of dog bites. He was skinny and shorter than John but seemed healthy.

"Yes, that's my girlfriend. And hopefully a future owner for one of your puppies." He said gently patting old dog that he called by the name Seth. John stood up and turned to Nathalie. "I wanted to gift you a Staffy puppy on birthday but you know how the circumstances were. My friend here is a Pit Bull breeder and well he agreed to let you pick any pup you want."

"Wow. Thank you so much." Said Nathalie surprised.

"No need to thank. I owe John a bit and it's a good way to pay back." Smiled the breeder and walked towards fenced area. "If you want to you can walk inside." He opened the gate and Nathalie walked in to see a bunch of small puppies running around. She walked around looking at the puppy behaviour and smiled at the sight of a blue coat pup. "This one." She said and picked him up.

"Well, grandpa, another puppy is leaving your yard." Said John to Seth who barked in response.

"Hey there, Blue." Greeted the pup Nathalie taking him out. "We will be going on a journey of a lifetime."

Blue gently looked up to her and licked her neck in a way to show affection. She laughed at the tickling sensation as she walked closer to John. He put his arm around her waist and kissed her on the cheek. MacTavish smiled at the puppy that was happy to be close to Nathalie. He smiled and said "Our family's growing."