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It's been a few weeks since the team discovered a corruption scheme involving their own, that deeply affected all of them.

It's been a few weeks since Tim was honest with Lucy, for the first time since he broke up with her.

That elevator confession played in Lucy's mind constantly every night. Tim was getting the help he needs and he opened up to her and gave her the keys to their narrative.

Lucy wasn't ready to open that door yet but she allowed Tim in as a friend and partner in the shop whenever Grey paired them together ( although Lucy was almost sure Grey was playing matchmaker).

Because Nolan got shot, Lucy is asked to take over as Celina's training officer for the remainder of her training and Aaron and Tim start riding together too.

"𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥 " says Celina as she puts the war bags in the shop.
Lucy smiles, completely reminiscing about her time as a rookie with Tim as her TO and how despite everything, she still wouldn't want a different TO.

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩? 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘛𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 " Lucy replies.

They both laugh.

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺?" Tim is behind them with Aaron as his aide.

God, he looks so healthy and handsome with that uniform and those deep blue ocean eyes of his. Lucy snaps out of it in order to focus.

"𝘖𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘖 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶", she responds with a smirk, clearly engaging in a teasing banter with Tim.

Things had become light between them again. They found a balance to get back to being able to laugh in each other's presence. Nonetheless, they hadn´t advanced in their relationship. They had agreed to take things slowly, but it was too slow for Lucy's own liking.

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The day went well for both pairings, LA criminals had seemed to take a little break from major activity.

Lucy at been staring at her phone for a bit. Austin, a guy she met while on patrol, who was a teacher, had asked her out on a date.

She doesn't know why she engaged with him by telling him she was single. But she did it. Maybe it was to spite Tim. Maybe it was to convince herself she could do it. Maybe this was a good thing.

"𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺?" asks Celina.

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩..."

"𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺" she intervenes, "𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬? "

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮"

" 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭... 𝘏𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦"

Celina didn't know how to feel. She loved Lucy was ready to move on but she never expected her to move on from Tim. Her and Aaron had spend countless hours imagining how Tim was going to win Lucy back. It had become their thing.

"𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘦𝘴?" She asks hesitantly. " 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦."

"𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦... 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥'..." Lucy says. She's still hurt. They have indeed gotten better but Tim still hadn't made any move on her romantically.

"𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘴, 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘏𝘦'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰-𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯"

Lucy puts her phone away. The dinner was going to be that night and she wanted to look exquisite.

𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑴: Celina
𝐓𝐎: Aaron
𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺!! 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰.

𝑭𝑹𝑶𝑴: Aaron
𝐓𝐎: Celina
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵?! 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦???

Aaron was just as confused as Celina. Things seemed lighter between the former couple. They looked like they were healing. Tim seemed happier since they started talking again and he thought in a short time, they would be back together.

Aaron debated for a a long time weather or not he should tell Tim about Lucy's date.
After speaking to Celina he ultimately decides to give a little push to Tim and Lucy.

Back at the station, Aaron sighs after putting the war bags back where they belong. He sees Tim filling out paperwork and decides his chance is now:

"𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭"

"𝘛𝘏𝘖𝘙𝘚𝘌𝘕, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭?! 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵?" Tim responds confused as Nyla and Angela look on, curious as to why Aaron decided to say that. No matter how much Tim had improved through therapy, he still didn't enjoy personal talk with anyone that wasn't Lucy or his therapist. Although he was working on it, it still pissed him off a bit, that Aaron, who was once his rookie, pushed that button.

"𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺'𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬!!" continued Aaron "𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵!" Aaron knew he had to say it quickly, so the courage wouldn't fade away with Tim's stern looks.

"𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦?" Tim was hurt. She had every right to move on but he thought they were making progress.
He swallows thickly. All of his body language screamed defeat. Lucy was gone. He lost her.

"𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳... 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦" he finally says. He meant it too. He loved her and he would always feel like that for the rest of his life. But if Lucy had decided she wanted to move on from him, she had the right to.

"𝖮𝗁 𝖳𝗂𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝗒 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖦𝗈𝖽'𝗌 𝗌𝖺𝗄𝖾! J𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝗎𝖼𝗁 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋!! T𝗁𝖺𝗍'𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗒𝗈𝗎! S𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗇𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗅𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗀𝗎𝗒 𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋!" Angela snaps at him. She was tired of seeing them both moping and aching for each other. Tim looks at her baffled by his best friends reaction. You could definitely count on Angela Lopez-Evers to tell (or yell) the truth to your face. Nyla looked at him: "𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥! 𝘎𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳".
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Back at her apartment, Lucy had taken a shower and was getting dressed.
She thought she would be excited, because Austin seemed like a good guy, hardworking, good looking and kind.

But she didn't...

Looking at herself in the mirror, all she could think about was her first date with Tim and how nervous she was. She smiled just thinking about it.

It always came back to him. To them.

She deserved to move on. She had every right to do it. So why was this so hard?
She looks at her phone, laying in her bed and she feels a knot in her throat. She can't believe she's doing this...

𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌: 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐲
𝐓𝐎: 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧
𝘏𝘦𝘺! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵. 𝘐 ... 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 .

Lucy felt bad for doing it over text but it was the right thing to do.

Meanwhile Celina texted Aaron to let him know, Lucy is about to walk out of the apartment.

In that moment Lucy decides she needs to talk to Tim. She can't keep playing this game. She needed to know even if it broke her heart into million pieces again. She needed to have a real adult conversation with Tim.

As she opens the door, she gasps.

"𝘛𝘐𝘔? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦?" She says looking at him as her heart feels like it's going to explode

"𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘺 ..." gasping at how beautiful she looked. "𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺! 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪'𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 ... 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴." Tears have started coming down his face, enveloped with emotion that has been building for awhile.

"𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩! 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 .... 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰."

Lucy is crying too. He finally said it.

Before he could continue , Lucy interrupts:

"𝘛𝘪𝘮... 𝘛𝘪𝘮 ... 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦. 𝘐 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬. " admits Lucy. They stand there looking at each other for a milisecond. " 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘛𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶." she says wiping some tears from her face.

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩?" responded Tim

"𝘠𝘦𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘛𝘪𝘮. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵", Lucy says. "𝘖𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵... 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘔𝘠 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵" she grins.

Lucy pulls him into her arms. He still doesn't want to impose but he puts his hands on her waist and looks deeply into her brown eyes before taking her lips on his.

They kiss for what it feels like an eternity, "𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶" he finally says. Lucy smiles " 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰𝘰. 𝘋𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯?" She suggests.

Tim nods affirmatively. There's nothing nor no one who's going to stop him from showing Lucy how much he loves her .

Well... Maybe Celina.

"𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩!! 𝘐'𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘶𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭...𝘶𝘮.. 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘱" she winks at Lucy, who had Tim wrapped in her arms.

She made sure she told Aaron things had worked out.

As Celina leaves, Tim orders Lucy's favourite sushi and spends the rest of the night showing Lucy how much he missed her.

And for the first time in months, Lucy thought everything was right where it should be.

Tim was okay.

They were going to be okay and she couldn't wait to spend the rest of her life with him.

It was now time to build their future.