Over the following days, Hallie did begin to have more respect for Randall. She still hadn't told anyone that he was back. He liked it that way. He just wanted to catch up with her for now.

That first weekend together was one of romance. Kissing, hugging, TV and movies, special dinners, playing games, thinking about the baby, and making love in bed. They just wanted to be the other's world. Being apart for so long had cleared their senses.

Hallie had always been herself, but Randall had had to realize what it was he truly needed to be happy. Being in that swamp had made him realize what he had done and he didn't want to give up who he loved. He had taken it all for granted. He wasn't going to do that again.

While he was laying on the bed, Hallie took the opportunity to examine the scars and old injuries. There had definitely been wounds inflicted on the limbs too. But the old breaks were too far gone to be able to be fixed. He would always have these small handicaps to them, but he could still use them.

Even though the two of them had mostly a good weekend of love and romance, Hallie's mother happened to drop by, by surprise.

There was a knocking on the door while Hallie and Randall were in the middle of a love session and it startled them both.

"Who is that?" He asked. "Were you expecting anyone?"

"No. Stay here." She said.

Hallie went to the door. "Who is it?"

"Me, Hallie."

"Mom." Hallie unlocked the door.

Randall turned invisible and went to look. Just Hallie's mother. Some slight relief.

"This is a surprise. What brings you by?" Hallie asked.

"I got you this little shirt for your son. Just for nice occasions."

"Oh, thanks, Mom. I'll put it away for him."

Cassie sensed her daughter was trying to get rid of her.

"Hallie, what's going on? You seem like you're trying to get rid of me. I can sense it in your voice." Then she sniffed the air, both with her nose and tongue. "Something's going on."

"Nothing's going on. I am just getting ready to go out with friends, that's all." She lied.

"I can smell a different scent on you. What's going on?" Cassie demanded.

"Mom, I really need you to go."

"No, not until I find out what's going on. Who is it?"

"Alright. It was going to be soon, but you might as well know, and please don't get mad, though I know you will be, but please, don't hurt him. You can come out now." Hallie said.

Cassie was shocked when she saw who it was.

Randall unblended himself. "Hi, Mrs. Norman." He gave a nervous wave.

"Randall! What are you doing here?!"

Hallie got in front of him.

"He came back here because he still loves me, Mom! And yes, he knows about his son too. He's been making up to me about the mistakes he made."

"Kidnapping children and trying to harm them is not what I call trustworthy, Hallie."

"I will never do it again. I swear!" Randall said.

"How would we ever be able to trust you again, Randall? You also treated my daughter like crap! You shouldn't even be here with her. You have no rights to the child either. I could have you arrested for everything you did."

"Mother! He's sorry for what he did, and he's doing everything he can to make up for it. You really need to hear his side of the story. And he's still my son's father. He has accepted it and is trying to make a new start over. Please, just give him a chance to tell you what happened." Hallie made it clear that she wasn't going to tolerate her mother's accusations without letting the truth be told.

Randall smiled that for once, someone was standing up for him, which no one had ever done that for him before. His story had clearly won Hallie back to him. But everything he had told her was the honest truth.

Cassie sat down and folded her arms angrily. Randall sat down beside Hallie. She urged him to tell it from his side.

Randall told her everything. He needed all the support he could get. Mason wasn't sure to take his return lightly when he heard that Randall had returned and was living with his daughter and grandchild.

Cassie still wasn't pleased to hear it all, but she understood a little more when he was finished.

"I need time to work things out before I can even face the CDA. Please, don't turn me in." Randall pleaded.

He never wanted to resort to that, but he was doing everything in his power to gain the support he needed.

"Mom, please listen to him. I missed him so much. I'm not ready to lose him again and I want him to know his son. He wants to know him too. He's sorry for what he did. He needs more time to recover from being banished too. He didn't have the easiest time out there." Hallie said.

Cassie saw that Randall looked quite thin.

"Alright. I'll take you for word. But I can't hold back your father for long. And you will have to face the consequences of your actions soon, Randall." Cassie said.

"I know. I just need time to prepare for it. I'm not ready yet."

"Mom, can you wait to tell Dad? I mean, wait until next weekend at least? I know he'll be mad, but I want to be here when he storms over. I don't want him hurting Randall. He's been hurt enough."

"Alright. Next weekend." Cassie said.

"Thanks, Mom." Hallie hugged her.

"Thanks." Randall said.

"You'll have to work hard to earn our trust back."

"I know. I'm gonna do the best I can."

Cassie left, still not feeling happy she would have to hide this for a week, but she would do what she could.

Randall and Hallie were glad she was gone, but at least Cassie knew the truth and they hoped she supported them.

….

The lizard pair had a tough week on how they were trying to think up how to tell Hallie's father, Mason, that Randall was back and he was staying with Hallie.

One evening, Hallie went home to get Randall and they were going to go to Randall's apartment to see if there was anything left there to get. Randall wanted to try to save some of his things if he could. He stayed invisible while Hallie carried the keys.

They got into the building and went to the apartment. Randall's stuff was still there, but who knows for how long. They both got to dragging boxes down and packing up the stuff. But Hallie knew they would need someone to drive them out of here. She called up her mom.

"Mom, we are at Randall's apartment and we are getting his things out of here. More than likely they would sell it or junk it if he doesn't pay his bills here and that is obviously out of the question. Will you come and get us and the things? He doesn't have a whole lot that's valuable." Hallie said.

"Alright, but you two are still owing me for this." Cassie said.

"Thank you."

"Is she coming?" Randall asked.

"Yes." She then told her mom the address. Then she hung up and unplugged the phone. She continued to help him pack.

Cassie soon arrived at the address. She went inside and talked to the landlord.

"Which one belongs to Randall Boggs?" Cassie asked.

The landlord was a middle aged guy, brown colored, three eyes, two arms, two legs, no tail.

"And who are you?" He asked.

"A mother of a friend of Boggs. So which one? Has he been here?"

"Not for a long time, Ma'am. If he doesn't come back, his things are going to be sold or junked. And I am just about to evict him for not paying his rent. Room 4, second floor."

"Thank you."

"Boggs always paid his bills on time. I don't know why it starts now."

Cassie went on up. When she got up there, Hallie answered the door.

"We need to get all this out of here. The landlord said he was going to evict Randall and get rid of his things." Cassie said.

"I'm moving in with Hallie anyway. It's not safe for me here anymore. I don't care about the bed, but everything else here is important to me." Randall said.

"Until you're married, you really shouldn't live together." Cassie said.

"We're not ready to get married yet, Mom." Hallie said. "Some time later on, yes, but not now. He has nowhere else to go. Going anywhere else, even to his old partner's home, he might get the CDA involved and we're not ready to deal with them yet."

"And we have to deal with your father too."

"I know, but first, we want to get Randall's stuff out of here."

They all packed up the stuff and it was ready to go. Of course, Randall couldn't risk being seen. Only the girls could carry out the boxes, but he did want to help. He just made sure the things were taken out to the car. They were all small things really, and his own table and what was left of good food in his cabinets. A lot of food was thrown out.

After all the things and supplies were gotten into the car, it was loaded. Hallie rode up front with her mom while Randall rode in the back.

Once back at Hallie's place, they unloaded Randall's things. "Why can't you go stay with your own family?" Cassie asked.

"I don't know if they would trust me enough to let me stay." Randall said. "I haven't had contact for years."

"Like I said, I contacted them recently though. We'll work it out with them too." Hallie said.

Randall still couldn't carry the items in at the risk of being seen. The girls carried the boxes to the apartment and he would take them and set them down though. He would settle on where to put them later on.

After all the unpacking was done, Cassie said that they better be ready by this weekend.

They dreaded it, but it had to be done. Randall decided on where to put his things. It seemed odd that he was officially moved in with Hallie now. He would have to keep his cool. But he was ready to have a new life with her.