A/N- Happy Monday! Everyone has been looking forward to what's coming up, so enjoy! I think the ending of the next chapter you guys will be ready to have my head for what I'm going to do Emily and Nolan...

Disclaimer- Same as always: I don't own the show or the characters from the show. This does come from my imagination and I don't profit from this.

About five days later.

Third POV:

Emily holds Arrayah's hand as they make their way through the lobby of the apartment building. Both Emily and Arrayah have been checking the mailbox each day since the doctor's appointment. Emily had told Nolan on the first day she needed the movement so she could gain some strength in her non-broken leg. He reluctantly agreed, but she had to take Arrayah with her for help. She hates not telling the full truth to him, but she can't risk him finding the results before she does, incase he's not her father. When they reach the mailboxes, she leans her crutches against the wall and slides the key into Nolan's mailbox. She paws out all of his mail and closes the door. She gives Arrayah the mail, which she promptly puts into her little "mailman" bag Emily gave her. They go back to Nolan's apartment where Arrayah leaves the bag on the kitchen counter and goes to Nolan's room to wrap her mother's Christmas gift. Emily takes the bag and slowly sorts through the mail, holding her breath and saying a prayer that the results are in here. She loses hope when she finds an envelope at the bottom of the stack with a small phrase in Japanese.

Your father would be proud

Emily wastes no time opening the envelope and looking at the paper. She smiles and lets out a cough to cover her sob. She knows exactly what to get Nolan now. She wipes her tears and calls for Arrayah, telling her they were going shopping.

Two days later, it's Christmas Eve, and it's big event for the group. Aiden comes over to help celebrate the event; they have a huge Christmas Eve dinner, bake cookies, and a few exchange gifts. To their surprise, Arrayah has something to give to. Each of the adults got a drawing she made, with each picture showing all four of them on a beach. Aiden gave Arrayah a bear so her bunny would have a friend, with Nolan suppress a smirk that Aiden was showing some affection. Emily gave both men sweaters and watches, which they both seemed to like. As the evening wears on, Arrayah starts to get sleepy, so Emily helps her into Nolan's room and helps her change into her Christmas pajamas. She tucks her in, kisses her forehead, and tells her to hurry to sleep so Santa will come. Before Emily finishes her sentence, Arrayah has already dozed off. Emily smiles and goes back to the living room to chat with both men. Before it gets too late, Aiden goes home and wishes them a Merry Christmas. Emily and Nolan stay up a little later after they put Santa's gifts out, nibble on cookies and leave glitter around the window seal, since Nolan doesn't have a fire-place. They go to his room where they lie down next to Arrayah. Before Emily falls asleep, Nolan whispers Merry Christmas to her and she does the repeats it back to him.

Emily is pulled from her sleep because of a hyper child shaking her awake. Emily opens her eyes and she is met with arms caging her in. She wiggles out of Nolan's grasp to look at Arrayah.

"Mommy, he came! There's glitter everywhere and cookies are missing!" Arrayah informs her, bouncing on her knees and shaking Emily's arm.

"Really? We better wake up Uncle Nolan so he can go see!" Emily tells her, a mischievous look in her eyes. She picks Arrayah up and puts her directly in front of Nolan. Arrayah repeats the treatment of shaking his shoulder and speaking loudly near Nolan's ear. His arm raises and pokes her in the belly, making her laugh.

"The snooze button isn't working." He mumbles, "Better try again." He pokes her again, being rewarded with her laughter. He sits up and scoops Arrayah in his arms and starts tickling her, "Emily, I think our alarm clock is broken! Come help to see if we can turn it off!" Emily joins in on tickling Arrayah and knows he'll love his main gift. When they deem she's been tickled enough, they let her go and follow her into the living room. They sit down on the couch, Nolan manning the Nolpad's camera. They smile at Arrayah's reactions towards her gifts. Emily's favorite reaction from Arrayah is when she opened the mini-art easel and art supplies, with Arrayah running and crying into Emily's shoulder, telling her, "It's perfect!". Her other favorite reaction from her daughter was when she opened one of Nolan's gifts and saw it was a crayon mixer, and ran and hugged Nolan and he almost dropped the Nolpad. Emily had taken it from him as he hugged her because she knew he would want this moment on video. When Arrayah was done opening her gifts, Nolan and Emily open their gifts. Arrayah insists on filming them open their gifts like they did for her, so Nolan shows her how to work the video and how to hold the Nolpad steady. They open the gifts they got from Arrayah; she had somehow managed to paint coffee mugs for them along with little braided bracelets. Then they exchange gifts from each other. Nolan goes first (receiving more sweaters, a car charger, and a brief case for work) and then Emily (getting in clothes that look like they'll fit better, a picture of the three of them together, and a little infinity bracelet). Before the camera is shut off, Nolan goes behind the tree to get a hidden gift for Emily. He places it on Emily's lap and she looks at him with a questioning look. He nods and she looks at Arrayah for answers.

"I don't know, Mommy." Arrayah tells her. Emily looks back at Nolan, who's wearing that school boy grin he always has on. She tentatively takes the corner of the wrapping and pulls back and holds back a gasp when she sees the wood underneath. She makes quick work of the paper and let's a few tears slip. Her Infinity Box is in one piece and has been safe this whole time. She runs her fingertips over the soft wood of the intertwined infinity signs and feels her emotions being stirred. She looks back at Nolan and leans in to hug him. She pulls back, looks at his blue eyes and suddenly his lips are on hers. The kiss is soft and quick, but still full of passion. Emily feels out of breath suddenly and is broken from her trance by Arrayah.

"Eww!" Arrayah scrunches up her nose with her tongue sticking out. She smiles at Arrayah and motions for her to sit with them. She leans the Nolpad on her chair and sits between the two blonds. Emily wraps her arm around Arrayah and plants a kiss on her head and then takes her other hand, cups Nolan's worried face and lightly kisses his lips. It's like the first, simple, and sweet, and tender, and most importantly, child-friendly. She feels her heart soar and knows she's in the right place.

"Mommy! Uncle Nolan! This isn't Valentine's Day!" Arrayah struggles to get out of their grasp, but Nolan has his arm around her back and with Emily's arm around the front of her, she's stuck. They pull away to kiss her head and allow her to escape. She turns around and hugs both of them, thanking them for, as she put it, "The bestest Christmas ever!" and then goes over and turns the Nolpad off. As Arrayah opens a box, Emily leans into Nolan's ear.

"Thank you so much, Nolan." She places a light kiss on his cheek.

"Merry Christmas, Emily." He whispers back and kisses her cheek.

Their day continues, with the trio going to a church, and then Christmas dinner with Aiden. When they come home, they lounge around watching Christmas movies and eating left over cookies. Arrayah is up later than usual, but eventually crashes in the credits of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Nolan carries her off to bed and Emily follows. They tuck her in and kiss her forehead, but she's too deep in sleep to notice. They go back to the living room where they sit together, with Emily curled into his side, his arms wrapped securely around her, one of her arms around his back and one hand on his heart. He runs his hand along her side in lazy circles. When they are both about to fall asleep, Emily remembers his final gift. She pulls away and he looks at her, worried she was changing her mind or he crossed a line. She goes to the linen closet where she had hidden the rectangular box in one of the bags her clothes were in. She tries to make the crutches clicking to be quieter as she makes her way to the couch. She tries to contain her nerves, so she doesn't give away what's in the box.

She hands him the package, "Don't open it just yet." She gets the Nolpad and sits in front of him so she can get his full reaction.

"Now?" He asks, looking at her questionably. She nods and can barely contain her excitement and nervousness. He takes his time taking off the paper and Emily can feel her heartbeat in her fingertips. He looks back at her and she forces a smile. He shows a plain white box to her and she nods, looking at him through the screen. He takes off the hid and looks dumbfound at the article in the box. Inside of the box is a folded blue jersey that says "Number-One Dad" in white letters. He looks at Emily and she can see the tears in his eyes. He picks up the jersey and tucked into it is a paper. He holds the paper in his hand and lays the jersey on his lap. He reads the paper and she hears him sniffle.

He chokes out a sob, "I'm her father?" He's overjoyed and all the pieces click together; how could he be blind to the fact that she looked like him?

"Yes, you're her dad, her actual dad." Emily chuckles at him. He sniffles and looks away with a watery smile. He lets out a happy laugh, "I'm a dad." He folds the jersey back up and carefully puts the official letter on top. Emily shuts off the Nolpad and goes back to the couch he's sitting on. He wraps his arms around her and cries into her shoulder. She wraps her arms around him and lets him cry.

"This is great! I'm her dad!" He chokes out. Emily lets out a small chuckle and nods on his shoulder. She feels her eyes tear up, the relief finally hitting her. She's relieved Nolan is Arrayah's father, he adores her and will never hurt either of them. He pulls away first and plants a kiss on each cheek, on her forehead, on her nose, and finally on her lips.

"Definitely the best Christmas ever!" He whispers in her ear, "How are we going to tell her? And Aiden, and Jack and Charlotte. Oh my God they don't know!" He looks at her with concern, but not letting her go.

"We'll talk to her, take it slow, but I know she'll be happy; you've practically fathered her this whole time." Emily tells him with a light smile, "You still talk with them?"

"Yes, with everything that's been going on, I haven't had time to tell them that you're back and that you-we, is it we now?- have Arrayah." He rambles.

"How are they? How're Amanda and Carl? Are Declan and Charlotte still together?"

"They're great. She came clean of the whole switcheroo one night to Jack and Charlotte when she was a tipsy. Of course Jack was angry, but couldn't leave her when they had a son together; he's not the kind of guy to do that. I think their relationship is cracked, but they don't want to separate for Carl's sake. Declan and Charlotte had a baby boy, he's named Andre Emilio Porter. You can guess who he's named for." He smiles and Emily can feel her heart swell over having her nephew named after her, "I swear, I've never seen those two crazy kids happier. Don't worry, they both still went to college, Charlotte has a Master of Fine Arts degree and Declan has a Marketing in Business and Management degree."

"I'm happy for them!" Emily cheers, "When do you think we'll get to introduce them to Arrayah?"

Nolan rubs the back of his neck, "I don't think giving them the double whammy of 'Hey I'm not dead!' and 'I have a cute kid!' would go over well. Maybe we should tell them that you're alive and well, let on that we have a cute daughter, and then introduce them to her."

Emily can feel the happiness spread through her when he uses "our daughter", but disagrees with him, "Nolan, they're our friends," She takes his face in her hand, "I trust Amanda with my life, and I want to clear the air and start out fresh."

Nolan mulls over it and then takes both of her hands and kisses her hands, "Okay, we'll go with your plan, we should do it before the New Year so that way we can start off with a clean slate next year."

"Together?" She smiles and Nolan kisses her cheek again.

"Together." He nods.

A/N- That's chapter 19 for yah. I hope you have enjoyed it so far and hope you continue. Don't forget to vote in the poll and have a good week!