Sorry it's been a while everyone, I'll try not to leave it so long next time.
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Chapter 28
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Reddington was in his room, his night things on as he sat on the edge of the bed, thinking about Kate and the baby, feeling so thankful that they were both well after the events of the day. He looked up when he heard the soft tapping on his door frame to see Elizabeth standing in his doorway, dressed in the long shirt he had given to her.
"Hey." She smiled.
"Hello, It fits perfectly I see."
"It does, thanks, you didn't have too."
"Nonsense, how's Agnes?"
"She's fast asleep, can I?" She asked, motioning to the side of the bed.
"Please."
Elizabeth came over and sat down beside him, Reddington looking down at her bare legs.
"Stop staring." She joked as she turned, smiling as she looked at him.
Reddington looked away for a moment before quickly returning his gaze.
"Crazy day huh?" She said.
"That's something of an understatement."
"Hey, she's safe." Elizabeth smiled, nudging him.
"It could have been so much worse Lizzie, if anything had happened to Kate or the baby I…"
"But it didn't, she's fine…they both are."
"I think it's time I started making definite plans for Italy."
"Oh, well yeah of course. Mr Kaplan needs to be settled properly before the baby arrives."
Reddington looked up, hearing the slight panic in Elizabeth's voice at the mention of Italy. He reached over, taking hold of her hand in is.
"Lizzie."
"I'm fine."
"I know you haven't decided anything with Tom yet but I…"
"Tom is being difficult, he won't allow me to take Agnes out of the country."
"Lizzie, you know we won't leave without you, if you're really sure you want this."
Elizabeth looked in to Reddington's eyes, before she smiled and leaned in, kissing him firmly to give him his answer.
"I'm sure."
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Andrea stood on the other side of the bathroom door, knocking lightly when she couldn't hear anything.
"Kate…are you okay in there."
Kate sat on the edge of the tub, staring down as she ran a hand over her abdomen.
"Kate…you're scaring me, are you okay in there."
"The door's not locked dearie."
Kate looked up when she saw the door opening slowly and Andrea appeared in the doorway, worry etched on her face.
"What's going on, when you didn't answer I got worried."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to worry you dearie."
Andrea came over and sat on the edge of the tub with Kate, wrapping her arm around the older woman's shoulder.
"What's up?"
"Nothing really, just replaying today's events in my head, how lucky I was that it didn't end with something even worse happening."
"Well at least you know it's finally over, this work that you do for Red…it's done…for good."
"It'll feel strange, I've been doing this job for so long and to suddenly be doing nothing, it will feel odd."
"Well, I wouldn't exactly say you'll be doing nothing."
"I know but…you know what I mean."
"There is one upside to all of this you know."
"What's that?"
"No more cops knocking on your door, no more dead bodies and best of all…no more looking over your shoulder."
"It almost seems to good to be true."
"Start believing lady, this will be a new start…for all of us."
"I'm happy that you've agreed to come with me, I can't imagine doing any of this without you."
Andrea smiled at the way Kate looked in to her eyes before she leaned in to kiss her, Kate adding a little more pressure to the kiss.
"I love you dearie."
"I love you too, both of you."
Kate leaned her head on Andrea's shoulder, both women enjoying just being with each other.
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Elizabeth was still sitting with Reddington, looking over at the clock by his bed.
"It's getting late Lizzie."
"I guess so."
"If you need anything during the night you can just come and get me and I…"
"Or…I could just stay right here."
Reddington looked down at Lizzie, seeing the small sparkle in her eyes.
"Lizzie we…"
Elizabeth leaned in, pressing a kiss to Reddington's lips, hearing the soft moan escape her lips as he wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you really sure about this Lizzie?"
"I've never been so sure of anything in my life, I'm sick of pretending. I love you Red."
Reddington leaned back, looking Elizabeth in the eyes.
"What is it, should I not have said that? Was it too soon?"
"It's never too soon Lizzie, I just want you to be sure that this is really what you want for you and Agnes."
"I'm ready to move to Italy with you, we both are. I just….need to sort out things with Tom and I will, I promise."
"I'll always wait for you."
"I know." She smiled, kissing him.
"I think we should get some rest."
"Rest? You bore."
"Just for tonight I promise. It's been a long day."
"Hey, she'll okay."
Reddington looked up, smiling at Elizabeth.
"I know, no thanks to me."
"Mr Kaplan doesn't blame you, she never would."
"It doesn't change the way I feel, she's a big part of my life. I will never stop trying to keep her safe."
"I know, she's been through so much already and so much more to come, she'll need all her friends around her. I'm glad she met Andrea."
"So am I…she's been a big help through all of this."
"Well she's not going anywhere."
"No, no she's not. I'm glad she agreed to the move to Italy."
"It's a big step for her, giving up her career."
"I'm looking in to jobs for her in Italy, I know she'll want to stay connected to medicine."
"Legally though, yeah?"
"I promised I'm done and I am, I'll never lie to you again, I swear."
"Good, come on then. I guess we should sleep."
"Lizzie I…"
"Just sleep, we have a lifetime for the rest."
Reddington gave her one final kiss before laying down for the night.
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To Be Continued…
