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Walter returned from dropping Ralph off at school and seeing Paige hadn't come down from the loft yet he climbed the steps upstairs and found her sitting in the kitchen trying to rub her lower back, her pregnant belly quite obvious. "Good morning, the pain starting early today huh?"
Paige looked back and smiled, "Good morning, just a little bit."
Walter walked up and kissed her tenderly as he pulled a small bench over, taking her hand he waited for her to stand and then pulled the chair back and slid the bench behind her legs and as she sat down on it he pull the chair up behind himself and sat down behind her. He pulled her shirt up and tucked the hem into the back of her bra strap. Moving her hair from the right side of her neck he oiled up his hands with the lotion that was on the table and as he kissed her neck he began rubbing his hands back and forth, he began building a small amount of friction causing the oil to heat up on his hands along with breathing on his hands, and then he pressed his hands into the small of her back and began rubbing and massaging the muscles.
Paige's eyes closed as the warm heat and oil began penetrating deeper and deeper into her flesh, "Oh, yea. Right. In. There," Paige moaned. Walter smiled as he continued to rub and massage her lower back for long moments. "Oh, Megan must be jealous," she smiled as she stretched a little.
"Is she kicking you?" Walter asked as he smiled.
Paige nodded.
Walter slid his arms around Paige's sides and came to rest on her stomach and he began rubbing along her belly. He felt several kicks but each one was weaker than the one before and finally Megan grew still. After several minutes he brought his hands back and applied a little more lotion and continued to rub her back.
"You're really spoiling us." Paige whispered as she sighed.
Walter smiled, "You both deserve it."
"Walt! You guys home?" Cabe yelled up.
Walter groaned, "We're in the kitchen Cabe."
Cabe climbed the stairs and seeing Walter rubbing Paige's back brought a smile to his face. "Good morning guys, started early today huh?"
"Morning Cabe," they both said.
"Yea, I think I twisted wrong getting out of bed this morning." Paige told him.
Walter reached over and pulled the towel off the oven door handle and dried his hands and then pulled Paige's shirt back down and kissed her neck. "What's up? We get a Homeland case?" He asked as he helped Paige to stand and swapped the chair for the bench and pushed the bench back over to the side and then poured a cup of coffee for himself and Cabe.
Cabe took the cup Walter offered him, "Naw, things are so quiet, kind of makes me nervous, thought I would just stop by before this afternoon."
Walter nodded as they both sat down. "It is a little disconcerting when things get quiet around here." Walter said.
Happy with Sasha on her lap and Toby sat in the court room waiting for the court officer to call their docket. "The court calls Dr. Tobias Curtis and Happy Quinn." The officer finally announced. They stood up and moved up before the bench.
"Dr. Curtis, Ms Quinn, you are petitioning the court for a legal name change, I see by your file all the required paperwork is complete, and all notifications have been made. I've also got a letter here from Deputy Security Director Katharine Cooper supporting you in this cause."
Happy and Toby looked at each other in surprise. "Yes your honor," Happy confirmed.
"Seems like you are in a little bit of a hurry for this, may I know the reason why?" The judge asked.
"We weren't trying to rush the process your honor," Toby said, "But we are a little pressed for time. You see this afternoon we are finalizing our adoption of our daughter and we wanted to do it with a solidified family name."
"That's admirable. I've got a letter of support here from a Janice Williams; she's the one overseeing your adoption correct?" The judge asked.
"Yes your honor, she's been working very closely with us through out the adoption process." Toby answered.
"I've also got a letter of recommendation from a Dr. Cecil Rizzuto." The judge said.
"Yes sir, we've been seeing Dr. Rizzuto for counseling on and off for the last two years. We started seeing him just prior to our marriage." Happy told him.
"So you couldn't decide to just adopt either of your surnames?" The judge asked.
"No sir, we decided that a unifying combination of our last names would be the proper course going forward." Toby said.
"With all your paperwork completed, the recommendations and your explanations I am satisfied, the court so orders the name change. Dr. and Mrs. Quintis I wish you and your daughter well on your futures, next case." The judge rapped the gavel and Toby hugged his wife and daughter. And then they left the court.
"You know, while I prefer the effort coming down the ramp, I do hate how long it takes." Paige complained slightly.
Walter laughed as he walked with her down the ramp. "It does take considerably longer, but the safety factor is more desirable than the time loss for it to bother me."
Paige laughed, "Who would have thought that Mr. Efficient would ever say something like that." She kissed his cheek.
Walter could only smile as they walked over to her desk. Walter gave her a kiss as she sat down. "Mails here," Cabe said coming back in the front door, "Looks like you got a card from Jordan."
Paige looked up in shock, "Jordan? Tim?"
Walter looked up with a twinge of hatred creeping up into his heart.
While Paige was sure this was a complication she did not want, she was a little curious how Tim was doing.
Cabe nodded handing her the bundle with the card on top, "To Mr. and Mrs. Walter O'Brien." She picked it up slowly and looked up at Walter and slowly held it out to him.
"Go ahead and open it," Walter said shaking his head.
Paige looked at Cabe and he just kind of tilted his head and looked at Walter and moved back into the Garage kitchen to fix a pot of coffee.
Paige took a deep breath and slid her letter opener under the flap and pulled the card out. "Congratulations." The front of the card read. She slowly opened it, "Dear Paige and Walter, I heard through the grapevine of your wedding, unfortunately I had to wait to get a card unless you like Arabic. After I got this, I heard you were expecting your first child as a couple, so double congratulations, my best wishes to your family and all of Scorpion, –Tim Armstrong."
Paige had inadvertently touched her stomach and had been rubbing it unconsciously as she read, "He'd heard we got married and by the time he got a card he heard we were expecting so he sent congratulations for both and wishing all of us well." She was slightly disappointed that he didn't mention anything about how he was doing. But given how things turned out, she was sure that was a good thing. She reached the card out to Walter, who at first; didn't take it, but upon seeing the look on her face he took it from her and read it quickly.
"That was very considerate of him," Walter finally managed to say.
Paige wasn't too sure how sincere he was, but she decided to accept it. The Garage door opened and Sylvester came in, "Morning guys." He greeted them.
"Morning Sly," they all greeted him.
"How's Florence doing today?" Paige asked.
"Good, she had an idea to reformulate that binding agent so it would work on that plastic heap and not summon the whole world population of jellyfish." Sylvester half joked as he told them sitting down.
Paige smiled, "Good, speaking of which, has anyone heard any word about that job? Maybe I should call them and find out if they decided to go with someone else or if they haven't decided yet."
Happy and Toby arrived with little Sasha a little after 11:00 am. "Morning guys, how did it go?" Paige greeted them.
"You are now looking at Dr and Mrs. Quintis." Toby announced.
"Congratulations guys," everyone said.
"Katharine Cooper and Dr. Rizzuto both sent letters of recommendations to the judge." Happy told them.
"That was very kind of them." Sylvester said.
Paige stood up rather quickly, "I surely didn't miss this part of the process," as she quickly made her way into the back to the restroom.
Walter looked up quizzically, "Megan is probably kicking her bladder." Toby answered his unspoken question.
Walter nodded but got up and walked back to be sure.
Toby bent over closer to Happy, "Man, is he ever hovering."
Happy looked back up at him, "Well at least he isn't trying to control every aspect of her life like some people."
"Are you directing that towards me?" Toby asked her unbelievably.
"Duh Doc, you were worst than a mother hen." Happy told him.
"Hey, I was just looking out for you." Toby said defensively.
"No, you were trying to control everything going on with me; Walter is just looking out for Paige." She told him.
"Fine," Toby stomped off.
Cabe chuckled as he stood over by Sylvester watching his kids. "Hey, Sly, you think you could look at my phone? For some reason it's all coming up in some foreign language."
Sylvester nodded, "You didn't leave it where Toby could have picked it up did you?"
Cabe's face darkened, "I'm going to put my foot up his." He left it hanging as he took his phone out and handed it over to Sylvester. It only took Sylvester a few minutes before he reset it back to English and handed it back. "Thanks Sly," Cabe told him as he took it back and put it back in his pocket.
"No problem, better keep a better eye on it around Toby though." Sylvester told him with a chuckle.
Walter walked back up front with Paige, "We're going to Kovelsky's for lunch and then we'll meet up with you at the hearing. It's at 1:00 pm right?" Walter asked.
Happy nodded, "We'll see you there. You do have the address right?"
Paige smiled as she held up her phone, "Right here."
Paige and Walter sat in the front row of the chairs at the adoption hearing along with Cabe. They'd got there at 12:30 hoping to get seats that would afford Paige a comfortable place without having to get up and moving for anyone else. Toby and Happy had showed up just minutes behind them.
Janice Williams came in a few minutes later. "Hey guys, the big day is finally here huh?" She smiled at them.
"Hi Miss Williams, thank you for looking out for me." Sasha spoke up and reached up for a hug. Janice's eyes instantly brimmed with tears as she lifted Sasha up and hugged her tightly.
"I'm so happy for you Sasha; you have a wonderful life now, okay?" Janice said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
"So Dr and Mrs. Quintis," the judge addressed them, "Why Sasha?" She looked from one to the other.
"You're honor, from the moment we met Sasha in Ms Williams's office, we just knew she was our daughter," Happy replied, "I was an orphan, I never found my family until about 12 years ago when Walter O'Brien offered me a place in his company. But I still carried a lot of anger over my childhood. When Sasha came into that office, she melted into my arms and we connected at the sub atomic level, and we healed each other."
"Yes, I have all of Ms. Williams's reports and they are quite extraordinary. Sasha's continued improvements; I've also got a Dr. Rizzuto's evaluations and reports on the family counseling that he conducted between your family. I've also got an affidavit from your employer, Walter O'Brien and his wife Paige, pledging their support to helping your family. And I have another from an agent Cabe Gallo of Homeland, also pledging assistance to your family." The judge said. "Ms Williams, do you have anything else to add?"
Janice stood and looked at Sasha, "Your honor, in my twenty years in this career I have never seen or heard of a bonding that I have had the privilege to be a part of between Sasha and her parents. As I stated in every report, I strongly support this family's union."
"Very well, Sasha, it sounds like you have a lot of people in your corner and it really warms my heart, I wish every child could be as lucky as you. It is my decree that you Alexandria Rose Quintis are now legally the daughter of Dr and Mrs. Quintis. And I wish you all the very best." The judge smiled as she gaveled.
"Mommy!" Sasha exclaimed as she ran over and jumped into Happy's arms.
Walter extended his hand to Toby who smiled and shook it and then pulled him in for a hug. "Congratulations Doc," Cabe said.
Janice met up with them in the hallway outside, "Guys, congratulations, please stay in touch with me. If anything comes up that you need help with, do not hesitate to call me okay?"
Happy hugged Janice, "Thank you Janice, for everything."
Janice nodded, "Of course."
As they turned to leave they saw Richard Elia standing back by the doors.
Cabe groaned, "I knew it was too quiet."
"Hey guys," Richard greeted them, "Congratulations on your adoption." He extended his hand which held a card.
Toby took the card and shook his hand, "Thank you. What do you want?"
"Toby," Paige exclaimed.
"It's okay Paige, he's not wrong, there is something else. Walter, if you guys have time, I'd like for you guys to come out to my limo and let me discuss a project with you, it's a little sensitive so we have to be careful where it's discussed." Richard told them.
Walter nodded, "Fortunately we don't have anything pressing right now so sure."
"Guys, I guess I'll meet you back at the Garage since this is a private gig." Cabe told them.
"Actually Cabe, I don't mind if you are present, your security rating is appropriate." Richard told him.
Toby leaned over to Happy and whispered, "Curiouser and curiouser."
"What about Sasha, I'm not leaving her alone." Happy said.
"I think we can trust her," Richard smiled.
Richard led them outside and to his limo in the parking lot. As they got in, "I had this limo built for such occasions. Sound proofing, triple paned windows so that vibration technology can't be used on it."
"You've really piqued my interests Richard." Walter said.