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When we get to Ian's house…well I guess it's my house too now, I pull him into another kiss as he drags me towards the stairs. I hear him stifle a laugh as I lift him off his feet, as we get to the top of the stairs and he wraps his legs around me. We manage to get to our room without running into any walls and we land on the bed in a fit of passion.

The next morning I wake up to an empty bed with a note from Ian. Mornings are insane here, downstairs helping Fi. I walk downstairs to see nothing but chaos in the kitchen. Since its summer Debbie is running that insane day care center for all the kids in the neighborhood. All the Gallaghers are getting ready for the storm of kids that arrive.

"Mickey incoming." Yells Fiona just in time as I see Carl running towards me with a football helmet. I grab the kid by the waist.

"Not on the stairs huh!" I tell him as I set him on the stair I was just on "I just got out of the hospital, don't got plans to go back in it."

"Sorry Mickey." Carl screams as he continues up the stairs

"Morning Mickey." Jimmy tells me as he walks in with Liam, "first morning here can be a little intimidating."

I never saw the craziness while Ian was still recovering. If I hadn't left before everyone woke up, I waited until the crazy morning routine had ended to leave. Actually witnessing the Gallagher Household morning, I find it, surprisingly, is kind of nice.

"Its full of family." I say as I kiss the top of Ian's head and I nab his toast

"Hey." Ian says grabbing his toast out of my mouth

"Morning." I tell him

"Mick we gotta run." Lips says

"You don't want to be late on your first day back." Ian tells me as I take a gulp from his coffee mug "My coffee."

"It's delicious." I tell him as I kiss him before Lip practically drags me out of the house I hear Fiona make a comment.

"Who woulda thought Mickey could be cute?"

When Lip and I get to the work site, Randy makes that annoying gesture to his watch indicating we're late.

"Yeah Yeah." Lip says grabbing his tool belt and heading off to the ladder

"How are you?" Randy asks "Lip told me about your sister, and your little panic attack?"

"I was concerned about my sister and my old man sucker punched me." I snapped "I'm good now."

"Good." Randy tells me "Get your ass to work huh?"

"Whatever." I tell him as I grab my tool belt and head up to the roof.

At lunch when Lip and I finished nailing down a row of shingles, he wipes his hands on his jeans and sits on the roof, and looks at me. "What Gallagher?" I ask glaring at him mimicking his movements.

"Are you like out now?" he asks

"Dude, I'm with your brother, I care about him, and that's that." I tell him "I don't get why there's a need for labeling."

"Man I don't care, I've seen you with Ian since he's been home," Lip takes a break and looks at me "you make him happy Mick, and that's all I care about."

"All right, the only person I gave a shit about finding out about me and Ian was my dad." I tell Lip "Now Terry knows, so I don't give a fuck who knows. Lip you know if anyone is stupid enough to give me a hard time I'm gonna knock 'em on their ass."

"That's true." Said Lip

At the end of the day Lip and I get to the house and make a run for the shower to find the door closed. Lip knocks on the door and yells "Fiona get the hell out I gotta shower before I go to hospital to sit with Mandy."

"Not Fiona." Comes Ian's voice as the water starts "Take a number Lip."

Lip rolls his eyes as I move to open the door "Fuck I'm going to shower at Veronica and Kevin's."

"Lip I told you to take a number." Comes Ian's voice from behind the shower curtain as I strip off my clothes and drop them on top of Ian's.

"I don't have to take a number do I?" as I climb in and wrap my arms around Ian from behind

"You most certainly do not have to take a number." Ian tells me as I kiss his neck "There is never any privacy in this place."

"Yeah well, I have you." I tell him as he turns around and pulls me into a kiss "Work?"

"Was fine." He says kissing me again "you?"

"Good," I tell him.

I don't miss his hand on his scars. I look at him and gently kiss his shoulder "Why do you find these so sexy?"

"Because they are a part of you." I tell him "If it's a part of you. That's what makes them sexy."

As Ian and I get dressed I start thinking about how much has changed and how stupid I was early on in mine and Ian's relationship. That's right I, Mickey Milkovich, used the word relationship. As we head downstairs the kitchen is full of Gallaghers, Jimmy, and Veronica and Kevin. Carl and Deb are fighting, Liam is being his usual toddler self, Veronica and Kevin are close to fucking in the kitchen as are Jimmy and Fiona. I dig out my wallet and hand Fiona $40.

"For whatever bill needs to be paid next."

"Thanks Mickey." Fiona tells me with a smile "You're home now." I smile as my phone rings.

"Lip is everything all right with Mandy?" I ask in a panic when I see who is calling

"She's awake." Comes Lip's voice

A/N: This is it for now. Thinking there will only be two or three more chapters left after this. ~2Rats