Spoilers:The term spoilers only apply to revelations about unaired episodes. All aired episodes become part of the canon, and thus I allude to them without warning. This piece begins at the end of the final episode of the sixth season.

Liaison de Congrès

Scene Two

After leaving Marty, Amy and Bruce strolled along the paths outside the Capitol Building. The flower beds were a profusion of spring colors, and camera-toting tourists sporting jeans and tee-shirts mixed with conservatively clad politicos who had escaped from their offices to enjoy the first signs of summer. Amy paused, raising her face to the afternoon sun, reveling in its warmth.

"It's been a long, long winter."

"Oh yeah," Bruce agreed, thinking of her engagement to David, the loss of their baby, the incarceration and death of Graciela, and his increasing estrangement from Amy.

"Did you think we'd ever get through it, that summer'd ever arrive?"

"'This, too, shall pass,'" Bruce quoted. "I knew we'd get through it. I just didn't know where we'd be when we got there."

"So where are we?" Amy stopped and looked directly at Bruce.

"At an intersection of sorts, it would appear," he replied lightly. They had progressed toward Maryland Avenue, only to find themselves between two large buildings. "If you remain a judge, who knows, you just might make a place for yourself in there." Following his gaze to the right, Amy looked up at the Supreme Court. "You won't get there by way of the senate." Then he angled his head, indicating the Senate Office building on their left. "You may have to choose, you know." Somehow Amy didn't think he was just referring to her professional aspirations.

To be continued…

Acknowledgements: Thanks as usual to Soylent Gringa, who reads everything I write and lots of stuff I don't. Special thanks to my husband, who watches Judging Amy with me every Tuesday; his ear has helped me improve the dialogue and excise the clichés. His patience is especially commendable as he thinks fanfic is rather silly.

Disclaimer: Judging Amy and it characters are the property of Barbara Hall/Joseph Stern Productions, in association with CBS Productions and Twentieth Century Fox Television. I wrote this story to explore a few possibilities and intend no copywrite infringement. only.