Chapter 28: Reunited

After that day it really did feel everything was starting over, both marriage parties signed their divorce papers and turned them into their lawyers. Destiny didn't even talk to Kevin while Faith tried to talk to Jeremy, but he was still too upset to listen to whatever she was trying to say.

At first Grace was mad at both parents because she didn't want Jeremy to leave them and thought it was her mother's fault because she was letting him go. But then she realized the real story when she saw Kevin around more, which made her more mad at her mother and had more sympathy with her dad. So when her parents sold the house, and her dad moved into a three bedroom condo, Grace wanted live with him.

Eric and JJ were both upset with Kevin and a little towards themselves because they were the ones that thought Kevin would be good for her, but instead he just turned around and stabbed her in the back. Destiny reassured her boys that she would be just fine, and like all the other bad times in her life, she would dust herself off and continue to move on. Her boys really admired her even more than before.

Grissom was more sad than upset, but his feelings had already prepared him on what would eventually blow up in their faces. It would have been too hard to keep on lying to your significant other for the rest of their lives. Two really bad things about this situation besides the obvious, was that one, Sara wasn't there to give them that extra support they needed, and two, the girls could barely be in the same room without them yelling at each other, so they stayed away from each other at any family function, and thankfully Kevin didn't show up to make things worse.

Now a year had past and it was two days before both divorces would become official, the sisters had hardly talked in that time, but least now at parties they had upgraded from hostile to civil, if not for the kids then for their dad because even though it's been a little over a year since they lost their mom, he was still pretty sad, so they each saw him regularly and had the grandkids go over and see him a bit more.

Also in that time Destiny and Jeremy were becoming closer, without crossing that line of course, just enjoying each others company with no tension or the drama.

Now they were sitting at the park eating ice cream, even though it was the middle of December and a week before Christmas, but today seemed to not care because it was warm.

After she swallowed her last bite of her dessert, she looked at him, seeing that he was looking down at his small bowl, so she asked. "You ok?"

He looks up at her with a nod. "Oh, yeah I'm fine."

He gets up and walks to the trash can that wasn't very far from them and tosses the bowl away, she gets up and follows him while replying. "It's ok if you're not. I mean the divorces are final in two days and considering what Faith meant to you, I understand on what your feeling." He nods again and walks over to the railing of the fence that was around the playground.

Honestly he wasn't even worried about that, yeah Faith had meant a great deal to him for a very long time, but he hadn't felt that connection with her in awhile, his heart was beating for somebody else. And even though that somebody else and him had agreed to being just friends for the time being, it couldn't help but beat even harder when she smiled, touched his arm, patted his shoulder, or even when she was just standing near him like she was doing now.

He mentally shook his head, looks over at her as she was looking at him a little concerned, so he gave her a smile. "Really I am ok, yeah it hurts, but I had all this time to prepare, you know." She nods in understanding and he asks. "What about you? It's your divorce too."

"I'm ok, it hurts knowing a relationship is done, but I think we are all in agreement it's a relationship that shouldn't have gotten as far as it did."

Their look had a little more intensity to it as each second went by, but the sound of children playing on the play structure interrupted their moment, so she cleared her throat and watched the kids, reminding her of Mark and Elizabeth.

She mentally sighed while thinking of them, the moment she met those two they had slowly moved into her heart, so six months ago she had signed papers for visitation rights, and since it had been going so well she wanted to raise them as her own and had signed papers to do it.
She hadn't told anybody yet, not even to Jeremy, she just figured she would keep that secret until she gets the call saying her application has been accepted.

Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard his voice. "You have that spark."

She looked at him after shaking her head. "What spark?"

He turns his body so his shoulder is leaning against the fence and smiled. "That mother spark."

She smiles bigger and told a small fib. "Well, I was just thinking about my boys."

"Yeah they are definitely worth smiling about, especially your oldest." He smirks and looks back at the kids.

Destiny chuckles this time. "Because he's yours?"

He chuckles back. "Welll I am just saying..." He trails off.

She then lightly pushes him with another chuckle. "Oh you."

After a few more chuckles, and once they calmed down a bit, he looks at her again as she was looking at the kids again while a thought crossed his mind. "Hey Destiny?" She looks over at him, raising an eyebrow this time as he continued after a second hesitation. "I hope I'm not overstepping of asking you this, but how come you didn't have any more kids? I mean I know how much you love them and I always knew you wanted a big family."

When they had dated all those years ago, before she was pregnant, they had talked about having kids and Destiny was kind of surprised that he would agree to having more than two. He had always considered himself as a family man and he wanted kids, especially having them with the woman he loved.

She sighed and looked down, which he was just about to apologize, but she answered before he did after looking at him. "I did, I do, but Kevin kept avoiding the conversation as long as he could, so unlike my character I gave up on the talk. Although it might have been a blessing in disguise, considering what happened."

"Yeah, but it is kind of a shame, no little girl Destiny's running around."

She chuckles, shaking her head. "I don't think the world would know what to do if there was another me running around."

He smiles with a softness in his eyes. "But it is a thought, right?"

She couldn't look away from his eyes after that comment, but before she could contemplate on what he meant by that, her phone rings, so she shakes her head, gets her phone out of her pocket, saw who was calling, then spoke to Jeremy. "Excuse me for a minute?" Before she walks away from him to sit on the bench while answering the phone.

He watches the children for a little big longer, then turned his body and leaned his backside against the fence so he could watch Destiny. He hadn't meant what he said to come out so soon, but the thought of them having another kid kind came into his mind and couldn't stop the question.

Once she hung up the phone a few minutes later, he saw her look down like she was upset about something, making him want to go over that and comfort her.

He sat down next to her once he got to the bench before placing his hand on her shoulder. "What's wrong?"

She looks at her phone before looking at him. "I had sent papers to adopt Mark and Elizabeth." He gets that warning look, and she nodded. "I know I told you that I wouldn't become attached, but like you just said I have this mother spark and with them it was going overboard." She cracks a smile and he gives her a small smile back then nods telling her to continue. "Anyways I just got a call saying they like what they saw, but there was another couple who saw them and wanted them too. They are a more traditional family with normal jobs. Unlike me, where I can get called in anytime of the day." She sighed and looked down again then finished. "They said they will call me in the next few days to tell me what they have decided."

She wipes a few tears away while he wraps his arm around her shoulders and brings her closer to him, then puts his chin on top of her head and whispered. "I'm sorry Destiny."

He knew how much those kids had meant to her, they even took a small piece of his heart if he was truly honest with himself.

She just nods and lets him hold her, then she pulls back a few minutes later and asked. "Why didn't you and Faith adopt more kids?"

He smiles a little, looks back at the now empty playground and replied. "Honestly, I don't know why, after we had Grace it didn't seem that important to Faith to consider having anymore, so we never talked about it and I didn't want to push the issue." He looked at her again and she was giving him a sympathy look as he finished. "But would I have liked to have more? You bet."

She mentally gasped at the implication of his words toward her, then she mentally smiled and looked down, trying to push those tingling feelings away.

They were suppose to be just friends right now and nothing more until he was sure they were ready. She had been ready for him for a while now, but like she had been doing since letting him go, she was waiting for him, and honestly she would probably wait forever if she had to.

Although, she did have a very strong feeling that this waiting period was going to be ending very soon, and that sent a shiver down her spine, which caused her to shudder and that got him worried, so he pulls her closer to him and asked. "Are you cold?"

"I'm fine, but I do want to get out of here." He nods, gets up and holds out his hand, which she takes with no hesitation before they walked to his vehicle since they took his car around today while hers was at his condo.

As they were walking, he said. "I know the perfect place to get a drink."

Destiny shook his head and replied. "Remember the last time I had drinks? I think I'll just let you enjoy it this time."

He chuckles before asking. "Just one drink, ok?"

She smiled with a nod. "Ok."

He smiles in return, and once they got to his vehicle, he helps her in the passenger seat before he headed to the driver's side so he could take them to the next destination.


The next destination turned out to be his place, so after arriving there and they were in the condo, he tells her to make herself comfortable while he closed the door before heading toward the kitchen.

She hadn't been sitting on the couch long, before she heard his voice, so after turning her head to look at him, she sees a smirk on his face as he was handing her a bottle of water. He then chuckles at the look on her face, then after she finally took it, he sat down next to her while commenting. "Now, don't over do it."

She shakes her head with a smile while opening it, then looks over at him to see he was still smirking at her, so she hits his leg and said. "Oh, shut up." Which only made him laugh just a little big harder as she rolled her eyes while looking away, loving this new but familiar feeling she got every time he looked at her with that smile on his face.

After taking a drink of her water they just started talking about some very good times they shared in the past.

One story led to more stories, and after hours had passed them by, she looked at her watch and saw that it was getting late, so she thought it was time to head home.

She gets up from the couch as she spoke. "I think I should go, it's getting late."

Before he could say anything she was walking by him, but had stopped when he grabbed her hand, making that familiar spark shot through them.

In the next second they both felt the atmosphere changing, he then stands up as she was turning to him, which they were still at a distance, but could feel each others heart beat calling one another home, she looks down a second later, not wanting to see what was in those beautiful brown eyes.

Not wasting anymore time, he uses his other hand and cups her cheek while asking softly. ""Stay with me?"

The whole day he kept feeling this was their moment, which only got heightened when they came into his condo.

He lefts her head up and she shakes her head then whispered. "I can't."

Despite on what she was feeling throughout the day, just like him, she was getting very nervous and said the first thing that came to her head.

"If this is about Grace, you know she won't be back until tomo..."

Destiny cuts him. "It isn't that."

"Then why?" He was suddenly confused on her response, there was no way he could have messed up the signals that bad.

She removes her hand out of his, needing the space before she did something without thinking, and walked over to the fireplace mantle and sees a picture of him, her and Eric, then she turns her back on it to look at him again. "Because I can feel it's starting again, our feelings toward each other are shifting."

He smiles, happy he had been right that she was still on the same page as him, so walks up to her and asked. "And what is wrong with that? Isn't this what we both wanted?"

She nodded. "Yes, but I can't stop thinking that maybe we are still feeling a little resentment to them for hurting us, and I don't want this to be about getting back at them. I am not that kind of person, you know that."

He cups her cheek again while replying. "It isn't. If we wanted to get back at them then we would have both gotten drunk and slept with each other that night. It's been almost a year now, it's about us now."

A tear goes down her cheek and stated a fact. "There isn't even an us, and hasn't been for a long time, at least in that way."

He steps closer, leans toward her and whispered. "Not unless you want there to be."

She pulls her head back to look at him while asking in a serious tone. "You really want there to be?" She had to be absolute sure, this was too important to her.

He smiles, placing his other hand on her cheek so both of them were on each side before replying."I thought I was being clear, but maybe I need to be clearer."

He slowly brings her in closer to him just in case she didn't want him to kiss her, but she allowed his movement, and after what felt like an eternity, their lips finally touched. It has been years since they kissed on the lips, but it felt so right and their hearts were rejoicing as they were finally calling each other home.

Once air became an issue, they pulled back and put their foreheads together as they were breathing deeply while trying to catch their breaths, not only because of the way they were kissing but the emotion and depth behind it.

When they finally got their breath back Destiny whispered. "Wow." It had been a long time since she felt a kiss that went down to her toes.

He kisses her forehead as second later before wrapping his arms around her for a hug as he whispered in return. "I second that." She lays her head on his shoulder and they just held each other, feeling like they were on top of the world.

After a few minutes they pull back, he puts his hand back on her cheek and asked again. "Please stay?"

They look into each others eyes and she knew she could never say no to him with those beautiful eyes looking at her with so much admiration, and she might even say love again, but she didn't want to get to far ahead of herself. And if she was honest with herself she didn't want to go, so she nodded and said. "Yes." He smiles, kisses her on the forehead again, takes her hand and walks her to the bedroom, a bedroom that no other woman has been in.

When they were in the room, he shuts the door while she was walking to his bed, then she sits on it and looks away from him, suddenly feeling very self-conscious and scared. This was far from their first time but she wasn't 23 anymore and she has had kids, her figure has changed since the last time they were together.

She feels a presence next to her and she looks over at him, which he is looking at her concerned. "Are you ok? We don't have to do anything tonight, I could just hold you if you want, or if you're worried about who else has been in here, it's been nobody."

She smiles at his honesty, shakes her head, puts her hand on top of his and replied. "Thanks for telling me that, but no it's not that."

He nods, takes her top hand and kisses while looking into her eyes then replied with that caring voice. "Then what is it?"

She clears her throat before looking down. "Things are different since the last time we were together...I mean I've had kids and I am not 23 years old anymore I might not look..."

She gets cut off when he puts a finger to her lips, and while he lifted her head and turned it to him, he shakes his a little with a smile. "You still look beautiful to me, you always had and always will, nothing is going to change that for me."

She smiles through her tears and nods giving him the ok, he leans toward her, kisses her forehead, her cheeks, her nose, then he pulls back and they smile at each other remembering the first time he did that.

He then leans toward her lips and stops about a breath away waiting for her to make the move, and not even a second later, she kisses him, they pull back after a couple of seconds later, look into each others eyes and knew this was it, their moment was here and neither one wanted to back out now. They had been waiting for this a very long time.

They had their eyes on each other until their lips touched again, and once again they became lost in their own world, just the two of them, their old memories resurfacing, joining the new ones.


AN:They finally made it back together, but is it that simple? Is there another twist or turn coming up? anything can happen. Please review, hope I still have some of you interested.