"So are you going to sneak out of here as soon as I fall asleep?" Scotty teased, grinning down at Lilly who was resting her head on his bare chest.

"Ha Ha, you're so funny" she mocked, rolling her eyes at him. She was running her fingers over his belly, tracing patterns.

"This isn't weird" she said looking up at him.

"Because it's right" Scotty said, intertwining his fingers with hers over his belly.

"You sound pretty sure of that" she said.

"I am, Lil this has been a long time coming, the timin' was never right before though, I'm ready to do this, are you?" he asked looking at her seriously.

She stared back at him " I want to be, can we take this slow, keep it just between us for a while?" she asked.

"Yeah, as long as you promise me you wont freak out" he said.

She grinned "Again, no promises but I'll try my best" she said kissing him.

Things were going really well for Scotty and Lilly, it had been a month and no one had found out.

They were at Scotty's having a quiet night in, take out and a movie on the couch. There was a knock at the door. Scotty and Lilly looked at each other before Scotty got up and went to the door. He peeked out the peep hole and turned back to Lilly. "My Mom" he told her quietly.

Lilly immediately began to panic. Scotty opened the door. "Hey Ma, what brings you here?" He said hugging her.

"I haven't seen you in nearly a month so I thought if I showed up at your door you couldn't turn your mother away" she said pinching his cheek as she came inside, she noticed Lilly sitting on the couch. Lilly stood up.

"Oh pardon me, I didn't realize you had company, perhaps this is who has been keeping you away" she grinned at Scotty who blushed furiously.

"Well I know I taught my son better manners than this, introduce us" she said shaking her head at him.

"I'm sorry ma, this is Lilly, my"

"Partner, I'm his partner" Lilly said quickly finishing his sentence before he could. She crossed the room to shake her hand "Nice to meet you"

Scotty's mom shook her hand and looked at Scotty questioningly, who purposely did not meet her gaze.

"Nice to meet you too dear" she smiled at Lilly.

"How about I come over for dinner tomorrow night?" Scotty said to his mom.

"Okay baby, I'm going to hold you to that" she said pointing her finger at him. He kissed her cheek and she left. He closed the door behind her and sighed, running his finger through his hair, clearly frustrated.

"You lied to my mom" he said, trying to stay calm even though he was angry.

"I didn't lie, I am your partner' she tried a smile to calm him.

"Lil" he said, frowning, his tone telling her he wasn't in the mood to joke.

"I'm Sorry, I just thought if we told her then everyone would find out" she explained.

"Dont you think its about time they did? I mean it's been a month now, we have to tell em sometime" he said, still frustrated.

"We'll get split up, Is that what you want?" Lilly shot back, a little angrier than she had intended.

Scotty bit his lip to hold back his temper before he responded. "Of course that's not what I want" he answered calmly.

"Well that's exactly what's going to happen, remember this is against the rules" she reminded him.

"The rules aren't likely to change though Lil so we're gonna have to face that eventually, I don't want to be split up from you at work but if that's what has to happen then it is what it is" he said.

"I'm not ready for that to happen" she said.

"Alright, you win" Scotty sighed "I guess we can wait a little while longer"

Lilly wrapped her arms around him , pulling him into a hug.

"Thank you" she said

He pulled back and looked at her "Not much longer though Lil" he said seriously. She nodded in response.

He kissed her softly "Come on, dinner's getting' cold" he said putting his arm around her leading her back to the couch.

The next night Scotty went to his parents for dinner. They were talking and having a good time.

"So, tell me about this partner of yours" his mom said, emphasizing the word partner.

Scotty grinned "Lil's been my partner for years Ma, I've told you guys about her before"

His mom stared him down and his dad grinned at him, knowingly. He tried to hold out but couldn't and broke down laughing.

"Okay, Okay you got me I cant keep anything from you Ma, she's also my girlfriend"

"I knew it!" she said triumphantly "Didn't I tell you?" She gloated to his dad.

"Next time you should bring her with you" His dad said.

"Yeah Uh maybe, nobody really knows we're together yet, see it's kind of against the rules at work"

"Oh is that why she didn't want me to know?" his mom asked.

"Yeah, and she's not really good at family stuff, her family is kind of a mess so I think she was nervous meeting you unexpectedly"

"So what are you going to do about work?" His dad asked.

"We have to tell the boss, I say we go ahead and do that, we're probably gonna get split up as partners though and that's why Lil wants to wait"

"So is it worth the risk?" His mom asked.

He grinned and nodded "Yeah absolutely"

She smiled tenderly back at him "You love her" He just grinned in response.

The next day they were back at work.

"Rush, phone call" Nick said.

Lilly picked up the phone, "Rush" she answered.

"Hi Lilly, this is Maria Valens, Scotty's mom" she greeted her.

"Oh Hi" Lilly said nervously.

"Can you meet me somewhere?" she asked.

"Sure, where? Lilly asked, confused.

She named her a coffee shop a few blocks away from headquarters and Lilly headed out to meet her.

Scotty's mom wasn't there yet so she got a coffee and waited. A little while later she came in.

"Thank you for coming, you're probably wondering what's going on" she said.

Lilly nodded "Do you want something? I got a coffee but I didn't know what you would like" she asked.

"I'm fine honey. Listen Scotty told us about you two" she told her.

"He did?" Lilly asked blushing.

"Dont worry he told us no one else knows, he also told us you don't have much in the way of family and that you're uncomfortable in those situations"

"Wow" Lilly said, surprised and angry at how much he had told them.

She put her hand over Lilly's and squeezed it "Dont be mad honey, I wanted to meet to tell you that you are very welcome in our house and we want you to be comfortable with us, you make Scotty very happy"

Lilly smiled "Thank you" she said, feeling immediately at ease with her.