I love the way that Will supports and cares for me, and as he is reassuring me that everything will be alright my mind goes back to how Will and I met.
We were introduced by a mutual friend. I work for the FBI in the Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico, and a case several years ago, took me to Baltimore where I met a young officer in the homicide division, Tony (Anthony) DiNozzo, we kept in touch over the years and when he transferred to NCIS based in Washington I helped him settle in. We both came from wealthy slightly dysfunctional families, so had a lot in common. This meant that we were more like a brother / sister, and therefore we would celebrate birthdays; act as 'the stand by date' in case of emergency and also as the other ride when needed.
As has become our tradition, Tony and I went out to celebrate his birthday and on this particular occasion we brought along colleagues from our respective offices, this was the first time I met Will. Will was my age, he was 6ft 4" tall with dark blonde hair and intense blue eyes and was he appeared to be the heart and soul of the party. I thought that he was the complete opposite of me and therefore I thought that he wouldn't look in my direction so I sank into the background at the bar, nursed my glass of Pinot Grigio wished Tony a happy Birthday and left. A couple of days later, Tony called me asking me if we could get together, he needed to talk to me about something. As I walked into the bar where we were meeting I noticed that Tony wasn't there but Will was. I walked up to the booth he was sitting in and asked "where's Tony? ", Will responded "he's not coming, it's just me". I couldn't understand what was going on. "I didn't know that NCIS needed the BAUs help" I asked, Will replied "We don't, I wanted to talk to alone".
I sat down ordered a drink, and we started to talk, he told me that he had seen me walk into the bar and had been totally blown away, he thought that I was beautiful, the last person to tell me that was John and I almost fell apart there and then, that I was confident and that as I worked at the BAU I must be smart. He therefore couldn't understand how I drifted into the background at the bar and didn't actively take part in the party. I told him that I had seen him when I walked him that I thought he was incredibly handsome and that he was a live wire and that he wouldn't want to talk to me, the shy geeky BAU agent. I couldn't believe how quickly time passed during that first meeting; we talked for hours getting through a bottle of wine and two very large Chicken Caesar Salads.
We then started talking on the phone regularly, taking things slowly to start with as Will had been badly hurt by his last relationship. We had been dating for approximately three months when I told Will about the Winchester family history, my abilities and the abilities of the members of the family. I expected him to run for the hills, but he then told me that he knew all about the 'Supernatural', that he had been raised by a hunter, when he heard about something in the DC he would go investigate and kill the evil sons of bitches that were causing the problem and that he wasn't going anywhere.
For our six month anniversary, Will invited the gang to the bar where we all met, ordered Champagne all round, as we were drinking I noticed that there was something in the bottom of my glass. It was a diamond and amethyst platinum ring, I looked at Will and mouthed "Are you sure", he mouthed "Yes", I mouthed "Yes, I will", I took the ring from the glass and slide it onto my ring finger. Tony turned around at that point; slapped Will on the back gave me a hug and told the rest of the bar that "Congratulations were in order". The wedding was going to be the following year, and this was the first time I tried to track down John, Dean and Sam as I wanted my big brother at my wedding, but we had no luck.
We set the wedding for the 18th August; the venue was this stunning place on the edge of Chesapeake Bay. The day started out with a great sunrise, I watched as the sun came up with butterflies in my stomach this was something that I never thought that I would have. The day for me was bittersweet, I was marrying the man of my dreams but my brother and his family were not there to celebrate with me. I remember seeing Will as I walked into the hall for the ceremony and thinking 'how did I get so lucky', Will confessed during our first dance that as I was walking down the aisle he leaned over to Tony, who was his best man and said "how did I get so lucky", Tony replied "I don't know, but you had better treat her right or all hell will break lose". John may not have been there but my surrogate brother was looking out for me.
To celebrate our 2nd Anniversary Will arranged a trip to the Lawrence, Kansas so I could see my brother's old house and see if I could find any clues as to where he might be. I started feeling really ill during the trip; we both put it down to being back where I spent such happy times and where everything had gone really wrong. When we got home I was still feeling awful I made an appointment to visit the doctor, Will had to work so was unable to come with me, the doctor took some blood and told me he would get back to me within the next couple of days with the results. Will and I were anxious for the next couple of days, waiting on the results of the tests, in turned out that we had nothing to worry about. The doctor called on the evening of the 3rd day and told me that I was pregnant; I thanked him and arranged to go in and see him again the following week. At the appointment the following week, the doctor did the scan and that's when we found out we were having twins.
Will and I knew then more than ever before that we needed to track down John and the boys; I needed them to be connected to the newest family members. We both requested a sabbatical from work and set off for South Dakota. I came back to present day, and as I looked up again, into the eyes of the man that had stolen my heart, he knew what I had been thinking about, and it was almost as though at times he could read my mind.
We opened the doors to the SUV, walked up the stairs to Bobby's front door and knocked. The front door opened and Bobby Singer was standing in front of us, this was the first time I met the man, but the next thing I know he has thumped Will on the arm and then pulled him into a big old bear hug exclaiming "Will Talbot, how you doing?, where you been?, what you been doing?, why haven't you contacted me recently? ", Will told him to "Take a breath, I'll explain everything. Do you think we can come in and grab a drink, it's been a long drive." At this point Bobby turned and spotted me for the first time. "Of course, come in, come in and I'll get you some water"..
