"You know I think I should call George's parents and tell them that this isn't a good time, Danny is still in the hospital and I should really be there with him, he was poisoned and he almost died…" Emma said as she finished getting here, George's family had arrived last night and she along with Harry was now going to meet them for some quality family time. Although Emma was trying to find a way to get out if it even if that meant using Danny who had been hospitalized earlier in the week because of gas poisoning.

"Em, Danny is fine and you know it otherwise you wouldn't have left the hospital and you know that you avoid this, these people have flown across the country to come and see you and Oz, so you have to go." Steve replied with a small chuckle as he made his way over to where Emma was sitting at her dresser and placed his hands on her shoulder. "C'mon are George's parents really that bad?"

"Yes and no, it's just that they've really liked me and then it got worse for obvious reasons given that they blame me for their son's death and I don't like dealing with them at the best of the times, especially by myself. It was so much easier when George and Ollie were alive." Emma rattled.

"How the hell do they not like you?"

"I'm not the kind of girl who they imagined welcoming into their family, George went to the best schools that money could buy and I went to public schools, then a state college on scholarship and when I went to Harvard I was a job whilst I had financial aid. George came from old money whereas I came from working class parents; his dad is a CEO and my dad if a firefighter. We came from two ends of the social spectrum. And don't get me started on what they think about me working in the D.A'S office…" Emma replied as she put earrings on.

"So his entire family are snobs? Is that what your trying to say?" Steve questioned with a small frown.

"No, George's brother and sister aren't all but his parents on the other hand are and they just see me as that average looking girl who manage to convince a rich guy to marry her. George wasn't into all that elitist stuff like his parents were and that's how the problems started…" Emma snorted in bemusement. "But they are Harry's family. George put up with mine, well he liked mine but you get my point. I'll go and out up with Tim and Louise for a few days, play the dutiful daughter in law and smile even when they are criticizing me for part time nanny, moving from D.C to New York and then Hawaii in the space of three years…"

"Average looking? They said that you were average looking?" Steve questioned, still slightly hung up on that part as he was taken by surprise that someone would call Emma average looking, when she was far from that. He thought she was gorgeous and he wasn't ashamed to admit in the slightest.

"Don't forget the gold digger! I always liked that one, but don't worry Steve it's fine I can deal with the little snide comment and digs." Emma chuckled.

"They're crazy your far from average Emma, you are absolutely beautiful."

"My self esteem thanks you for that, I may need you to remind me of that whilst I complain about how deluded I must have been to agree to spend time with Tim and Louise but thankfully Kim and Peter will keep me from losing all my sanity…" Emma slowly said trailing off when she picked up two small objects from her jewellery box. Her rings.

"Are you going to wear them?" Steve asked looking over Emma's shoulder to where she was holding her engagement and wedding rings in her fingers.

Emma slowly put the rings down before turning around in order to face Steve. "I'm not married anymore so I have no need to wear them, I keep them more for sentimental reasons than anything and I plan on giving Harry my engagement ring when that day, very far in the future comes when he meets a girl who he wants to marry. But my wedding ring? I can't let it go, I buried George with his and apart from Harry it's the only thing I have that symbolizes our marriage."

"You don't have to explain this to me Em, I get it… In a I've never been married but I understand where you're coming from kind of way." Steve offered which caused Emma to laugh.

"I'm going to tell them about you, well not today but some point during their visit." Emma announced and she watched the wearily look that quickly spread across Steve's face.

"Em I don't know about that, I don't think you want the boat to rock more than it already is…"

"Tim and Louise are already unhappy with me so me telling them that I'm in a relationship isn't going to change much, maybe just make them even more unhappy with me but that's totally irrelevant. I'm not ashamed of you Steve so I'm not going to hide the fact that I've moves on. They can't expect to put my life on hold and remain by myself for the rest of my life. I was twenty eight years old when I was widowed and that is an incredibly young age to have a young son and a dead husband. I loved my life but I moved on for the better and I wouldn't change what I have now as I live in what is practically heaven on earth, Harry is happy and healthy, growing by the day. I have family here as well as friends, then I have you. If George's parents can't deal with that then they'll have to suck it!" Emma stated as she stood up from her seat.

"Suck it, huh?" Steve asked in amusement.

"I'm happy, I can get away with saying things like that."