Walter and Paige arrived at Dr. Rizzo's office at 2.25p.m. and the receptionist showed them straight into the office .

Good afternoon Paige, Walter please grab some couch ."

""How have you been doing since yesterdays meeting .Paige looked at Walter and like the last time he gave a small nod .

"We seem to be doing alright , last night we went out for a beautiful meal at La Scala . Unfortunately we both had a bad night of sleep . The night before i slept in Walter's bed so we could cuddle , and no more and both of us had the best sleep for such a long time . But last night i decided i could not trust myself not to ravish Walter . I decided we should sleep in separate rooms, resulting in both of us having little or no sleep ."

"Do you feel the same Walter , or did you feel different ." Asked .

"I concur with everything Paige as said , it was a very uncomfortable night . However as we had a bad night , we were both up earlier this morning , so we managed to have a long talk and sorted out a lot of our problems ,but we still need to use your services . If i may i would like some advice from you that does not really come under the work you are doing with us ."

" Of course you can ask Walter but do not be upset if the answer i give you is not the one you want ." Replied Dr. Rizzo.

Walter looked over at Paige who reached over and took his hand . "Well when Centerpede closed down ,Sylvester took it very badly and locked himself away in his flat and took an overdose of pills , but was not found for a few days by which time he was dead ." Said Walter who by this time had a tear running down a cheek , Paige immediately reached over and pulled Walter into a tight hug .Paige whispered in his ear " Do you want me to finish the story ." Walter just nodded so Paige began speaking .

" One of the big downsides of the breakup of Scorpion and then Centerpede was Sylvester's death he could not take the second breakup and took an overdose and died . I told Walter the day he arrived back in the States . I do not know if you were aware , but Sly was Walter's brother by marriage when he married Megan , Walters sister , and was in weekly contact with Walter's Parents . The problem we have now is Walter is in touch with his parents since he has been living in Ireland and they have not mentioned anything to him . The problem is do we contact them now or wait until Walter returns to Ireland and do it face to face "

"Well let me ask you a question ?" Dr. Rizzo asked , both Walter and Paige nodded their heads in agreement .

"O.k. Paige how did you feel when Walter withheld the information about the lecture from you and you found out at a later date that he had withheld the information from you ?"

"You know exactly what i did ,i was angry as hell and walked out on him , and it created over two years of misery ." Answered Paige

" I think you have just answered your own question . Don't you ?" Said Dr. Rizzo with a smile .

"Yes we need to tell them as soon as possible , just to try and avert any misunderstanding and complications . " Replied Paige with Walter nodding in agreement .

"Well now that is sorted out i think it is time we start going over your problems . With some luck maybe we can sort your problems out as easily ." A smiling Dr. Rizzo retorted .."

"I wish you luck with that Doctor . Some how i think our problems may go deeper than that last one ."Said Paige with sadness in her voice .

"It will sort it's self out my love with the good Doctor's work and our new found abilities to talk and express our selves , all the signs are there for everything to turn out fine ." Replied Walter with a smile directed at Paige .

"Good well to recap on the things you told me about . Christmas and Walters dream , the kissing of Florence in the dream and Walter working with her on technical problems on the white board . finally the lecture they went to together and the consequences that caused when Paige found ticket stubs, and Florence's statement of her feelings for Walter ." Summarized Dr. Rizzo .

"You have described it most eloquently and succinctly ." Said Paige.

"Thank you Paige , but we need now to see if we can sort your little problems out . Walter could you please explain how how the dream ended ."

"Once i had found the car , Ray had appeared ."

DR. Rizzo again put his hand up to stop Walter ."Who is Ray ?"

"Oh he was a friend who i made while doing community service . I helped him to get over the death of his friend ,a fireman, that he was not responsible for his death , it had been caused by a faulty piece of equipment . In fact since then the next time i actually saw him was when i woke up in hospital at Christmas ."

"O.k. carry on with the story ." Dr. Rizzo instructed .

"Well Ray explained the person in the car was my image who was also dying and i needed to save him to save myself . it was then i found Cabe Happy , Toby and Sylvester , All the opposite of their real life selves , but they could not work together as all wanted to be in charge . At that point i remembered Paige , who it turned out was not a waitress but an owner of a chain of restaurants . Ralph however was still the same as when i first saw him at the diner . Once i proved he was not mentally retarded , Paige agreed to help . She took charge and they all pulled together to create a bomb and blew the car up . As the car blew up i woke up in a hospital bed and all the gang were there ."

"That is a very interesting dream Walter . I would say that while unconscious your mind reminded you that without the rest of the team you would be useless on your own ." Dr. Rizzo spoke directly to Walter . " Do you think that at any other time ."

"Yes when they all walked out on me that night ."

" Oh Walter never think you are useless , you are the bravest ,cleverest and now the most loving person i have known . So never think you are useless again ." Paige spoke while hugging him even tighter

"Thank you Paige i could not have put that better myself ." Acknowledged Dr. Rizzo .

Looking straight into Paige's eyes Walter began to speak ."Whenever i tried to get involved with your friends i always seemed to get confused . I could never understand why i could not make them understand me , not being able to bring my I.Q. to theirs , always made me feel useless , because it meant i could not please Paige it felt like i was a disappointment to her . Paige you are the most important person who has ever been in my life , one i never want to lose again . I need to try and understand your love of music , like you had tried to understand some of the lectures i took you to , because again it was something else that made me feel useless in your eyes . My obsession when it came to excess decoration of herbs and the like on my food in restaurants . I suppose these things have been going around my head for the past two and a half years . This is the first time i have had the confidence to speak out about it . I hope you can understand and forgive me for my shortcomings ."

"There is absolutely nothing to forgive you for Walter. At times you were annoying with your little quirks , but they are also what makes you as adorable and loving . Never apologize just for you being you . Remember the one most important thing . YOU ARE THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, i am only complete when you are with me . You also need to remember that Ralph as always looked upon you has his dad , he even made it clear to Drew that he was his father as he provided half of him , but you were his dad , the one person who understood him for who and what he was ,a genius . If you had not come into his life when you did he would most likely have been institutionalized by now ."

At this time both Paige and Walter had tears running down their cheeks . Dr. Rizzo passed out tissues and then began speaking .

"Well that little conversation seems to have bought out a lot of locked up feelings . Do you both feel any better ?" Both Paige and Walter nodded in agreement .

"Paige you mentioned yesterday that you have abandonment issues and you felt that was really the main reason you walked out on Walter , before he could walk out on you ."Dr. Rizzo asked .

"You are correct , the lie on reflection was my own fault as i was the one who showed Walter how to white lie." Said Paige still looking Walter in the eyes .

"Why do you think you have these abandonment issues Paige ." Queried Dr. Rizzo .

"It all began with my mother she was a con artist who during my childhood spent at least 50% of her time in one jail or another . She also walked out on my dad , who worshiped the ground she walked on . At college i met and fell in love with Drew , he was a baseball player who never really made the big time , i became pregnant and eventually gave birth to Ralph , who as you know was at the time classed as mentally defective . Drew stayed for a time but when Ralph was about 2 he took a job with a baseball team on the other side side of the country . The next i saw Drew was about three months after i joined Scorpion . Tim also left me by going to Jordan and then extending his stay so we broke up . But i must admit i never really loved Tim but it was still someone i liked abandoning me . Then when i thought Walter was going to abandon me i decided to take the step first , a mistake i shall regret for the rest of my life ."

Dr. Rizzo sat silent for a couple of minutes before steepling his hands and began to speak . "I can see why you feel like you do , but your last remark was a little surprising , that it was the biggest mistake of your life ."

"Well yes, because since i have found Walter again i know he would never have had feelings for Florence or ever leave me ."

As Paige finished speaking and before Dr. Rizzo had a chance to speak ,Walter spoke up . "Paige you could break my heart a thousand times as it only belongs to you and no matter what you do , you will always be my one and only love , the love of all my life with no exception ."

"Oh Walter how could i ever have doubted you , i promise on my life and Ralph's life i will never , ever leave you again because you are also the love of all my life as well. " As Paige finished speaking , Dr. Rizzo quickly began speaking .

"Well kids i think we may have had a big breakthrough today . We have done enough this session , but please carry on conversing with each other . I know you have told me you will be going back to Ireland soon , could we make a couple of appointments for next week . Paige and Walter nodded in agreement , and Dr. Rizzo went to his receptionist to sort out the appointments . Returning a few minutes later and spoke to both of them .

" Would Tuesday 2.30p.m. and Thursday 3.00p. acceptable ?"

Paige looked at Walter who nodded .

"Yes that will be fine thank you ."

With that they left the office and made their way to Paige's car . Half way to the car Paige's phoned pinged to notify her she had received a text message . Checking her phone she saw it was from Ralph .

arriving 1.00p.m. lax sunday

After showing Walter the message she text back to Ralph.

looking forward to seeing you love mom and walter (dad)

Smiling she put the phone back into her purse and removed her car keys . They made their way back to the Malibu house , stopping at the store to pick up supplies for their evening meal . On arriving home Walter checked his watch and saw it was 4.30p.m. "Paige it is getting on for Midnight in Ireland do you think we should chance a call to my parents now ,i know it's late but i think i want to get a rather uncomfortable conversation over as quickly as possible ."

"O.K. Walter i just wonder if maybe we could tell them we have sad and disturbing news to tell and let them choose if they want to hear now or wait until we can tell them face to face , they can then decide for themselves ."

"That is a reasonable idea but i still not know how to tell them about Sly ." Said Walter with a worried look on his face .

"I will be by your side and if it gets to much for you i will take over , i promise ." Said Paige while taking Walter into a hug .

"O.K. ,lets get the laptop set up and give them a call ."

Within minutes Walter had set up the laptop and once Paige and he were comfortable he dialed up parents . After a minute his mothers face appeared on the screen .

"Hello Walter , Paige what are you doing in Ireland ?"

!Hello Mrs O'Brian , i am not in Ireland , i am still in America ."

"You are?" Said Louise in a very confused voice .

"Hi mom let me explain ,a few days ago i received a frantic phone call from Allie at 4.00a.m. in the morning ,she wanted to tell me Cabe had a serious heart attack and was undergoing surgery . She was alone ,her sister who she depends on in a crisis is on an extended European tour , so she phoned me . I told

her to phone Paige as i was at least fourteen hours away from her. Fortunately Richard was over there inspecting his factory in Cork . So i contacted him and he arranged to bring me to America on his private plane . So i am staying at Paige's Malibu home while i am over here ." Explained Walter .

"Well it is nice to hear from you son , even though you have been living over here in Ireland it is such a rare occasion for you to contact us . i presume there is some sort of a problem ."

"His father there as well , what we have to say relates to both of you ." Asked Walter

"Sean , Sean , come to the living room Walter is on Skype and wants to talk to both of us ." Shouted Louise over her shoulder . Within seconds Sean's face appeared on screen .

"Good evening son ,oh hello Paige are you in Ireland as well ?" A surprised Sean asked .

"Good evening Mr.O'Brian , no we are both in America at the moment . " Replied Paige . A surprised Sean looked at Louise who shook her head and simply said "Later."

" Now that you are both together we have some very disturbing and sad information to share with you , but we would like to give you a choice , would you like us to tell you now over Skype or could you wait until we come back to Ireland in two to three weeks time ." Walter asked .

" Because you have said it is disturbing and sad i don't think we could possibly wait another three weeks to hear what it is ." Replied Louise .

" First i would like to ask you a question ." They saw Louise nod her head which they took as a yes .

"When was the last time you were in contact with Sylvester ?"

Louis looked at Sean with a quizzical look on her face . Sean closed his eyes as if thinking and then started to speak .

"It must have been at least two and a half years ago . We assumed he cut ties as he has fell out with you and was feeling guilty that he was responsible for breaking up Scorpion and then starting a new company with the other members of Scorpion. Why do you want to know ?"

" Because the news concerns Sly . I think i had better let Paige tell you all of the story , she was closer to the event than me as i was over here in Ireland . " Replied Walter .

"O.k. Walter ,i can do that ." Said Paige giving Walter a look that said a sarcastic Thank You .

" You already know i also walked out on Walter the same time as Sly and the rest of the team . My original intention was to cool off for a few days and then go and try and sort things out with Walter . Before i had a chance to do anything Happy, Toby and Sly approached me to help them start up a new company of our own . At the time i was still really mad at Walter , eventually i gave into them and helped them set the company up as partnership , but after a few weeks Toby became intolerable. After yet another argument with Toby i quit . That night i phoned Walter to talk to him but he was so mad at me he put the phone down on me . Within three weeks of me leaving , the company imploded . Sylvester could not take a second breakup of his family , a couple of days after the breakup ,he went home to his apartment and took an overdose of pills , no one missed him for a few days , by the time someone got to him , it was to late . "

Both Louise and Sean put their hands up to their mouths in total shock . Tears were streaming down Louise's cheeks , both seemed as if they could not believe the idea of Sly committing suicide

" Mom , dad are you alright , do you want to disconnect the call and renew the conversation when you feel you are ready to ?" Asked Walter ,Louise shook her head .

"No (sniff) we thought he had stopped calling (sniff) because he had walked out on you and was to ashamed to talk to us . I never expected that he would do anything so selfish as commit suicide . Did he have a Christian burial ?"

Paige looked at Walter who had sorrow in his eyes and face ,then began to explain were Sly to his parents what she knew .

"His parents took control of all the details , i was not even invited or told anything about the burial , i do not even know were Sly is buried . I think they blamed me for his death ."

"Why would they blame you Paige ?"Asked Louise with a little concern in her voice .

"Well i would accept some of the blame for Scorpion , because when Sly quit Scorpion i followed him out , but the failure of Centipede i do not think any of it was my fault , i did quit ,but that was because of Toby's attitude . But once i left within three weeks it did implode ."

"But if Toby and Happy were still there , should not Toby have spotted something wrong with Sly if he is such a good doctor he profess to be and keep an eye on him ." Questioned Louise .

"One big problem with Toby is if anything goes wrong even if he could do something to stop it , he will also put the blame onto someone else ." Replied Paige .

Walter had been just sitting at the side of Paige listening to all that was being said , turning to face Paige he spoke softly to her .

""You cannot be blamed for Sylvester's death , he was always highly strung . Do not forget i saved him once from doing the act over seven years ago , so the thought had been implanted in his mind for many years ." Paige smiled back at Walter and mouthed "Thank you ."

Walter turned his attention back to the laptop .

"Mom what happened to dad , since we told you about Sly he seems to have disappeared .. "

"He is just upset he has gone into the kitchen to recover from the shock ." Replied Louise .

"O.K. then, we will sign off for now so you can go to bed as it is late over there . We should be back in Ireland in about two weeks so we can catch up then. Oh can you tell Uncle Tobin , i know he really liked Sly."

Louise agreed to tell Uncle Tobin and asked if she could video call in a few days time . Both Walter and Paige agreed and then said their goodbyes .

Paige made a fresh pot of coffee ,and after pouring a cup each she suggested they take them out to the balcony and sat down on two of the chairs . Paige then turned to Walter and suggested they should talk over what had happened today at Dr. Rizzo's office and the conversation they had just had with his parents .

After about a hour and two further cups of coffee they decided that they had talked enough about it . Paige suggested they go back indoors and she would whisk up some food for their evening meal.

Toby and Happy's Apartment

They arrived back at their apartment after finishing work at the garage and stopping off for burgers. /Once Walter and Paige had left the garage , very little was said between the two of them . Happy was both angry and disappointed at Toby for the way he had both reacted and spoke to Walter and Paige when they had first arrived at the garage ./

They both removed their shoes , and sat down on the sofa .

"You have been very quite since Walter and Paige left the garage ." Said Toby

"That is because i am angry at you. Paige was correct it was your fault Centerpide Partners failed your arrogance and somewhat childish behavior caused Paige to leave , and she was the only one of us who could talk to normals . You enjoy antagonizing them " Replied a still angry Happy .

"How can you say that, i am more normal than the other geniuses ."

"Paige was right you always try to push your misdemeanors onto someone else . Walter is obviously happy to be back with Paige , but does not wish to get involved with us , which i suppose is understandable as i can see how Walter cannot trust us again ,we have no reason to walk but we did . God i bet Walter ignored our advice about the lecture because he never could understand your information as you have a habit of using examples of good and bad . Walter will always take the route which will never hurt Paige ." Spoke Happy

"I guess that means we are just going to have to stay at working at your dads garage " Replied Toby.

Back at Malibu -

After they finished their evening meal and loaded the dishwasher with the dirty crockery , Paige made a pot of coffee , which they took out onto the balcony and sat and talked . After a while Paige gave Walter one of her special smiles and in a soft sultry voice said .

"You do know what happened today ? Don't You."

Walter looked a little perplexed then his eyes lit up . "We have finished our second session with Dr. Rizzo ."

"Yes! so why don't you open a bottle of wine and take it into my bedroom ."

Without a second thought Walter was up and away to the kitchen . Paige followed him into the house but turned away from the kitchen . Walter came out of the kitchen with a bottle of wine and two glasses , thinking he knew were he intended to drink his wine from , a receptacle much smaller than a glass . He made his way to Paige's bedroom , once there he placed the wine and glasses on the side table and sat on the edge of the bed . He heard a small cough from behind him , turning he saw Paige standing leaning against the door frame , wearing one of his new button down blue shirt's , only two buttons were fastened . His mind immediately went back to over three years ago when a similar apparition appeared to him , that time in a white shirt . A smile broke out on his face as Paige in that soft voice she was capable of using to get Walter to do her bidding .

"Buckle up nerd , you are in for the ride of your life ."

THERE ARE TWO LESS LONELY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TONIGHT