******3 weeks later as well******

Emily walks into Kelly's and smiles to herself when she sees Nikolas sitting at the counter drinking coffee. She walks up behind him and slides her arms around his waist and rests her chin on his shoulder. "Hello there, sorry I'm late for lunch." She says.

Nikolas puts down the paper and turns his head when he feels Emily's arms slide around his waist. He smiles and turns around on the stool to face her. "Oh, its alright. I wasn't waiting that long anyway." He says as he rests his hands on her hips lightly. He smiles and leans forward and lightly kisses her lips. "So, do you want to stay here and eat? Or go somewhere else?" he asks as he looks at her.

"Let's stay here. I haven't been here to eat in a while and I'm missing the food." She says with a smile. She pulls away from him and they walk over to a table and sit down. "So, my mom told me that Elizabeth got out of the hospital today. And guess where she is staying?" she asks with a big grin on her face.

Nikolas lifts his head and looks at Emily with an eyebrow slightly raised. "Where?" he asks with a slight smile.

"At Jason's!" she says smiling.

Nikolas sits back in his seat and smiles as he shakes his head. "You're really happy about them two aren't you?" he asks her.

"Happy? I'm ecstatic!" she says with a laugh.

Nikolas grins. "Have you been to see her yet?" he asks.

"No, I was thinking of just letting her get settled in at Jason's place and then maybe going to go see her this weekend. My mom said that Jason was in the hospital visiting her almost every other day." She says smiling as she picks up her menu. "I told you that they would be a good couple." She says.

Nikolas smiles and picks up his menu. "So you did."

A few minutes later the waitress comes over and takes their orders and takes the menus from them before walking away. Nikolas sits back in his seat and looks over at Emily. "Have you talked to your parents about moving into the cottage?" he asks her.

Emily looks up at Nikolas. "Yeah, I have. They said that they aren't too crazy about me moving out but they'll support me in whatever I do." She says with a smile. She leans forward and reaches her hand out to Nikolas. "I'm glad that they gave in so easily."

Nikolas smiles and rests his hand in hers on top of the table, lightly rubbing his thumb over her knuckles. "So am I." He says, just as their food is brought over.