Emily bit her lip as she made her way to her daughter's room. She sighed slightly as she walked to Katie's door, and felt guilt rack her heart as she knocked. "Katie? Are you in there?"

"No!"

The older brunette felt a watery smile appear on her face momentarily as she stared down at the floor. "Sweetie, can I come in?"

There was a small silence before a muffled 'no thank you' was heard on the other side of the door.

Emily shook her head slightly as she knelt down on the ground, feeling the carpet graze her knees and she stared at the door. "Katie, please. I didn't mean to make you cry, sweetheart. I'm so sorry." She felt herself let out a small sob as whispers were heard downstairs. "Katherine, please open the door."

"You yelled at me, mommy!" Emily heard the hurt in her youngest's voice. "I was only trying to help by talking to granny!"

Emily let out a breath and felt her voice become stronger, her fingers fiddling in front of her. "Katie, please open this door. I am so sorry, you know I am. I was just in shock from what granny said, ok? Can you understand that?" The silence remorsefully answered her and she shook her head. "It's just…I wasn't quite expecting anyone to bring up what happened with me and your aunty."

The door quickly opened and Emily groaned as she tried to stay on her knees and not hit the floor as her daughter flung her arms around her neck. "I'm sorry mommy, I'm really really, super dooper sorry! I didn't know granny was gonna say somethin' about it! But you told me to always tell the truth so I didn't wanna lie to her!"

Emily nodded against her daughter's hair and kissed her softly. "I know, sweetie. It's ok. I just…I need you to know that the thing that happened with me and Aunty JJ is only between our little family. Ok?" She stopped hugging Katie as she grabbed the young one's shoulders. "You know how I told you that me and daddy love Uncle Spence and Aunty JJ so very much?"

Katie smiled, her tears forgotten as she wiped her cheek. "Yeah!"

Emily smiled slowly as she bit her lip, running her fingers through Katie's soft hair. "Well, I love Aunty like she's my wife, and Uncle Spence like he's my husband. Kinda like I love daddy. Does that make sense?"

Katie's smile faded as her eyes scrunched, her mouth slightly ajar. "So, are you married to Aunty JJ now? And Uncle Spencer? That would be so cool! Am I gonna have Henry as my brother? He's soooo cool! And he kinda looks like me and Jackie, but not really like Cat, but he could if h-"

"Katie, shh."

The little girl's mouth immediately shut as a small smile spread across her lips.

"Sweetie, I'm not married to Uncle Spence or Aunty JJ, but since our big relationship started, it's been like one big funhouse! Hasn't it? Don't you like them living here with us?"

"Yeah, it's lots of fun!"

Emily smiled softly and kissed her daughter's cheek. "Well that's really all you need to worry about in this, ok? Nothing that we do really concerns you, unless you see something like Cat and Jackie did. And we're gonna try and make sure that doesn't happen again, ok?"

Katie nodded as she gave her mother a smile, jumping onto the woman's body, wrapping her legs around her waist and her arms around her neck.

Emily chuckled as she tried to stand, grasping the wall to steady herself. Once she was up, Katie leaned back to smile at her mother. "I love you mommy, and I'm real sorry."

Emily nodded as she covered her daughter's face in tiny kisses. "It's ok, sweetheart. Maybe next time when you find out something that's really private, come talk to me first."

"Promise!"