I think it's time to wrap up Stuff Happens so I am ending it on a somewhat happy note with Tony and Emily still together. This idea came to me over the weekend with help from dustytiger once again, thank you.

Three months later after a case that left an eleven year old girl without parents and needing somewhere to stay until other family could be found, Paige Nichols ended up going home with Emily to the house she shared with Tony.

He said "Em, I didn't know you wanted a family. We've never discussed that at all."

"This is just temporary until they find her other family. I didn't want her to have to stay on a cot at the bureau until we did. We have the spare room with a comfortable bed."

He nodded. "Ok then, why don't you help her get settled and I will start on some spaghetti ala Dinozzo for dinner. And there might be a treat for dessert, I found one of Rossi's cherry pies in the freezer."

Emily smiled. "That sounds amazing. Paige I'll show you where your room is and you can see if you like it."

She smiled. "Thank you. Are you two married? I know you both live here with your dog and your cat and that you like each other a lot."

Tony replied "No we're not, I grew with parents who weren't very good at marriage and Emily and I were apart for a while but now we are putting things back together again. We are still learning to share a house which is a pretty big deal."

Paige nodded. "Ok, I guess I'll go see my room and put my stuff away."

Tony smiled. "Good, we want you to be comfortable while you're staying here and I think I have some pasta to get started on."

Emily patted Tony's arm. "Go do your kitchen magic I'm sure it will be amazing."

"Haven't made this in a while, will have to see if I remember the recipe." He headed into the kitchen then to start cooking.

Paige went to what would be her room with Emily and said "I love the dark red and gray in here. It's so grownup. And wow the bed looks huge. Is that your cat?"

She replied. "Good, Tony fixed it up himself before I lived here. That's Sergio. He likes his ears rubbed and someone to throw his rubber mouse down the hall for him. I've been thinking of getting him a friend."

Then Jet wandered into the room and sniffed Paige's' hand. "That's Jet, Tony's working dog. She's good with family and our friends."

Paige petted the dog and Jet laid down on her back. Then she rubbed the dogs belly gently. "You have pretty fur Jet and such a big head. Maybe someday I can take care of dogs like you."

Emily smiled. "If you want you can do anything. Sometimes people train dogs like her to help the police and the FBI."

She nodded. "Cool. I hope we can be friends while I'm here."

They spent a few minutes in the bedroom unpacking Paige's things.

"If you need anything just let us know. We tried to get everything from where you were before."

Paige said "My sketchbook and my journal and colored pencils are still here with my IPod and clothes. I'm good."

Tony was cooking dinner and thawing out the pie.

When the women came out of the spare room he said "Well it's just about ready, would you like to help set the table Paige?"

"After we wash our hands first." Emily said "She was getting to know Jet a little before."

Tony nodded. "Ok I will get the dishes and silverware out for you then. See you in a few minutes."

I hope everyone likes how I wrapped this up. There may be more Tony and Emily stuff from me down the line but for now their adventure is finished. Thanks for reading.