A/N: Huge Thank yous for all the reviews! I can't believe I'm one review away from 60! Amazing! Keep them coming :-D lol! I put a forewarning in my other fic that if you all keep reading I will keep writing as I like to share :-).. also I have three more fics baking in my head as we speak! fun times ahead :-D.. As always Enjoy!

Two weeks passed torturously for Taylor as for the first time in years he was at a complete loss of what to do. He and Evan had come to a new agreement to give one another a clean slate and Taylor gave the man a copy of all the messages Alicia had sent him over the years as a peace offering of sorts. While they weren't best friends but they were able to hold a polite conversation without getting angry and Taylor even improved his relationship with Evan's kids. Luckily they were more forgiving on first impressions especially when Taylor brought them their favourite foods thanks to Kate's helpful suggestions.

Taylor and Jim also had the 'Kate' problem underhand as they made sure to exhaust her of any aggression she had by making sure she took said aggression out on a punching bag and otherwise keeping her on the east side of the colony away from the civilians to save her from hearing the rumours questioning the validity of her pregnancy and who the father was.

Taylor and Boylan had yet to find the source of the rumours as it seemed like one huge game of Chinese whispers in the colony. But Taylor decided to placate Kate he'd say that he and Boylan settled the matter and the person in question had been reprimanded. It didn't exactly make Kate happy but she dropped the subject. With her situation contained it left Taylor with the other more important mess of trying to patch things up with Alicia.

He had given her the messages he had kept hidden as Evan had suggested to clear up any leftover tension he was hiding more secrets. But instead of making things better it made their relationship more strained than ever before.

She was beyond angry and upset with him. She wouldn't look at him, she would only talk about the twins well being with him and anything related to them. Otherwise they sat in a stalled state as he knew Alicia wanted to beat the stuffing out of him but she didn't want to leave the twins and because she wasn't in condition to do the damage she wanted to do to him. He did however feel worse for their current state than if she had just got it out of her system instead of stewing in it.

He wasn't sure what to do to make things right. Usually when they had a fight they hashed it out and then a round of makeup sex. Somehow he didn't think it was going happen that way this time.

"On the bed" Elisabeth told Kate who made a face as she had been trying to sneak into the infirmary only for Elisabeth to catch her.

"Can't we do this later?" Kate asked knowing exactly what Elisabeth wanted to do.

"You said that for the last five days, now lie back-"

"And think of England?" Kate asked tartly but of course the idiom was lost on Elisabeth who gestured to the bed and replied.

"If it helps then yes" Elisabeth said as Kate hopped onto the bed but didn't lie back.

"I really think it can wait" Kate said but Elisabeth gave Kate her 'don't mess with me' look that made Kate lie back onto the bed.

"No, it can't or do I have to name a whole list of reasons why I should be monitoring you and you also had your chance last week when you didn't make your appointment" Elisabeth told her.

"I overslept and I swear your list makes me feel like this is some kind of crossbreeding program. Like I'm going to pop out a human version of a liger or something" Kate said as she really didn't want to have the scan, having the scans meant acknowledging hard truths like she was alone in this adventure. Something that hurt deeply as she wanted Malcolm to be there to hold her hand or at least fuss over the scans and tell her not to be a spoilsport and ask for a holographic projection of the baby but they weren't like that.

She visited him daily and while they flirted outrageously and had a lot of laughs it didn't feel the same nor did his emotions for her run as deeply as hers did for him. She didn't hold it against him as it wasn't his fault but there were days when she wished she could just kiss him senselessly but she refrained as she didn't want to push him away or freak him out. They were pretty much back in the courting stage again before they even held hands or exchanged their first kiss.

Not the stage where she felt safe to say 'Hey I'm having your baby and I love you so incredibly that it hurts to just be in the same room with you and know you don't feel the same but that aside could you come and hold my hand and just pretend you remember all our time together and how you felt about me. So I can have my slice of heaven?'. So she didn't, instead she kept her mouth shut and stuffed all her feelings into a badly constructed box that tended to leak and made crappy jokes to cover up the fact that to her being pregnant made her feel angry and miserable.

She assumed she would have some kind of moment like in the movies where pregnant women were glowing and forever happy about being miracle makers but so far she felt the complete opposite of and she didn't want the others to give her anymore pity.

"A liger?" Elisabeth asked.

"Lion cross tiger… but in this case I guess it would be a Ausmie? Pomsie?" Kate threw out a few more poor amalgamations of Aussie and Pommie before she rubbed her chest, her ribs were hurting not to mention her boobs but she wasn't about to admit it to Elisabeth.

"Your costal joints are still inflamed, I told you to take it easy" Elisabeth remarked in a chastising tone as she turned on all the scanners and setting up Kate's file.

"I am taking easy and it's this cold weather" Kate complained as her healed fractures in her ribs always ached in the cold weather thanks to her developing costochrondritis last summer from a cold.

"It's barely below 20 degrees"

"Cold enough for me. I'm a delicate flower" Kate drawled sarcastically.

"Well lie still I'm going to start a delicate scan and any major movement or fidgeting will affect the results and we'll have to start from scratch" Elisabeth said as she placed a hand on Kate's foot that she had been twirling and moving.

"Right, perfectly still"

"Yes, it'll take a few minutes so just relax and I'll be right back." Elisabeth said before leaving the curtained off bed. Kate exhaled slowly to relax and calm her rolling emotions, like she described her badly constructed box holing all her emotions was starting to leak. She knew Malcolm was in the room and it made her ache as she wanted things to be different. Tears started filling her eyes as she mentally berated herself for as she should be grateful he was awake and so far hadn't heard any of the stupid rumours.

Malcolm had heard Kate's voice talking in a low manner which made him look up from the plex he was reading to see Elisabeth push Kate by the shoulders to a bio bed. The curtain around the bed was closed and Malcolm wondered if she was alright. Curiosity getting the better of him, he placed the plex on the table and got out of bed and walked over to the opaque curtain.

He looked around and saw Elisabeth conferring with a nurse and decided he would just pop his head in and check on Kate.

She checked in on him, so logically he didn't see what the problem was reciprocating. When he opened the curtain slightly and saw Kate lying on the bed in tears as the machines were buzzing indicating a scan was in progress. He became immediately concerned as his journals said Kate never cried unless something was seriously wrong. Kate saw him and her eyes went wide as she shifted and sat up. She made a small noise of pain as more tears streamed down her face.

The machines protested the interruption making Malcolm cringe as the alarms were blaring.

"Kate, don't get up. Are you ok?" Malcolm asked as he moved to the key pad and turned off the scanners to stop the noise before moving to make her lie back down.

"I'm fine" Kate said as she quickly wiped the tears from her eyes.

"You're crying" Malcolm said as he didn't believe her for a moment. Elisabeth came into the curtained off room. She didn't say anything as she wanted to see how Kate would handle it, so she focussed on the Bio bed and got it set up to repeat the scans.

"I have costochrondritis, it's been acting up so Elisabeth wanted to run some scans because it's what she likes to do to make sure I haven't unknowingly broken anything" Kate half lied, as she was omitting the real purpose of the scans. It was a lie in that the scans were about her pregnancy she didn't want to think about but she wasn't lying when she told him her costochrondritis was playing up. The last couple of weeks with boxing had made it flair up chronic but she enjoyed punching the bag.

She had developed Costochrondritis during a bad cold she had in the summer of all times to be sick. She had sworn she had fractured her ribs again from coughing as she had been in a lot of pain.

"Unknowingly break something? I thought it was an inflammation of the costochondral joints, the cartilage that connects the inner end of the ribs to the sternum" Malcolm said as he kept very detailed notes on Kate and his life. Elisabeth looked at him oddly as she wondered how he knew that but couldn't remember Kate. Kate on the other hand had a ghost of a smile playing on her lips.

"How-?" Elisabeth started only for Kate to cut her off. She knew Malcolm dabbled in medical science but didn't expect him to know Kate's medical history.

"He read his personal plex apparently he's been keeping notes on me" Kate told her as she found incredibly amusing but also made her wonder if he wrote everything little detail down or just the major things.

"Unknowingly break bones?" Malcolm asked in a concerned voice.

"I spar and very rarely the other person gets in a lucky shot that puts me to the ground" Kate said with a casual smile.

"Sounds painful" he remarked though he wouldn't expect her to be in tears over a few swollen ribs unless it were incredibly painful.

"It can be" She murmured in agreement though a few chest pains paled in comparison to having your amnesiac fiancé standing at the end of your bed worried about you for all the wrong reasons. "But through mistakes we can better ourselves" she added.

"Kate, if you could lie back down and remain still I will continue?" Elisabeth said.

"Of course, sorry" Kate said as she settled down on the bed still nervous as Malcolm hovered at her side, his concern visible in his expression. It made her feel they had a good chance but right now she conflicted half of her wanted him to go and the other half wished desperately he would remember everything and she could tell him so he would freak out for a moment and then take her hand and want to know everything. It looked like neither scenario was going to play out as Malcolm stayed and moved toward Elisabeth who was running her scans.

"You aren't going to have the holographic projection?" Malcolm asked as he moved to look at the plex Elisabeth was holding to spy on the results. Kate hoped Elisabeth was scanning her ribs but what Kate didn't know was that Elisabeth hadn't anticipated Malcolm looking over her shoulder and had committed the biobed scanners to her lower body to run foetal scans.

"I find it really awkward seeing my innards flashing above me" Kate said as she watched Malcolm, he looked mildly interested in the readouts for a moment before moving to a chair nearby and taking a seat. "Still tired?" she asked him.

"Some fatigue I'm told in a few days I'll be back at work" Malcolm said he couldn't believe what he had seen on the screen and was quite amazed he had kept a good poker face on as Kate didn't seem to pick up on anything. But he could tell she was itching to get off the bed and run for hills which meant she knew she was pregnant and purposely concealing it from him.

She had to of only found out recently and he could only assume her silence was due to his memory loss and her apprehension of how he would react. He couldn't blame her for keeping it a secret but it didn't stop him from being shocked and a little angry at the current situation. This development changed everything even his approach to her would have to be changed.

"I'll never understand why everyone has such an aversion to the infirmary" Elisabeth said as she looked at her plex reading the data streaming across the screen.

"Lying around can get boring. Speaking of are we done?" Kate asked as she was itching to get away it was bad enough it was her first proper pregnancy scan where she was conscious and Malcolm was sitting beside her completely oblivious that she was pregnant or so she thought.

"Yes, we are all done. I'll let you know in half an hour what the results are of the scan but a cursory look tells me everything fine just some slight swelling of the costal joints but no breaks" Elisabeth said as she turned the bio-bed off.

"Good to know, so I can take some anti-inflammatory drugs?" Kate asked her.

"No, I've been thinking we might try an analgesic" Elisabeth said casually.

"Ok, well I don't mean to be rude but I said I'd visit Alicia before lunch so she can snooze the afternoon away. So can we finish this conversation then?" Kate asked.

"Of course" Malcolm said.

"Will we be having afternoon tea today?" Malcolm asked her.

"If you aren't sleeping I'll be there" Kate told him.

"I'll be awake" he assured her. How could he sleep knowing what he knew?

"Ok, I'll talk with you both later" Kate said as she left Malcolm and Elisabeth at the bed. Malcolm was sure he hadn't seen Kate run away so quickly.

"8 weeks" Malcolm stated to Elisabeth in an unimpressed tone as he felt Elisabeth should have told him and he had to direct his anger at someone and right now she was the closest person.

"Malcolm, not here. My office" Elisabeth said as she walked away from the bed to her office, Malcolm followed and Elisabeth closed the door.

"When was she going to tell me? When were you going to tell me?" he demanded in a low voice.

"She is waiting until she passes the first trimester" Elisabeth replied as she felt she was forever having quiet arguments in her office instead of healthy discussions.

"Oh so another four weeks" Malcolm said incredulously.

"You aren't exactly Mr 'I want a family'. You balk at knowing you were engaged to a stranger. Look you have a right to be freaked out and angry but just don't take it out on her. She is already an unmitigated mess. She won't acknowledge she's pregnant because she wants to share it with you and the fantasy that you'll support her and be excited about this"

"I won't lie, I'm not excited. I know my views changed over the years but right now at this juncture of my life I don't want kids-" he started but Elisabeth cut him off.

"Tell me you feel something for her even if it's just an attraction Malcolm because I can't handle her having a broken heart. Not after everything she's been through, so if you aren't ready to at least commit to that child walk away now. Don't string her along thinking there is hope for something more when there isn't. Don't do to her what you did to me" She told him.

"You know I remember that you were the one who walked away from me by your own volition. I didn't do anything wrong except be completely honest with you from the very start of the relationship" he told her. He turned around as if to leave and paused before turning back to her. "I didn't want to break up, you did and we parted on relatively good terms or so I believed but you know what 20 years later I don't care anymore. I care about her and well before today in finding out she is with child. So how dare you assume I still have all my hang ups and haven't changed" Malcolm told her. He had wanted to tell Elisabeth that while he didn't want kids it didn't mean he wasn't going to change his mind and warm up to reality as his life circumstances had changed.

The only reason he hadn't wanted kids was because he was living in 2145, a dying and filthy world unlike now. They were living in paradise where kids didn't need a rebreather to play outside, where one could see the stars and the moon.

"I'm looking out for my friend" Elisabeth said,

"She is my fiancé who is pregnant with my child. I'm not nor will I ever walk away from her, what I want to do is get out of the infirmary and get my life back and take care of her. Something I can't do being held up in here and let's be honest I don't need to be in here anymore. I feel perfectly fine, now tell me is she ok? Is the child ok?" Malcolm asked. Elisabeth looked surprised by his questions and interest as he sounded sincere in his concern and curiosity.

"Hey!" Kate said with a wide smile. She plastered on the smile as she really didn't want Taylor and Alicia to worry about her. They had their own problems to work through and she didn't exactly appreciate being one of their 'safe' topics as she felt like their unlucky adopted third kid with too many issues. Not that she ever said anything about it as she also felt if she was a safe topic then at least they were still talking. It was when they didn't talk was when Kate worried.

"Hey" Alicia said as Kate came in but she was too wrapped in holding little Ella in her arms as Taylor was holding Ava. He had spent most of the morning shirtless with Ava on his chest as Elisabeth encouraged Kangaroo care for both babies once Ella had come off the respirator. But since he heard Kate talking outside he had quickly don a shirt and swaddled Ava into a soft cotton blanket. As he planned to disappear once Kate was in the room.

"So beautiful" Kate said she looked down at Ava who was currently snoozing away in Taylor's arms.

"You can take this little one off me after you wash your hands" Taylor said as he knew it was better to let Alicia and Kate have their time together without him in the room. He also figured if Kate held the baby she would finally accept she was having one herself and not call her baby a 'parasite' in such an unendearing manner. Alicia had mentioned it to him as Kate was another one of their safe topics. She had said she was concerned that Kate was going to miss out on enjoying the anticipation of her first child and see it as impending doom when it was a joy.

The joy being creating new life and having a something that was a piece of you not the actual experience pregnancy as Alicia knew that concept was a bit harder sell as a joy as she had suffered. The results had been well worth it but no one gets excited about 24/7 morning sickness or the swelling of feet, sore back and muscles from the shifting and accommodating of the body for pregnancy.

"I'm good" Kate lied. She wished she could toss back half a bottle of scotch sing classic bar songs and pass out but that was not on the agenda today or the next 7 months.

"I have to go and check on Jim, so wash up" he told her firmly so she knew he was not taking 'no' for an answer. Kate pursed her lips and washed up and a few moments later Taylor handed over Ava to her. The baby made some noises in complaint of the movement but as Kate took the small baby that was swaddled up in a soft cotton blanket into her arms, Ava settled down and went back to sleep. He watched for a moment wondering if it had been a bad idea as Kate looked like she was trying not to break down into tears as she held the baby with natural ease.

"You're a natural" Taylor said, Kate looked up at him with a strained smile.

"Just practiced" Kate said as she felt incredibly overwhelmed, looking at the baby in her arms, feeling how light and small she was. It made her think about her baby that was practically nonexistent and how he or she would feel like to hold in her arms. She knew Taylor was forcing her to think about it by making her hold the baby girl. A part of her hated him for making him think about something she didn't want to as it reminded her of current situation. But the she had to remember that they were sharing their family with her as they felt she was theirs. She welcomed the level of trust they had in allowing her to hold one of their children at such a fragile stage.

"Well I'll leave you ladies and be back around lunch time, I'll bring lunch for three" he said.

"Ok we'll see you then" Kate said to Taylor. He left the room closing the door behind him as she moved to the nearby chair and sat down with Ava in her arms. She was sleeping peacefully in her arms just shifting or making small twitches of her tiny face as though she were dreaming.

"Are you ok?" Alicia asked as Kate was completely transfixed with Ava in her arms. Alicia could see Kate was clearly upset from holding Ava but trying desperately to keep herself contained. She didn't want Kate to keep holding Ava if it upset her so much.

"Yeah" Kate said nodding and then a second later she shook her head as she readjusted her arms to get more comfortable with Ava. "I had my first scan"

"How did it go?"

"I don't know Malcolm interrupted and so I had to half lie about what I was doing there. I wanted him to be there just not like he was today. How am I supposed to deal with this?" Kate asked in a soft voice.

"Kate maybe you should just tell him. Be upfront with Malcolm and just acknowledge that this is real. Very real. You are going to have one of these in 7 months. Things need to be bought and organised" Alicia said as she even lifted Ella slightly to emphasise her point. The little baby complained at the movement with the tiniest and cutest noises before Alicia resettled her.

"I know" Kate said in a low and hurt voice.

"But it can't be you alone Malcolm needs to have a say in it. He's the father and you two are getting along-"

"But if he knows I'm pregnant he'll be with me out of obligation not because he truly feels something for me besides sexual attraction cause seriously who doesn't want a piece of this?" Kate asked in a humorous tone. It was one of coping mechanisms and it helped to laugh when one didn't feel like it.

"Well there was a couple a seconds before the wedding where I considered running away with you" Alicia said before she and Kate chuckled. "But I'm being serious, you should tell him. Today" Alicia said seriously.

"Why today?"

"So he knows why you're all twisted up in knots. So he doesn't think it's his fault"

"But it is partially his fault" Kate countered petulantly. Alicia chuckled as she knew Kate was being serious.

"It's causing you unnecessary stress and wouldn't you rather know if he bugged out now than 2 weeks from now. He'll need time to process. I think it's only fair" Alicia said.

"I spoke with Elisabeth and she says I could be released from the infirmary tomorrow" Malcolm said carefully as he gauged Kate's reaction as she took a sip of her tea.

"She didn't say anything to me" Kate said.

"I was hoping you'd allow me to go home with you" he said as he placed his own cup onto the table that was over his legs. Them having tea together was his favourite part of the afternoon.

"Sure, it's your house too and just remember I- we have guests at the moment" Kate said quickly adjusting her pronouns to include him.

"Alicia's brother and kids" he said they had talked about them before.

"Yes, their house is being built next door. They'll be with us for another two weeks as their house isn't finished yet" Kate said she had talked about the kids and Evan to Malcolm before. So he wasn't completely caught off guard with the news.

"Doesn't worry me" he said with a smile. He won't admit he didn't like his fiance sharing his house with another man and his children but Malcolm knew she only had eyes for him and she was loyal by nature she would never betray him.

"You say that but the house can get very noisy with the kids." Kate said.

"I look forward to some noise and liveliness. It's rather boring in here" he said gesturing to the infirmary which was a quiet and peaceful place most of the time unless someone came in with a mess of injuries and in agony.

"I can understand that. I'll pick you up in the morning and we'll go together" Kate said with a smile.

"Ok here we are" Kate said the next morning as she opened the door to their house and waved Malcolm in to the noise of giggling children and music. He saw a little girl with red hair running around the large open plan living space with the kitchen to his left with a large island bar, dining table and then the lounge area. A tall man about 6 ft with dark brown hair chased the little girl and a boy no more than five years old was in on the chase as they jumped over furniture and ran around.

Kate closed the door behind Malcolm and stood next to him. "Oh the serenity" Kate said in a mockingly serene voice to Malcolm. He looked at her bemused before she whistled getting the other's attention.

"Hey, no running in the house. One of you is going to fall over and kill yourself and I'm not cleaning up that mess" Kate told them, Evan laughed as he picked up his son like a bag of potatoes and walked over to the slightly shell shocked Malcolm who was not anticipating the scene.

"Hi, Evan Washington" Evan said as he held out a hand to Malcolm.

"Malcolm Wallace" Malcolm said as he sized Evan up taking in the man's devastatingly handsome features and lean physique he was the kind of man who could star as a male lead in a romantic movie. He even shook Malcolm's hand with the right amount of pressure. Could the man give Malcolm anything more to dislike about him in the first 5 seconds of meeting him.

"I've heard so much about you" Evan said as Kate picked up Olivia watching the two men slightly amused.

"Same. So these are your kids?" Malcolm asked making conversation. Evan nodded.

"Yeah, this one is Sean and that monster in Kate's arms is Olivia" Evan said as he held Sean upside down by his feet so the kid could pretend to do a hand stand without assistance. Malcolm nodded as he looked to Kate and Olivia he paused slightly caught in a tiny fantasy he never imagined having as the two were so similar in hair colouring and complexion that if one didn't look too closely they could mistake them for mother and daughter. It was almost a preview of what the future had in store.

"Say hi to your Uncle Malcolm" Kate said with a smile to Olivia. The little girl gave a small smile and shyly waved her hand at him and murmured a tiny 'hi'. It was so adorable that Malcolm who normally didn't like kids broke into a smile. Kate chuckled as Olivia quickly ducked her face into her neck. "She's shy but once she gets used to seeing you around, she'll be more social." Kate said as she placed the reluctant Olivia back on her feet. The little girl moved to hide behind Evan's legs but still peeping around them to look at Malcolm.

"Let's give you the tour." Kate said to Malcolm.

"On that note, we'll leave you guys as Sean and Olivia have a play date to get to" Evan said as he had put Sean on his feet again.

"Ok, are we good for dinner?" Kate asked Evan, Malcolm felt like a third wheel as the two conversed about dinner.

"Yeah, we are but I'll get some more sorbet as we are running low on that but I'll grab it on our way back. The house is yours." Evan said waving to Sean back to him and grabbed Olivia's hand. They came running to their father and within seconds they vacated the house.

Kate looked to Malcolm as he placed the duffel bag on the floor. "The tour?" he asked.

"Yes, this is main living area obviously… Kitchen, dining table and living room that leads out to the back veranda" Kate said as she gestured to the closed window backdoors that backed onto a nice backyard. Malcolm moved to the back door and looked out the back at the garden that didn't look very old as the plants were still young.

"It's lovely"

"Your design" She told him before they turned around and faced the interior. "Main bedroom and three other bedrooms, main bathroom with a bath tub and second bathroom has a shower both with commodes"

"We were planning on a big family?"

"There were some arguments but you didn't write this down in your journal?" she asked innocently.

"Perhaps we should forget I mentioned the journal so I can get away with asking the stupid questions and make conversation" he said feeling his neck go red from embarrassment, she really didn't forget anything.

"Ok, we couldn't decide but I grew up in a large family and sharing one bathroom with more than four people can get a bit annoying and I wanted a bath tub" Kate said.

"Right" Malcolm said as he followed her to the third bedroom, she opened the door and stood to the side.

"So this is where you'll be sleeping" She told him.

"This is the main bedroom?" he asked confused thinking it was small for a master room.

"No" Kate told him.

"I'd prefer to sleep with you" he said it was Kate's turn to blush as she looked stunned by his line of thoughts.

"Really? I figured you'd be more comfortable not sleeping with me" Kate said.

"I'm sure we'd have no problems sharing a bed, we've done it before even if I don't remember it" he said with a sly smile.

"Ok, this way" Kate said, Malcolm picked up his duffel off the floor before he followed her to the one room on the opposite side of the house away from the three bedrooms. She slid open the door and Malcolm walked into the large bedroom with the inbuilt wardrobe and a double bed, a couple of dressers and bed side furniture. The walls were painted a soft dark blue it gave the room a relaxing feel and made the wooden floors and trimming rich and beautiful.

"I assume you picked all the colours?" he asked as there wasn't one room with white walls, it was all colours and wooden trimming and floorboards except the bathrooms where there were white tiles. He knew he'd never have the creativity or desire to pick out more than one colour.

"Yes, you don't like it?" She asked, she didn't sound afraid if anything he was sure she was going to tell him to take a flying leap if he said he wanted to change it. Not that he wanted to.

"No, I love it. All the places I have lived in were always white walls or taupe. You know traditional colours. This is much better" He told her as he snooped around the closet and the drawers finding his. He didn't miss the draw with vitamin bottles which he assumed were prenatal vitamins.

He wondered how long she would hide her pregnancy from him if they were sleeping in the same bed. She wouldn't be able to hide all the changes. He wanted to fast track their intimacy not sex but the intimacy of their relationship as a couple. If he was sleeping across the house from her they would end up in a stall pattern keeping their distance from one another. He figured if they shared the same bed then she would fall back into her old patterns of being with him and he could reform the old ones again.

"I'm glad because I hate white walls, it reminds me of hospitals" Kate said making a face.

"Mmm so what do you want to do now?" Malcolm asked as he sat down on the bed next to her.

"Up to you" Kate said.

"You don't have work?" he asked purposely moving into her personal space.

"No, it's my day off so I'm all yours" Kate said looking at him.

"What do we normally do in our spare time together?" Malcolm asked her, Kate quirked an eyebrow at him and smiled knowingly. "Besides that, though if you want to I'm not averse to indulging you" he said cheekily.

"How generous but I thought you wanted to take things slowly" she replied playfully.

"I do but there is one thing" he drawled.

"What?" Kate asked she shied away briefly as he brought his hands up to cup her face but soon relaxed as she knew exactly what he was going to do. Her heart ramped and she licked her lips in anticipation as Malcolm slowly lowered his lips to hers.

The first kiss was gentle like he was testing the waters but Kate soon took over and deepened the kiss. She had missed the feel of his lips on hers, the taste of him that she was probably coming off like a sex starved woman but she didn't care as she needed him, she needed the connection and pleasure only he could give her.