Bianca and Marissa shared a smile as Kendall led the kids out to give them a moment to talk. Just as the door was closing, they caught Miranda state in her very matter of fact way, that they were probably just going to keep on kissing. Then Marissa's smile turned into a grin.

"You know that doesn't sound like such a bad idea." said Marissa cheekily. She felt supremely confident around Bianca, now they were officially together. It felt familiar and right. She hoped that with these new feelings, memories would follow; because she was beginning to see how much she was missing when it came to Bianca.

Bianca sighed.

"That would be nice, but maybe we can save it for when my face doesn't hurt so much."

Marissa's face dropped.

"Oh god I'm so sorry."

Bianca grasped her hands, a gesture Marissa realise she could never got enough of.

"Don't be sorry. I'd love to cover you in kisses. I'm just asking for a rain check."

Marissa smiled at the playful tone in Bianca's voice.

"Well just so you know, I'm going hold you to that." said Marissa, equally playful.

They both sat in silence after that, hands entwined, gazing at each other in peaceful contemplation.

"I think we are supposed to be talking about things." said Bianca, although she was loathed to break the silence.

"I guess so." said Marissa.

Bianca took a deep breath on order to prepare herself for the serious conversation that was coming.

"What are you going to do about JR?"

"I don't know. He's been arrested and Caleb said it's extremely unlikely he'll get bail."

"I should hope so!"

"I honestly don't know what I'm going to do next. And it's not just me to think about, there is also AJ." Marissa paused a moment in thought. "I don't think I want to go back to the mansion. I'm also not sure it would be healthy for AJ to be around all those memories of his dad. Mom said I'd be welcome anytime at the Martins, but it is already an impossibly full house. They won't really have room for me and AJ. I guess we'll have to get a room at the yacht club, with my employees discount I should be able to afford something. We'd have to share, but it'll only be temporary."

"There is another option you know." said Bianca, "We have a house standing empty, ready to become a home. You and AJ could move in today if you wanted."

"But it's your house!"

"It's our house. Like for like your stake is probably much greater than mine, and besides this isn't about money, this is about our home standing empty when it should be full of happiness and love. It's your house too Marissa. Yours and AJs."

"Will you be moving in with us?" Marissa asked, aware of the trepidation in her voice. Was she ready for this next step?

"I think, U-haul jokes aside, it's a little too soon. We've only had one date."

"How many dates did it take us before we, you know..." Marissa asked.

"Oh," said Bianca with a laugh, "I think it was five official date before we decide to move in together. But we'd been 'not' dating for over a year. It's different now, you're different and I want to make sure we do this at the right speed."

"So that's a no." said Marissa not sure if she was disappointed or relieved.

Bianca squeezed Marissa's hand to get her attention once more.

"No, that's a not yet. We will wait until we are both ready."

Marissa looked a Bianca, for the first time she noticed a hesitancy in Bianca's eyes as well.

"Do you miss me?" Marissa asked, "The old me I mean."

"Sometimes." said Bianca. "Losing your memory has robbed you of so much, not just what we had, but memories of AJ, of your family, of your childhood. Sometimes I look at you and I forget and expect to see the woman you were. Sometimes, I think there's a tiny part of me in mourning for the woman you used to be, I miss what we had. But I'm just so happy that you are here and alive and that you're still so strong and kind and confident; and that you are able to pull your life back together. It's amazing. And we are getting it all back. We can still have our happy ending and no one is going to take that away from us again. We aren't in a rush. We are together and the rest will follow."

"Well then I shall hold you to that too." said Marissa with a gentle smile. "Our happy ending."

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