The Years Between || G.W

2002- Lee's POV

***A/N*** Hey guys! Back again! I'm going to do my best to get at least another chapter out today because I'm not sure when the next day I have off of work is. Anyways, I should be back soon. Toodles! xx

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"Should we tell her?"

I walk up to Walter and hand him his morning cup of tea. I take up the spot beside him in the doorway to Emma's room and look inside.

Emma's been home nearly two months now, and she hasn't really said what made her come back as fast as she did.

"Tell our best mate that we've got a house in mind and we're going to go look at it this week?" Walter looks at me then kisses my forehead, "Not yet."

"We should probably warn her though, she's going to need a place to live."

"Or we can just give her the flat."

I smile at my boyfriend, "You want to give her the flat?"

"Well I don't want her to go back to her parent's estate, and there's not a chance that I'm going to let her go back to wherever the fuck she was with whoever the fuck she was with. And I love her, but I don't really want her to move with us into our forever home."

"No?"

He shakes his head, "Not a chance. I'm used to having you all to myself. I don't want to give that up quite yet."

I smile up at him and he leans down to give me a kiss. Just as his lips touch mine Emma groans from her bed, "Is this how you're going to wake me up now? Snogging in my doorway?"

"Morning grumpy pants," Walter says to her, he gives me a quick peck on the lips before walking down the hallway, "I'm making French toast!"

We've been having French toast since Emma got home. French anything really, French fries, French bread... Wally says he'll stop when she tells us what happened. Emma says she'll tell us when he stops.

"What were you two scheming about?" Emma yawns. She reaches off of her bed and snatches a jumper from the floor and pulls it on over her tank top.

"We were trying to figure out how such a small person can produce so much droll when she sleeps."

Emma throws a pillow at me and I run out of her room laughing.

"That's my favourite sound in the entire world," Walter says as I round the corner.

I rinse my empty mug out in the sink then go over to Walter and hug him from behind, trailing my hands up and down his torso as slowly as I can.

"What sound?" I ask before I kiss his shoulder.

"Your laugh."

"Cheesy bastard."

"Feed Piper will you?" Walter asks me.

I hum and kiss his shoulder three more times before I let go of him and go pick up the cat bowl so I can fill it with her breakfast.

"Piper! Tststststststststststststs!" I call and Walter laughs.

"She doesn't know where you are mate, she can't see you," He looks at me from over his shoulder, "You do remember that our cat is nearly blind right?"

"Yes, Walter I know that our cat is nearly blind. Thank you," I put the food back down where it belongs and I go into our room to get Piper.