Hello everyone! I am so sorry there is no excuse for holding the last chapter of this hostage for so long. I'm not entirely pleased with it yet so there may be some edits , but for now here it is. Have a great day!

Trixie ducked into the bathroom at Di's house grateful for a moment of quiet. The morning had been chaos. Di had been frantic; fortunately Johnny had arrived and was calming her down. Trixie smoothed down the lavender bridesmaid's dress and took a deep breath. In about an hour Di would officially be her sister. She heard Honey calling her and hurried out to the car, it was time to go.

Lindsey couldn't seem to stop smiling. The ceremony was beautiful, these people were beautiful. She still couldn't believe that she could be part of this family of people Trixie had built around herself. So much had changed since she was a sarcastic freshman glaring at the perky gidet like girl who she was going to have to live with. Now Gidget was still her roommate and Lindsey wouldn't have it any other way.

She watched the faces of the bobwhites as two of their own said I do. There was Brian, looking so proud of his little brother. Jim, stable, responsible Jim smiling at the couple. Then there was Dan grinning wolfishly, her stomach flipped when he caught her eye and winked at her. Then there was Honey, sweet as her name implied practically glowing herself. Then Trixie her face lit up by a mischievous grin, while she watched her almost twin get married.

Lindsey realized then that whatever had happened between them as kids, and whatever would happen between them as adults, they would always be the bobwhites. They would always be a unit. She grabbed on to Johnny's hand and watched as the bridal party made their way back down the aisle, so happy that she could be included amongst them.

There had been many days Brian had been proud of his younger siblings, and quite a few days that would give him grey hair far too early. Today topped them all, his family was safe and happy, his youngest brother was graduating high school and headed off to college, and his sister was safe and happy at home doing a job she was born to do. And today he got to watch his goofy younger brother marry the woman of his dreams, he was proud of the man the verbose and habitually starving teenager had grown into. He watched as Mart and Di made their way into the reception, and he couldn't help but grin at the happy glow the pair let off as they were introduced as a married couple for the first time. Brian squeezed Honey's hand and smiled, soon they would be doing this as well. He saw his sister smiling up at Jim and hoped that someday they could sort themselves out. He looked forward to the day he could watch Trixie walk down the aisle.

Trixie sat down with a sigh. It had been a long day, a happy day, but a long one. She had danced and laughed, and watched as her brother and her best friend had joined their lives together. She rubbed her ankles and slipped the heels from her feet, now she was ready to go home. Or rather she was ready to go back to ten acres with Jim. Something was swirling deep in her belly a fire that had ignited every time they had touched today. She caught sight of Jim as he walked towards her and couldn't help the smile that made its way across her lips. She took his hand and they said goodbye to the few friends and relatives still remaining. Jim handed her into the car with a gentle kiss on her knuckles. It wasn't until they were driving back towards home that Jim spoke, "It was a beautiful wedding."

Trixie grinned, "It was remind me to tell Mart he almost looked human when he gets back."

Jim laughed, "Although I have to say a certain bridesmaid completely outshined the bride."

Trixie blushed, "I don't know what you're talking about Di was radiant today."

"That's true Trix, but you looked stunning."

"You looked pretty good yourself Mr. Honorable, although with some of the places your hands were wandering while we danced I might have to revoke that nick name."

Jim's face grew serious, "I didn't freak you out did I, I'm so sorry Trixie, I didn't mean to upset you are you alright."

Trixie laughed, "I'm fine Jim if your hands had gone anywhere I hadn't wanted them to I would have stopped you."

Jim smiled, "Good, I want you to be comfortable with me Trix."

"I am comfortable with you Jim, that's part of the problem. There is this part of me that trusts you so completely it frightens me a little. I've been hurt before Jim, but you could completely and irrevocably shatter me."

Jim took Trixie's hand in his, "I don't ever want to hurt you like that Trixie. It's been you for me since I was a scared run away pointing a gun at a little girl who was glaring at me with no fear in her beautiful eyes. I know you want to take things slow and not define anything, and I am completely okay with letting you decide when things happen between us. But know that I am not going anywhere. When I think about us I imagine weddings and family, and us in our eighties sitting on rockers on the front porch. I gave my heart to you a long time ago Trix, and I'm not going anywhere unless you decided my heart's not worth keeping."

Trixie felt the tears leaking down her cheeks, "That all sounds wonderful Jim; I don't want to ever have to give your heart back. You were mine just as surely that day as I was yours. At thirteen I found the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. But I don't know how much family I can give you. I don't think I'll ever be able to have children."

Jim brushed the tears from Trixie's cheek and smiled, "Then we'll adopt some Shamus, as many as you want."

Trixie beamed at Jim, "you know there is a new year's thing for the FBI later this month, it's a bit boring, but we're allowed to bring guests. I told the secretaries to put me down for two tickets because I was going to invite my boyfriend. Would you like to go with me?"

Jim smiled, "Well I certainly can't let my girlfriend go alone, what kind of boyfriend would that make me."

The pulled up at ten acres and Trixie hopped out of the car before Jim could get to her door, she met him as he got out of the car and wrapped her arms around him. There in Jim's arms Trixie felt herself finally come home. She looked up at Jim and smiled, "Take me to bed Jim?"

Jim nodded and together the two made their way home.

Things wouldn't be easy for them, their work would interfere with their lives, they would squabble and adopting children wouldn't be as easy as they hopped. But they would marry and spend their lives together, in old age they could be seen sitting on the porch of ten acres while their grandchildren played on the lawn in front of them.

Individually they were not perfect, they had flaws and demons, and sometimes the nightmares beat loudly on their chests as they slept, but together the family they built could be perfect, and in their minds it was.