The rest of the day was fruitless with Gray being in her home and having him back at home. He made sure she rested, ate, and when ever she tried to do something. He would stop her and tell her to relax. After supper he got her back to the couch again with the blanket wrapped around her. He handed her the remote to watch something on t.v while he clean the kitchen. Amber was flipping through the channels when her home phone started ringing. She look at the phone that was on a side table by the couch and she was looking at the caller Id. It was a unknown number, so she was going to let the answering machine get it. When her voice came on saying that she wasn't in and to leave a message after the beep. Amber then sat straight up on the couch when she heard the voice on the other end. "Angel...pick up." Gray comes walking into the living room. "Who is that?" She holds up her hand. "Shhhhh." "Angel...I know...you are there. Pick up...you dam...bitch." Gray was walking over to the phone, to give the guy a ear full. "Gray stop." He turns to look at her. "He will hang up." "Angel... Angel..." Click goes the end of the phone. Amber slumps back into the couch. "Who the hell was that?" "That was Nick." "Does this Nick guy know that your sister is no longer here." "He knows, somewhere in his mind." "What does that mean?" "Nick is a drunk and he was involved with Angel. He is Emmy's father and he is a scum of the earth. A loser that doesn't deserve to breath air." "Why is he phoning here?" Amber thought to herself for a moment. She didn't really wanted him to know all this, but if she keeps it to herself he would find out a other way. "Nick thinks that Angel isn't dead. He attended the funeral to which me and my brothers were not happy at his attendance. He saw Angel in the casket, but then he saw me. Then things got out of hand after that." Gray comes and sits on the coffee table. "Go on?" "In his delusional mind he swap me with Angel. He tried to come after me at the funeral." "Come after you?" She bites her lower lip. "You aren't going to like this." "I am on pins and needles wanting to know more." "Nick beat up Angel, a lot. When he saw me, he took me and tried to drag me out of the church. While doing so, he was hitting me. I was trying to defend myself, but was unsuccessful. It took my brothers, Natsu to hold him off while Sting and Laxus guard me against his attack." "I don't like this one bit. Where you hurt?" "Had a black eye and cracked lip. What he did to my sister was far worse." "I'll kill him." "He was sent to jail afterwards. I am glad I got him to sign the papers giving up his right to Emmy." "So do I." Gray frowns at her. "Has he come here?" She starts chewing on her thumb nail. "Amber?" "No, not since Angel was alive." "Ok then. Will you need a restraining order and protection. Maybe mom was right in a dog." "I do not need protection I can defend myself. The restraining order I haven't gotten around to do it yet." He stands up from the coffee table and looks down at her. "So you are already well aware of needing a order." "Laxus even ask me about it today." "Why put it off?" She keeps chewing her nail. "I have Emmy. I forget when It comes to her." "I am making call to Gildarts to get it started." "Gray no don't get your lawyer involved in this."
Amber pulls the blanket off and grabs the phone before he could reach for it. "Hand it over." "It's late and his office is close. I can call Ersa to do it instead in the morning. This is my problem not yours. I can handle it." He shakes his head hearing all this coming from her mouth. Gray was not happy that some guy beat up her twin and also put his hands on her. Knowing this is only part of the story and there should be more to it. Having her and Emmy living alone with no alarm system, dog or even dare to say a gun. Now that he has been told of this guy after listening to the phone call because it seams this is not the first time a message was left. "In the morning you will call Ersa. I will even stand right beside you to get it done. You need alarm system in place around the house." "Gray he hasn't even show up here. I doubt he even remembers where I live. Nick always has a drink in his hand." "I don't care. Amber I want you and Emmy safe." "I can defend myself if he ever came here." "From what you told me a moment ago, you tried and it didn't pay off. I'll get a alarm company in here tomorrow to sit camera's up." "No Gray." "Amber do not be stubborn on this." She puts her hands through her hair. "Then I'll get a dog." He looks at her and she is putting up a fight. He was going to mention to her that he would be more then willing to move in himself to keep them safe. But she would probably kick him out the door. "Would you be ok with both? A dog and alarm." She puts her hands on her hips and thinks it over for a bit. "Alright, I will go for both. I don't see him coming here. There has only been calls made, nothing more." "I am not taking the thought of nothing more. It's best to plan a head for any type of occurrences. He may be a drunk and a guy that likes to hit defenceless women. He is not coming after you again. Now that I am back in your life."
After the conversation was over with and everything was settled. Amber resumes her place on the couch laying down. Gray was at her desk with his laptop looking at near by kennels for grown dogs. He wanted a dog that would attack but a dog that was friendly with children. "Finding a dog might not be so easy." She rolls onto her side and looks at him. "A dog is a dog, right." "No, there are dogs that are family orientated to be fun loving animals. There are dogs that can follow command." "All dogs can be train." "You aren't going to have a small little dog with a small voice barking at a intruder. They can get kicked across the room. You need a strong serious dog, that means business." "I have always liked huskies or german shepherd." "Those two aren't to bad to have. We can try looking around for those two types of bred." He continues his search on his laptop for a while longer and he also made a call to his own alarm company to have them come here tomorrow to install cameras and alarm. "I think that is it for now. If you are up to it tomorrow we can look at dog pounds for a dog." He walks over from the desk to look down and see she is sleeping. He checks his watch. "You are out by 9:00pm. I will carry you up." He lefts her up into his arms and walks up the stairs to her bedroom. He lays her down and on autopilot she goes for the pillow. "Again, something to snuggle with." He wonders if the pillow wasn't there. Would she snuggle up to him like in the past. "Will have to test it out." He leaves the room. This time he doesn't want her waking up in the morning and yelling him to get out. There will come a day when he will remain in that bed with her and she will tell him to stay. "I will be on the couch." He starts closing the door. "Gray..." He peeks in and she is turn to the door. "Yes?" "The couch folds out into a bed." "Thought it look different. The sheets and pillows in the same place." She nods her head as she yawns. "Go back to sleep." "Night." "Goodnight." He flicks off the light switch and closes the door.
It was will past midnight and Gray was having a dream. A dream that has been repeating from seeing Amber again. He was sitting beside Luke at his bed in the hospital and Amber was holding his other hand. Gray was telling his little boy to stay and not to go. "Luke stay with us, stay with daddy do not go." Amber was crying her eyes out. As Luke's eyes were closing for the final time. "Luke you have so much to live for." "Gray...he is going." "No, he can't go. Our boy can't go. He can't leave us." Amber reaches for Gray's hand to give him strength and comfort. As they where holding hands and holding on to Luke's. He slip away to far away place were they would never be able to reach him until the day they too will not be of this world. Gray couldn't take it any longer. He let go of Amber's hand and left the room. His boy, his son was gone. The light in their life, that made them both so happy. When his light went out, so did Gray's. Amber was left alone in the room crying for her loss. She wanted Gray to be beside her, but they both took the death of their son hard. Amber tried to give Gray the space he needed, but she wanted to know that she was still there for him and he could lean on her as well. The funeral was the last time he had held Amber in his arms. It wasn't long after that he filed for divorce.
She woke up and was hearing sounds coming from downstairs. She looks at her clock it was almost 2 in the morning. With out putting on her robe she heads for her bedroom door and opens it up. She could hear talking? "Who is he talking to at this time of morning. Maybe it's work?" It has happen when they were together. Gray would get phone calls in the night that was pertaining to work. When they couldn't find a solution over the call he would go into his office. Her feet takes her to the bottom of the stairs and she knows it's only him talking and talking in his sleep again. "Oh Gray. Not again." She could feel the pain in her chest as she heard him repeat Luke's name over again and telling him not to leave. Her movements took her slowly over to the bed. He was tossing in his sleep, she could see the pain in his face. She kneels down onto the carpet by the bed. Her hand touches his shoulder. "Gray... wake up." She continues to watch him suffering so much in the dream, but she has to try again. "Gray! Wake up!" He startles awake and looks at her. "You are having a other dream of him." Gray saw her expression one that looks sad and hurt. "They have been increasing. Most every night I will have one." "Every night?" She rubs his arm. "The dreams do change to good ones." He smiles at her. She wipes a tear from her eye with her other hand. "Now that you are awake from your dream. I'll go back to my room." She pushes herself up from the floor from the bed. Gray puts a hand on her wrist from letting her go. "Gray?" He pulls the blanket off him and pats the bed. "Lay with me. I will not do more." "I.." He pulls her down on the bed with him and puts the blanket over top of them. "I didn't agree." "Please I want you here." His arms goes around her and she gets pulled closer to him. "Fine." He rolls her over on to her other side so she is pressed up against his chest. "Gray..." "You like laying this way better." He was right, she was always more comfortable on this side, instead of facing the other way. The way he still knows everything about her made her heart skip a beat.
They lay there together for awhile not saying anything. How could either one of them bring up talking about Luke. He was their son, and yet no words has been spoken of him. Gray was rubbing her back. He knows he has much to make up for, not being their for her when she needed him the most. Amber was the one that broke the stillness in the room. "He was a good boy." He looks down at her. She had a hand on his shirt. "Smiling, laughing when he was going through all the treatment." "Yeah he was trooper and put on a brave face when being stuck with needles." "I miss him every day Gray." She looks up at him with tears in her eyes. "I too miss him." He holds her a little tighter and he could hear her sobs. If he started crying now, all the anguish he has built up over the years would cave in on him. Right now he let her cry to her hearts content. He puts his head on top of hers. "I still remember the day you told me you were pregnant with him. "While I let you cry. I'll tell the story?" He feels her head nod in agreement. "Every story begins with...once upon at time?"
The car comes to a complete stop in front of the mansion. She park right beside Sliver sports car and Lyon's hummer. "I hope he is not home yet." Amber gets out of her normal looking less expensive car and grabs her shopping bags before closing the car door. "I hope he will be happy. Who knew that thinking I had a the flu turn out to be something so different and unexpected." She heads up to the front door of the house and let herself in and looks around to see if anyone is near by. When she doesn't see anyone she makes a beeline for the bedroom. "If I can get the gift wrap up before he comes home, that will be great." With a big smile on her face she quickly walks down to the room not wanting to attract any attention to herself. If she is stopped now, she will have less time to plan. She puts all of her bags on one hand to open up their bedroom door but she hears her name being called. "Amber!" She whispers to herself. "Ur, not now." The women was walking down the hallway towards her. "How are you feeling? Did the doctor give you anything." "No, he said I will be fine in a few days. It's a small little bug." "That is good to hear. I just got off the phone with Gray he is on his way home now. We can have a early dinner out on the cover deck and have the heat lamps on." "It's January Ur, will we not be to cold to be out there even with the heat lamps." "It will be fine, sometimes we go out there in early winter season." "Whatever you decided will be alright with us." She pats Amber on the shoulder. "Great! Come out at 5." "Yes, 5 it is." Amber watches her go, probably looking for Sliver. "At lest she didn't peek into the bags. If Gray is coming home now. I don't have any time to waist."
The shopping items she buys most of them where put away. The ones she left out was the wrapping paper and box to put the gift inside. "What one do I pick? Do I go with the one that says Worlds Greatest Dad or Dad's Little Angel." She had no time to really pick what one to put into the box and wrap up. Gray was going to be home any minute. Amber closed her eyes and with her finger she spins herself on the spot. When she reopens her eyes again it was pointing to Dad's little Angel. "Better hurry and get this done." It was nicely wrap, with bow on top. "Now where I put it? On his side of the bed? Do I hide it? Do I keep it with me?" She look down at the box hoping it will give her some answers. "He doesn't come down to the room at first when he gets home. Ok, I'll put it on his pillow." On a name tag she wrote. "To my Raven. Love you so much your snowflake." She placed it right on his pillow and looks around the room. "Should I do something else? No, this is enough. When he comes down here to get changed and sees it. I'll be with everyone else." Amber checks her watch. "It's not even 5 yet. Maybe I'll still head down there. Lyon said he was bringing home his girlfriend and that beast he drives is here." Their bedroom door gets closed behind her and she heads to the living room.
She felt nervous going into the room. Gray and her having only been married for two months. They dated for almost a year and half and he asked her be his wife. Lyon sees her walk in. "Sister over here. There is someone I like you to meet." "Lyon Hello." She walks over to them. The women on his arm hold out her hand to her to be introduce. "Juiva is my name." "Nice to meet you, Juiva. My name is Amber." "Juiva has been told so much about Amber through Lyon." Amber gives the women a look and she eyes Lyon. He lefts up his hand and shakes his head to not worry about her talking in 3rd person. "I hope he said only good praising things about me." She lightly punches him in the shoulder. "What I said is all true. My sister in law here is a amazing women. Who has snag my brother and finally got him to settle down. Juiva knows that you are a Nurse working at our fine hospital." "Flattery should be on her Lyon not me." He kisses Amber cheek. "Juiva what do you do?" "Juiva is a swim instructor, I teach from babies to grown ups who have yet to learn." "Is that were Lyon met you?" "Juiva, met Lyon at a other place." Amber looks to her brother in law. "I was having lunch with a friend and we saw her in a other booth." "You were smitten." He blushes. "You can say that."
All three of them were still talking when they heard Ur talking to Gray. "We will be having dinner out on the covered deck." "Mother, I was planning to see if Amber was up to going out for supper." "She seams ok to me son." "I'll be the judge of that, she was not feeling all that great this morning." Amber wanted to put a hand to her stomach. Thinking of the morning sickness that now she knows she is having and this morning prove that in the bathroom. Mother and son come walking into the living room. Amber waves at Gray as he sees her by his brother. He comes walking over. "How are you?" "I feel good." He touches her forehead. "Gray..." "Checking to see if you still feel warm." She removes his hand from her forehead. "Not anymore." She smiles at him. "What?" "Nothing, I am glad to see you. I missed you." "I missed you too. I am going back to our room to change and will be out in a few." "Ok, I'll be waiting." He kisses her lips and leaves. She grins really big and her cheeks feels warm. Lyon leans closer to her. "Now, who is smitten."
Gray was taking his tie off as he enters his room. "This day was long, I am glad to be home and soon I'll have Amber in my arms. His jacket comes off and puts it on the near by chair. He puts his dress shoes into the closet and begins to take off the rest of his clothes. He was standing in his boxers pulling out jeans and shirt to be wore when he looks into the dresser mirror when something caught his eye. "What is that on my pillow." He puts on his shirt and jeans on before picking up the wrap gift. He looks at the name tag and smiles to himself. "She didn't have to get me anything. I already have everything I need, that is her." He sits down on the bed and puts the gift into his hands. "I wonder what it could be." He shakes it but it doesn't make a sound. "Hmmm a mystery?" He removes the bow and starts unwrapping the paper. "Nothing on the box tells me anything. Doesn't say from what store?" He opens up the box and looks in. "Something blue?" He pulls it out. "Its to small for me to wear." He shakes it out and looks at it and reads the front. "Dad's little Angel. No way. She can't be, can she." The last few weeks he knows she wasn't feeling all the great. They were passing it off as a bug that wasn't going away. In the mornings she would run to the bathroom before getting dress. "I am going to be dad." He puts the baby onise on the bed. "I got to go to her." He leaves the room as fast as he could to go to his wife.
They were now all outside on the deck and Amber was near the heat lamp looking out at the view. The moon was coming over the mountain and the stars were shinning brightly. "Amber do you want something drink." "Sure?" She doesn't turn to look at Sliver. Right now she was wondering what Gray was thinking after seeing what is in the box. Amber wasn't paying much attention to when the drink was place into her hands. "Here you go." "Thanks" "Are you ok?" "Hmm?" "Still not feeling alright?" "I am fine, Sliver. Thinking of something. The food smells good." "We haven't had BBQ in awhile." "I am sure it will taste great." He leaves her to her own thoughts and goes back over to Ur. Gray walks in and was looking for her. "Gray, Son. Care for some wine. Everyone is having some." "Not right now Father. Did you say everyone?" "Yeah gave Amber one over there." He points to were she is standing. "I have to speak to her Dad. I'll talk to you in a bit." Amber doesn't hear him come up behind her. She was about to take a sip of her drink, but Gray takes it from her hands. "You can't have that." She turns and looks at him. They stare at each other. He takes a sip of the wine himself and puts on the table. He comes closer to her and puts his hand on her stomach. "Are you really?" "Yes I am. I hope you are..." He kisses her before she could finished what she was going to say. "I am ok with it. I am going to be a dad, I can't wait." She puts a hand over his. "Gray can we keep this to ourselves for now." "We can. When are you due? "August." "So that means we conceived." "That weekend away at Christmas." "What are you two talking about over there." "Mother it is a private conversation." "Involve us too son." He turns and takes Amber hand in his. "We need to finished our talk in our room." "What about dinner?" Gray looks at Amber. "We will eat later." They leave the area with everyone looking at them. "What is so important that they can't tell us." "Ur, if they want to share it, they will. Do not butt in." "Sliver, I do not butt in."
Gray opens up the bedroom and he carries her inside. "Gray I can walk." "You are carrying my baby. You shouldn't be walking around to much." "I am fine. I can't believe I didn't figure it out sooner. I am nurse for crying out loud." He lays her down on the bed and comes and lays beside her. He puts his hand back on her stomach. "You have made me the happiest man alive." She puts a hand on his cheek. "You made me mom. To feel the life in me is going to be wonderful." She lifts up her head and kisses his lips. He reaches over for the onise and places it on her stomach. "A boy or girl?" "I am happy with either one Gray." "Me too Amber." He replaces the onise with his head. "Gray?" "I know the baby is so small but I want to be close." She runs her fingers through his hair. "I love you." He looks up at her. "I love you too and our baby."
"That is the end of the story. We never did eat dinner that night, but we made love. Then eight months later Luke was in our arms. Mother wanted a nursery at the house to make us stay. We found this house and raised him here." He looks down at her because she hasn't said anything in while. Amber had cried herself to sleep. He could see the tear stains on her cheeks. "At lest I have you in my arms." He steals a kiss from her. "When you wake up in the morning. Do not get mad." He keeps her in his arm. "Lets try for a good dream." He watches her sleep as he slowly falls into dreamland. The rest of the night he had no more dreams of Luke dying. They were happy dreams of him playing at home with the two of them. In his dream Emmy was there also running around and Amber was holding a other child in her arms.
The next morning he was awake before her. Gray laid there watching her sleep. "I was one lucky guy to have had you and I will do anything to get you back." Amber moved closer to him and snuggle in close. He smiles at her. "Will you use me as a pillow?" Like magic, a arm of hers lifts up and wraps around him. He moves slightly on the bed and her head lays on his chest. His arm holds her and not wanting her to part from him. "This is how it should have been, instead of doing what I did." He puts some of her hair behind her ear. "In my heart I know you will come back to me. Even in those text you didn't say goodnight Gray it was Raven." He gently rubs her back and doesn't care how long he lays here like this with her. If she does wake up mad, it was worth it. He looks up at the ceiling with a smile on his face. "Oh I should capture this." He reaches over for his cell phone and takes a picture. "I'll make this my screen picture." There was movement next to him and he hides his phone. Amber wakes up and rubs her eye and looks around the room. Then she realizes how she is laying next to him. She goes to removes herself, but he holds her. "Good Morning Snowflake." She frowns at him. "You can't be mad at me for this." "I know, I was the one that fallen a sleep. Sorry I cried on you." "I'm not." He touches her cheek. "I would let you do it again." "I'll get up now." "Do I not get a good morning." "Good Morning Gr...Raven." He allows her to get up. "How are you feeling?" "I will know more when I start moving around. I am going to head up to my bedroom." "I'll make breakfast." "Gray you don't need too. I will have cereal." "Then I will get out two bowls and spoons." She laughs. "I'll be down soon."
When both of them have eaten and gotten dressed. Gray asked her if she wanted to go looking at dogs. "Could use the fresh air, but what about the alarm company?" "Not until the afternoon." "Can't we cancel them and stick with the dog." "No, you will be getting this and no arguments. That is final." "Gray..." "Amber this was already talked about." She crosses her arms. "I am the one that has to live like I am being spied on." "I could always make a other suggestion, to which you probably say no to." "Try me, I might like that idea better." He smirks as he walks up to her. "I can move in." "What?" "Do I need to repeat myself I can move in, keep both of you safe." "Out of the question." "Then alarm company, Amber." She doesn't say anything back to him. He was hoping for a different answer. "Time to go?" "I'll get my purse." He waits at the door for her. "She shut that down fast of me moving in. At lest she hasn't kicked me out yet." "We can go now." She holds out her keys to him. "I am still not up to driving myself yet." He holds out his hand and she drops them in. "Let the dog searching begin." Gray locks the door and they get into the car to go.
The drive to the pound took awhile to get there. It was outside of the city where the dogs could roam free in the big open field. They chatted along the way about what they should be looking for. Gray told Amber to start thinking of names for the animal. "To randomly think of a dogs name now. It might not be the right fit for them. I would have to see the dog first and then think of a best name for him or her." "I think a male dog would be better." "Why not a female, I could let them have puppies." "I neuter dog will not go into a heat." "Gray are you over thinking this." "No, I am not. One of us should be rational." She gives him a look and then turns her head to look out the window. "Sometimes you can be to casual and your judgment will lapse." She starts taping her foot on the mat of the car. He can tell that he hit a nerve with her. "I said sometimes, it's not like you do it all the time. You even said that you forget things when you are dealing with Emmy." A light bulb went off in his head. They forgot to do something before leaving the house. "For example, like phoning up Ersa this morning." Amber cringe at the way he said it. "Did you forget or were you not planing too." She sits up more in her seat as the pound come into view. "Look there it is." Gray can tell she is dodging the question. She would try to distract him from carrying on with the topic. "I will phone up Gildarts later." "Gray don't." "If you were not going to get it done I most certainly will." He parks the car by the front door and shuts it off. He turns in his seat and takes her hand. "How can I emphasize with you how important this is. He hurt you and your twin. If he every came to the house and did something to you or Emmy. I would be livid and go after him myself. I want you safe, ok?" "Ok." He was serious and she knew that. There was no changing his mind if she could. She had to allow him to take over the responsibility of doing what she knows is right.
When they enter the building they were met with a man. His name tag said Jet. "Hello, what can I help you with?" "I am looking for a dog for her. One that is big enough and can follow command." "We have a few, care to look at them." "Yes." "Come with me." Gray turns to her. "Do you want to stay here?" "Yeah, I'll look around." He leaves with the man and Amber starts look at the cages out front. They were all medium and smaller dogs and not ones that Gray wanted for her. At the far corner Amber kneels down to look inside the cage. Inside was a mother with her pups. "Hello girl." The dog in the cage was a husky. "You are beautiful dog. How are your puppies doing." All six of them where walking and running around or trying to play with their mom. "I would love to come in and say hi." "You can if you want." Amber turns around and saw a women standing behind her. "Did ya scare ya? My name is Sherry, I work with Jet." "He went into the back with a friend." "I saw the both of them back there and Jet told me you were here. Do you want to go in?" "Can I?" "I have the keys right here." She opens up the cage and Amber goes in and sits in the corner. The mother dog comes over wanting to be scratch. "You are so sweet and your babies." The pups climb all over on her lap and Amber picks up one with black spot right over his left eye. "You are cute." He starts licking her face. "I see he likes you, he is more shy with other people." "He is a he?" "Flip the pup over and I can have a better look." Amber does as she says. "I thought he was a boy, but a girl." Amber puts the pup into her lap and the little girl snuggles in. "Awwww I think I am in love." She was loving having the pups play around her and the little girl pup stayed where she was. "If only I had a bigger house I would take all of you." "You are looking for a dog?" "One that is older and can be trained." "Puppies can be trained." Sherry smiles at her. "I know, but I don't think he will go for it." Amber picks up the little pup and holds her closer.
The back door opens. "Sorry Sir, you couldn't find what you are looking for." "I didn't think it would happen in a day. Thanks for letting me have a look at them." "No problem, Sir." Gray looks around the room for his Ex wife. "Where did she go?" "Sir?" "The women I was with." "Maybe Sherry knows where she went." He yells out for her. "Sherry!" "What is it Jet?" "That women I told you about. Where is she at?" She is outside with the mother dog and her pups. "Did you say pups?" "Yes, She is enjoying her time with them." "Can you show me where she is exactly." "You need to go out that door and there she is." She points to a side door behind a counter. It was big red door with a window so you can see out. Gray takes a peek to look outside there she was playing with pups and the mother. "They are huskies." Other man looks out as well. "Yes they are. They came in a other day and the pups are ready to go." Gray opens up the door and walks on out. "Awww what a sweet pup to give me kisses." "Amber!" She looks up to see him standing over her. "Look Gray, Huskies." "I can see that." "Did you find a dog?" "No, they were not to my standards." She holds up the puppy with the mark over the eye. "I want her." "Amber, I want a grown dog." "She will be grown up in a few months." "Amber." She stands up with the pup in her hands. "Look at her cute face." She puts the pup up against her face. In a puppy voice she says. "Can I come and live with her and Emmy. I will be a good dog and I will be train well." The puppy wipers a little. Amber places the pup into Gray's hands. "She can grow up alongside Emmy. They will be good friends." Gray looks at he pup and looks back at Amber. He couldn't really say no to her. He knows that she has already fallen in love with the little dog. "Ok, we can take her home." Amber claps her hands and gives Gray a hug. "Thanks my husband." She stops and lets go of him. "Disregard what I said." She takes the pup back into her hands and walks back inside the building. "How can I simply forget what you said to me. I think my magic is working."
Jet rings up the bill with the new member of her family. "She has had her shots and has been de wormed." "Prefect." "Do you want a carry case for her." "I'll hold her when we go back home." "What about dog food and dog dishes." "I have all that right here." Amber turns to her side and sees Gray putting all that stuff on the counter. Jet rings it all in. "Your grand total is $1500." "Wow, for one pup." Amber looks at her little dog. "A pure bred is not cheap." Gray tells her. "I realize that. I will put this in my visa card." Gray hands Jet his card instead. "Gray!" "Amber I was planing to pay for the dog anyways." "Thanks, you didn't have to." "I know, but I did." Gray picks up everything off the counter again and Amber carries out the pup. He puts everything into the back seat and Amber looks at her vehicle. "What?" Amber looks back at the mother dog to see how big she was then looked back at her car. She opens up the door and sits down and Gray gets in wondering what was the matter. "What is wrong?" "I hate to admit this. After telling you no, wouldn't trade up." He frowns but was curious to know what she was talking about. "Trade up?" "I love my car, but with how big she will get." "You need new transportation?" "Yeah. I'll start looking tonight. Can we drop you off at home?" "Now?" "Yes. You don't have to stay any longer. I can deal with the alarm company." "My suit cases are still at your place. I think I'll stay for other night. Plus you might tell the people that are coming to not put anything up. I'll over see it." "Gray what about work. You got back yesterday. Do you not have to go in?" "If they need me they will call. Not getting rid of me again, not yet." She knew that was a lost cause even if she did try to get him to go.
Amber wanted him to go home. After giving him a hug and calling Gray, husband. She didn't want him to mention anything about it. It will give him more fuel to keep the pressure up on getting back together. When they were going back home. Her concentration was on the dog and thinking of a name for her. "Hmmm what shall I call you." Her coating was white with black spots every where and she had one green eye and a blue one. "Blue, Daisy, Bella." "Why not combine two names together." "I will end up using the one name." "What about using your middle name." "My name?" "Rae." The pup gives a little howl. "See I think she likes it." "Rae." She lifts up the dog to look at her face. "Rae Fernandes." She howls again. "She does like it. Rae Fernandes it is." "Why not Fullbuster?" "I told you, I am switching it back." Gray still was not happy at hearing that. Some how there has to be a way to stop her. "You are still Fullbuster, why go through the hassle of getting cards redone, drivers licences stick with the name." "I have explain it to you. It's for Emmy that it needs to go back to my maiden name." Amber cuddle with the pup all the way home. Gray mind was else where, thinking on what to do. He was talking to himself in his head. "She needs to beside me. How can I prevent her from changing her last name. All this time away she has kept it. Then with Emmy being her life, she now wants it change back. If Emmy wasn't born would she not go down this road." Gray put the car into the garage. With his alarm company going to be here soon. They would need the room and not to try to work around her car. Amber gets out of the car with Rae. "Going to show you the backyard, at lest it's fence in. You are going to love it and I can't wait for you to met Emmy." He was happy to see her smiling over the pup. He takes out the stuff he bought at the pound. "Where do you want all this?" "The dog dishes and food can be put out in the backyard she can eat out there instead of inside." Amber opens up the door that leans into the kitchen from the garage. Heads right over to the screen door for the backyard. "You go and explore." She puts Rae down on the grass to investigate where she will be living. "Should have mow the lawn the grass is almost tall as she is." Gray comes over and stands beside her. "I will do it later." "Gray, no, I can do it when I am better." He feels her forehead. "Lay down on the couch. You are warm to the touch. I'll get you something to drink. I do not want you getting worse."
The next couple of hours had Amber watching her new member of her family and Gray told the workers where he wanted everything set up. They where noisy with there tools that had Rae hide underneath a bush in the backyard. "She is scared Gray, can't you tell them to be a little softer." "Amber, it will not take long. She will be fine where she is at." "Alright." "There is something I need to ask you." She turns from looking at Rae to see what he wants. "What is it?" "Can I wash my clothes and take a shower later. I am wearing the last of my clean clothes." She gets up from the couch. "Where did you put the suit cases." "Up in your room, or they would be tripping over them." "True, don't want to bandage anyone foot." She goes walking past him. "Where are you going?" "To start on your clothes. I may be lousy at keeping my papers in order, but you can't read labels correctly on clothes. I am surprise none of them have ended up small." "I have improved since we been apart." Amber heads up the stairs passing the men on the way up. Some of them check her out as she went by. "Keep your eyes on the task at hand gentleman." They all turn their heads having been expose to what they were doing. Amber smiles to herself. When she gets into her room she unzips one of his suit cases. "Sorry about those guys." "That is ok. I don't mind." "You don't mind someone looking at you." "No, it's not a big deal." She picks up a few of his clothes to start on the first load. He stands in front of her. "You will not have a problem with me looking at you, the same way they did. It's not a big deal for you." She steps back from him. "Well...umm" The way he was looking at her. She could feel his eyes undressing her. "That is to say..." He comes closer to her. "Am I bothering you." He takes his clothes out of her hands and put them on the floor. "Your clothes Gray." She steps back right by her bed. "I'm I making you feel uncomfortable?" Her mouth was feeling very dry all of the sudden. "Can you step aside." He puts a arm around her and pulls her in close. "Do you have any idea how badly I want to kiss you and do other things. Knowing you are sick." "Gray...I..umm" Her heart was thumping. "Having a hard time saying words with me being so close." He puts a hand on her cheek. "Should I kiss you or let you squirm and have you come to me." "I wouldn't..." He smiles down at her. "You have come to me when you needed to feel release." "Shhhh do not speak of this." "Amber there has been one man that satisfied your needs. How long ago was that?" She didn't want to tell him it wasn't to feel love, but it was more for comfort. She did say how long it has been though. "After the divorce papers came in, was the last time." "Almost five years." He leans his head in. "Shall I help you."
A worker appears in the doorway of her bedroom. He clears his throat. "We need you for something Gray." Amber got free from the distraction and she went over to her dresser. He gave the worker a look telling him it was a bad choice to come right now. "Go Gray. I have to get your clothes started." "We will continue this later?" "Not likely." The worker calls out to him again. "I will be there in a second." He turns one more time to her. "It will happen Amber. Slowly you are coming around. Even today you call me husband." "That was a slip of the tongue." "I will be wanting to hear more of it in the future." He goes and steps out of her bedroom. "If you went home, I will not have to deal with this." Part of her wanted to intentionally make all of his clothes small and the other part of her wanting to feel his hands on her. She look at herself in the mirror again. "Do no lose control. We haven't gone pass kissing. He will kiss when I do not see it coming. I have to be more aware and not aware of him." Amber puts a load into the washing machine and walks away to go back to Rae. "Got to keep my distance. I wish Emmy was here, all my focus would be on her." She had to walk past Gray and the worker in the hallway. "Please let me by." "There is plenty of room for you." There was a gap between him and the worker. Gray wanted to know what she would do. He wanted to tease her a little, get underneath her skin. She bites her lower lip. "Fine, I'll squeeze between you two." Amber turns sideways to fit on through and she was looking up at him. He grins at her. "Oh he was baiting me." She thought to herself. "Lets see if he can handle this." Amber takes her hand and touches his chest and she moves it down lower past his belt very slowly. "Amber.." She could hear him holding his breath. She puts her hand on his private area and presses her body right next to his. "Gray are you lost for words?" She says words smoothly with a hint of lust. "I will allow my men to leave and let you two get it on." Amber goes on by and looks at the worker. "That will not be necessary." She gives him a wink and goes down the stairs. "She turn that one against me." The worker looks at him and laughs. "I like her. If she breaks up with you. Can I ask her out." "I am trying to get her back." "Back?" "We were husband and wife and tragic event pulled us apart. Do not go thinking she is available, not when I am around." "If you say so Gray." "Get back to work."
The alarm was set up and Gray shown her how it all works. She didn't think she needed it and she has told Gray, that Nick wouldn't come by here. He wasn't taking no chances. Amber was folding the rest of his clothes while he was taking a shower. She didn't hear the water shut off or him coming out of the bathroom. He stood in the doorway of her room and was watching her. Water was dripping down from his hair and he was half covered with a towel. "Is there anymore towels." She jumps from her spot and turns to see him standing there. Her eyes gaze over his body. "Like what you see." She turns her head from looking. "Towels are in the hall closet you know that." He did, but wanted to be entertain by her reaction. He goes and gets a other one and comes back into the room and starts drying his hair. "Everything is folded you can put it into your suit cases." "I could always leave them here." With out looking at him and seeing how good he looked with no clothes on. She wanted to escape from the room and do so in a hurry. "Why would you want to." "I'll be spending more time here. Why not have extra clothes in one of those drawers. All of them can't be filled up." "They are though." "Open them, let me see." Amber wanted him to go and to go now, back to his home and not in her room. "No. Why don't you put some clothes on in the bathroom, pack everything else up and go home." He walks closer to her. "I told you I am not going anywhere." She averted her eyes she was trying hard not to look at his body and thinking of what was behind the towel. He sees that her face was a flushed and smiles. "Why aren't you looking at me?" "It's not proper to look at someone who is half naked." "I see will I can always do this." He drops the towels onto the floor and she takes a look and see he is fully in the buff. "Gray!" She holds up her hands in front of her face. "There is some boxers right there. Pass them to me." "You can do that yourself." She goes walking past him, but he stops her with putting a arm around her and bringing her over to her the bed. "Gray unhand me." "I think you can't stand to see me naked, because part of you wants me." "No, that isn't true." "Then I dare you to look at me, all of me and tell me you don't want me." "Gray...the puppy. I hear the puppy." "The puppy is sleeping in her bed. Come on, take a peek. I can always press me body up against yours like you did to me. You would be able to tell that my body wants you." She gulps. "If this is how to stop you from acting like this. I'll look." He steps back from her. "I'm waiting." Her eyes take in his tone body and they move down to his hips. She can clearly see he was standing at attention. She almost licked her lips wanting to feel him and have him in her. It's been way to long for any sort of pleasure. His body was nice to look at, even his thighs and legs.
When she was finished looking at him, she looked right into his eyes. "I do not want you." "That is bunch of lies." He puts a hands on her waist. "You want me, as much as I want you." He kisses her neck and she close her eyes. "Gray..." His hand moves underneath her shirt to feel a breast in his hands. "Say it. Say you want me." "I..." He pinches her nipple and rubs it with his thumb. "I can feel you want me. You are responding to my caress. Your nipple is hard." "No..." Her breathing was getting labour. "Do not be in denial what this is." She licks her lips. "Gray stop..." He kisses her shoulder. "I want to make love to you." His other hands move from her waist around to her back and gently lowers her on the bed. He looks down at her as she is looking up at him. He lifts up her shirt and touches her stomach. "I can you know, what I have said before." "No Gray." He lowers his head closer to her ear. "I want baby with you, have said that too." "I have one already." "She needs a sibling." "Stop talking about this." Tears were falling from her eyes and he looks at her. He brushes them away with his thumb. "Amber...I.." The phone by the bed starts ringing "I have to answer that Gray." She pushes him off and leaves the bedroom, not wanting to answer it in her room. He lays there on top of the bed. "I know you are scared, but it's me and us." He gets dressed and goes to find where she is.
He still hears her talking when he comes back down. "Yeah, that is fine Sting. I can come by in a few days. Let him know that too. I don't want to get anyone sick." "Do you want me to come over and check you out?" "I saw Laxus yesterday and what drug he prescribe has been working." "What of him? Is he still hanging around." "Yes, and will not leave yet." Gray comes over and says into the ear piece. "I will leave when I am good and ready. It's none of your business." She pushes him away from the phone. "Sorry about the rudeness." "Do not worry about it." "I will tell Jason that you will be seeing him in a few days." "What has Rogue done with his case?" "He says he wants the surgery done next month. Until then, more research and he wants to get to know Jason." "Get to know him?" "He doesn't want the kid to be terrified when he see him coming." Amber holds up a note pad in her hands as she talks with Sting. "He isn't any different like the rest of them." "You haven't gotten to know him either to make that conclusion." "His true colours will show." "Amber, He seams like a good doctor." "He has you on his side now." "I am not on anyone side. I have to go, being page. See you in a few days." "Bye." She hangs up the phone. "What did he want?" "Jason, would like me to come by. Told him I can't yet, he has to wait."
Amber sits down on the couch and Gray sits down beside her. "We need to talk about what happen up there." "No we do not, Gray." "Amber what is wrong?" "Nothing, I have enough on my plate with Emmy, Rae, and you not going anywhere. I can't deal with more." He goes and holds her hand. "I am not going anywhere, you know that already." "I know, I have tried to get you to leave." "Then start letting me in." She looks at him. "I can't." "Why not?" "I have to make supper." "You can't keep putting things off." "I can and I will." She gets up from the couch. He grabs her hand again. "Do not be scared of us. Part of you wants to return to the way things were." "How can we do that, when there is no Luke." She gets her hand free from his hold and moves herself to kitchen. "He will always be in our hearts."