Well guy's I hope you are as happy as I am to see Minx back together. And I want to reassure some of you I do have about a months worth of happy ending in my head so it's not quite over yet.

So thank you as always for your wonderful and helpful reviews!

And as for spoilers this week - well I don't want to spoil it for you...

:o)

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The day of freedom had come.

Dr Castillio wheeled Bianca from her hospital room to be greeted by Marissa and the kids. Somehow she'd expected there to be more people to see her off.

"Mommy!" cried Gabby, the first one to rush forward; clambering onto Bianca's lap to give her a hug.

"Hello angel." said Bianca absent-mindedly kissing her daughter's cheek. "Where's mom and Kendal?" she asked looking to Marissa.

"Patience." said Marissa smiling as she lifted Bianca's overnight bag onto her shoulder. "Good things come to those who wait.

"Is this about my surprise?" Bianca asked a teasing smile on her lips.

Miranda was now taking her turn to give her mother a hug.

"Mommy." she scolded. "You are not meant to spoil it."

Her little girl looked pale, but there was the light of excitement in her eyes.

"Yeah, Binks," agreed AJ, his hand supportively on Miranda's shoulder. "No spoiling it."

Bianca held up her hands in surrender.

"Okay, okay… I won't ask again." She said, taking the opportunity to pull the birthday-twins into her arms and kiss them both, much to AJ's embarrassment.

"Good." said Marissa, taking her turn to kiss Bianca's cheek in greeting.

"So can we go?" Bianca asked. She looked back at Griffin. "No offence… you and David have performed another miracle."

"But you really want to get out of here…" finished Griffin with a grin. "You are now a free woman Bianca. Just rest up, take your meds and any problem, ache or twinge however tiny, you call the hospital right away."

"I will." agreed Bianca

"I'll make sure of it." added Marissa.

Griffin moved to push Bianca towards the elevator.

"Can I push her?" asked Miranda eagerly.

"I don't know." said Griffin.

"We can push her together." said AJ, stepping in to support Miranda. "We'll be really careful."

Griffin grinned at their determination and stepped back.

Bianca nudged Gabby, who was still sat on her lap.

"Maybe you should get off, sweetheart."

"No don't." said Miranda.

"Yeah, we're strong." said AJ flexing his biceps as a demonstration, making Marissa and Bianca share a grin.

As her two drivers very carefully pushed her and Gabby towards the elevator, Bianca turned her head to catch Marissa touching Griffin's arm.

"See you later." She was saying.

Griffin grinned in reply.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world."

…

Bianca settled into the car while Marissa made sure Gabby was safely strapped into her car seat.

"Where is it." mumbled Miranda, she was rummaging in the pouch behind Bianca's seat.

"Have you lost something, sweetheart?" Bianca asked, concerned.

"No, I know it's in here." her daughter replied, "Aha!"

Bianca glanced in the mirror to see Miranda holding aloft a sleep mask.

"You have to put it on." explained AJ.

"Yeah, mom and no peeking." said Miranda passing the purple eye mask between the front seats and dangling it over her mother's shoulder.

Bianca looked sceptically at the two kids.

"So this surprise involves a blindfold?" She looked across to Marissa questioningly, as her girlfriend climbed into the car. "A blindfold, seriously?!"

Marissa put a hand on Bianca's knee.

"You'll just have to trust us." she said, her beautiful smile just beaming.

Bianca gave a sideways scowl at her children, but she was laughing as well.

"Looks like I don't have a choice." she said pulling the mask into her forehead.

"Properly…" said Marissa, pulling the mask down over Bianca's eyes. "And no peeking."

"Yeah mommy." said Miranda. "No peeking."

Bianca pouted but made no move to remove the mask.

"Good girl." said Marissa, rewarding those pouting lips with a quick kiss.

"Right every one strapped in." checked Marissa before starting the car.

"Momma 'Rissa?" Gabby asked.

"Yes sweetie." replied Marissa, as she put the car into drive.

"Are we going home now?"

"Shhhh…" hushed the Miranda and AJ loudly.

Bianca could hear the amused tone in Marissa's voice as she replied.

"Yes, sweetie we taking your mommy home…"

…

Bianca swayed with the movement of the car as Marissa drove them from the hospital. She tried to keep her eyes on the darkness behind the mask and avoid peering at the scenery she could see flashing past in the corner of her eyes.

She tried to make small talk with the children, but they were too excited by the surprise to answer her questions properly.

Marissa suddenly took a right turn and there was the crunch of gravel under the wheels.

"We're here." said Marissa.

"So can I peek now?" Bianca asked.

"You can peek." said Marissa taking Bianca's hand in her own. Bianca couldn't help but catch a hint of tension in Marissa's voice as she spoke. She was nervous.

"Look mommy!" insisted Miranda. Bianca reached up and pulled the blindfold from her face. They were parked in front of their house on Crescent and Park and there was a large moving van parked on the drive in front of the porch.

Bianca looked to Marissa, so wanting to ask about what she was seeing but not daring to speak. Marissa was looking back, her eyes wide in expectation.

"I… we… we decided we didn't want there to be a chance for it all to go wrong again." she stammered nervously. "So Bianca, welcome home. Welcome to our home!"

Bianca smiled so wide she thought her face might crack.

"This is my surprise?"

"Yeah."

"I love it!" she turned to grin at the kids in the back. "I love it! It's perfect… our home at last!"

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