This is a short chapter I know and I am SO sorry that it has been so long since I have updated, but school has been so busy this term. I can't wait for summer when I have more time to sit and write. Thank you to all of you whom have left reviews, alerts, or favorites. It means a lot to me. I love you guys and I really am so sorry about taking so long to get this chapter up. Thanks for understanding and I am sorry to say I am not sure when the next chapter will be up.

Kelly

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After an early morning to go with Kate to get coffee and bear claws we were finally seated and had our drinks and treats. "So Alexis what is going on with you?"

"Well Ashley and I broke up."

"What? Why?" She asked concerned.

"It wasn't working. He was never there when I needed him and he was always making excuses and always busy. I get that being in college would be hard and he'd be busy, but lately he can't even take a few minutes to talk and I need someone who can be there when I need them like you and dad." I told her.

"You'll find him one day." She tells me.

"How did you know dad was the one?" I ask her.

I see Kate blush as she looks at me. "He kissed me during an undercover case way before we ever got together. It was a kiss like I never had before it was perfect it was like nothing I have ever experienced before. I just knew after that; I noticed all his glances and touches and I realized that it was more than just friendship and more than what I thought it was. Honey when you find your one and done you'll know; your heart will beat faster when your around him or touching him, you'll be lost in him. That's the only way I can describe it."

"I hope I find what you and dad have one day." I tell her looking at my coffee.

Kate lays her hand over mine and I look back up at her. "You will and it'll be the best, scariest, and frustrating thing you'll ever have."

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"I love you." I tell Rick as I walk into his office.

He takes his feet off his desk and sets his computer on his desk before he stands and looks at me confused. "I love you too Katie." He hugs me to him tightly and I gladly accept it. "What's going on?" he finally asks.

"Alexis was talking how one day she wants to have a relationship like ours and it made me happy because this is the best thing that has ever happened to me but it makes me sad because I realize all the time we could have had and how I wasted it because I was scared."

He pulls away and brushes hair from my face as he cups my cheeks in his hands. "No regrets, no looking back, we're here now and we're happy that's all that matter. So we could have had months or years more, but who cares we have now and that's perfect for me." He kisses me and I deepen it. He pulls away. "I love you always."

"Always."

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The clock read 3:15 when I looked over after the call from Esposito. I got out of bed and got dressed quietly; giving Rick another few minutes to sleep before he too had to get up.

"Rick." I whisper his name into his ear and he wakes.

"Did we get a call?" he asks.

I smile at how those were the first words out of his mouth. "Yes."

"Okay I'll get the coffee ready." He said already getting up.

"I already did just get dressed while I go and put them into our cups and them we can go."

"Okay. Good morning." He says and kisses me.

I kiss him back with a smile. "Good morning. Now get ready."