Ty shook his head and pulled her towards him once more. This time he kissed her hard and passionately, running his hands through her hair as he ravaged her mouth with his tongue. It was a long kiss and when he pulled back Bay was flushed and breathless. He looked at her face and smiled.

"Now that answers my question."

"Wow!" Was all Bay managed to say.

She sat on "her" chair and looked at Ty properly for the first time. Something was different. Then she saw it and smiled.

"Your leg. It's not hanging from the ceiling anymore."

"It's not. And the cast is gone."

Ty pulled back the covers and Bay glanced at the complicated looking metal contraption surrounding his leg.

"It looks painful." She said.

"It's incredibly painful, but they might discharge me next weekend, so thinking about that makes me forget the pain."

"Next weekend?" Bay flashed a 1000 watt smile "So I can take you home with me?"

"If all goes well, yes! You might want to start dusting the guest house."

"Oh Ty! The guest house is out of the question now. I told my father we're dating again and he has decided to park you right next to his bedroom."

Ty raised an eyebrow.

"Oh?" he said

"Yes. Apparently our house has principles."

"And those principles don't include me making love to my beautiful girlfriend incessantly?"

Bay felt a tug in a special place. She blushed.

"I guess not. However looking at you, I think we have some time before that happens."

"Now that is an incentive for me if I ever heard one."

"We always have my studio, except last time I had to lay on the floor because there's not even a sofa" Bay said absentmindedly.

She realized as soon as the words were out of her mouth what she had said and she raised her hand and covered her mouth. Ty's face looked thunderous.

"Ty, I'm so sorry. I don't know what made me say that."

Ty shook his head.

"Geez Bay. I really shouldn't be this angry at you. It was all my fault after all. But I am and I can't stop thinking about it. I just see these images of you and him naked in bed and it kills me."

"I know Ty and I'm sorry. I want you to understand what happened better. You always had a special eye for my art, maybe this will help."

She stood up and walked to the door where she had dropped the paintings in her rush to get into Ty's arms. She unwrapped them and carried them towards the bed. She placed one on the ground and turned the other one around so it was facing Ty.

"This was me when I hooked up with Emmett."

Ty looked at the painting and felt tears stinging in his eyes. Bay saw it and smiled. She knew that he would understand instantly. If there was ever someone who had gotten her art down to a T it was Ty.

"I'm sorry Bay."

"I was in a bad place Ty."

"I can see that now."

Bay turned the other painting around and showed it to Ty.

"This is me now. I painted it Thursday after we spoke and got back together."

Ty took in the second painting and smiled. Bay was holding them next to each other and gave him a few minutes to take it all in.

"It's beautiful. They both are, although the first one is terrifying at the same time. I get it now, Bay."

"I knew you would."

"You don't have any feelings for him."

"I don't and what happened was a mistake. And Ty…we didn't…. You're still the only one I ever did it with."

"I'm hoping it will stay that way for a really long time, Bay." He squeezed her hand.

"So do I Ty. Can we close the Emmett chapter now?"

"I think we can."

Bay leaned over to kiss him and felt her phone vibrating. She looked at the message and her eyes clouded over briefly. Ty looked at her and took a deep breath.

"She's here isn't she?" He asked in a low voice.

Bay's heart went out to him when she saw his face.

"Yes. Ty…I'm so sorry."

"Yeah, I know. Let's get this over with then."

"I'll collect her from the barrier and bring her here. Then I'll go and have a stroll with Regina. I'll be back in two hours or so, ok?"

"Ok."

Bay placed her hand on his cheek.

"I love you Ty. If you need me to come just call me."

"It'll be fine Bay. I'll see you later."

Bay gave him a kiss and made her way down to the hospital entrance. She felt her heart pounding in her chest. She approached the barrier and spotted Sofia immediately. Bay smiled at her and Sofia stepped forward.

The first thing Bay noticed was the long straight black hair, which was a carbon copy of Ty's. Then the cheekbones. The similarities were undeniable. Sofia took off her sunglasses and Bay gasped. She actually had green eyes. The end effect was stunning and had Bay stop in her tracks.

"Wow! You're beautiful."

Sofia flashed a smile. Of course it was perfect as well.

"Well, thank you! You must be Bay."

"You look like a model." Bay was still stunned.

"I've been told that. Unfortunately I'm not tall enough, so being a Nurse it is."

"Listen, Sofia, I think I have done nothing but apologizing in the past few days and I realize that I turned all your lives upside down. It wasn't my intention and I hope everything works out."

"It's ok Bay. It was a shock. A big shock. On the other hand it might answer some questions I've had all my life."

They reached Ty's door.

"I'll leave you two alone now."

"Thanks Bay."

Sofia stepped into the room and stood at the door. She looked at Ty and gasped.

"You look like Marco."

Ty looked at her and was overcome by emotion. He'd never had any family before and he was not expecting this reaction he was feeling. She looked like him, it was undeniable and now she was telling him he looked like her brother, his brother. He cleared his throat.

"Please have a seat."

Sofia walked over to his bed and sat on the chair. They looked at each other in an awkward silence. Sofia looked at his leg.

"That looks painful."

"It is. Very!"

"So you're in the Army?"

"Yes, for the past two and a half years"

"Ok"

"And you're a Nurse?"

"Yes. I just started six months ago and I'm working crazy shifts in order to make money to support the three of us."

Ty nodded.

"That must be hard."

"It is."

They sat in awkward silence again. Ty ran his hand through his hair.

"I'm sorry to hear about your parents."

Sofia's eyes teared up and Ty was horrified.

"I miss her so much. Not him…! Ty, he was a horrible man."

"Oh?"

"I can't imagine how you must feel after what he did, but my entire life I wished for nothing more than for him to walk out on us."

Ty gulped. This was not how he had expected the conversation to go.

"Can you tell me more?"

"If you really want to. He was an abusive drunk who spent all the money my mother earned on alcohol. He would abuse her and us and he cheated on my Mum all the time. She tried to kill herself three times."

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"Believe me, this is not my place to say this, but you were better off without him."

She wiped her eyes and Ty closed his.

"Listen Ty, I'm so happy to meet you and I want you to meet Laura and Marco. I didn't tell them yet, because I didn't know how you would feel about it. We don't have any family left besides you."

"I'd like to meet them."

Sofia smiled. They were silent again, but it was less awkward this time.

"Tell me about them" Ty said.

Sofia laughed.

"Ah, where to begin? Marco is 14 and he looks a lot like you. I'm bracing myself for a lot of trouble in the next two years. When Bay called and said she was my brother's girlfriend I nearly choked. He has that heartbreaker quality about him and I'm sure that I'll be chasing away the girls pretty soon. He never studies and I get called to the school a lot. He's a good kid though, very focused on tennis. It's his life. I'm sorry that I don't make enough to put him in proper classes, but he plays at school and when he's home he's constantly batting the ball against the wall. It drives me insane! His head is in the right place though, he doesn't hang out with the wrong crowd either and that is what would worry me the most."

Ty smiled.

"Sounds a lot like me I'm afraid."

"I think he would benefit from meeting you. He suffered the most from the death of our parents. Our father would go easy on him with him being a boy and all that. He really misses a male figure in his life."

"I'll be glad to meet him. What about Laura?"

Sofia rolled her eyes.

"Laura kind of lives on another planet. She's blonde, you know? Our mother was of Swedish descent and Laura got the Nordic gene. All she wants to do is read and study. She's very pretty, but she has this most awful way of dressing. Very bohemian! Long skirts and lacy shirts all done up almost to her mouth. She's so smart! I'm hoping that she gets a scholarship somewhere. She makes some money with helping kids with math and science and chemistry."

Ty raised his eyebrow.

"Sounds like an interesting character."

"Yes, she certainly is. I wonder what she will do when she meets you. Probably look down with her glasses pulled down the bridge of her nose, say hello, and walk back to a textbook."

Sofia paused and looked at Ty.

"Do you want to see some photos?"

"I'd love to."

Sofia rummaged in her purse and took out an envelope. She removed four photos from it and passed three of them to Ty. He gasped when he saw the first one. It was Marco holding a tennis racket and grinning foolishly into the camera. He looked a lot like him. His hair was long, kind of what his had been like when he was a teenager.

"He does look a lot like me. I used to have my hair like that before all of this."

"Well good thing you have it short now, as I would've had a heart attack if I'd seen you with the same hair."

Ty smiled and looked at the next photo. This was Laura, just as Sofia had described her. She wasn't smiling and looked up from a book like having her picture taken was a major hardship and an unnecessary interruption. She was pretty, although Ty had the impression that she tried very hard not to be.

The third one was of the three of them standing in front of a small house that looked a lot like the one Ty had been living in in East Riverside. It was definitely not Mission Hills, but Ty could tell they were happy.

Sofia was looking at Ty and holding the fourth picture in her hand.

"Ty…I don't know if…"

"It's him, isn't it?"

"Yes"

"I don't want to see it. It'll only ruin the moment. He's gone anyway."

Sofia nodded and put the photo back into her purse.

"You're welcome to keep them."

"Thanks. Do you want to go and grab something to eat? I would love for you to meet Bay and it's been two hours so she'll be back soon."

"Does this place have room service?" Sofia asked with a wink.

"It doesn't, but I can get out of bed."

He started lifting himself and Sofia reached over to help.

"It's ok, I can manage."

"Yes, but with my help you'll manage better. I'm a Nurse in case you've forgotten."

Ty gave in to her and in no time she had him on his feet. She handed him the crutches. He reached for his phone and texted Bay that they were heading down to the cafeteria and she could join them.

They settled at the table with their sandwiches and Bay and Regina joined them a short while later. Regina hugged Ty and shook Sofia's hand. Bay introduced them.

"Sofia, this is Regina, one of my Mums."

Sofia looked confused but quickly recovered and smiled. Bay and Regina left to get some food and Sofia turned to Ty.

"Funny, looking at Regina I would never have guessed."

"Guessed what?" Ty was confused.

"That she likes women."

"What?"

"Bay said she was one of her mothers."

Ty laughed loudly just as Bay and Regina were coming back. Bay looked surprised.

"What's so funny?"

"Regina has just been labeled as a lesbian." Ty said.

"Oh?" Regina said surprised.

"The way you introduced her Bay, made Sofia think you have two mothers." Ty replied.

Bay blushed furiously and Regina laughed. Sofia looked very embarrassed.

"Well Bay, before you give Angelo a heart attack, you better start explaining."

They settled around the table and Bay told Sofia about the switch. Sofia took it all in without batting an eye. When Bay had finished Sofia looked at her with a serious expression.

"I guess all of us have had it a bit rough. I'm so happy to meet you all though."

Ty smiled.

"I'm happy to have met you as well."

"So, where do you go from here?"

"I hope to be discharged next week and will stay with Bay for a while." Ty took Bay's hand.

Sofia looked at them.

"I thought you were…it doesn't matter."

"We got back together a few days ago." Bay said with a smile.

"I'm happy to hear that. I'll drive back home now and I'll break the news to the rest of our family. Do you think you'll be able to drive down to Tulsa one of these days?"

"I'm sure that can be arranged." Bay said.

"It's just that my schedules are really complicated at the moment."

"We'll try and do it soon." Ty said.

He got-up and Sofia walked over to him and hugged him. She looked him in the eyes.

"You know what I've wanted all my life Ty?"

Ty shook his head.

"A big brother."

Ty smiled and hugged her back.

"Well, it seems like you have one now."

It was almost five by the time Sofia left and Regina decided to go back to the hotel to make some calls to clients. Bay went with Ty to his room. He looked exhausted from being on his feet for such a long time. It took him a while, but he finally managed to get settled. Bay was about to sit on her chair, when she saw Ty move to the far side of his bed.

"Bay, don't sit. Lay with me for a bit."

Bay smiled and carefully made her way onto the bed. Ty put his good arm around her and she rested her head against his shoulder. He ran his face through her hair and she turned her face towards him. He kissed her gently on the mouth. Bay carefully ran her hand over his chest.

"Ty, we're going to be ok."

"Yes. We will."

I hope you like the new chapter. It was very hard to write. There will be only one or two more chapters in this story and it sure has been fun to write. Your reviews helped me along immensely so a big thank you to all of you!