Just a quick chapter with an old character (Daniel) just so you can all remember who he is! :)

And we can see Luke's birthday present :)

Jade was talking rapidly on the phone in Hebrew as she was folding the children's clothes with one hand in the main room of their apartment as Luke was looking over some paperwork intently on the sofa nearby.

After a few more minutes she hung up with a smile 'Daniel's managed to get two weeks off for holiday and he's in Mexico at the moment, he's going to fly up to Seattle this week for a few days if that's alright? You know Daniel right?'

'I know Daniel, the one you had sex with'

Jade stopped short and narrowed her eyes 'how do you even know about that?'

'He told me when your Grandfather, Daniel and your twin friends-'

'-Ben and Asher-'

'Yeah, when they were all over here during the whole thing where Jack Hyde took you, Elena and Ana… it was all pretty tense here and I asked him, and he told me'

Jade shrugged 'So, I didn't know you then did I? I was in Israel and you were in Seattle, does it really matter if I had sex with someone else?'

Luke sighed 'no, I don't even have a problem with Daniel, he's a nice guy and you're right- we weren't together. It's just awkward for me, you know, before you ran off to Israel I'd already fallen in love with you… and no husband likes spending time with someone who has slept with their wife'

Jade smirked 'I wasn't exactly a virgin when I went to Israel Luke'

She sat down on his lap and kissed behind his ear, making her husband groan slightly as his hand slid down to her hips 'Any man I've been with, there is only one I kept coming back to, only one I can barely keep my hands off, only one I married and only one I have a family with'

Luke smiled and Jade kissed along his jaw lightly 'where are the kids?'

'Having their naps, we've got about an hour and a half'

Luke genuinely didn't feel jealousy towards Daniel, he just wished he's never found out about their previous 'relationship'. Luke was working for all of the 6 hours that Daniel was able to come and see his friend and Jade was somewhat grateful if she was honest.

Daniel's English had always been good –though Jade's Hebrew was better- and he was as tall and well-built as she remembered, and they were sat in the main room of the apartment after she picked him up from the airport, and Faith had been using him as a climbing frame whilst they were talking, and CJ had mostly been asleep and playing on Jade.

After a while Jade put both the children down to sleep and came back out to sit opposite him, opening a bottle of wine and pouring two glasses as it was late enough in the day to warrant it.

'I like having you here, I'm not allowed to speak to anyone in Seattle about anything we did in Israel, I've signed so many secrets acts and stuff, it's ridiculous'

'It's necessary Jade. Anyway, what do you want to talk about? The attack isn't something I want to relive frankly'

'I wanted to talk about Micah'

Daniel blinked, looking angry, his voice too-calm 'don't talk about Micah- don't fucking talk about him Jade'. She pursed her lips and could practically feel the anger rippling off her friend 'you can't ignore it forever and never bring it up'

Daniel stood up sharply 'if I don't want to talk about my brother then we're not talking about him, okay'. The conversation drew to an abrupt close and they sat in silence for several long minutes before Jade poured two more glasses of wine and passed it to Daniel, who took it and exhaled deeply.

'I don't want to talk about it, okay. What happened to him shouldn't have happened to anyone, and it's just shit that it was my brother, alright'

Jade nodded slightly and Daniel sighed 'Did you write up the case report?'

She half nodded, looking at her wine 'I wrote my contribution, Ari wrote the full thing'. Daniel bit the inside of his cheek 'I can't read it, your Granddad tried to make me read it last year, I just can't. Anyway, can we talk about something else? Where's the plan at for baby number three?'

Jade rolled her eyes but laughed, sitting back comfortably on the sofa.

Daniel had gone back to the airport and gone back to Mexico, where he was staying for another five days before heading back to Israel, and he was incredibly vague about what work he was doing once he got back, as always.

A few days later Jade had packed their family of four into the car and wouldn't tell Luke where they were going, and he was getting impatient, which was making Jade laugh

'Come on Sawyer, cheer up'

Luke looked confused and Faith was laughing in the back of the car as she was pulling faces at her younger brother, who was gurgling in appreciation from his car seat.

'Jade, are you gonna just tell me where we're going?'

She smirked and made a right turn down a long street filled with huge houses fronted with enormous gardens 'we're nearly here, you've got less patience than Faith sometimes, Luke'

He pouted a little and glanced around the street at the idyllic houses 'this isn't where Elliot's moved to is it?'

Jade shook her head 'nope'. She pulled up at the end of the street and grinned 'come on guys, we're here, everybody out'

Luke looked confused still but dutifully got out of the car and took CJ out whilst Jade got Faith out, the little girl holding onto her mother's hand as the four of them walked down the end of the street and into a field that tilted down lightly to a fence which had a lake on the other side a little way off.

Faith immediately started running around playing in the grass and playing with the daisy's and other flowers that were there, as Luke started shifting CJ gently on his chest as the baby gurgled sleepily.

'Jade, did we drive all this way to look at the view? It's a stunning view but… is there a reason?'

She grinned 'happy birthday Luke'

He still looked nonplussed 'uh, thanks'

'You don't get it do you?'

He shook his head and she looked pleased with herself 'This isn't a field Luke, it's a plot of land… It's ours'

Luke's eyes widened 'you- what?'

'It's been for sale for ages and I was in the area to deliver a painting a month ago and I saw it; Elliot helped me sort out planning permission and stuff… If you want I can sell it and we can find somewhere else… or we can build a house here, whatever we want'

Luke looked shocked but he was grinning, glancing around at the enormous field 'are you being serious?'

She nodded and Luke leant over –CJ still in his arms- and gave her a quick kiss 'god you're a good wife'

'You want to live here?'

Luke glanced around 'why would anyone say no to somewhere like this? Jade it's perfect'

Jade twisted her mouth 'there is a catch though'

'Yes?'

'Turns out my Dad has brought a house just down the road, they're remodelling it, I didn't actually know when I brought the land'

Luke frowned, looking genuinely confused 'why would that be a problem?'

Jade grinned and kissed him again.

Little bit of happiness, think we needed it really!