"No tears." Mick said gently as he wiped away Emily's tears. They were standing in the middle of Heathrow Airport waiting for Mick's flight to be called. Emily was constantly wiping her tears away while Kehlani's eyes were filled to the brim with unshed tears. The mom in Emily knew the second that Mick got on the plane, she'd have a full out tantrum. Kehlani was a relatively good baby, but she'd became extremely attached to Mick. She was so attached that Emily knew she'd be a handful to deal with for the next few days….maybe longer.

Emily tried to mask her sadness but Mick saw right through it. She felt like every time she was happy, it was ripped from her. Standing in the middle of the airport, she knew that she'd truly fallen for Mick. She felt the firm grip of Mick's hand on her hip and looked up to meet his eyes. He looked from her to Kehlani, whose bottom lip was poked out as far as it would go. He picked the little girl up and she immediately buried her head in his neck. Mick learned quickly that it was her favorite place to be whenever he held her. He brushed his hand through some of her curls and kissed the top of her head. "Hey little one. I'm going to call you every chance I get and come back to visit you. I need you to be good for your mom and take care of her while I'm gone." His last sentence was raw with emotion as he tried to swallow down his own tears.

Emily wiped her tears away once again as Mick turned and pulled her close to him. Emily immediately melted against Mick's embrace and gripped him tighter against her. Mick's hold on Emily let her know that he was hurting just as bad as she was. Emily felt a couple of Mick's tears hit her shoulder and pulled back to wipe his tears away. "We'll be okay. I promise."

Mick kissed Emily with all his pent-up anguish while she quickly returned it. She parted her lips and felt Mick's tongue probe her mouth. They intertwined their tongues and got truly lost in the moment. Kehlani was oblivious to the two and kept her head buried in Mick's neck. The sound of Mick's flight being called broke the two apart. They rested their foreheads together and both held back tears. Emily attempted to take Kehlani back, but the one-year-old wasn't having it.

After several attempts, she finally got Kehlani in her arms but the little girl fought to get back to Mick. Mick's heart broke when he noticed just how much Kehlani wanted to be close to him. He blinked furiously to make his tears go away. Mick kissed Emily and Kehlani one last time and pulled back slowly. She turned to walk away quickly just as Kehlani let out a wail. She reached over Emily's shoulder and cried in Mick's direction. Her tears finally fell and she cried out while reaching for him. Mick wanted to just run and gather them both in his arms and comfort them, but he knew he had to go back to D.C.

Emily tried to soothe Kehlani as they left the airport. She made it as far as the exit before she completely broke down into sobs. The mother-daughter duo where both dissolving into tears as passersby looked on in concern. A woman was about to approach them but stopped as a slim woman jogged in their direction. "Emily sweetie it's okay."

Emily looked up at the sound of her mother's voice and immediately gave into her embrace. "I want him back." "I know baby, I know." Elizabeth Prentiss gathered her daughter and granddaughter in her arms and walked them towards her car. After being in the car for about 15 minutes, Emily asked "How did you know where we were?"

"I got a text from someone named Mick. He told me that he'd be leaving today and that the two of you would need a ride home. Is he your boyfriend?"

Emily rubbed her red eyes and looked in the backseat before answering. She noticed that Kehlani had cried herself to sleep and it broke her heart.

"If you count being on different continents as dating." "Obliviously he cares or he wouldn't have known that the two of you would be visibly upset. You must care about him to be crying outside of the airport. Lani obviously cares about him because she cried her eyes out when he left. For what it's worth, you deserve to be loved Emily, whether you believe it or not."

"I wasn't supposed to care about him this much."

"I was the same way with your father."

"He's an oversexed, egotistical, arrogant Brit that turned out to be amazingly sweet, thoughtful, caring, and so great with Lani. I really miss him. How are we supposed to work when I live here and he lives in D.C.?"

"If the bond is strong enough, then you'll make it, trust me. When I first met your father, I was a senior in college and he had already graduated. We were on two completely different career paths and at one point we were on different continents. Your father was in Sydney, Australia and I was in Winnipeg, Canada." Elizabeth paused at the shocked expression on her daughter's face and chuckled at the expression before continuing.

"For three years, we dated while living in Winnipeg and Sydney. It was not easy. Trust issues and commitment came to the surface but the both of us knew that we'd be miserable if we didn't stay on our career paths. We both knew that if we were to just give in early in the relationship, then we wouldn't last as a couple. We got engaged when your father was in Shanghai and I was in Germany on assignment. The deciding factor in our relationship was after we got married and I got pregnant with you."

"Not to interrupt but what's your point?" "My point is that what brought us closer together was you. You and Mick are ahead of that because you have Kehlani. I don't think that it'll take the two of you as long as it took us because your bond seems stronger. Not to mention that Kehlani loves him."

Emily gave a small sigh and looked out the window and whispered, "I think I do too."