WriterFreak001:

THE SNEAK PEEKS! O_O

This is the last and final installment to Broken Pieces. Thank you for sticking by this story through all its ups and downs; I enjoyed writing it. Now that Broken Pieces is complete, I am going to work on some one-shots until I come up with an idea for the third volume to the Masterminds of Deceit series. So far, I haven't had any ideas so it might be a few weeks.

Anyway, enjoy!

Title | Broken Pieces

Fandom | Scorpion (CBS)

Description | After everything Walter has faced while working as a government contractor, he encounters what might be the most difficult challenge of his life. He finds a catatonic Paige in her apartment after receiving a call from Cabe that her car had been totaled during the night. When he approaches her, she falls apart, and he doesn't know how to mend her broken pieces. What he learns might not be a problem he can fix, and he might have some difficulty accepting that premise – especially when it involves the woman he has grown fond of over the last several months. Will Walter be able to heal Paige's shattered heart, or is his EQ too ill-equipped for him to be there for her when she needs a shoulder to cry on? Read and find out.

Rating| This fanfiction will be rated T for traumatic experiences, language and suggestive themes.

POV | Limited Third Person

Disclaimer | While CBS owns Scorpion, I am the owner of this masterpiece.

Claimer | I am human; there are bound to be mistakes. If you feel like something should be changed, you have the power to send me a review/private message. I can't guarantee if I'll change it every time, but I do read all of my reviews and all of my private messages!

WARNING:

THIS STORY CONTAINS SENSITIVE MATERIAL NOT SUITED FOR SENSITIVE READERS. READERS' DISCRETION IS ADVISED. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

Broken Pieces

Written by WriterFreak001

Epilogue

~ SCORPION ~

Paige lightly hummed to herself as she finished setting the table for the big Christmas dinner. Walter was busy finishing the final touches to Ralph's Christmas present, and Ralph was on his way back from the observatory with Cabe. She couldn't believe it had been a little over six years since she had first joined Scorpion; time seemed to fly fast. Her life had changed so much since Scorpion, and despite everything she had been through several years ago, she wouldn't trade the life she had now for anything. If it wasn't for her attack, she and her husband might not have grown closer together. Yes, what had happened to her was horrible, but because of it, she was a stronger and smarter person. Her attacker was sentenced to prison for a very long time because she had decided to come forward, and when she learned of his sentence, she felt as though a weight was lifted from her shoulders. Paige now made better decisions, and while she occasionally had a nightmare or two, she had – for the most part – moved on and is living a life of which dreams were made.

She had a huge family, and it was still growing. Cabe had finally found a woman who was able to tolerate his workload, and his fiancée absolutely adored Walter and Ralph. And Walter approved of her. Toby and Happy were engaged… again, and Megan had finally accepted Sylvester's marriage proposal. Walter was still trying to get over the fact that his best friend was going to be marrying his sister, but he's slowly coming around. Ralph is now in high school and started driving a few months ago; he was growing up, and once he turned seventeen, he was going to help with Scorpion part-time when he wasn't in school.

Everything seemed perfect in Paige's life, and it was only going to get even more perfect.

As she circled around the table and made her way into the kitchen to fetch the basket of rolls, she heard the door open, and Toby, Happy and Patrick filed into the garage. Toby and Happy were having another one of their petty arguments, and Patrick was simply sauntering towards the table with his hands in his pockets. Paige lifted the basket off of the counter and returned to the table, placing it towards the center. When she realized the candles weren't lit, she swiftly returned to the kitchen only to find herself pressed against the fridge with lips claiming hers.

She mindlessly wrapped her arms around her husband's neck and deepened the kiss. Remembering the candles, she tore away from him and told Walter there would be plenty of that once everybody left. He muttered an "okay" and then took a step back, letting her return to her task.

Once everyone had arrived, dinner promptly started and the garage was filled with joy, laughter and high spirits. Happy and Toby, together, gave everyone gag gifts, while Sylvester and Megan gave everybody movies they thought they would enjoy. Cabe and Sarah handed everyone envelopes with cash in them, and Walter, Paige and Ralph gave Toby, Happy and Sylvester new laptops for work and then gave Cabe and Sarah a gift card to one of LA's most elegant restaurants with "premade" reservations for the end of January.

"Hey, Ralph," Walter pointed towards the back of the garage, "I've got your gift sitting in the back."

Ralph rose to his feet and followed Walter beyond the kitchen with everyone in tow. Where Walter's rocket used to be was Walter's newly refurbished Datsun. "No way!" Ralph exclaimed as he touched the hood of the car. "This is mine?"

Paige laughed from her son's outburst as Walter said, "Well, since you're going to be starting to help with Scorpion when you're seventeen, you're going to need a ride from school to the locations of our cases. The Datsun's been through some hard times, but Happy and I recalibrated the engine so it works as good as new. It's better than taking the taxi to school every morning."

"Sweet!" Ralph climbed into the car and wrapped his fingers along the steering wheel. "Can I drive it now, Mom?" Ralph's eyes were wide open, but Paige shook her head.

"Not tonight. Tomorrow, you can give it a spin if you promise not to drive like a maniac," Paige crossed her arms and laughed as she leaned against Walter's side. "One crazy, reckless driver in this family is enough."

"Make that two reckless drivers," Toby coughed as he pointed to Happy. Happy elbowed him in the ribs.

Ralph hopped out of the Datsun and pulled out his phone. "Billy and Sloan are going to want to see this!" He took a picture of the car and sent it to his best friend and girlfriend before pulling up the hood to examine the engine.

"Whatever happened to your manners, Ralph?" Paige asked, expecting her son to say a thank you, but he was too engrossed to hear her. She turned towards Walter and rolled her eyes. "Teenagers…."

~ SCORPION ~

By midnight, everyone had returned home, and Ralph was in his bedroom (a room Walter had to install after proposing to Paige three years ago); Walter and Paige were in the loft, lounging around on the couches, exhausted from the busy day they had. "If you give me a second," Paige pulled away from Walter and quickly gave him a kiss, "I have your present waiting in the bedroom."

"Is it something," Walter forced a chuckle, "that needs to be opened in the bedroom?"

Paige lightly smacked his arm. "Get your mind out of the gutter!" Paige rolled her eyes and disappeared, only to reappear a few minutes later with a small gift box. She handed it to him and watched him as he popped off the lid. He blinked at the object inside the box.

Walter glanced at Paige and swallowed. "Are you sure?"

Paige then dug into her purse and handed him a Ziploc bag with three more positive pregnancy tests inside. "Oh. I'm sure." She climbed on top of him and straddled his hips as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Now why don't we go in there," she nodded towards their bedroom, "and reenact the baby's conception?"

She leaned down and pressed her lips against his mouth as he pushed them off of the couch and muttered, "Oh, I like that idea."

She grinned as they landed on the bed. "I thought you would."

…

And throughout the entire night, Walter did nothing but make Paige feel loved, complete and incandescently beautiful.

~ SCORPION ~

Foolish heart looks like we're here again
Same old game of plastic smile
Don't let anybody in
Hiding my heartache, will this glass house break
How much will they take before I'm empty
Do I let it show, does anybody know?

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

Painted on, life is behind a mask
Self-inflicted circus clown
I'm tired of the song and dance
Living a charade, always on parade
What a mess I've made of my existence
But you love me even now
And still I see somehow

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me

Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me
You're turning the tattered fabric of my life into
A perfect tapestry
I just wanna be me

But you see the real me
Hiding in my skin, broken from within
Unveil me completely
I'm loosening my grasp
There's no need to mask my frailty
Cause you see the real me
And you love me just as I am
Wonderful, beautiful is what you see
When you look at me

"The Real Me"| Natalie Grant

~ SCORPION ~

WriterFreak001:

I know it was short, but I didn't have much planned for the epilogue anyway. Thank you for the ride this story went on! :) Let me know what you think of the story as a whole!