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A/N: Alright so this chapter I wrote it on the car ride back from New York and it basically wrote itself. I know that a grief process is lengthy and Adam won't come out of this quickly, I wanted to showcase his friendship with Kevin and Kevin's friendship to Kim and how they help Adam through all of it.

Adam spent a few minutes on the phone before hanging it up, Kim's eyes on him the whole time. He finally looked up at her and he motioned for her to follow him in the break room. He leaned against the counter and his eyes were trained to the floor, Kim taking a seat on the couch. She watched him as he chewed the inside of his cheek, looking for something to say. She wouldn't push him but she let him put his ideas in order before talking.

"That was the bank."

"And what did they say?" She finally stood and came to face him, putting a hand on his arms.

"They want me to come in to talk about the house. They said that they need me to sign some papers to make everything official."

"What are you going to do now?"

"God I don't know Kim." He sighed, finally looking her in the eye. "I don't know what I want to do about that house. I mean we just moved in together for crying out loud."

"You don't have to rush into that decision Adam." She smiled at him. "How about I come with you and we take this one day at a time like we talked about?" He nodded in agreement and she gave him a quick kiss against the corner of his mouth.

"Let me go talk to Voight."

"I'll wait for you at my desk." She watched him go and locked eyes with Kevin who had a clear view of the room.

"Hey boss." He poked his head in the Voight's office. "Burgess and I got a quick errand we need to run, we'll be right back."

"Sure, we'll keep you in the loop if we catch a case." He said and returned to what he was doing.

The drive to the bank wasn't long but they had stayed quiet. Kim let him with his thoughts but as soon as they were in front of the building, she linked her fingers with him and gave his hand a gentle squeeze.

"You got this baby." He nodded and he guided her inside. The woman at the front desk made them wait on the couches but Adam was far too nervous to sit so he took to pacing as a coping mechanism.

"Mr Ruzek." Adam looked up. "Mr Trenton is ready to see you." Kim knew what he was doing as he motioned for her to walk ahead of him but if it would settle him just a bit to use her as a sort of shield between himself and the elephant in the room, she was okay with it. She knew this was a huge step in the process but as long as he leaned on her they'd be fine.

"I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Kim Burgess."

"It's nice to finally meet you Miss's Burgess."

"Thanks." She smiled at him. Obviously Adam's dad had talked about her in a meeting or the other

"I've drawn up all the papers to make the transfer of property in your name. I want you to stop me if there's anything that you don't understand and we can go over it."

"Thanks." So for next thirty to sixty minutes, Adam was explained in detail how the process worked and if he didn't have the words to ask what he didn't understand, Kim did and as always, he was more than thankful to her for that. Mr Trenton put the last paper to sign in front of Adam just as Kim's two way came to life. Kim answered as Adam signed the last paper and Mr Trenton promised to put them all in the mail to he could keep everything filed away.

They met up with the team at the corner of Washington and Wabash with a fresh new murder case and that took them away from the 21st and Adam's thoughts for a fews hours. It was somewhat late when they managed to go home.

"I have an errand to run darling, I'll meet you back home?"

"Sure?" He kissed her lips quickly and was out of sight at the bottom of the stairs of Intelligence. "Can you make sure he's okay?" Kim asked Kevin as their eyes locked.

"Yeah, I got him." They both knew where he was heading so Kevin stopped at a corner store and grabbed a six pack before making his way to Bob Ruzek's house.

He found Adam on the front steps, nursing a beer, a six pack sitting next to him.

"Looks like we had the same idea." Kevin raised the pack of beer and smiled at his friend as he took a pull of his beer.

"Take a seat." He let Kevin take a spot next to him before talking again. "Kim sent you?"

"Maybe." They shared a smile and Kevin uncapped a beer for himself. "So what you doing at your pops house?"

"You mean my house?"

"So it's official now?"

"As of two this afternoon, yeah."

"So what's the next step?"

"That's where I draw a blank man." He sighed. "I have no idea what I want to do with this place. What I do know is that I need to go home and see my girl and talk about it."

"And why did you come here?"

"I thought I could get a bit of clarity."

"How's that working out for you?"

"I got nothing more than I had weeks ago. I have some great memories in that house Kev but I don't know if I can live with the memories of my dad in there."

"You don't have to decide this minute what you want to do with it. I'm sure there's a lot of shit to clean out in there before you do anything else. Burgess tell you what she thought about it? I mean the two of you moving in together is a big step."

"That's exactly it. We just moved in together and I gotta dump that kind of decision on her shoulders? We haven't even talked about the future let alone that kind of future."

"No need to rush that either dog, she ain't going anywhere."

"I don't plan on letting her."

"So get outta here and go spend some time with her." Kevin clapped him on the back and picked up the beers before they both left.

Adam walked into the apartment and all the lights were dimmed, a light coming from inside his and Kim's room.

"Hey." He walked into their en-suite to find Kim in the tub filled with bubbles, a glass of red wine next to her.

"Hey." She smiled up at him. "How'd it go with Kevin?" He leaned down and kissed her lips.

"Good. Thanks for sending him my way."

"He help?"

"You know what would help?"

"No?"

"There some place in there for me?" She smiled, liking his idea very much. She watched him as he stripped his clothes off and she moved forward enough for him to slip behind her, the bubbles now enveloping them both.

"So tell me, what's going on in that head of yours?" She let him take a sip of wine and get his thoughts in order.

"Do you ever think about the future, kids?" She was leaning against his chest and smiled.

"I do."

"With me?"

"Of course with you, you goof." She giggled. "I don't spend evenings in a bath with guys I don't want to have it all with. Where is this coming from?" She moved a bit to be able to see his face.

"Lots of things going through my mind." He kissed her forehead. "I don't think I'm quite ready to get rid of my dads house for one."

"You don't have to make that kind of decision yet baby. And we don't have to force us in any direction right now, we know how well that worked the first time around."

"I'm not going down that path again darling but I think of the future and I want to have a house with you and kids and maybe a dog I just don't know if I want that in my dad's house or somewhere else and I know I'm putting lots of pressure on you because you didn't ask any of this."

"Maybe I didn't ask for any of this but I love you and we're in this together so whatever decision we make, we'll make the best one for us regardless." She was now straddling him in the tub, their quiet intimate moment interrupted.

"I love you Kim Burgess."

"I love you back." She smiled seductively and kissed him, now feeling in a frisky mood.

"Show me how much yeah?" The look in her eyes was all he needed to know that he was going to spend a night with his girl that would rock his world. It started in the tub and soon they were out of the water, Kim drying him off and wrapping a towel around her body. He pushed her wet hair out of her face and she jumped on him, wrapping her legs around his waist and letting him take her to bed. He laid her down and undid her towel as he kissed her, exposing her body to his but she wouldn't have that. She flipped them around and spent the evening giving her man all the attention he deserved. She rode him until they were both blissfully spent and they fell asleep together, their bodies exhausted but their batteries recharged, ready to face another day.

A/N: So here you have it. This is a big decision that Adam needs to sort out for himself but Kim will help him because it's the kind of thing that you can't force and it's a time sensitive matter on a persons feelings but Adam will have a lot of help from his family. I hope you guys enjoyed it and please take a few seconds to review before you go, your thoughts are important. - Sarra