p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim and Lucy are enjoying their time alone. No one at the station knows that they are together yet and Lucy doesn't want to hide anymore. She can feel Tim's hand running through her hair as her head lays on his chest. They are sitting in a hammock in their new back yard. The water from the pool reflecting as the sun hits it, but she feels content as she lays with Tim in the hammock in the small grass part of their yard that is shaded by a tree. Her eyes are closed and she starts thinking about how she loves this and wants it forever and how she doesn't want to hide anymore. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I don't want to hide anymore." She tells him as she pulls away from him to see his face. She can see the confusion on his face and smiles. "I don't want to hide us from our friends anymore." She tells him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He smiles as he cups the back of her head while his other hand takes her chin between is thumb and pointer finger. "I think we are in a good position to tell everyone. Since Grey knows and it's been a bit since I moved out of your chain of command. Besides I love you and I want to be able to show you and everyone else that when we are out with our friends." He says before pulling her chin closer and kissing her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I love you too" She tells him as she pulls back just far enough to connect their foreheads. His hand holding her chin moves to cup her jaw./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How about a BBQ?" He asks. "Our new house has a pool and I can invite everyone thinking it's just a house warming party. Angela knows I've been looking at houses." He pulls his head back enough to look at her. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""They will know the second they enter the house. The pictures that line the walls, the colorful throw blankets on the couch, the color of the kitchen." She laughs./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I'll tell them to use the side gate since I'll be back here cooking anyways." He says pulling me back into his chest and running his hands through my hair again./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I love it. I love you." She says placing her hand over his heart./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I love you too" He tells her as he kisses her forehead./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Everyone will be happy for us. You don't need to be worried." Tim tells Lucy as she keeps arranging the food table in front of her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I know they will. I'm just nervous." She says pausing as he puts his arms around her waist and pulls her into him. He kisses her. "I love you, no matter what."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I know." She tells him. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They jump apart as they hear a voice call out to them. "It's about time you do this." Grey says smiling looking at his officers./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy turns and smiles at him. "He was waiting on me."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""This is some house you two have." Grey tells them looking around the yard./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thank you sir" Tim says putting an arm back around Lucy./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""When did this happen?" They hear Angela ask excitement in her voice behind Grey. "It's about damn time, Timothy." She teases as she walks closer to the group with Wesley following. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Angela." Tim says looking at her, not letting go of Lucy./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""So?'' She asks her eyebrows raised./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Our 1 year anniversary was yesterday. Welcome to our home." Lucy tells her with a smile./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Your home? One year? You two live together?" She asks shock covering her face./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Who lives together?" Nyla asks as her and her family, Aaron, and Celina walk through the gate./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Tim and Lucy." Wesley tells her as he moves to the other side of Angela so the new comers have a better view./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""OMG!" Celina says smiling. "I knew your auras changed."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How long have you been together?" Aaron asks./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""A year yesterday." Tim smiles down at Lucy and bends to kiss her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""No way." Bailey says as she walks through the gate with Nolan./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""About time." Nolan says smiling./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I'm going to have to get use to you being so affectionate, it's just not you." Angela says smiling. "Happiness looks good on you."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim smiles. Lucy looks up at him her smile growing when she noticed the slight blush covering his cheeks. "I love you." She tells him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He looks down at her and smiles, "I love you too." He moves his eyes away from her and notices everyone staring. He clears his throat. "Okay, mingle. I am going to start BBQing. The pool is also open so please…" He says waving his hands around./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"The girls crowd Lucy and they talk for a bit before Lucy is escorting them inside, probably to show them the house and so everyone can change for the pool./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""This is a great house and yard you and Lucy have." Wesley says as he moves over to me./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thanks, we wanted something bigger. Somewhere Tamara can have her own room and we have space to grow." I tell him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You have a ring hidden away?" He asks smiling./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"The shock that crosses Tim's face tells him he is right. "How do you know?" He asks/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You love her. I have been with Angela long enough and known you long enough to know the way you are with Lucy is not normal." He smiles./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim smiles and his eyes turn towards the back door where the girls disappeared too not long ago. "She's everything."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Good" Grey says bringing both men a beer./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim's eyes turn back to the door as the girls all come back out of the house./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They head to the pool, Tim gestures towards the pool and the men follow to join the women. He start the food and turns back to the grill. After a few moments He can feel a hand on his back and turns to see Lucy. He smiles brightly and turns to her wrapping his arms around her and kissing her head. "You're not going to join them." He asks her releasing one arm to man the grill./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I… I'm not ready right now." Lucy says quietly, tucking herself closer to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What do you mean?" Tim asks putting his eyes back on her. "I saw the swimsuit you put on this morning, remember." He smiles at her, flirting. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She hits his arm with a small giggle. "I'm…" She pauses, her face looking at the ground and sighs. "You're the only one who's seen my tattoo and I'm a bit self conscious to show this much skin in front of them." she tells him/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You have nothing to be self-conscious of." Tim tells her stepping back from her and cupping his hands around her cheeks. "Lucy, you are the love of my life. I don't think I've told you this yet, but you compare to no one. I have never felt the way I do about you with anyone else ever and I know I wont again. You are the light in my darkness and I am so thankful that I get to be yours. So, if you want to change or not go in the pool while they are here that's your choice, but know you are beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of and want. I want you to feel like you are the most beautiful women in the world because you are./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy has tears in her eyes as Tim talks to her. "I love you." She says pulling him down into a kiss./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He moves his hand into her hair to tug it back a bit to kiss her better and then laughs into the kiss as he hears Angela yell "Get a room." From the pool. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Feeling better?" Tim asks and she smiles and nods. "Good, go have fun." He says gently pushing her back to their friends./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"I look over and see Lucy still in her summer dress sitting at the edge of the pool. He knows she loves it, she's in it all the time. He also understands her feelings and wishes he could do something to make it better, but also knowing he can't. He finishes the food and calls everyone over./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Everyone is sitting and enjoying each others company when someone opens the back gate. Tim looks around confused and turns to Lucy to see her confused face as well. "Did you invite someone else?" He asks/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""No". She says back before Tim stands and turns towards the gate. He makes it a few feet before the mystery person turns the corner to the open backyard. Shock struck Tim in his whole body as he came face to face with Chris./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Bradford." He says stopping in front of Tim./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Stanford" Shock still in his voice. "What are you doing here?" Tim asks./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Wesley said you were having a house warming party and thought I'd stop by." He tells Tim looking behind him. Tim can tell the second his eyes meet Lucy's behind his back./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How did you know where to go?" Tim asks still trying to process what is happening./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Smitty." He says and Tim curses mentally./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"While Tim is still motionless, Chris takes the opportunity to walk around him and to the group sitting around chatting. Tim collects himself fast when he hears Chris say Lucy's name as he nears the group./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He turns to see Lucy looking at him in a slight panic. He closes the space between them fast and is behind her in a second as Chris sits himself in Tim's chair. "That is my chair, my food, and my fiancée." He tells him without any regret./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"A collective gasp goes around as they were still keeping that one to themselves til later in the day./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Your what?" Chris asks standing looking between his ex and the man she left him for. He looks down at Lucy's finger and says, "I don't see a ring." He states./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We were going to tell everyone later so she left it inside our house." Tim emphasizes our house. And Chris physically pales. "I can go get it if you need the physical proof?" Tim asks him a little smug./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You're engaged and didn't tell me?" Angela says her voice a bit angry./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Sorry Ange, I just saw it, bought it, and then we were still keeping it a secret other than Gray and I couldn't wait to ask her." Tim tells her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Angela turns to Lucy, "well, go get it. I need to make sure he did fine without my help." She tells Lucy who smiles. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy stands kisses Tim and turns back to Angela, "It's perfect." She says before turning and going into the house to get her engagement ring./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I see Lucy hasn't been in the pool. Probably best. All her tattoos and her figure is better with the dress on." Chris says standing and Tim sees Red./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Nolan stands to take a hold of Tims arm but he pushes it off… "Lucy is beautiful just the way she is. All because she didn't choose you doesn't mean you can be a dick.. She is everything. You are just jealous that you never got to see her like I do, that she never loved you, and that you'll never get another chance. Leave our house and never come back or I will arrest you." He says standing just that extra inch taller though he doesn't need to./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy comes bouncing out of the house and walks over to the women and shows them the diamond ring surrounded with moonstone gems./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Damn, Timothy you didn't need my help at all. This is beautiful." Angela says moving Lucy's hand so the stones catch the light./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Who knew Bradford would be good at this kind of thing." Nyla pokes fun and Lucy giggles turning to Tim, but stops as she sees Chris./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You're still here?" She asks and he looks from her to her ring, to Tim and shakes his head./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You are such a cheating bitch." He turns to Tim and before Tim could move says, "Have your fun while you can." And then walks away./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim moves over to Lucy and collects her in his arms. "You okay." He asks quietly kissing her forehead. She nods against his chest and then turns to their friends. " Okay let's finish and have some fun and relaxation in the pool." He says as he ushers Lucy back into her seat as he does the same./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Everyone finishes and Lucy again sits at the edge of the pool while everyone else gets in the water. "Come on baby, get in the water I know you love it." Tim says to her his wet hands pushing the hem of her dress up her thighs. "Please." He practically begs and she takes the hem of her dress and lifts it above her head. Tim allows his hands to explore some of the skin on display before picking her up and pulling her into the water and into his chest./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Didn't realize you had so many tattoos Lucy." Arron made the comment./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yea, I…" She says moving closer to Tim. She sees Tim glare at Aaron and runs her hand up his arm. "It's hard to see them with my uniform." /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Didn't realize how cool you really were." Aaron smiles at her. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She turns to Tim and smiles, "Told you I was one of the cool kids."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim rolls his eyes and drops a kiss to her hair. "Don't give her a bigger head." He says too Aaron as Lucy hits his arm while they laugh. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I cannot believe that you both hid this from us for a year. I am your best friend! How did you not tell me? Grey Knew?" Angela says as she moves closer to the couple still wrapped around each other. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We didn't mean to keep it quiet for so long. We wanted to see where it went. Time to figure out what we really wanted. When we did Tim went to Grey. He took the desk job and then moved to metro."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""With your help." Tim interrupts. "She made this 5 player trade and got me into metro. Once I was out of her chain of command we decided to wait a bit. We went through HR interviews and everything. Then we didn't want to take away from Bailey and John with their wedding." /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""That's sweet, but not needed." Bailey says. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I also was just not ready. I didn't want something potentially getting in the way. I liked having him to myself, but I also hated the secrecy. I told Tim I was ready and he suggested this. We would have had to tell you all soon anyways now that we live together." Lucy finishes. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I am just so happy for you both." Angela says smiling at the couple. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy blushes, "Thanks" /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"The sound of the doorbell interrupts the conversation. Lucy turns her head to Tim with a look of confusion. "Did everyone decide to show up today?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""It is probably nothing." Tim says as the doorbell rings another 2 times and knocking is heard. "I'll get it." He says letting Lucy go and getting out of the pool. He grabs a towel and walks into the house. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Voices can be heard and they seem to be heated. Lucy looks over her shoulder at the ouse and turns back to everyone. "I'll be right back." She gets out of the pool and quickly runs a towel over herself before going into the house. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She turns the corner to the front door and stops as she sees Tim standing at full hight, his arms crossed across his chest, and a scowl on his face. In front of him is her mother. Her face also scowling. "Mom?" Lucy practically whispers out of surprise. "What are you doing here? How did you know I lived here?" She asks moving to Tim's side. He instantly releases his arms and wraps one around her pulling her into his side protectively. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I got a call from Chris saying you were engaged and moved here with him." She says pointing at Tim. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What?" Lucy says confused./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""It is time to wake up. You had your fun, now it is time to go back to school, find a good match, settle down." Her mother stops and looks her up and down. "Get rid of all those tattoos and maybe join a gym." She includes./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Lucy doesn't need to do any of those things. Your daughter is smart, kind, stubborn, beautiful, and just amazing. She is the best cop I have ever trained. She is going to be an amazing detective. We are a match, I love your daughter more than I have loved anyone or anything in my life. I will stand by her, protect her, defend her, and support her for the rest of my life. Lucy is also the most beautiful person I have ever met. Every part of her is perfect; every tattoo, every scar, every little part of her is perfect. I will not stand here in our home and let someone disrespect her or myself in our home. So, please leave." Lucy looks at Tim with tears in her eyes. I pull her closer as her hands find my face and pull my lips to hers. Her kiss has Tim forgetting that her mother is right in front of them and his hands roam her bare back and one hand finds her ass and gives it a squeeze. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They pull apart as her mom practically screams at them. "How dare you act like this in from of me."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We are in our own home and I have asked you to leave." Tim says not letting got of Lucy /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Are you going to let him talk to me like this?" She asks Lucy./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yes, I do not know why you are here. I have not seen or talked to you since I became a P2. I am so loved by this man that I cannot wrap my head around 99% of the time. He sees no flaws in me, except maybe my no quit attitude." She smiles at him and he squeezes her ass again as he smiles. "I have never been happier mom." She says turning to look her mom in the eyes. "You can say what you want about my body, my job, my relationship, but non of what you say will make me quit. I love my job, I love my friends and the family I've built, I love Tim more than anything and that's so scary, but not having him scares me more. And he makes me love myself/ we make each other better. So yes, I will let him talk to you like that because I am finally at peace. So, please leave." She says turning back to Tim./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""This is goodbye then." Her mother says as she turns and leaves. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"As soon as the door shuts Lucy heaves a sob as she practically collapses into Tim's chest. He holds her tight and shushes her and whispers calming words to her. When she calms down he gently cups her face and pulls away enough to look into her eyes. "I love you. You are the strongest person I know and I feel lucky every second that you choose me. I will forever be thankful for you and your love and I will spend the rest of my life showing you just how lucky I feel and how grateful I am that you are in my life." He kisses her hard and pulls away. "Are you okay to go back or do you want me to go kick everyone out?" He asks genuinely, ready to do whatever she decides. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I want to go be with our family and have a good rest of the day." She tells him. He smiles and kisses her one more time before pulling away and taking her hand, pulling her back to their found family. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I don't want to hide anymore." She tells him as she pulls away from him to see his face. She can see the confusion on his face and smiles. "I don't want to hide us from our friends anymore." She tells him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He smiles as he cups the back of her head while his other hand takes her chin between is thumb and pointer finger. "I think we are in a good position to tell everyone. Since Grey knows and it's been a bit since I moved out of your chain of command. Besides I love you and I want to be able to show you and everyone else that when we are out with our friends." He says before pulling her chin closer and kissing her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I love you too" She tells him as she pulls back just far enough to connect their foreheads. His hand holding her chin moves to cup her jaw./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How about a BBQ?" He asks. "Our new house has a pool and I can invite everyone thinking it's just a house warming party. Angela knows I've been looking at houses." He pulls his head back enough to look at her. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""They will know the second they enter the house. The pictures that line the walls, the colorful throw blankets on the couch, the color of the kitchen." She laughs./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I'll tell them to use the side gate since I'll be back here cooking anyways." He says pulling me back into his chest and running his hands through my hair again./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I love it. I love you." She says placing her hand over his heart./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I love you too" He tells her as he kisses her forehead./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Everyone will be happy for us. You don't need to be worried." Tim tells Lucy as she keeps arranging the food table in front of her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I know they will. I'm just nervous." She says pausing as he puts his arms around her waist and pulls her into him. He kisses her. "I love you, no matter what."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I know." She tells him. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They jump apart as they hear a voice call out to them. "It's about time you do this." Grey says smiling looking at his officers./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy turns and smiles at him. "He was waiting on me."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""This is some house you two have." Grey tells them looking around the yard./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thank you sir" Tim says putting an arm back around Lucy./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""When did this happen?" They hear Angela ask excitement in her voice behind Grey. "It's about damn time, Timothy." She teases as she walks closer to the group with Wesley following. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Angela." Tim says looking at her, not letting go of Lucy./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""So?'' She asks her eyebrows raised./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Our 1 year anniversary was yesterday. Welcome to our home." Lucy tells her with a smile./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Your home? One year? You two live together?" She asks shock covering her face./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Who lives together?" Nyla asks as her and her family, Aaron, and Celina walk through the gate./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Tim and Lucy." Wesley tells her as he moves to the other side of Angela so the new comers have a better view./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""OMG!" Celina says smiling. "I knew your auras changed."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How long have you been together?" Aaron asks./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""A year yesterday." Tim smiles down at Lucy and bends to kiss her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""No way." Bailey says as she walks through the gate with Nolan./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""About time." Nolan says smiling./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I'm going to have to get use to you being so affectionate, it's just not you." Angela says smiling. "Happiness looks good on you."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim smiles. Lucy looks up at him her smile growing when she noticed the slight blush covering his cheeks. "I love you." She tells him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He looks down at her and smiles, "I love you too." He moves his eyes away from her and notices everyone staring. He clears his throat. "Okay, mingle. I am going to start BBQing. The pool is also open so please…" He says waving his hands around./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"The girls crowd Lucy and they talk for a bit before Lucy is escorting them inside, probably to show them the house and so everyone can change for the pool./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""This is a great house and yard you and Lucy have." Wesley says as he moves over to me./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Thanks, we wanted something bigger. Somewhere Tamara can have her own room and we have space to grow." I tell him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You have a ring hidden away?" He asks smiling./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"The shock that crosses Tim's face tells him he is right. "How do you know?" He asks/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You love her. I have been with Angela long enough and known you long enough to know the way you are with Lucy is not normal." He smiles./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim smiles and his eyes turn towards the back door where the girls disappeared too not long ago. "She's everything."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Good" Grey says bringing both men a beer./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim's eyes turn back to the door as the girls all come back out of the house./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They head to the pool, Tim gestures towards the pool and the men follow to join the women. He start the food and turns back to the grill. After a few moments He can feel a hand on his back and turns to see Lucy. He smiles brightly and turns to her wrapping his arms around her and kissing her head. "You're not going to join them." He asks her releasing one arm to man the grill./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I… I'm not ready right now." Lucy says quietly, tucking herself closer to him./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What do you mean?" Tim asks putting his eyes back on her. "I saw the swimsuit you put on this morning, remember." He smiles at her, flirting. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She hits his arm with a small giggle. "I'm…" She pauses, her face looking at the ground and sighs. "You're the only one who's seen my tattoo and I'm a bit self conscious to show this much skin in front of them." she tells him/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You have nothing to be self-conscious of." Tim tells her stepping back from her and cupping his hands around her cheeks. "Lucy, you are the love of my life. I don't think I've told you this yet, but you compare to no one. I have never felt the way I do about you with anyone else ever and I know I wont again. You are the light in my darkness and I am so thankful that I get to be yours. So, if you want to change or not go in the pool while they are here that's your choice, but know you are beyond anything I could have ever dreamed of and want. I want you to feel like you are the most beautiful women in the world because you are./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy has tears in her eyes as Tim talks to her. "I love you." She says pulling him down into a kiss./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He moves his hand into her hair to tug it back a bit to kiss her better and then laughs into the kiss as he hears Angela yell "Get a room." From the pool. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Feeling better?" Tim asks and she smiles and nods. "Good, go have fun." He says gently pushing her back to their friends./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"I look over and see Lucy still in her summer dress sitting at the edge of the pool. He knows she loves it, she's in it all the time. He also understands her feelings and wishes he could do something to make it better, but also knowing he can't. He finishes the food and calls everyone over./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Everyone is sitting and enjoying each others company when someone opens the back gate. Tim looks around confused and turns to Lucy to see her confused face as well. "Did you invite someone else?" He asks/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""No". She says back before Tim stands and turns towards the gate. He makes it a few feet before the mystery person turns the corner to the open backyard. Shock struck Tim in his whole body as he came face to face with Chris./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Bradford." He says stopping in front of Tim./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Stanford" Shock still in his voice. "What are you doing here?" Tim asks./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Wesley said you were having a house warming party and thought I'd stop by." He tells Tim looking behind him. Tim can tell the second his eyes meet Lucy's behind his back./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""How did you know where to go?" Tim asks still trying to process what is happening./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Smitty." He says and Tim curses mentally./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"While Tim is still motionless, Chris takes the opportunity to walk around him and to the group sitting around chatting. Tim collects himself fast when he hears Chris say Lucy's name as he nears the group./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"He turns to see Lucy looking at him in a slight panic. He closes the space between them fast and is behind her in a second as Chris sits himself in Tim's chair. "That is my chair, my food, and my fiancée." He tells him without any regret./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"A collective gasp goes around as they were still keeping that one to themselves til later in the day./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Your what?" Chris asks standing looking between his ex and the man she left him for. He looks down at Lucy's finger and says, "I don't see a ring." He states./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We were going to tell everyone later so she left it inside our house." Tim emphasizes our house. And Chris physically pales. "I can go get it if you need the physical proof?" Tim asks him a little smug./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You're engaged and didn't tell me?" Angela says her voice a bit angry./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Sorry Ange, I just saw it, bought it, and then we were still keeping it a secret other than Gray and I couldn't wait to ask her." Tim tells her./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Angela turns to Lucy, "well, go get it. I need to make sure he did fine without my help." She tells Lucy who smiles. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy stands kisses Tim and turns back to Angela, "It's perfect." She says before turning and going into the house to get her engagement ring./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I see Lucy hasn't been in the pool. Probably best. All her tattoos and her figure is better with the dress on." Chris says standing and Tim sees Red./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Nolan stands to take a hold of Tims arm but he pushes it off… "Lucy is beautiful just the way she is. All because she didn't choose you doesn't mean you can be a dick.. She is everything. You are just jealous that you never got to see her like I do, that she never loved you, and that you'll never get another chance. Leave our house and never come back or I will arrest you." He says standing just that extra inch taller though he doesn't need to./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy comes bouncing out of the house and walks over to the women and shows them the diamond ring surrounded with moonstone gems./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Damn, Timothy you didn't need my help at all. This is beautiful." Angela says moving Lucy's hand so the stones catch the light./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Who knew Bradford would be good at this kind of thing." Nyla pokes fun and Lucy giggles turning to Tim, but stops as she sees Chris./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You're still here?" She asks and he looks from her to her ring, to Tim and shakes his head./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""You are such a cheating bitch." He turns to Tim and before Tim could move says, "Have your fun while you can." And then walks away./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim moves over to Lucy and collects her in his arms. "You okay." He asks quietly kissing her forehead. She nods against his chest and then turns to their friends. " Okay let's finish and have some fun and relaxation in the pool." He says as he ushers Lucy back into her seat as he does the same./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Everyone finishes and Lucy again sits at the edge of the pool while everyone else gets in the water. "Come on baby, get in the water I know you love it." Tim says to her his wet hands pushing the hem of her dress up her thighs. "Please." He practically begs and she takes the hem of her dress and lifts it above her head. Tim allows his hands to explore some of the skin on display before picking her up and pulling her into the water and into his chest./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Didn't realize you had so many tattoos Lucy." Arron made the comment./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yea, I…" She says moving closer to Tim. She sees Tim glare at Aaron and runs her hand up his arm. "It's hard to see them with my uniform." /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Didn't realize how cool you really were." Aaron smiles at her. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She turns to Tim and smiles, "Told you I was one of the cool kids."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Tim rolls his eyes and drops a kiss to her hair. "Don't give her a bigger head." He says too Aaron as Lucy hits his arm while they laugh. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I cannot believe that you both hid this from us for a year. I am your best friend! How did you not tell me? Grey Knew?" Angela says as she moves closer to the couple still wrapped around each other. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We didn't mean to keep it quiet for so long. We wanted to see where it went. Time to figure out what we really wanted. When we did Tim went to Grey. He took the desk job and then moved to metro."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""With your help." Tim interrupts. "She made this 5 player trade and got me into metro. Once I was out of her chain of command we decided to wait a bit. We went through HR interviews and everything. Then we didn't want to take away from Bailey and John with their wedding." /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""That's sweet, but not needed." Bailey says. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I also was just not ready. I didn't want something potentially getting in the way. I liked having him to myself, but I also hated the secrecy. I told Tim I was ready and he suggested this. We would have had to tell you all soon anyways now that we live together." Lucy finishes. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I am just so happy for you both." Angela says smiling at the couple. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Lucy blushes, "Thanks" /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"The sound of the doorbell interrupts the conversation. Lucy turns her head to Tim with a look of confusion. "Did everyone decide to show up today?"/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""It is probably nothing." Tim says as the doorbell rings another 2 times and knocking is heard. "I'll get it." He says letting Lucy go and getting out of the pool. He grabs a towel and walks into the house. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"Voices can be heard and they seem to be heated. Lucy looks over her shoulder at the ouse and turns back to everyone. "I'll be right back." She gets out of the pool and quickly runs a towel over herself before going into the house. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"She turns the corner to the front door and stops as she sees Tim standing at full hight, his arms crossed across his chest, and a scowl on his face. In front of him is her mother. Her face also scowling. "Mom?" Lucy practically whispers out of surprise. "What are you doing here? How did you know I lived here?" She asks moving to Tim's side. He instantly releases his arms and wraps one around her pulling her into his side protectively. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I got a call from Chris saying you were engaged and moved here with him." She says pointing at Tim. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""What?" Lucy says confused./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""It is time to wake up. You had your fun, now it is time to go back to school, find a good match, settle down." Her mother stops and looks her up and down. "Get rid of all those tattoos and maybe join a gym." She includes./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Lucy doesn't need to do any of those things. Your daughter is smart, kind, stubborn, beautiful, and just amazing. She is the best cop I have ever trained. She is going to be an amazing detective. We are a match, I love your daughter more than I have loved anyone or anything in my life. I will stand by her, protect her, defend her, and support her for the rest of my life. Lucy is also the most beautiful person I have ever met. Every part of her is perfect; every tattoo, every scar, every little part of her is perfect. I will not stand here in our home and let someone disrespect her or myself in our home. So, please leave." Lucy looks at Tim with tears in her eyes. I pull her closer as her hands find my face and pull my lips to hers. Her kiss has Tim forgetting that her mother is right in front of them and his hands roam her bare back and one hand finds her ass and gives it a squeeze. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"They pull apart as her mom practically screams at them. "How dare you act like this in from of me."/p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""We are in our own home and I have asked you to leave." Tim says not letting got of Lucy /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Are you going to let him talk to me like this?" She asks Lucy./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""Yes, I do not know why you are here. I have not seen or talked to you since I became a P2. I am so loved by this man that I cannot wrap my head around 99% of the time. He sees no flaws in me, except maybe my no quit attitude." She smiles at him and he squeezes her ass again as he smiles. "I have never been happier mom." She says turning to look her mom in the eyes. "You can say what you want about my body, my job, my relationship, but non of what you say will make me quit. I love my job, I love my friends and the family I've built, I love Tim more than anything and that's so scary, but not having him scares me more. And he makes me love myself/ we make each other better. So yes, I will let him talk to you like that because I am finally at peace. So, please leave." She says turning back to Tim./p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""This is goodbye then." Her mother says as she turns and leaves. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';"As soon as the door shuts Lucy heaves a sob as she practically collapses into Tim's chest. He holds her tight and shushes her and whispers calming words to her. When she calms down he gently cups her face and pulls away enough to look into her eyes. "I love you. You are the strongest person I know and I feel lucky every second that you choose me. I will forever be thankful for you and your love and I will spend the rest of my life showing you just how lucky I feel and how grateful I am that you are in my life." He kisses her hard and pulls away. "Are you okay to go back or do you want me to go kick everyone out?" He asks genuinely, ready to do whatever she decides. /p
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p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';""I want to go be with our family and have a good rest of the day." She tells him. He smiles and kisses her one more time before pulling away and taking her hand, pulling her back to their found family. /p