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Green's fist smashed into Eric's face, knocking the man to the ground. His fist throbbed but he couldn't feel the pain. His anger consumed him as he pulls the man up by his shirt and slammed his fist into the man's face again. He heard a crack yet the sound didn't shock him out of his rage. All he could see was a red haze and the image of Blue's scared expression. He continued to slam himself fist into Eric's face and fought against the police men that tried to pull him away.

The moment he saw Alex's head, he wanted to beat Eric to an inch of his life and let him heal just so he could beat him again. He didn't leave though, not when Blue buried herself into his chest like a lost animal looking for comfort. She needed him and he stayed. The problem was that his anger built up until he couldn't control it again.

He was eventually over powered and they pulled him away. Green snarled when he saw people actually helped the bastard.

"Let go of me! I'll fucking kill him and no one's going to stop me!" The haze begins to disperse and he saw the man before him. His face was swollen and bloodied yet that still wasn't enough for Green. The man deserved much more for putting Blue through what he did.

"Only a demented bastard can torment a woman and claim to love her," Green spat, pushing the police away from him. When they saw that Green wasn't going to attack Eric again, they stood back. Green rubbed his knuckles and glared at the man.

"I know that you're the one that's been sending Blue those body parts and framed Alex for it." Everyone around him gasped but he only focused Eric's reaction. Several emotions crossed his face: confusion, shock, and then raged. He pushed himself to his feet and went to attack Green. But Eric didn't account for Green's years of fighting experience and was sent to the ground quickly.

"How can you accuse me of something like that? I love her!" Eric yelled, his eyes flashing.

"You were the last person with Alex, were you not?" Eric nodded and Green had to hold himself back from hitting the man again. "Then who else could it be that sent Blue his head? You can't just let her believe that her torment is over only to torture her more. I won't let you hurt her more."

"Alex's dead?" Eric seemed truly shocked but Green refused to believe him. "I didn't kill him, I'm telling you the truth! I love her and only want to protect her. That is why I went to all the trouble of finding the killer! Why would I hurt the woman I love? If anything, I should be suspecting you. You are the outsider here, not I."

"Don't lie to me! It could only be you that killed Alex and all of those people. I'll make sure you that you spend the rest of your life behind bars. You will never touch Blue and Aqua ever again and if you try to get within five feet of them, I'll hurt you so bad not even Yellow will be able to help you."

"Yellow? But she's dead," one of the officers said shocked. Green stopped at this. Yellow was dead? He knew he was gone and lost contact with most people in the town but there was no way that Yellow could be dead. Then who had been sending him the gifts on his birthday? He had always assume it was Yellow.

Blue went through the motion of making dinner. She barely heard Aqua telling her about her day and how she was excited about opening her presents later in the week. Because of everything that happened, Blue almost forgot that Christmas was coming up soon- and ultimately Aqua's birthday. She wondered if Green knew that it was her birthday but then again, how would he?

She was shocked out of her thought when Aqua poked her cheek.

"Momma? Are you listening to me? I was going to tell you all about the trap I set up for Santa! I didn't believe in him but I do now. He finally gave me what I've wanted all my life and he gave it to me just in time for my birthday! And he's the best Poppa I could ever dream of."

Blue choked on her words, not knowing what to say to the child. What was she supposed to say? She already tried once to make Aqua promise not to tell Green and that didn't result very well. She didn't know if it was for the best either. Maybe she was just selfish and didn't want to face Green. If Green found out, he would be angry and then he would have to make a choice. She knew what the answer would be and didn't want to see him go again. She didn't want to be his second choice.

"And I got Poppa the best present ever! The best ever!" Aqua said proudly and pounded her chest, giving Blue a wide smile. Blue smiled at the little girl's happiness even as she wanted to cry. Maybe there was a chance of them becoming a family. She had to try, for Aqua's sake at least.

She would try one more time. Dinner would best.

"I'm so glad your back!" Blue attacked Green the moment he stepped through the door. She grabbed his hand and led him to the back room, making sure that no one followed them. She closed the door behind her and placed a hand over her heart. She just wished it wasn't beating so hard.

You can do it, Blue thought to herself. Just tell him that you still love him and want to try things again.

"I-I-I…" Blue stumbled over her words. Green raised his brow and she felt whatever confidence she had slip away. "I need marketing advice! I was going to have a Santa at the book sale today but Eric called in and cancelled. Something about getting hurt."

Green snarled a little at the mentioned of Eric. When he tried to convince Blue that it was most likely Eric behind the murders, Blue just waved it away saying that it couldn't be him. It annoyed him to no bounds that she would defend the bastard. Couldn't she see that it must be Eric.

"So I have no Santa and all of the kids will be disappointed when they come and find out that there's none." It wasn't entirely a lie since Eric did cancel on her for being the Santa. Eric's injuries couldn't be that bad, could it? He said that he got hurt trying to break up a bar fight. Well whoever he got into a fight with, she wouldn't want to meet him any time soon since she knew Eric can hold his own in a fight.

"I need you to go tell everyone that comes in that they'll have to wait a little while so I can go out to find someone to play the part." She kissed his cheek and ran out the door before Green could argue. She watched her run out and was a little disappointed that nothing more came out of the conversation. He was sure she was going to say more.

He walked out and saw Aqua come in with a boy next to her. His fatherly instinct told him to hate the boy instantly without logic. He knew she was only five but a part of him couldn't help but think of what that boy might do to his little angel. He was that boy's age once, he knew what went through a boy's head.

"Green!" She left the boy's side to hug Green's leg. He smirked, feeling like he just won the greatest prize ever. "Did you hear Santa's coming? I can't wait to meet him."

Green didn't know how to tell her that there was no Santa and that she wouldn't be able to meet Santa today. He didn't want to disappoint her by saying that there was no Santa to begin with.

"This is Orange! He's my best friend and partner in meddling," She pulled him towards the little boy. He had dark shaggy hair and amber eyes. If he didn't know better, he would've thought the Orange was Red and Yellow's kid. The boy grinned up at Green and held out his hand respectfully to him. Green begrudgingly took the boy's hand.

"So you're Green?" There was a mischievous glint in the boy's eyes. "I'm Orange and I'm going to steal Aqua away from you and marry her one day."

"What?" Green almost choked on his words.

"Orange!" Aqua blushed and pushed at his arm. The boy only grinned and ruffled the little girl's hair who moaned in annoyance. Orange was her but sometimes his declaration of love was a little much. She was a hopeless romantic at heart like her mother but she didn't know what she felt for her childhood friend just yet.

Orange winked at the little girl before heading to the section of the book store that held pirate books. Green waited until the boy was out of earshot, he asked, "So what's with that boy?"

"He saw people picking on me one day and he stood up for me. He said that I'm his princess and he would protect me," She blushed harder as she told him the story. Despite himself, he liked that the kid stood up for Aqua like he did with Blue when they were younger.

"Well, Orange doesn't believe in Santa so I brought him here so he could see that I was right and he's wrong. I am the smarter one after all. He said that if Santa doesn't come and say the magic words 'True love burns bright', then I'll have to kiss him."

Green turned sharply at her words. Hell no, he wouldn't allow that to happen!

Blue dragged her feet back to her store. She wasn't able to find anyone else to be Santa and Aqua was so excited to see the jolly man. How can she explain this to Aqua? And what about all of those kids? She couldn't even find anything to give to the kids either.

Her eyebrow rose when she saw little kids run out of her shop, talking happily. She picked up speed and walked in to see the jolly man himself. She stood there shocked she lifted Aqua over his head. She walked over to the man and handed her Aqua. She was in a daze but she still recognized his intense green eyes.

Green's intense Green eyes.

"You have a wonderful daughter," His overly gruff voice said proudly. Blue smiled at that and thanked him.

"He's not real," Orange said bitterly. "He's just a guy in a costume."

"Now, that's rude Orange," Green said and fought back a smirk when the little boy stared up at him in shock. The boy stumbled over his words and Green simply answered, "Santa knows everything. He watches you all day and night. I also know that magic words: true love burns bright."

Aqua laughed and clapped her hands. "Momma! Isn't Santa great? He knows everything and he's super smart. Maybe smarter than Green! I want him to meet Green! Wait no, Momma should kiss Santa like in the song. Kiss him Momma!"

Blue groaned inwardly when the other children began to chant with Aqua. She had little choice but to stand on her toes and pressed a kiss to his lips. When she stepped back, Aqua pushed her forward and into Green's arm and kissed him. His arm went around her waist and deepened the kiss. She didn't hear the cries and cheers and nothing existed but her lips on hers.

"I didn't think you would do something like that," Blue said later as she washed the dishes. Green came out from the back room with the costume over his arm. She smiled when she saw that he was blushing slightly. She looked back to where Blue was sleeping on one of the chairs and was glad that she couldn't hear them.

"I had to," Green grumbled thinking of that boy. What kid did those kinds of things at that age? Blue heard Green mumbled several things about orange and marriage but she couldn't make any sense of them. She laughed though and kissed his cheek playfully.

"You're more protective than Silver sometimes. That reminds me, he's going to come for Aqua's. It's on the twenty fourth, one day before Christmas. You should've seen Silver panic that day and Yellow delivered her right under the Christmas tree. She'll be turning seven this year. The time really does fly, doesn't it?"

"I thought Aqua was five," Green turned to her in shock and tried to do the math in his mind. Her birthday was in September. It took nine month for a baby to grow fully so she must've been consumed in March. That was a month before their marriage, how many times had they made love that month? Using that logic and the math, Aqua couldn't be anyone's child but his. He walked slowly to Aqua and knelt by her side.

"When were you going to tell me?" Green's voice was gruff. He turned back to look at her, noting that she looked scared. "I take it you weren't planning to tell me at all."

Blue felt as if she couldn't breathe. Good God, how had she let this slip? This wasn't how she was planning to tell him. She wasn't ready for this yet. She watched him gather the sleeping Aqua in his arms and felt guilt clench at her heart. She knew they belonged together but she kept them apart. No doubt he was angry right now and she could see it in his shaking hands. She held her breath, waiting for the outburst that was bound to come out.

"I helped create this angel," It was more of a statement than a question. "Didn't you think that I deserved to know that I had a daughter? Or did you think I was so bastardly that you didn't want to include me in her life? You made me miss so much of her life!"

"I'm sorry Green," She didn't even bother to deny it and Green didn't know if it would be better if she did deny it. "You were gone and I didn't know if you would-"

"If I would come back for my own flesh and blood? I'm not my father! I would leave my child and wife alone in the world. You know me. You know how much my father had hurt me when he left. What if something happened to you? Aqua would be all alone."

He stopped screaming when Aqua shifted in his arms. He lowered his voice, making it cold. In truth, Blue would rather have him yell at her than to speak to her with little emotion in his voice. It was cold enough to freeze over Hell. "I always said to myself that I love her like my own daughter and now I know that I was right. You were probably laughing at the irony. I would've come back if I knew what a wonderful daughter I have. My wife and my child are more important than my job!"

"I was angry!" Blue defended herself though she couldn't think of much that could forgive her actions.

"And now I'm angry! You took away seven years from me! I don't even know what her first words were. I didn't get to hold her hands during her first steps. I didn't get to teach her how to ride a bike. How many science fairs have I missed?"

"There were her terrible twos," Blue said softly.

"There were still memories I could've made with her!" Green yelled back. He didn't know if he would be able to stop himself from yelling and waking Aqua. Blue did tell him that she knew, be it indirectly but he didn't want her to hear them arguing."

Green placed her back on the chair, and got to his feet. Blue went to stand beside him and touched his cheek. He turned away from her coldly and she felt her heart break. She knew that she caused this on herself but it still hurt to see him walk out that door.

He walked to the door but stopped and turned to her. "I'm coming back. I'm just going for a walk so I can think this over. I know that I'm just angry and going to yell at you and I don't want to argue in front of our daughter. I intend to stay and was going to tell you on Christmas Eve. I already talked to my boss about it as well and plan to use my grandfather's lab. Lock the door behind me, I don' want you two to get hurt."

Aqua woke up when the phone rang. She yawned and moved to pick it up. That was when she realized that her mother was asleep. She sniffled several times in her sleep and she wondered why her mother crying. She noted that Green wasn't there either but reasoned that he was out and would be back. She went to answer the phone before it woke her mother. She didn't recognize the voice on the other end of the line but a smiled split her face.

Her present was here! Though she already told him the address, she wanted to get it herself just to make sure that her present got there safe. She grabbed her coat and scarf before she ran out into the night. Pulling on her boots, she went over the path to the station in her mind. She was sure that she would be back before her mother woke.

"Just wait, I'm coming!" Daisy called as ran to the answer the person knocking at her door. She gasped when she saw Green stood in her doorway looking mad as hell but what spoke beyond that was the lost look in his eyes. He didn't give her a chance to ask him what was wrong before he asked, "Did you know Aqua was my daughter?"

"Come in, you're freezing," She pulled him in. She waited for him to settle in beside the fire before she spoke. She motioned for her husband Bill to go back into the kitchen before she sat next to her little brother. She sent Bill away since she knew he saw Aqua as his niece and was angry about Green's actions.

"Did Blue finally tell you? Grandfather had always been pressuring her to but she never did and I can understand. She feared losing her child. Bill and I had been trying to have a child for so long and when I finally had one, I miscarried. I know what is like to lose a child."

"I'm sorry. I didn't know," Green felt truly bastardly. How could he let his family drift so far apart? His sister didn't even call to tell him that she was pregnant or that she had lost a child. "I'm sure that she and Aqua would've been great friends."

"It's in the past now. It still hurts sometimes but I've learned to carry it. But we're talking about you and Blue right now. I don't want you to be angry or see Aqua any differently now that you know. You have to understand that Blue was very young and broken hearted. You know very well that she loved you more than the world itself. Being a single mother was hard but that was what pride pushed her to."

"Pride isn't known as a virtue," Green snarled.

"But insight and knowledge is. I expected you to figure it out much sooner. The only reason no one told you sooner was because Blue has blackmail on everyone in this town."

"She looks a lot like her mother," Green said softly. He could see them both in his mind clearly and his heart tightened at the thought of everything he almost lost. If he didn't come back, would he have ever known?

"There's aspect of you in her. She loves science and she has your hair."

"I always thought that her love for science would be more of nurture than nature concept. Six years, almost seven years I've lost. I'm trying not to be mad at her but god six years!"

"Do you love Aqua? Do you love Blue? Do you feel like you deserve to be a part of their family?" Daisy asked the only questions that were important. He could answer the first two easily but the last one had his head in riddles. He wanted to be good enough but in the end he was just like his father. A no good man that left them in the world alone.

"You're thinking about dad, aren't you?" Daisy said as if she could hear his thoughts. "You're not like him. I never thought you were ever like him and neither did Blue. She loved you and even though she won't admit it, she still loves you. She could've easily gotten an abortion but she kept it because it was a part of you, a part of her, a part of your love."

"I'm never going to leave them again," Green said with certainty. He missed out too much and he refused to miss another second with them. Green didn't said a word before he grabbed his coat and returned to where he belonged.

With his family.

"Aqua?" Blue called as she pulled her coat around her more. She followed the footsteps in the snow until she reached the station. She decided then that she would tie Aqua to the bed from that day on. She had been running out of the house while she was sleeping more frequently these days. And with the threat of the killer, she didn't know how many more panic attacks she could take.

She saw Aqua run into the station and placed a hand on her chest. Her daughter was safe.

Then she saw someone come out of the shadow towards her. He was covered from head and toe and she couldn't make out who it was but she wasn't going to take the risk. It could be the killer. She made sure she had her gun tucked in her coat pocket before she raced forward and attacked the man.

She grabbed her daughter and shoved her behind her. She pointed the gun at the man, thinking that it would freeze him with shock but it didn't. The man moved like a lethal weapon and knocked the air out of her by punching in the gut. He moved so fast that he almost disarmed her. She got her breath back quickly enough though. She grabbed his coat ad used his momentum to flip him over her head. He landed on the ground with a thump and she didn't give him a chance to stand before she was over him and pointing her gun at him.

"Momma, no!" When she would've shot him, Aqua pushed her and her shot became skewed and it landed in the man's shoulder. "Momma, you just shot my present to Poppa. You just shot Red!"

And that's the chapter! Green finally finds out and he's the last one to know. I added Orange because it just didn't feel right to write Aqua without Orange so I finally gave into meddlershipping. For anyone who don't know, he's my OC from Teardrops in the Sea.

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