Two days later, Ace walks into A Charitable Earth with a large smile. "How was the rest of your night," Nyssa asks her.
"You mean weekend don't you?"
"But isn't he?"
"That night and next morning, next night and this morning," Ace smiles as Nyssa's mouth drops.
"You two are definitely in your honeymoon phase."
"We just admitted to each other that we love each other."
"I know that a year of teasing each other."
"Only the last handful of months." Nyssa followers her as they go to her office. "Nyssa?"
"Someone is in your office." A man slightly taller than her is standing looking out the window.
"Liam McShane, how many years has it been since you visited me here," she recognises her brother in an instant.
"Hello Sis," he turns around. "So you sent me a text that said you were in a relationship."
"I sent you that yesterday. Did you book a plane ticket and make sure I wasn't lying."
"Dorothy, I am your little brother."
"I know that." Nyssa watches on.
"You don't usually tell me when you enter a relationship with someone only when you break up. I had to come; I knew that I had to come to meet the person."
"His name is Graham," her friend speaks up from behind them. "You look different Liam." She puts her hand under his chin making his face move side to side to see his sideburns and graying hair.
"Trying out a new look," he looks over to Nyssa, "have you met this person?"
"I have and he is a great guy."
"A he huh?"
"Liam," she says exasperatedly, "I didn't swear off guys, I swore off dating."
"Now here you are in a relationship."
"I think the Master and the Doctor had different plans for her."
"Wait, you saw him again?"
"Are you forgetting I already told you that Liam and I met a new friend named Graham. I called you that night."
"Wait, didn't I tell you that I thought there was more."
"You did, and we just spent the last year getting to know each other."
"You mean flirting and teasing the other."
"Like you and Tegan."
"You mean my wife. Do you have something to tell us Ace?"
"No, we just said I love you for the first time."
"And had sex how many times."
"Nyssa, let me tell you it wasn't just sex it was."
"Lalalalala, please don't go on. I don't need to know my sister's sex life. I do want to meet the man."
"Don't worry Liam, I don't want to go into any more detail."
"Thank you, but I need to meet him."
"If you stay here; he usually comes by during lunch."
"He does?"
"That is where they got most of their flirting in."
"Nyssa, we spent most evenings in each other's company."
"And you just said I love you the other night?"
"We weren't spending 24/7 together. I think we were close at times, but someone was always interrupting." She looks at her friend pointedly.
"Me?"
"Yes you, I am going to call Graham to tell him about you being here Liam." Ace walks away from them and selects number one. No one knows that she has changed the order of her contacts. She did it a few months ago.
"Hello Love, do you have a special order?"
"You, but that will have to wait."
"We can wait. We waited a year, so what's up?"
"My brother is here."
"Oh, do you not want me?"
"Shut your face, I still want to see you for lunch and more my Love."
"What is his favorite thing to eat?"
"Meat."
"Does he know?"
"No, only you and Tegan."
"I will pick up two with meat, Nyssa and your brother and two without."
"Make it three. Liam, Nyssa and you."
"On it."
"I love you Graham, see you soon."
"I love you too." They hang up and she goes back out.
"So Dorothy, is he coming by for lunch?"
"Yes, Liam he is. He even asked what you liked. He did offer not to come by at first so we could catch up."
"Really?"
"Graham knows how much my brother means to me."
"Aww," Liam puts both his hands over his heart. "I mean a lot to you?"
"Of course you do," she rolls her eyes as Nyssa starts laughing, "you are my only family."
"Oi, what about Tegan, and our kids."
"You're my family by choice. Liam is my family by blood."
"So I'm not special." Liam says pretending to be hurt.
"You sure are."
"Hey."
"Is for horses," she says, sticking her tongue out at her brother.
"I love when I get to see the two of you together. I can't wait for him to meet Graham." Nyssa adds, trying not to laugh.
"Well you will see it," Ace is hoping Nyssa won't bring up how touchy she was with Graham in the limo.
"Will you be able to keep your lips off of him though? In the limo you two were touching and when he took off your mask it seemed like Tegan and I were in the middle of a very intimate moment. The kisses we saw Saturday night seemed to be more than enjoyable."
"They were and what happened later."
"Dorothy," Liam moans.
"Your sister probably heard a lot of moaning that night." Ace picks up a tissue and throws it at her friend.
"My baby brother has already asked to not hear about my sex life. Even though it was the first time in years I have had any."
"Please stop, and I am not a baby."
"I know, you want to read the newspaper, while I get some work done. I know after Graham gets here any chance of getting work done with my two favorite men in the room."
"I am one of your favorite men?"
"You are her brother who she sees once a year of course you are." Nyssa watches as Ace grabs Liam and the two start wrestling. "The two of you need to act your age."
"Nyssa what was I doing a year ago?"
"Meeting Graham."
"Besides that," Liam likes how much his sister is lighting up and the mention of when she met Graham. "I jumped off a building while being shot at by Cybermen, was in the TARDIS and blew up a bunch of Daleks."
"Dorothy Gale McShane, you never told me about the jumping off a building and Cybermen part."
"Oopse, I guess there are more important things to talk about."
"You did mention you met a guy."
"You know that guy is Graham."
"I do."
"Liam, how about you and I head into my office so your sister can get some work done. You and I can talk about her and Tegan. Both of whom like to risk their lives too much for comfort."
