AN: I'mmm bbbbaaackkkkkk! Yay! Trip to Grams was a success, extremely enjoyed the week off. Hope you all are good, onward to the story! Enjoy!

Chapter 10: The Kiss

Kimberly slammed the door behind her as she burst into tears. She had been shaking, holding back her tears the whole time she carried Zeke down the stairs. Tommy looked back to see Kimberly gone. He knew she wouldn't be able to stay and watch him pull off with their son. Tommy sighed after hearing the door slam. Kimberly cried harder as she leaned her back against the door, unable to watch her son leaving the home. Tommy had to carry a crying Zeke into the car. Kimberly just couldn't take the look in her son's eyes as he was being taken from her. Kimberly slightly banged the back of her head against the door. She went to turn and open her door and say goodbye properly, but just couldn't. She could have been stronger. She should have been stronger. She should have been able to stand there and wave them off. But it turned out to just be too much too handle. Kimberly let go of the handle of the door, not noticing that she left it slightly open as Kimberly slowly walked up the stairs.

As Tommy buckled up the seatbelt, he stopped. After making sure all the bags and boxes were secure in the car, Tommy should have been doing the same with his son, but he couldn't. Zeke looked at his father.

"Dad…." Tommy sighed again. He pulled the seatbelt open.

"This is wrong."

"Dad?"

"This is wrong," Tommy repeated.

"What's wrong?"

"I can't do this." Zeke wiped his face from all the tears.

"What's wrong Daddy?"

"I can't…"

"Can't what, Daddy?"

"Come on." Tommy un-strapped Zeke quickly from the seat and lifted him up.

Kimberly opened the door to her house and felt the emptiness of Zeke being gone immediately. She looked around the cool, quiet house. She hadn't parted with Zeke since birth. Kimberly immediately went to her son's bare room. She walked around the empty tiny space. Since Tommy got totally custody, he had the right take Zeke's things if he needed them. Kimberly felt it would make her son happier if he had all his things in the new house at Tommy's place. Kimberly opened the closet door and found everything missing except for a few hangers. Kimberly found a blue cloth poking down from the top shelf. Kimberly pulled the cloth and found it to be Zeke's baby blanket. She laughed. She could remember the day she decided to actually make this blanket. It was a bit misshaped; Kimberly was never the best yard crafter. But Zeke loved it. He had never truly needed a blanket as a comfort, unlike other children, but because he knew his mother made it for him, he always cherished it. Zeke's called it his magic blanket to shield him like a knight. Kimberly used to wrap Zeke in it on rainy days or any time he just wanted to be held in his mother's arms. Zeke's magic blanket. Kimberly slid down the wall, crying again.

Kimberly was holding Zeke's blanket to her chest as she cried. Kimberly looked up at the doorway to see Tommy holding Zeke. Kimberly didn't even hear them come into the house.

"Wha...what are you doing here?"

"This isn't right."

"What?"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I ever thought it was." Kimberly stood up slowly. "I couldn't do it. I won't take him away from you. Not like this, not ever." Tommy put Zeke down. Zeke ran to his mother. Kimberly dropped the blanket as they hugged tightly. Kimberly lifted him up in the big hug after wrapping Zeke in his blanket. They were both crying again, but this time happy tears. Kimberly looked up from the hug at Tommy.

"Thank you." Tommy nodded. Kimberly spun Zeke around, still hugging him.

Kimberly laid down in the bed with her son after Tommy, Zeke and Kimberly brought the boxes and bags back inside t he house. They remade his bed together. Zeke was fast asleep with Kimberly rubbing his forehead and chest. Kimberly watched Tommy try to unpack some things. He didn't know exactly where anything went, but Kimberly would direct him from bed with a nod or point. Kimberly and Tommy left the room together to let Zeke sleep.

"Thank you."

"No problem."

"You didn't have to bring him back. You won that case…you…"

"I don't care about a case. I care about our son and you. That day, when I was on the stand, and you said… being a parent means it's not about what you want, but what your child wants and needs. You were right."

"But what about…"

"Hey, we'll figure out a way for this to work for both of us."

"You mean it?" Kimberly had tears in her eyes. Tommy took Kimberly by her shoulders.

"I mean it Kim. I am not going to let some Judge decide what is best for our son. That decision is and should be ours. We just need to… come at it with an open heart and an open mind." Tommy caressed Kim's cheek with his hand after wiping away a lone tear on her face. Kimberly held that hand on her face.

"I can do that."

"I know you can…"

"Why?" Kimberly asked.

"Because you let me take him."

"I didn't have a choice. You won the case, I had to..."

"Of course you had choice Kim. You could have run away. You could have disappeared again with our son, but you didn't. You made the choice to follow the Judge's ruling and I could have my son and that proves to me that we can work this out."

"Thank you." Kimberly wrapped her arms around Tommy's neck as she hugged him. "Thank you."

"No, thank you. Thank you for showing me that you can trust me with our son."

"I know you would never do anything to hurt him because he is your son, and you love him."

"I do." They smiled at each other. Just as Kimberly went to kiss his cheek, Tommy moved his head and Kimberly kissed him on the lips. They looked at each other extremely shocked.

"I-I'm so-sorry…"

"It's okay. I'm not sorry." Tommy cupped her face and kissed her again. They kissed against the wall in the hallway, Kim's bedroom door, into her room. Kimberly locked the door behind Tommy.

At first, Kimberly and Tommy stood in shock after the kiss. They were both unsure what it meant. They had kissed, kissed as if… When Kimberly went to speak, Tommy quickly cut her off. He didn't want to hear her regretting anything, not tonight, not after what happened.

"Maybe we…Tommy, should we…"

"Yes." Tommy kissed Kimberly again. They stared into each other's eyes. It was September all over again. They were in love, it was that simple. Neither needed to stop denying it. They were meant for each other, that's why no one else measured up. Let everything else just fall into place as it goes. Tommy pulled away from Kim's lips, pulling his polo over his head. Kimberly followed suit with her double tank tops flying off in the same direction Tommy tossed his shirt. Kimberly cupped Tommy's face, kissing him again, as he worked on the drawstring to her cropped jeans. Tommy kneeled down to one knee, tugging her jeans off her tone legs. He kissed Kim's stomach, moving up. His mouth took one breasts, as his hand covered the other one. A surge filled and shocked through Kim's body. She moaned, holding his head in place.

"A little anxious tiger?"

"It's been too long," Tommy moaned, licking circles around her pink nipple buds. Kimberly's moans grew louder. Tommy stood up after shoving her soaked panties to her feet. Kimberly roughly unbuckled Tommy's jeans, as he kicked off his sneakers and socks. Tommy lifted Kimberly up against the wall, still kissing passionately. They made love, coming together in pure agony bliss against her bedroom wall, before falling to the bed, kissing passionately.

Tommy was stroking Kim's hair back as she laid her chin on his chest. They were both coming down from their previous highs. Kimberly sighed lovingly, playing with the ends of Tommy's hair as well. She laid her head down against his chest. Tommy was thinking back at Kim's face during the case. How sad and stressed out she looked the entire time and especially the final day, when the Judge made his decision. The look on her face when she just heard she lost the case was like a brick crashing onto his chest. His chest had caved in with the pain of knowing how bad he just hurt Kimberly by winning the case. As Tommy's parents were hugging and congratulating him, in his eyes, his heart was on Kimberly. She just sat there as a stone, no emotion, staring ahead in disbelief. Alan was packing up and Kimberly still hadn't moved. Aisha tried to comfort her, but nothing changed. Tommy was about to tell her right there he wouldn't do, he wouldn't take their son from her, but just as he walk over to her, Mr. Lewis distracted Tommy by some papers. Tommy looked to see Kimberly slowly turn her head to them, a lone tear rolled out her right eye.

"Tommy…Tommy…Tom…"

"Huh?" Tommy broke his long stare.

"What were you just thinking about?"

"I'm sorry."

"What's wrong?" Kimberly asked.

"I'm sorry," Tommy repeated.

"For what?" Kimberly asked raising her head to look at Tommy in the eyes.

"For everything. For lying to you when we made love that night, for letting my mother talk me into…for almost making the biggest mistake of my life."

"It's okay."

"No, it's not Kim. I should have never put you through any of this."

"It was your mother…"

"No! I could have stopped it like you said. I didn't. I wasn't strong enough…"

"You are the strongest person I will ever know," Kimberly said holding Tommy's face. "And I get why you didn't tell me. I get why you did it all. I was confused and very emotional that night after Trini's funeral, I wouldn't have been to handle it the right way at that moment. And your mother… she was just trying to be a mother and do what was best for her son, which I can understand because I have Zeke. I was selfish with Zeke, I wanted you in his life for the longest and when I finally got that, I was scared that maybe, just maybe he wouldn't need me anymore now that he has his father."

"He loves you more than anything in this world."

"And he'll feel the same about you in time, if he doesn't already."

"You'll still be first." Kimberly smiled. "But I'm still sorry. I want to do good with you and our son. I don't want to make anymore mistakes."

"Mistakes? That's life Tommy. We all make mistakes, no one is perfect. All we can do is try to live our lives the best we can, and enjoy it."

"I lov…" Kimberly covered his mouth with her hand as she shook her head with a smile.

"Not yet." Kimberly pressed her lips against Tommy. "Just not yet." Tommy understood and nodded. Yes, they have and will always love one another, and yes they were in love with each other, and let's leave it at that. The words need not be said so soon.

Next Morning

Tommy woke up to find Kimberly asleep still naked against him. It very early morning, the sun was just about peaking into the sky. Kimberly slightly moaned when Tommy moved her to the pillow. He pulled the sheet up to cover her body. Her body was too tempting. Tommy quietly got dressed. Kimberly woke up.

"Tommy…"

"Morning."

"You're leaving me?" Kimberly asked. Tommy smiled as he sat back down, his arm over her body as he pressed a soft kiss to her lips.

"I don't think it's best for our son to see us like this." Kimberly nodded.

"What does this mean?"

"Whatever we want it to mean, Kimberly."

"Will you come back?"

"Whenever you want. But I have to go. My mother might be coming by the motel to see me off and she will be plenty surprised to find out what I did."

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

"You want me to take our son from you?"

"No, of course not! But your mother has made it clear she doesn't like me."

"I don't think that's it."

"Then why the photos, the lies about my drinking and needing help because I talked to Trini at her funeral?"

"I don't know, but it won't happen again."

"How can you say that?"

"Because Kim, I finally realized last night. Whatever happens next, we have to be the ones to make it happen. We can't rely on some court, judge, lawyers, family and friends. This is between 3 lives, me, our son and you. We are the only ones that can decide our futures. I'm tired of fighting; I'm tired of hurting you and our son. We will figure things out, the way we were supposed to, just between us."

"I want that."

"Good." Tommy reached down and kissed Kimberly again. "Now, I better go before I can't." Kimberly smiled. She nodded.

"Okay." Tommy wanted to tell Kimberly he loves her. Not because of last night, but because he truly does. Kimberly wanted to tell Tommy she loves him, but knew it would be too soon. And it might be just the after effects of making love.

"I'll call you later."

"Okay."

Tommy got into his car and found his phone. He groaned at the number of missed calls he had. Tommy knew he would not be hearing the end of this. Tommy's parents had been calling all yesterday and last night. Tommy went to his parents' hotel room immediately. Mrs. Oliver opened the door at the knock.

"I have been calling and calling you!"

"I've noticed," Tommy said coming into the place.

"Where have you been?"

"With Zeke."

"Oh, of course, poor lil Thomas doesn't understand why he can't be with his mother any more, so you had to calm him down all night about what happened and what was going to happen." Tommy nodded, but didn't say anything.

"Good morning son," Mr. Oliver said coming from the bathroom.

"Morning Dad."

"I'm so sorry for jumping at your throat, son. Good morning too," Mrs. Oliver said hugging and kissing her son on the cheek. She looked around. "Where, where is Thomas?"

"Zeke is with Kimberly," Tommy said taking a seat.

"What?" Mr. Oliver was finishing up his packing and looked at his wife's outburst. Tommy and his parents had an afternoon flight back to California today.

"He's with Kim, Mom."

"What do you mean he is with Kimberly?" Tommy's mother asked.

"It's obvious, dear. Tommy is letting Kimberly say her goodbyes with Zeke alone before we get on the plane today."

"Oh right." Mrs. Oliver smiled. "So, is Thomas ready for the flight?"

"We're not going."

"Huh?"

"I gave Zeke back."

"What?"

"I gave him back to Kimberly, Mom," Tommy said softly, but his parents heard. Tommy took a breath and waited for the explosion.

"You did what?!"

Tommy sat there as his mother yelled at him. His father was trying to calm his wife down, though not succeeding. Mrs. Oliver couldn't believe her son could be so foolish and fall under Kim's spell again.

"How can you allow her to keep your son away from you?"

"She is not keeping my son away from me Mom! We will decided things as a family, as it was supposed to be done in the first place before all of this got out of hand!"

"When I took charge."

"Yes mother! You started this with those damn custody papers! You made Kimberly scared that I would be taking our son from her."

"All she had to do was agree to a full split!"

"Zeke is too young to be thrusted from parent to parent for 6 months at a time or whatever you wanted!"

"How could you do that?!"

"I am doing…"

"But he is your son! Don't you want to spend time with him?!"

"Of course Mother! But not this way, Kimberly and I will figure out this within our family, the 3 of us."

"Fine."

"I needed to tell you both that I am staying in New York with Kimberly and my son through the holiday."

"As you should," Tommy's father said. "I'm happy for you son."

"Thanks Dad." Mrs. Oliver looked at her husband and son.

"I can't believe you two."

"Mom, this thing is only going to work if Kimberly and I work through it as a family. We can't have other people making our decisions. We have hurt each other enough. Things are going to be much better from now on."

Kimberly and Aisha were making breakfast as Zeke slept on. Kimberly was surprised Zeke wasn't up, must have cried harder and tired himself out more than ever. Aisha hadn't left town, knowing Kimberly would need her after Zeke left. Aisha was stunned that Zeke was still with Kimberly that morning.

"Isn't Tommy leaving with his parents today?"

"No." Kimberly smiled as she scrambled the eggs.

"He's not?"

"He gave him back, Sha."

"He did what?" Kimberly nodded with a smile. "But why…"

"He said he couldn't do it."

"Wow."

"I know." Aisha turned the tv to MTV morning and they had a flashback video to old school music. All of a sudden, New Kids on the Block "Hanging Tough" came on.

"Oh, remember this…" Aisha started doing the New Kids dance to that song (Who doesn't remember the New Kids dance: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh…, Oh, oh, oh, oh,…Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh). Kimberly laughed.

"Oh, wouldn't it be just great if New Kids on the Block got back together."

"That's never gonna happen."

"Well, Joey was the cutest, but Donnie just has something about him," Kimberly said.

"Jordan was the cutest," Aisha said.

"No way! Joey!"

"No! Jordan all the way!"

"I wish they would get back together."

"That'll never happen girlfriend," Aisha said.

"A girl can dream," Kimberly said.

"So, why do you think Tommy did it?"

"I honestly don't know, I'm just glad he did."

"You two kissed."

"Wha? No…no!" Kimberly denied with a laugh. "We didn't!" Kimberly stirred the eggs after removing the bacon from the hot pan. Aisha was working on the waffle batter.

"Liar. I know you two kissed. You got that make out look in your eyes and you only had with Tommy."

"I don't have a make out look!"

"With Tommy, you always did. So, how was it?"

"It was good." Aisha laughed.

"Hmm… I knew a kiss would do that, bring you two back together."

"It wasn't like that!"

"You two…" Kimberly dropped the spoon. "Ah ha! You two did it!"

"But we're not back together."

"Not yet." All of a sudden, Zeke came hopping down the stairs.

"Mommy!"

"Good morning baby!" Zeke hopped over to Kimberly and hugged her leg.

"Where's Dad?"

"He'll be back after he talks to his parents."

"That should be good," Aisha muttered.

"Will Nana and Papa Oliver be mad?"

"I don't think so," Kimberly said. Aisha huffed.

"Good!" Kimberly smiled. She poured Zeke some juice.

"We'll talk more later, but tell me one thing. Was it good like before?" Kimberly just blushed. "See!" Kimberly smiled. "I told you things would work out."

"You didn't know!"

"Didn't know what?" Zeke asked taking a piece of bacon.

"Women talk babe," Aisha said rubbing his head. Zeke pouted.

"Oh, I don't understand women talk." Kimberly and Aisha burst out laughing.

"I don't even think we do baby." Kimberly kissed Zeke's head.

Before Zeke, Tommy and Kimberly would be heading out to celebrate the 4th of July this morning, Kimberly got up early to stop by her mentor's studio. She hadn't really chatted with him much since the case started. Kimberly was lucky the semester was off. Mr. Hansen was none to please that his prized student was taken from him due to the custody battle. Kimberly came into her mentor's studio, it was the Unicorn Studio Art Nouveau in the Village of New York City. He was arguing over the phone, before Mr. Hansen simply slammed the phone to the hook.

"Hi…! Mr. Berg?" Kimberly was somewhat hesitant to come into office.

"Oh Kimberly, there you are. It's the holiday, what are you doing here?" Berg Hansen was your average 50 year old, college professor that owns his own Studio with over 30 years of art experience from his days in Europe, especially Rome, Italy, and Spain. He was a lonely bachelor, never had children, because he always felt his art was his lifetime mission. Mr. Hansen saw Kimberly a day in the park drawing with her son and knew he found a gem. Kimberly wasn't allowed to take his course as a freshman because Mr. Hansen usually only takes students with a full year of art to be elected into his special class, but Mr. Hansen pushed Kimberly into his class that spring semester of her freshmen year and hasn't let her go ever since.

"I just wanted to stop by and..."

"How is the case going?"

"Oh, it's over, I lost." Kimberly laughed.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's okay. Tommy didn't do it."

"What?"

"He wouldn't take Zeke from me. Tommy and I are going to work together to settle this without the court's decision."

"That's great!"

"Yeah."

"So, what's going on here?" Kimberly asked. "You didn't sound too happy with whomever that was over the phone."

"I'm leaving the City."

"What?"

"Yes, I'm leaving the City."

"But you love this city. It's your home!"

"It was. Come with me," Mr. Hansen asked, holding Kimberly by her arms.

"What?"

"I'm going to need you to help me start over."

"Start over? But why, and where?"

"LA."

"California?"

"Please…." Kimberly was somewhat taken back as she moved some air from her face. She had been with Mr. Berg since her summer program her freshman year. He had molded and crafted her art sense from day one and Kimberly become his most prized student. Not only did Mr. Hansen see something in Kimberly that he hasn't seen in any artist since his early days, but Kimberly had a sense of togetherness, and always knew how to evolve with her work. She wasn't ever an one-type artist, but a well-rounded one. Mr. Hansen knew if he was ever to succeed and leave his legacy was with this one. Kimberly would be key to starting over in Los Angeles, California.

Kimberly came back to her house to find Tim and Zeke still packing. She had left them early to go to the studio.

"Hey Mommy!" Zeke was wrapping another sandwich as Tim got some more containers. Tim looked up at his sister.

"What's wrong?"

"I just…I was asked to move to LA."

"What?"

"Mr. Berg, he needs me in LA."

"LA?"

"Wait, isn't Daddy in LA?" Zeke asked. Kimberly looked at him with a smile. Kimberly explained with she just talked to with her mentor and boss to Tim and Zeke. Mr. Hansen had already been planning this move for weeks now and just recently the perfect Studio opened up for him. He immediately brought, giving his notice to the University and his Studio here in New York that he was moving to LA. The University knew they would be taking a lost with Mr. Hansen's decision and his Studio that has stood as one of the best Art Galleries in the City for the past 25 years would be taking the biggest hit. But when Mr. Hansen has a made a decision, he goes for it, forgetting anyone and everything in his path.

"Wow."

"I know."

"Are you going to say yes?"

"I can't just… jump up and move to LA."

"Why not?" Tim asked looking at Kimberly with a smile. Kimberly frowned. "Well, to me everything seems to be pulling you to be in California with Tommy."

"But Tommy's not going to be in California forever."

"So, he'll be going on digs for the fall and part of the spring, but his base is LA with Dr. Mercer's. Plus, if he gets that job offer at that island, he will barely be an hour plane ride away!"

"I don't know."

"I think you should do it Kim." Kimberly looked at Tim. She took a deep breath.

Tim, and his date Paula, Tommy, Kimberly and Zeke were on a boat ride to celebrate America's Independence on July 4th. That night they would be in the park to watch the fireworks, but right now, they were enjoying the nice breeze of the boat tour around the city. Tim and Paula went to move to the front of the boat and get better photos as they toured around the City.

"Did Mommy tell you?"

"Tell me what?" Tommy asked looking at Kimberly while eating a sandwich.

"We're coming to LA!"

"Zeke!" Kimberly yelled.

"Really? When?"

"Zeke, I told you not to say anything yet!"

"Why? I mean, it's great right?" Tommy asked.

"I, I…I haven't even said yes."

"To what?"

"Mr. Hansen wants me to see his new Art Gallery Studio and help him in setting up to open for the Fall."

"Oh, wow."

"But I haven't told him yes."

"But you will, right?"

"I don't know."

"Why not Mommy?"

"I don't know."

"It would be great for us."

"Yeah, see Mommy! Dad agrees with Tim!"

"Still, I don't know."

"But you are at least going to think about it?"

"Like you did about moving to New York?" Tommy shook his head.

"Kim…." Kimberly sighed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't…"

"You know why I just can't, we have discussed and fought enough over it."

"I know. Zeke and I will be flying out there next week to check out the new Studio with Mr. Hansen. I'll make my decision after that." Tommy smiled. He would be flying back home in a few days, and was happy to find out Kimberly wouldn't be far behind him.

That night, under the fireworks, Zeke watched the looks his mother and father were giving each other silly smiles as they watched the ceremony. After the past few days of being around each other as a family, it was only normal for them to fall back in love and a chance to be a real family for once

"Are you two going to kiss?" Kimberly and Tommy let out a cough laugh as they looked shocked down at their son. Zeke laughed.

"What?"

"What would give you that idea son?" Tommy asked.

"Well, you two sure look like it."

"You know that your father and I are just…"

"Friends, I know… but Uncle Tim said Paula was a friend and look at them." Kimberly and Tommy followed Zeke's point to catch Tim locking lips with Paula. Kimberly quickly covered Zeke's eyes. "Oh, Mom!" Zeke pulled her hand down.

"You'll be having nightmares for weeks." Tommy laughed.

"So, are you two getting back together?"

"We're working on it son."

"Tommy!" Kimberly gasped, hitting his arm as she looked sternly at him.

"What, we are a family…"

"But that doesn't mean we are together, together and…"

"I know. But it would be fun to start over again. Especially if you move to LA." Kimberly smiled.

"Let's just enjoy the fireworks my boys." Tommy and Zeke smiled. Zeke moved into his mother's lap and stare up at the skies at it erupted into various colors and shapes.

Kimberly straddled Tommy's lap reading the paper in just his white overly huge tank top. She smiled when Tommy snatched the paper aside as he reached up and kissed Kimberly. They had been naked from the first second Tommy walked through her door. They weren't messing around, wasting any time. It had been a few days since they had a moment alone to themselves. Kimberly laughed when Tommy grabbed her by the waist and flipped her to her back. Tommy kissed up Kim's neck as she held her head back. Kimberly takes off Tommy's glasses as they laid in bed together. Tommy had been reading the newspaper for some movies they might go see later on. Kimberly tossed the paper to her floor. They kiss again before laughing a bit when Kimberly puts on his glasses.

"How do I look?"

"Beautiful." Kimberly laughed.

"These are so low, hardly any prescription. I don't even know why you wear them." Kimberly turned and put his glasses on the nightstand. "But I guess you could be worst like poor Billy, can't see his hand in front of his face without his glasses." Kimberly rolled back to Tommy.

"Hi."

"Hi!" They kissed again. Tommy moved some hair from Kim's face and kissed her much more passionately. "I forgot what a great kisser you are."

"What do you mean you forgot?" Tommy asked. Kimberly laughed.

"I don't… I just missed this. We just haven't been kissing like this in such a long time. I forgot."

"Am I rubbing off on you since we gotten back together?" Kimberly laughed as Tommy pushed the hair behind her ears.

"Maybe." They kissed again.

"Maybe we should just be doing this a lot more." They kissed again. Kimberly rolled on top of Tommy. Tommy pulled her white tank top off as Kimberly pressed her naked chest to his equally naked chest. They kissed over and over. Loud smacking action. Tommy kissed the top of Kim's chest.

"I'm sorry."

"Oh yeah."

"Yeah," Tommy said much louder.

"For what?"

"For what?"

"Uh huh, for what?" Kimberly asked.

"For you know, the fighting, the weeks of fighting, the things with the fighting during the case."

"You don't have to keep apologizing for the case Tommy. I forgive you, I have forgiven you."

"I'm just sorry. I guess, it got me thinking… deep thinking about us and our relationship. What I want, what you want, what we need…stuff like that…" Kimberly caressed Tommy's face.

"What do you want?"

"You. And my son forever. I want my son to have the family he always wanted… and I just want to make us work Kim. I want to do whatever it takes to do that."

"That's a good conclusion."

"I thought so." Kimberly laid her head against Tommy. Tommy kissed her forehead.

"You know this is the first time we can actually freely talk out loud with Zeke spending the day with Tim, we can yell and be loud…. Yet we are as quiet as ever." They both laughed.

"Yeah, you are usually so loud in bed…"

"Ha!" Kimberly hit Tommy. "I recall I am always hushing you because Zeke is like a few feet away.."

"Yet look at us, we are so backwards. Well… let's be loud then." Kimberly burst out laughing. Tommy quickly rolled them over, kissing Kimberly. They were making love almost immediately. Tommy's lips only left Kimberly's lips to take in some much needed air. Their bodies just moved as one. It was magic. Tommy stroked his thumb against Kim's face, pushing some hair back, as they made love. Kimberly caught his thumb in her mouth and slightly bit on it as she came. Tommy not far behind. He came deep inside Kimberly.

Since Tommy's refusal to go by the Judge's decision, Alan Shore had to set up for an appeal case to show that Kimberly and Tommy would be working together to resolve the issue of their son together. Alan tells the story behind the photos during his appeal case with the new Judge, Judge Sara Russo with Kimberly. Tommy wrote a letter saying that he agreed with any and everything that Mr. Shore and Kimberly has to say in this case, apologizing that he couldn't be there in person. The Judge understood.

"So you see Your Honor, Miss Hart and Mister Oliver have come to decision on their son's future and not by the courts. Because of that, they will have joint shared custody."

"I agree. And I make sure to appoint this to the courts that the issue of Thomas Zeke Oliver Hart and his custody has been resolved by the parents and will be no longer an issue." Alan and Kimberly hugged with smiled.

"Thank you your honor."

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

AN: Thanks my beautiful peeps... next chapter The Mother, sometimes, some people just never learn when to stop... poor Kimberly has to deal with trouble from Mrs. Oliver all over again.