"Should be Greg and your mom." Ed said when the doorbell rang. "Can you open the door?"

"Sure." She got up off the counter, kissed him quickly and opened the door. "Hey, come on in." She smiled at them. "Can I get you anything to drink?"

Greg smiled back at her. "Coffee?"

Veronica nodded and looked over at Jessie. "Same."

"Sit, I'll go get it." She pointed to the couch.

They sat down and looked behind them in the open kitchen. "Hi Ed."

Ed turned around for a second to smile at them before turning back to dinner. They watched how Veronica grabbed their coffee's and teased Ed about the apron he was wearing.

They heard Ed answer sarcastically. "Thank you, I love you too." Before he gave her a quick kiss.

Veronica blushed and looked over to the couch to see them quickly turn around, pretending they weren't watching.

"Here you go." She said as she put the drinks down. "So, Ed's almost done. How was your day?"

Jessie smiled and looked over at Greg. "It was nice, both not having to work."

Ed walked in and sat down next to Veronica, immediately taking her hand. "Dinner's in the oven, will be done in about 15 minutes."

He glanced over at Veronica to see how nervous she was. They had decided to tell them before dinner, so they would be able to have a good time after that. Assuming Jessie wouldn't be mad about it. The nerves were killing her, and he knew it.

"So, we've got something to tell you."

That got Jessie's attention as she sat up straighter. "You're not pregnant, are you?"

Veronica laughed. "God, no.."

Ed smiled as he looked at Veronica and then back at Jessie and Greg. "She's moving in with me." He could see the shock on Jessie's face before she tried to hide it.

"That's.. soon.."

Veronica shrugged. "Well, we've been dating for.. 9 months or so."

"Oh, yeah.. right." Jessie glanced at Greg. He smiled at her, knowing how hard of a time she would have with this. "So, you're moving in here?"

Veronica nodded, Ed squeezed her hand softly and smiled at her. "Yes, I talked to my landlord this afternoon. I'll be moving in before the end of the month."

"Okay, thank you for telling me."

Veronica got up. "I'm going to check on the oven."

Ed got up and shook his head. "I'm cooking." He noticed the look in her eyes, silently telling him she just needed to do something. "But.. if you could set the table?"

"Yeah, sure.' She smiled and followed him to the kitchen to grab the cutlery and plates.

Ed lowered his voice. "That went well."

"I think.." Veronica whispered back. "Thank you."

"For?"

"Letting me do something."

"Anytime, now go."

…

"So," Veronica started during dinner. "Are you looking forward to getting married?"

Greg smiled at her before he took Jessie's hand and looked at her. "Extremely. Just a couple more days, and I'll get to call you my wife." He smiled at Veronica. "And then you're officially my stepdaughter."

Veronica smiled and nodded. "I'm not taking your name, Greg." They'd been joking about that for a long time.

"Oh, come on. Doesn't Veronica Lane-Parker sound much better than Lane-Mancini?"

Veronica's smile fell and she glanced at Ed, to find him looking at her with the same look. She had no idea what to do or say, they'd never talked about.

Ed swallowed the rest of his food. "It does sound pretty good, V."

She smiled at him and lightly shoved him.

…

Ed waited until Jessie and Greg left before he brought it up again. "Do you want to get married, some day?"

Veronica looked over at him. "I don't know, depends, do you want to have kids some day?" Ed didn't say anything. "I mean, I know you have a son.."

"I don't know." He answered. "What if our marriage wouldn't work out either and my kids would end up hating me, again."

"That won't happen."

"How do you know that?"

"Because you're amazing, our marriage wouldn't fail." She kissed him. "Let's save this conversation for when we've actually moved in together? See how that works first."

"Yeah, sounds good. Let's go to bed, I have to get up early tomorrow."

"Okay."

…

Greg parked the car in front of their house.

Jessie didn´t move. "They're moving in together.."

"Yes." Greg smiled at her, she'd said that at least 10 times on the ride back. "It's going to be okay."

"I know, he really seems to love her."

"He does, trust me. I've known Ed for a very long time, that look in his eyes.. it's never been there. I see him smile more in an hour when she's with him than I've seen him in the past 10 years."

"Really?"

Greg nodded. "Don't worry, they've been dating pretty long.."

"I keep forgetting that they were already dating 6 months when we found out."

"Yeah, I know. It'll be okay, trust me."

"Okay.."

…

The bridesmaids and groomsmen were sitting in a limo together on their way to the church. Jules looked over at Ed and Veronica. Ed was whispering in her ear and Veronica was smiling at what he was saying. They were holding hands.

"Really?" Jules asked

Ed looked up at her. "What?"

"You're like a lovesick teenager." Sam told him.

Veronica smiled at Ed's face. "Be nice." She whispered, seeing the look in his eyes.

"I am, he isn't.."

"I know," She gently squeezed his hand. "He's just a kid."

"Excuse me?" Sam asked offended. "I'm older then you."

"Yeah but my IQ is around 40 points higher than yours so I get a couple of years for that."

The car came to a stop and they all got out. Ed was still holding Veronica's hand.

…

Spike walked up next to Veronica after they had just finished their main course.

"Hey, want to dance?" He smiled at her, ignoring the daggers Ed was throwing at him.

"Sure."

"First Sam, then Wordy.."

She got up and touched Ed's shoulder, whispering. "Cool it big guy." She then followed Spike.

"You have a death wish?" She asked him after a couple of seconds.

He smiled at her. "Just wanted to dance. Are you having a good time?"

"Yeah, it's a nice wedding. Don't you think?"

"Yes, it's nice."

She glanced over at Ed who kept staring at them and he wasn't looking happy. "Do you like working for SRU?"

"Yes."

"Greg mentioned you had a job offer."

Spike nodded. "Yeah, I like working with SRU too much to leave. What about you, still like working at the restaurant?"

She shrugged. "It's nice."

"So, that's a 'no'."

She smiled at him. "It's getting a little boring."

"Thinking of switching careers?"

"Maybe, I don't know.. I still have a criminology degree.."

"Is this because you're in touch with that professor again?"

"Ah, Ed's been talking to you.."

"He talks to Greg, but I'm around most of the time."

"No it's got nothing to do with Jeff. Besides, he's out of my life and he's never coming back in." She looked up. "So, I heard you pranked the new guy?"

Wordy was leaving SRU to go to guns and gangs, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's and even though the team trusted him and he was doing good on the meds he could have a tremor at any moment.

"Yep." Spike smiled. "It was awesome, you should've been there."

"Trust me, the times Ed's told me.. I feel like I was."

Spike moved closer to Veronica. "Talking about the bully.." He then pulled back and smiled at Ed. "Hey."

"Mind me interrupting?"

Veronica looked up at him, daring him. "Yes."

He raised his eyebrows at her. "Really?"

"We were in the middle of a nice conversation, not to mention the dance."

He smiled at her tone of voice, knowing she was playing him. "Spike?"

"No not at all." He smiled at Veronica. "Nice talking to you."

"And to you." She smiled as Ed took his place and looked down at her. Pulling her close to show her who's in control.

"Teasing me, are you?"

"Counting on your jealous streak."

"I'm not.."

"Do you prefer Alpha-male?"

"I'm not.."

She smiled at him. "Really, you want to go there? The way your right hand is pressing firmly into my lower back. Forcing me so close to you we're practically grinding.. The glare you've been sending Spike since he asked me to dance. I'm a profiler you know, you've been trying to intimidate him from across the room. When that didn't work.."

He smiled back. "Believe me, I know you're a profiler. It's just.. that was the third guy dancing with you.."

"You didn't want to dance.. Besides, it wasn't some guy.. it was Spike."

"He's a guy.."

The song switched to a Waltz and he guided her around the dancefloor. "Didn't know you knew the Waltz." She asked surprised, following him.

"Same goes for you."

She smiled at him. "I know a lot."

The song ended and they walked back to their seats. They had barely sat down or Nathan –the new teammate- came to stand next to Veronica. "Mind dancing with me?"

She smiled at Ed again before getting up.

"Not at all." He took her to the dancefloor, but it was getting crowded so they had to stand on the side. She turned her head to look at Ed, he was glaring again.

"Do you like SRU?"

"Yeah it's great. You're Greg's stepdaughter, Jessie's daughter, right?"

"Yeah that's me."

He smiled charmingly and nodded. "The chef."

"Yes." She smiled. "You're the new tactical guy, after Wordy left. The newbie who got pranked."

"Yeah, that's right. Guess everybody knows about that." He smiled charmingly at her and moved the hand on her back a little lower, though not yet at her ass. She glanced at Ed who looked like he was about to pull his gun and shoot him. "I've heard great things about you."

"Like?"

"That you're smart, funny.." He shrugged. "All kinds of things." He pulled her a little closer.

She looked up to tell him she had a boyfriend when he kissed her.