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A/N: I'm sure you all remember the cliffhanger I left you with. Here's the next installment to the story. Enjoy!

Della stared at Perry and he stared at her. Perry's eyes widened when he saw her and he gasped, but he was sure he stopped breathing. What happened to her plane? What was she doing here right now? Was Nancy serious, was Della serious? Was she really going to work with him again? Could all his dreams be coming true? He had so many questions, but his vocal cords weren't cooperating. He couldn't speak at all.

Della quickly read the emotions in his eyes and tried to stop her smile. She could tell he was happy and knew he wasn't angry with her. She decided to tease him a bit. After all, it was just what they did. "Hello, Mr. Mason. Miss Swift has told me so much about you and I would really like to work for you. I don't have a resume with me but I'm hoping you'll interview me anyway."

"You've got the job," Perry managed to croak out.

Della shook her head. "That's awfully unprofessional." She turned to look at Nancy who was still standing in the door. "I thought you told me he was quite professional, Miss Swift."

"He usually is, Miss Street," Nancy said, playing along and trying not to laugh. Nancy was so glad she hadn't left. She couldn't, she had known this would be good and since she engineered the whole thing she figured it would be unfair to not stay and watch, at least until Mr. Mason dismissed her. "I'm not sure what's wrong with him. But if you don't want the job now…"

"Goodbye, Nancy," Perry all but growled.

Nancy chuckled, reading his anger for what it was. It wasn't directed at her or Della. She knew he was angry at himself. He really thought Nancy was bringing a young, inexperienced girl into his office to work for him. He really thought Nancy was oblivious to everything that happened this weekend between Della and him. Worst of all, Nancy knew he didn't know how to express his feelings. "Goodbye, Mr. Mason. Good luck Miss Street." She quietly closed the door and left the room.

"Is she really resigning?" Perry asked in a choked voice.

Della nodded, trying not to let her own emotions get the best of her, especially after hearing Perry's breaking voice.

"Do you really want this job?" Perry inquired, trying not to get his hopes up too high.

Della blinked and instead of holding back her tears, it set a few loose. "If you'll have me."

Perry reached her before she even realized he moved. Della managed to notice the tears present on his cheeks before he swept her into a bone-crushing hug. The intensity of his hug was so powerful that he lifted her up and her feel were dangling above the ground. She couldn't bring herself to care though as she hid her face in his shoulder, trying to stop her tears.

Perry buried his face in Della's hair, smiling at the familiar scent. "God, I need you in my life," Perry whispered, tears in his voice as well. "I'm so glad you're here."

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Nancy sat at her desk, smiling. She was quite satisfied with herself. When she had first suggested to Mr. Mason that he invite Della up here, this was not what she had in mind. She had to say though, it had turned out well.

Nancy supposed it didn't exactly turn out well for her; she was technically out of a job. She found herself not really caring at the moment. She could tell how happy Mr. Mason was when she brought Della in. She also knew how happy Della was, no matter how much she tried to deny it. Nancy knew if she had told Della she didn't want to resign anymore Della would leave without argument. Nancy also knew that if she did that, everyone she met at that party yesterday would kill her. Nancy would've killed herself if she did that too. Those two were just meant to be together. In more ways than one if Nancy was reading them correctly.

Nancy glanced at the clock. It was almost twelve o'clock. Mr. Mason had two meetings this afternoon, one at two and another one at four. He usually took two hours for lunch and she was sure he would want as much of those two hours he could get today. He would probably love to take Della out to lunch. She should probably warn him he was about to lose valuable minutes with his girl.

She walked over to his door and opened it. "Mr. Mason, I just—" She cut off with a gasp and slammed her eyes shut. She definitely hadn't been expecting Della and Mr. Mason to be kissing and she definitely didn't mean to interrupt them.

"I'm so sorry! So sorry!" Nancy apologized, her eyes still closed. She quickly shut the door and then opened her eyes. Why didn't she use the buzzer?

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Della and Perry had broken apart when Nancy opened the door. Della's face was red but Perry was trying to hold in his laughter.

"You think this is funny?" Della asked.

A smile was still playing on the corners of the big man's mouth and he was sure if he answered he would burst out in full fledged laughter.

"This is not funny!" Della exclaimed. "If we're going to work together, we've got to keep the professional separate from the personal all the time!"

"We will," Perry promised when he got control of his urge to laugh. "Today was kind of a special occasion."

Della glared at him in mock anger. "This is your fault."

"I know," Perry assured her although he really didn't see the logic and didn't think it was all his fault. She wasn't exactly a passive participant. He wasn't about to bring that up now and make her angry. "I guess I'll go see why Nancy interrupted us."

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Perry opened the door to his office and stepped into the outer office. He looked at Nancy.

"Mr. Mason, I'm so very sorry!" Nancy exclaimed. "I usually just walk right in when I have something to tell you so I didn't even think to use the buzzer! I didn't mean to interrupt!"

Mr. Mason smiled at the young woman. "It's fine. Was there something you needed to tell me?"

"It's almost twelve o'clock," Nancy told him. "You can take your two hours for lunch, but you have to be back here by two. You have a meeting at two and you have a meeting at four. I wanted to tell you it was almost twelve because I thought maybe you and Miss Street would like to go out to lunch and get reacquainted and such." Nancy thought it best to leave out the fact that they looked pretty friendly when she walked in a few seconds ago.

Perry was deep in thought. He did have to be back for those meetings, but it had been three long months since he had seen Della. Now she was finally here. Sure, she was going to be here for a long time, but that didn't mean he didn't want the whole day with her. He made his decision. "Nancy, my meetings aren't with the mayor, are they?"

Nancy wrinkled her forehead. "No."

"Are they with the governor?" Perry asked.

Nancy smiled, finally seeing where he was going with this line of questioning. "No. I'll reschedule them. You don't have anything tomorrow, but I have a feeling you don't want the meetings then either. Your afternoon is free on Friday, so I'll schedule them for two and three, that way you can finish quickly."

Perry nodded. "Do that, please." He began to walk back into his office, but turned back to her before he opened the door. "You really are an amazing secretary. You know that, don't you?"

Nancy smiled at him. She did know she was good, but hearing every now and then, especially from Mr. Mason, always helped. "Thank you. I wouldn't have resigned, but…"

Perry sighed, feeling a little guilty. He supposed it was his fault, Nancy thinking she needed to resign. "You didn't have to, you know."

"I did," Nancy contradicted. She knew Della wouldn't stay here if she was still working here.

Perry knew she was right. He knew that Della wouldn't stay here unless she could work here. The only way that would happen is if Nancy resigned. He wondered if maybe that's what they had been talking about at his party on Saturday. "I'm sorry."

Nancy shrugged. "Write me a good recommendation and I'll be happy."

Perry nodded. "You've got it." He stepped back into his office after that.

Nancy smiled. Perry just seemed so much happier in general right now. Yep, she had definitely made the right decision in resigning.

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"Let's go," Perry said, stepping back into his office and grabbing his coat.

"Go?" Della questioned. "Where?"

"Home," Perry informed her. "Well, to my home, for now. I don't have any more meetings today, or tomorrow, so we have two whole days to ourselves."

Della didn't point out that it wasn't exactly two whole days. She knew better than to get involved in technicalities with Perry. "When is your first meeting on Wednesday?"

"I don't know," Perry said, nonchalantly, not seeming to be very worried about it.

"You don't know!" Della exclaimed. "I have to find out! We can't just leave someone here waiting for you!"

"Della," Perry groaned.

"No!" Della said in her best secretarial tone. The one that always got him to behave and listen before. "I'm going to go out there and ask Nancy about your appointments for the rest of the week. If I'm going to be your secretary, I have to know these things. Then we can leave."

"But…" Perry tried.

"No!" Della repeated. "Sit down and behave for a minute. You can wait thirty seconds, which is all this will take." She then walked into the outer office and left Perry alone.

Perry glared at the door, which she closed behind her. Her professionalism and how it made him better at his job was something he always loved about her. Then again, he did like for things to go his way, and he had been starved for her lately. This was one of those times he wished she would be a little less than professional.

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"Della!" Nancy exclaimed, startled by the appearance of the woman. She'd thought they would be gone by now.

"I was just wondering if you could tell me when the rest of Perry's appointments are this week. He doesn't know," Della explained.

Nancy smiled. That sounded exactly like him. "Oh, of course. I'll write them down for you." Nancy grabbed the book, a piece of paper and a pencil and began scribbling them down.

"Nancy," Della began. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course," Nancy complied, still scribbling, but almost finished.

"Why are you doing all this?" Della asked.

"All what?" Nancy wondered, looking up from her writing and handing Della the finished paper. Della glanced down, but didn't pay too much attention, much more interested in Nancy's answer.

"You've known Perry for three months at the most, and you've known me for two or three days," Della elaborated. "Yet, you're resigning to make Perry and me happier, by letting me work here. Why?"

Nancy sighed. "Even before you came out here, I could see you two had something special, at one point. When you did come out here, I could tell you two still did. I knew you two loved each other once and still did. I may be young, but I do know what love looks like. I just couldn't live with myself if I let you go back to Los Angeles and you two lost that love. They don't make love like that anymore, I would swear to it."

Della, being surrounded by defense attorney Perry for so long wanted to tell Nancy not to swear to it, she might be lying. The trouble was: Della wasn't sure that was true. Maybe Nancy was telling the truth. She had always known she and Perry had something special, had something that no one else had. That's why she was so reluctant to move with him to San Francisco, she was scared of where that special something would lead them. She did know that after all this, she wasn't scared anymore. She'd much rather live with him, in any way possible, than have to go back to living without him.

Della couldn't help but think she was so lucky. Perry was so lucky Nancy had answered his advertisement. She couldn't help but think Nancy was probably the only girl who would be this understanding, this wonderful about everything. Della looked at Nancy. She didn't know how to express her gratitude for everything this young girl had done for them. She could only think of two words. Even though they didn't began to cover everything she needed to say, she spoke them anyway. "Thank you."

Are you happy? She's staying, she's working for him and everything is happy! I am such a sucker for a happy ending! Don't worry though, this isn't the end…yet. I do have one more chapter left. Review this one first though please and thank you for reading!