There was only a few moments of silence in the car before Jubal was breaking that silence as he ran his thumb across Maggie's hand gently

"You sure that the conversation with Sam hasn't made you want to just run?"

Maggie knew that the conversation was bothering Jubal, it made her feel even better now that she hadn't given away anything about how he was coping with the stress from the last two weeks. She knew that Sam was protecting the father of her children but it did feel a little awkward with the conversation

"I promise you that it isn't making me want to run. Was it a little awkward? Yes. I mean I know she's going to still care about you, you were married and have two kids together, but asking me about how you were coping with the stress at work, did she really think that I was going to tell her anything?"

"With Sam, yes. She has always struggled with the fact that she didn't know every part of my life or me, but she shouldn't have asked you that. If she was really worried about how I was coping she should have asked me. She should have also asked me not you about you drinking around me. That is none of her business, I get that she may be concerned but that's our business not hers"

"It did feel a little like an interrogation at times, but I'm putting it down to her being concerned about you and who will be around the kids. I did see shock flash across her face when you said about us going home and that neither of us flinched at that thought. You sure that Sam has no feelings there?"

Maggie wasn't sure how Jubal was going to react to her question but if he was going to be honest with her then she had to do the same with him. She knew that his sobriety required honesty from both of them. Jubal wasn't surprised by Maggie's question as he had noticed the shock expression on Sam's face at his words, he squeezed her hand gently keeping them resting on his thigh

"Sam isn't used to seeing me with anyone else, I haven't introduced her to anyone before or even told her names I don't think"

"No you haven't shared names with her"

Jubal raised his eyebrow "So she told you that too then huh?" Maggie nodded keeping her eyes on Jubal "You sure you don't want to run?" He laughed nervously as he really wished now that he hadn't left Sam and Maggie alone

"I'm still not running, don't worry I'm not going to disappear in the middle of the night on you, if it was too much I would tell you straight up here and now"

"Well Sam was being truthful I didn't tell her about anyone since her and I got divorced, I mean she knew I was dating, and we did fight over it because she had introduced me to a couple of guys before Alan and she thought that I was lying to her. I was trying to explain to her that I just didn't feel right introducing her to any of them. I'm always going to have love for Sam as the mother of my kids, but that's as far as it goes for me Mags and I do think that she's happy with Alan, she wouldn't have gone through with buying a home with him if she wasn't"

"I get it, I mean it is different for you and Sam because you have the kids, but I haven't told my sister about anyone since Jason, she knows that I have gone out on some dates, she may have wanted to send OA a present for getting me to go back out on dates" Maggie rolled her eyes shaking her head "But I know for a fact that I've been talking about you to her these last few weeks because she asked me if there was something going on between us"

Jubal knew that Maggie would understand about him not introducing people to Sam just because he had brief dates with them, she was the mother of his children, he wanted and needed her to always trust him around their kids. He knew that Maggie was the same in some ways as none of them had really heard her talking about dating until lately, but he was surprised to hear her mention talking to her sister about him

"A present for OA? Really?" He raised his eyebrow playfully

"Please do not encourage her in any way because she will do it" Maggie shook her head laughing

"What did you tell your sister when she asked if there was something going on between us?" Jubal couldn't believe how nervous he actually felt asking that question but he knew how close Maggie was to her sister and how much it would mean if she was telling her about them

"I told her that it was not something I was going to discuss via text message but that I would fill her in on our next FaceTime" Maggie felt a little nervous admitting to Jubal that she had been talking to her sister, she really hadn't noticed that she was talking about him so much until her sister asked the question

"How did your sister react to that answer?"

"She's been trying to FaceTime ever since I sent that message two nights ago" Maggie laughed softly "but with work I haven't had the chance to"

"And what are you going to tell her?" Seriously Jubal had no idea why the hell he felt like such a dam teenager asking these questions

"Well that all depends on you.." Maggie kept her eyes on Jubal and she seen the look of confusion on his face, she would also swear that he seemed nervous "I mean are you okay with me telling my sister about us, we haven't really talked about it, we knew, well hoped that we would reach this point" Now Maggie was talking a little faster with nerves

"Mags I just introduced you to my kids and ex wife, and they know now that you are my girlfriend, I am all in, so if you want to tell your sister then trust me I am more than okay with it. I know how close you two are"

"You know for two people that agreed that we are too old to be using the terms girlfriend and boyfriend we haven't really come up with alternatives" Maggie laughed softly and she ran her free hand along Jubal's arm "I want to tell Mel, we don't keep things from each other, we haven't since we were kids so I really want to let her in on this part of my life. You just maybe don't want to be in the room when I tell her"

Jubal raised his eyebrow looking at Maggie a little nervous still "You think she is going to react badly?"

Maggie shook her head laughing softly "No.. she is going to squeal a little too high for my eardrums and then she is going to ask so many questions that it will make it seem like Tyler and Abigail didn't ask any at all"

Jubal laughed relaxing now, Maggie wanting to tell her sister was making him feel so happy because for her to be telling Mel meant that she really was in this with him too, maybe her feelings for him were stronger than he first thought

"Wait really?… Then yeah I am sorry you can handle that FaceTime on your own, I'm not sure anyone could or should handle that many questions"

"Oh nice Jubal, so you are just going to leave me on my own to answer them" Maggie was teasing him playfully

"I'm not sure I should get in between a sister telling her only sister about a new boyfriend especially not when an FBI agent is warning me that she will ask too many questions" He couldn't help the small laugh that escaped "I'll be there for you in the aftermath"

Now Maggie was the one who couldn't stop the laugh "Yeah? That might require my favourite Mexican food and ice cream because it is going to be one long FaceTime" Maggie squeezed Jubal's hand gently "But it is a conversation that I am looking forward to having" she smiled honestly at him to show that this time she really wasn't joking and that she genuinely was looking forward to telling her sister about Jubal and what he meant to her now

"I can have your favourite Mexican food and ice cream sitting ready for the end of your call" Jubal smiled as he glanced at Maggie before back at the road "You still okay for us spending the night together or do you need time away to recover?" He teased playfully

"I could ask you the same thing since you are the one that left your ex wife and girlfriend alone in the same room" Maggie couldn't help but tease him, she wanted him to try and worry less about her conversation with Sam "But yes I am still okay for us spending tonight together, we can stay at your's, Isobel text to say that I didn't have to come in tomorrow unless we got a case, I'm guessing OA and Stuart got the same message, and I'm also guessing that you have to go in?"

Jubal was glad to hear that Isobel was giving the agents some time off after everything they had been through "I do. But it actually shouldn't be an all day thing, so the sooner I go in the sooner that I get back home to hopefully enjoy time off, of course it all depends on whether we get a case or not. Let's hope they can give us tomorrow off"

They were all exhausted and really needing the day off from work, Jubal wished that he had all day off but he knew that Isobel had been watching him closely on this last case so he didn't want to ask for the day off just because Maggie had the day off.