Things had gone pretty quite for Seth and Sarah for the past three weeks. Seth was going into the office more often, which pleased Sarah greatly. He would come home, happy to see Sarah. They would take the dog for a stroll around the quieter streets of LA every other day. Then, almost every night of the week, they'd make love until they fell asleep.

For them, they were truly content. Sarah devoted 2 hours every day to writing 5 days a week, the rest of the time she used as 'holiday' time. Most of the time they spent together was peaceful, the odd disturbance in the tabloids was all that really happened for them. They were content in love. One afternoon Sarah got a phone call from her friends in the UK.

"Hello?"

"Hi is this Sarah?"

"Speaking." Sarah answered in a dull tone, flipping Seth's hand over and tracing the lines.

"Sarah... it's Steph; Steph Richards."

Sarah didn't need to hear the last name to know who it was straight away. The name reminded of her of the all to happy voice. That voice that was constantly happy and always felt like it belonged in somewhere a lot better off.

"Oh. My. God." Sarah shouted, jumping off of the sofa and pacing instantly towards the kitchen. Seth sat still on the sofa, puzzled at her sudden reaction.

He stayed there and caught only bits of the conversation but from what he could piece together, Sarah had been invited to England for a few weeks. He didn't catch her answer though.

Half an hour after she had left Sarah jogged back into the room, planting herself next to Seth. She wrapped her arm on the inside of his leg and affectionately rubbed her head against his.

"Who was calling?" Seth asked, kissing the top of her head.

"A friend. From back home in England."

"What did they want?"

"She invited me other there for a couple of weeks."

Seth nodded his head, not wanting to ask if she was going. He knew that he probably wouldn't be invited along and he didn't want to be the jerk that said she couldn't go. But if he couldn't go, he couldn't live without her. Not even for a few weeks.

He looked at her with wide eyes and she stared up at them. Without a word between them, she shook her head.

"Why?" He asked timidly; he knew she had been missing her family and had really wanted to see them soon.

"We're bonded remember. I can't leave you Seth; you wouldn't have been able to go because of work and I can't leave you." Sarah didn't look at Seth, her eyes would have given away her need for him; if her voice hadn't already done that. She stared off at the carpet.

"I'd of made the time... I can make the time." Seth said, raising her chin with his fingers. She stared defiantly into his eyes. Staring down he quietly, at no more than a whisper, said;

"I'd kind of like to meet your parents and your friends!"

"Then it's settled." Sarah murmured, quickly jumping up from her seat of the sofa. "We'll book the tickets now!"

Seth smiled a crooked grin, he grabbed her hand and pulled her down on top of him. She straddled him, her hands still in his. She bent down to kiss his firm lips. He grinned underneath her lips and gently muttered, "Yeah. Let's go do that."

Sarah pulled him off of the couch, and the pair bounded up the stairs. When they reached the top Seth picked her up in his arms and swung her around a few times.

"Oh my dear- Will you stop that! You're making me dizzy." Sarah said, laughing playfully and wrapping her arms tighter around his neck. Seth growled gently in her ear.

"You're giving in!" He declared, halting his spinning. He raised his eyebrows as Sarah nodded cowardly.

"Come on."

"Hi. Sarah Galaxy for Seth MacFarlane?"

The ditzy receptionist raised her eyebrows, a smile on her face.

"You know you don't have to do that, well not when you're shagging the boss!" She said, with a wink.

Sarah rolled her eyes with a disapproving look. "Yeah well... Can I go up and see him?"

"Sure thing honey, how have you been?" Alex had just came through the door. She put her hand on Sarah's shoulder, wheeling her towards the elevator before the ditzy receptionist could say anything else.

"Quite good." Sarah said, nodding as the pair stepped into the elevator.

On the ride up to Seth's floor, Alex and Sarah got talking about him.

"Well I must say. I was rather worried... my old assistant. Well she was passed to Seth when you went."

"Oh right." Sarah muttered, trying to keep her voice indifferent.

"Yeah, well. She talked a lot about Seth when she was with me and around him... let's just say she gives any excuse to lay her hands on him!"

Alex glanced at Sarah, only to see her hands shaking and her teeth biting dangerously into her lower lip. Alex grabbed Sarah's shaking hands and said,

"Oh I shouldn't have said anything! Seth won't do anything. He loves you."

The elevator had arrived onto Seth's floor. Sarah rushed out and jogged to Seth's office. Once she arrived outside she noticed that Seth's assistant was not at her desk. Oh god no. Please no.

Sarah threw the door open to Seth's office... Her face fell in shock.