Years Later

Summary: Joel comes home and Fitz comes to a decision.

1st Part

Clare was at home on her day off; she had dropped Tyler off at school and was doing the laundry when she heard the doorbell ring. He put down the shirt she was hanging up and went to answer the front door. She opened it and saw Fitz standing there.

"Hey Fitz what are doing here?" She asked him,

"I needed to see you." He said. Clare couldn't help but have butterflies in her stomach, even after all these years he still had that effect on her.

"Ok, come in." She told him, she stepped aside so he could come in

"Thanks." Fitz told her. They made their way to the living room and sat on the couch.

"Clare, we have known eachother for years, we have a child together and most of all we have our love eachother." Fitz said to her, Clare nodded slowly. What is he doing? wondered Clare, Fitz took a deep breath.

"I was in love with you the first day I met you, when I rescued you from Owen, when you tutored me, our first kiss was one of the most amazing moments of my life." Fitz said, he looked over at Clare who was sitting there with a confused look.

"Why are you telling me all of this?" She asked him.

"Because, having gone through a lot together all the while staying in love with eachother, I can't imagine my life without you." Fitz answered her. Clare was speechless. She eventually found her voice.

"So what you're saying is that you still love me." Clare said, Fitz nodded

"Yes, I love you Clare." He said,

"But why tell me?" She asked.

"Because I think you're making a big mistake marrying Joel." Fitz admitted, Clare got angry with Fitz.

"What gives you the right to tell me who I should be with?" She demanded. Fitz saw this coming

"Because I love you and I know you better than anyone else and I know that you should be with me." Fitz answered calmly. Clare looked away from Fitz.

"I can't drop all my plans with Joel, it'll break his heart." Clare said looking back at Fitz who was sitting there calmly.

"Yes you can, Tyler is our son, want to ask him for his opinion?" asked Fitz, he was praying that he could get through to Clare.

"We're not going to put him in that position." Clare said crossing her arms.

"So does that mean we have no chance?" asked Fitz sadly. Clare nodded

"Yeah, we have no chance." Clare said.

"Then can you give me one more thing?" asked Fitz

"Ok, what?" She asked him in return, Fitz leaned forward and pressed his lips against Clare's. He cupped her cheeks gently; Clare was resistant at first but then gave in and got into the kiss. Clare placed her hands on Fitz's shoulders gently. They fell back on the couch and soon they were exploring eachothers bodies like years before.

2nd Part

Clare was quickly getting dressed trying not to wake up Fitz. After she was dressed she checked the clock, she still had 1 hour before she had to pick up Tyler from school. She went back into the living room and saw Fitz getting dressed.

"Hey." She said softly, Fitz turned to face her when he heard her voice. He smiled slightly.

"Hey Clare." He said his heart rate got faster, he felt just like a teenager again when he was able to hold her.

"You should go and don't tell anyone especially Joel please." She told him. Fitz walked closer to her and nodded.

"Thank you for that and don't worry I won't tell anyone." He said to her. He leaned down and kissed her sweetly on the lips. He walked to the front door and Clare followed.

"Say hi to Tyler for me." He told her before leaving. Clare went to living room and fell onto the couch. She just slept with Fitz behind Joel's back! She felt so guilty for doing that to Joel but Fitz is so sweet to her and cares about her and loves her. She felt like she had to be perfect for Joel but with Fitz she could just be herself. She sighed and put her head in her lap, she got a pillow and screamed all of her frustration into it.

3rd Part

Fitz arrived at his apartment; he couldn't help but smile sadly. Sure he got to hold Clare and kiss her one more time but he would probably never get to do that ever again because she was engaged. He went to his cupboard and pulled out a box and sat on his couch and began to look at all of the things he had in there. He pulled out photos of him and Clare when they were just friends, pulling silly faces at the camera. He smiled to himself, life was just so simple back then, no complications just them being together and hanging out every day. He looked through pictures of them on their first date when they went to the movies and to the Dot. They were so happy together, what he'd give to go back to these times when Clare was his. He sighed; maybe their time together changed her mind.

4th Part

Clare had just tucked Tyler into bed and was sitting on the couch watching TV. She was just about asleep when the front door opened and Joel walked in with his suitcases. Clare smiled and got up and went up to him and hugged him.

"Hey honey." She said to him,

"Hey baby." He said to her, Joel leaned down and kissed her passionately. Clare pulled back,

"Let's go to bed." She said and went and turned off the TV and the two headed upstairs.

Reviews please, ok the next chapter will be around 2-3 months in the future. I hope you enjoyed this.