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Author's Notes:

Those of you that follows this story and doesn't know, I am currently rewriting this whole story. The reason being is because I wasn't for sure on where to take one of the characters. The character I am referring to is Drew. I still wanted him to play a somewhat significant part in this story so I chose to rewrite his character. I am not going to change the overall storyline but I am going to rewrite parts of it that either I feel needs cleaning up per se or to fit Drew's new storyline. I hope everyone like the new version as much as the old. Some chapters will not have a lot of changes to it such as this one but Chapter 2 will have a lot of them. Please Enjoy and as always Thank You for reading.

It is Christmas Eve night and everyone has left the garage which leaves Walter alone and a lot of time on his hands to think...

Walter's POV

Chapter 1: Memories

It's Christmas Eve night and Walter was completely alone in the garage. He had been up in his loft apartment sitting on his couch thinking about everything that had transpired throughout the day. Having an internal conversation with himself, he started thinking about everything that happened since arriving at the cabin...

"Getting to the cabin and helping decorating it, volunteering to go help pick out a Christmas tree only to have Toby telling me in so many words that I was incapable of it while Tim was there and able to take care of it himself while at the same time bond with Ralph a little bit more. Then if that wasn't enough, running into the gunrunners and unknowingly bringing one of them back to the cabin and putting everyone in danger, especially Ralph.

This was suppose to be a quiet family Christmas with NO TECH ALLOWED but, guess who broke that ONE RULE? PAIGE. She had sneaked in her cell phone via her boot but of course that was ok because it was Paige. If I had done anything like that, I would have been called out for it not only by her but along with everyone else on the issue. In a way, I did the same thing but not really considering it was suppose to be a present for Paige. It had been a rebuilt laptop that I had been working on for a while. So, in a sense, I didn't actually break her ONE rule; at least not like she did.

Oh and lets not forget about the heated argument I had with Tim that Paige walked in the middle of and didn't hear all of its verbal content; like that would have helped to win her back at all. Not that she would have taken my side anyway considering we haven't been us for months now which feels more like years. I'm beginning to wonder if there is any chance at all of winning her back. Maybe Toby, was right. Maybe I should just move on but I don't think I can. Maybe I'm destine to become ferret chow after all, who knows.

Then to make matters worse, Ralph gets kidnapped by the person who led us to believe that he was an undercover ATF Agent who we later found out was part of the group of gunrunners that we apprehended and the reason he was shot was because things went south among the group. What a day!"

Then it all dawned on to him. That look in Paige's eyes when she left with Ralph and Tim in tow like they were a perfectly happy family said it all. "Paige was blaming me for everything. First it was Thanksgiving Day. Granted if I hadn't picked up that phone and taken that job, Paige's Thanksgiving dinner wouldn't have been ruined. So, taking the blame for part of the ruined occasion isn't an issue but, how did I know that Ms. Franklin was in fact Veronica Dineen, Paige's estranged mother and Ralph's grandmother. After finding that out, everything else went downhill from there with one debacle after another. So, if nothing else, her mother can shoulder the other part of the blame. But, Christmas, I shouldn't be blamed for all of that. Never mind that Tim and Cabe was with me at the time. So, is she really putting all the blame on me because I help bring back someone who we were trying to help which turned out to be trouble and placing her son in danger?

She is blaming me just like she blamed me for when Ralph ditched school, sneaked passed all of the first responders and into the bio-hazard lab where I had a gun pointed to the back of my head and not knowing he was even on the premises let alone inside the building when I pulled the cords that controlled the whole building and nearly causing Ralph to almost fall into the incinerator. Granted, if I had known he was in there, I would have gladly taken that bullet to my the back of my head just to protect him and to insure his safety without a doubt. But this, this is not all my fault. If she is going to place blame on anybody for this then she needs to blame Tim and Cabe as well, not just me. Not to mention, Tim made no move to jump in the car with Paige to go after Ralph and his kidnapper but I guess that little fact doesn't matter to her."

Then a realization hit him. Everything came flooding back like a dam had broke in his mind. The part that hit him the worst was the memories from the capsule. "I distinctly remember telling Paige that it hurt me to see her and Tim together and the fact that she chose Tim hurt most of all and telling her that I loved her and I distinctly remembering Paige saying I love you back to me and that if I took her hand or pulled a lever, that part was rather fuzzy for some reason, but either way we would be together forever. And yet, we are not together just growing farther and farther apart. Instead she is forever flaunting her personal relationship with Tim in front of me every day and every chance she had gotten throughout the day. All of the hugging and kissing done in my line of sight was done on purpose. Did she hate me that much or despise me that much? Exactly when did things become so broken between us? I know it didn't phase me when Happy said she needed our divorce sooner than expected because she thought she was pregnant at the time with Toby's baby. I was rather happy for the both of them when the news came out but unfortunately it was never the case because of the cadmium poisoning. Happy received a false positive on the pregnancy test but what Paige had done was excruciatingly painfully and purposefully done.

All of a sudden a lot of hurtful things started to come to mind by each one of the team members. Paige's hurtful actions and that one lie that hurt the most; Cabe pretty much telling me to let Paige be with Tim because he was the better guy for her and telling her that I loved her then was being selfish, "Come to think of it Cabe said in so many words that I wasn't good enough for Paige and Tim was the better choice for her anyway. Was that because Tim is normal. Toby telling me I should move on because Paige has moved on with Tim. Hell, it was Toby who was pushing me for two years to get me to admit that I had feelings for Paige and when I finally admitted to being in love with her Toby does this whole 360 degree turn and tells me to forget about her altogether and move on because she is happy with Tim. Was that his way of getting back at me for hiding the marriage to Happy from him and everyone else just so I can stay in the country? Happy didn't hurt me as much as the others did. She told me to ask Paige to go to Tahoe with me for the weekend and I failed to do so. Instead, I sent Paige away with Tim. Yes, I admit it it was my fault but when Tim called on Paige's personal phone, I felt like I could never compare to a normal guy like Tim and she had already made that decision in her life. If I had to compare, Tim is a lot like Drew just with a better job so therefore, I just disappointed Happy altogether on that point. So, I don't see where she had hurt me in any of this besides supporting Paige and Tim's relationship. Sylvester on the other hand never really said anything about the whole situation. He did try to bring us back together which was a failed attempt but then again he was too busy going behind my back with other things. First it was him dating my sister and not telling me for a while; then it was him marrying my sister without saying anything at all and me finding out after it was all said and done; then it was him having this whole relationship with my parents and never including me or telling me and then I find out everything when we went to Ireland for Pattern's Day and he got greeted by my parents like he was their son who hasn't been home in so many years unlike me who is their actual son, barely got noticed except when it came to Thomas and Connor who bullied me throughout my childhood and they noticed me right away but for all of the wrong reasons.

Ralph is really too young to understand the adult concept of the whole situation but then again he is a genius after all, just like me. But, I really feel like I lost him too when he told me I should have been the one to take his Mom dancing and him and I could have been partners forever. If it was up to Ralph, I feel like I would have been Ralph's first choice but it isn't up to Ralph, it is all up to Paige, so therefore, I feel like I lost not only the better part of myself but everything that went with it. So, of course, I can't be mad at Ralph, after all he is my boy and always will be regardless if Paige and Tim likes it or not. I just hope Ralph doesn't shut me out of his life completely since Tim seems to be becoming a permanent part of his life."

Without giving it a second thought, Walter jumped up from the couch and went into his bedroom and grabbed his carry on bag, passport, and all of his identification that he needed for travel. He then grabbed a pen and paper and started writing notes to each member of the team as well as to the whole team in general. He then called an Uber and while waiting on the car he placed all of the notes in a large brown envelope and placed it faced down on the table between his and Paige's desk with a smaller note on top of it. He even left a note for Tim. By the time he was finished making sure everything was secured and turned off and locked down, the car had arrived to pick him up. Even though the driver already knew where he was going, when he got into the back seat he told the driver where to take him without thinking about it. "LAX please."

"Sure thing." said the driver. "I hope you make it to your destination before Christmas. Traveling during the holiday's are brutal especially at this time of day."

"I know but if I don't get there before Christmas is over then it will be ok either way. It is currently 6:00pm here so I should get to my destination by 6:00pm tomorrow. Everything should work out."

After arriving at LAX, Walter got out of the car and went to the ticket counter and asked if there were any direct flights to the east coast. If at possible he was going to try to get the most direct route to his destination without making it easy for his team to find him. He needed some space to think and this is the only way he can think to get it.