When they left the conference room both Jubal and Maggie went to their desks to gather up their things so that they could head home. The others had already left for the evening, Maggie assumed that their run in with Rina made her miss saying bye to the team but part of her was a little happy about that as it meant that she didn't have to hide the fact she was waiting on Jubal. When she gathered her things she headed to Jubal's desk who was just putting on his jacket
"You ready to go or do you have to speak to Isobel before we leave?"
Jubal turned smiling when he heard Maggie's voice "I can go, Isobel apparently wasn't lying about seeing the Deputy Director she has a meeting with him, but I do want to go somewhere before we go home, or I can drop you home and then go"
Maggie walked alongside Jubal as they made their way towards the elevator "No it's okay I'll come to the prison with you, I can wait in the car while you go in and tell McMay the good news"
Jubal looked at Maggie raising his eyebrow "How did you…"
Maggie laughed softly "I'd like to think that I know you well enough now to sometimes know what's going on with you and I know you won't relax at home until you go and give Cory the news"
Maggie stepped on to the empty elevator when it opened with Jubal stepping on right behind her, she leaned against the back of the elevator as she watched two of the newer analysts ready to step on with them but Jubal put his hand up to stop them
"You guys can grab the next one okay?" The analysts didn't even consider the idea of arguing with Jubal, they stepped back nodding their heads as the elevator doors closed.
Maggie raised her eyebrow looking at Jubal "Why would you not.." But Maggie was cut off before she could finish as she felt Jubal's lips against hers. It took her a second to catch up with what was happening before she was deepening the kiss and wrapping her arms around his neck as she felt his arms around her waist pulling her closer to him.
Jubal broke the kiss but kept his arms around Maggie's waist holding her as close to him as possible and lay his forehead against hers "I didn't think you would want them to see me kiss you like that" he smirked against her lips chuckling when she slapped his arm playfully.
"And what exactly did I do to deserve that kiss while still technically at work" Maggie spoke while letting her fingers play with the hair at the nape of his neck
"I've wanted to kiss you like that from you were leaning over my shoulder with coffee for me" he didn't see any point in denying it "and then you show up with clean clothes for me, food and stood by me when we had an unwanted visitor so it's been very hard to not just kiss you properly in the middle of the JOC"
"Well I thank you for the restraint you have clearly shown then" Maggie teased him playfully before she moved one of her hands from his neck to his cheek "But we have almost closed the case and then it will be just you and me at home tonight so we can make up for lost time the last few days"
"I think you underestimate how much strength it took to show that much restraint.. The thought that you might actually shoot me if I did may have also helped" Jubal laughed softly before stealing a quick kiss from Maggie before reluctantly having to step back from her as the elevator doors opened at the basement car park "Let's go close this case so that we can go home"
Maggie couldn't shake the smile from her face as she followed Jubal to his car, this man kept surprising her with how affectionate he could be and also with the risks that he was taking at work to show her that affection. This case had been long, tough and emotional especially with bringing up Jubal's past as she could tell how much he had struggled but they had come through it the other side even stronger than before.
Jubal drove them to the prison with some of it passed in comfortable silence, he had so many thoughts running around in his head, the main one was that he really didn't know what he had done to deserve the trust and love of the woman sitting beside him. He knew the Rina incident could have gone so differently but Maggie's love in him had her standing by his side, defending him and their relationship and not letting anything or anyone come between them. He was even more determined that he was going to show Maggie that he would fight for them no matter what happened, she was his future.
Maggie had sat in the car while Jubal had gone in to tell Cory McMay the news that he would soon be leaving prison as they had caught the real killer. She had told Jubal to take his time as she knew that Cory may have some questions for him about everything. Maggie was more than happy to wait in the car for however long it took and she was glad that she had gone with Jubal as she could tell that a weight had been lifted from his shoulders the minute that he got back in to the car.
The journey home seemed so much shorter as Jubal was chatting about his talk with Cory, Maggie could tell that it was something that he needed to do so she was more than happy to listen to him and input her thoughts when it was needed. When they had gotten home to Maggie's apartment they grabbed dinner, showered and changed in to comfortable clothes. This was how they ended up curled up on the couch with the tv on watching some silly show that neither of them were really paying any attention to.
Jubal was laying on his back with Maggie curled in to his side resting her head on his shoulder her hand on his chest, he wondered if she noticed that her hand always found it's way to lay over his heart. He was about to ask her when his phone rang "I love our job but can this please not be work related" Jubal reached over lifting his phone and seeing Sam's name he answered it straight away as he hadn't been expecting a call from her
"Hey Sam, is everything okay?"
"Mummy, what do I press so that I can see daddy?"
Jubal chuckled softly when he heard Abby's voice on the phone instead of Sam "I can do it from here sweetie"
Maggie was laying close enough that she could hear Abby's voice, she went to sit up to give Jubal time alone with his daughter especially when she asked for FaceTime but Jubal tightened his arm around Maggie looking at her"Stay" Maggie nodded and lay her head back on Jubal's shoulder with him resting his cheek against the top of her head
Jubal held his phone out and tapped to change the call to FaceTime and they both laughed softly when all they could see was Abby's hair "Sweetie I need you to move the phone back a little so that we can actually see you"
"We?" Abby moved the phone a little holding it with both her hands so that she could see them and they could see her "Maggie! You are at home with daddy? You look comfy"
Maggie couldn't help the large smile at hearing Abby's excitement at seeing her "Hi Abby" Maggie lifted her hand to wave at the little girl "I am and your daddy makes a great pillow" This made the young girl giggle "But I can give you time with your daddy alone if you want?"
Abby shook her head smiling "NO stay!" Jubal laughed at his daughter's almost squeal but it made him so happy that his daughter wanted Maggie there as much as he did.
"What's up Sweetheart that you wanted to see me and not just call?"
"I have something to show you" Abby was almost bouncing in her seat with excitement "Mummy said we could send a picture but I wanted to really show you and not just a picture of it and it can't wait until the weekend.. That's tooooo far away"
Jubal laughed softly at his little girl as the weekend was only two days away but he did love seeing her so excited "Is mummy or Tyler there to help you show us?"
"I'm going to help her dad" Tyler smiled moving to stand behind his sister so that Maggie and Jubal could see him as he waved at them
"Hey Buddy" Jubal smiled as both he and Maggie waved at Tyler with Maggie saying 'Hi' to him as well "Are you ready to show us?"
"Yes!" Abby almost squealed with excitement, both adults laughed softly as the phone must have fell as all they could was the ceiling and hear some noise until Abby appeared back on the screen, Tyler was now holding the phone as Abby showed a Christmas card "I got to colour Santa and Rudolph in at school but look…" She turned it around to show the back "Daddy, it has my name on it! And mummy said we can send it as our Christmas card, we buy them from school and the money goes to help other little girls and boys…Will you send one to Aunty Jenny and your friends so that we can help?"
"You coloured that in all by yourself?" Jubal smiled looking at his daughter who's head was nodding so fast "It's so good sweetie.. You know I think Aunt Jenny would really love this" He had remembered Tyler having to do this at school as well but it was filling his heart with so much love that his little girl was so excited and that she wanted him to buy and send them so that they could help other kids.
"Mummy needs to know how many you need, I have to tell my teacher tomorrow" Abby was still holding the card and couldn't stop smiling
"Hey Abby, you think that I could get your dad to get me some so that I can send them to my brother, sister, mum and dad?" Maggie kept her attention on the little girl on the phone screen as she could hear Jubal's breath catch, she knew that it was because he knew it was a huge thing that Maggie wanted to send this to her family.
"You want to send my card to your family?…. You think they'll like it?" Abby seemed a little a shy as she looked back at Maggie on the screen while Jubal tightened his hold on Maggie trying to bring her even closer to him
"They will love it Abby but only if you are okay with me sending it"
"Yes! Daddy you have to share with Maggie" Abby was trying to sound grown up and serious talking to her dad
"I promise that I'll share with Maggie Sweetheart" Jubal chuckled softly "When you both say goodnight I'll talk to mummy about getting me enough cards okay?"
Tyler moved so that he was back in the screen with Abby, both kids and both adults waved as they said their good nights "Give the phone to mummy buddy and I'll see you both on Saturday"
The screen went dark while Tyler was clearly handing the phone over to his mother and Jubal hit the button to turn off FaceTime but not before Sam managed to catch a glimpse of the way that Jubal and Maggie were curled up together. Jubal started to run his fingers through Maggie's hair slowly while talking to Sam on the phone as it was keeping him calm and relaxed, he told her that he would pick up the cards on Saturday morning when he was picking up the kids.
When he hung up the phone he leaned over setting it back on the table and he wrapped his arm back around Maggie kissing the top of her head "Thank you for staying on FaceTime with the kids and for making Abby so happy"
Maggie tilted her head so that she could look at Jubal and she lifted her hand from his chest to his cheek caressing it gently with her thumb "Honey you never have to thank me for any of that, you know that I want to be involved with the kids as much as you are all comfortable with. And I meant it, my family will love the card from Abby, I can promise that it will be on their fridge's even after Christmas"
Jubal looked at Maggie with so much love as he brushed her hair gently behind her ear "You have no idea how much that means to me though Mags, you want to make the kids a part of your family Christmas, I know that's a huge thing for you and I don't take it lightly"
Maggie smiled softly keeping her eyes on Jubal as she spoke "Jubal, you are a huge part of my life and I want you to be a part of everything in my life which includes my family. The kids are a huge part of you and they are both amazing kids so I certainly do not want to hide them from my family. Are you okay with me sending them the cards?"
"Okay with it? Mags I'm more thank okay with it, I'm pretty sure you heard my reaction, I love that you want to send Abby's card, I love that you got so excited for her, I love that my daughter got so excited when she seen that you were here with me and I really do love you so much"