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Sorry for this incredible long delay! My computer broke and the chapter was only saved on it, so I had to wait till today to get it back and update the fic. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy!

"So.." He started saying.

"I know this is weird, Walter, but this is the only way to keep you on the country." She cut him before he could continue. She knew all he would say.

He would say that she didn't have to do something like that for him, that he wouldn't let her do something that would mess so much with her life, even though he staying in the country was for the so claimed "greater good", the one he always used to invalidate his value over anything else.

"Yeah, but-"

"No buts." She cut him again. "Really. Happy did it for you, I can do it too. I already talked to Tim, he's okay."

"Oh.. He's.. okay with it" Walter said, more like a confirmation than a question. Was he really okay with it?

Walter actually thought the navy SEAL hated him, and would do everything possible to convince Paige to not go through this marriage thing. The interloper wasn't blind, and just like everyone else on the team he obviously could see the sparkles on Walter's eyes everytime Paige was around. He wasn't a fool.
But, Walter did promise to not interfere between their relationship anymore, so, maybe, he really believed him and decided to give him a fair shot. Maybe he wasn't that bad after all.

"Yeah, sure." Paige answered, taking him out of his thoughts. "It won't change anything between us.. I mean, uh, between Tim and me. He understood that I'm doing it for a friend.. it won't change anything."

"Hm, yeah, sure." He murmured. "Well, I guess I should say thank you, then.. I'd try to convince you otherwise, but, I know how you are when you put something on your mind." He smirked and she smiled shyly. "Thank you, really. You're practically saving my life."

"Well, you saved mine dozen times" She smiled and got up, pacing around the room.

"I'd.. do it all again." He followed her up and went to stand in front of her. Aching to hug her, or, at least take her hand, but he knew that if he initiated contact, at the level he wanted her right now, he wouldn't be responsible for his following acts.

"Yeah.. I know." She smiled shyly again, appearing to sense the tension between them. "Thank you for that too."

Then, a silence filled the room and neither one really knew what to do. And it was awnfull. When things became so weird between them?

"You wanted to say something, didn't you?" Paige finally broke the silence, starting to pace mindlessly in the room again.

"Um? Oh, it's nothing. It was.. about it." He said and moved to sit on the edge of the bed, internally kicking himself for not saying something.

"Are you sure?" Paige paused and stood in front of him again, internally kicking herself for still hoping he would say something.

"Yep." He nodded and pain shot trough his entire body as he lied to her. It was one of the things he hated the most, lies. And he was doing the thing he hated the most, to the person he loved the most. This wasn't right.

"Well.. okay then.." She said, a faked smile on her lips. "It's late, I should probably go." It's probably best you go, she remembered the words.

"Yeah, okay.. Good night" He said, offering her a tiny smile before getting up and moving around, pretending to look at some papers on his desk behind him.

"Good night, Walter." She said, and after a feel clicks of her heels on the hard floor of the loft disappeared, the room fell silent. She was glad he wasn't seeing her face as she left, but she was sure he could feel the disappointment in her voice.

She descended the stairs, leaving Walter alone with his thoughts. When he said he had some things to talk to her, he didn't know exactly what he wanted to say. He thought at first to just refuse her crazy idea. How could he let her get so involved in something like this, that would interfer completely in her life? They would have to act like married people when the psychologist came to the weekly visits, and that would be probably very hard to do. Not act like this, be close to her, that wouldn't be hard. But would be hard to touch her, treat her like he was his wife, like she was with him, while she still belonged to someone else.
Then, he thought about telling her everything. Telling her how much he loves her, and how she hadn't left his mind ever since he can remember. And he has a good memory.

He thought about blurt out everything he decided to tell her since Tahoe. Tell her how much he wanted to be with her and how it's shattering him inside not being able to touch or kiss her anytime he wants.
But, then, she brought Tim up.
They are happy, even though he don't like to admit, he know it.
He sees her smiling around him, he treats her well. He compliments her and give her all the things an ordinary relationship should give. He makes her happy.
And Walter wasn't capable of giving her that. Yet.
He really trusted Cabe, in everything. Even more in things he knew nothing about, like love. He still feared that he waited too long, but he would follow cabe's advice and become a better person before trying to win her back. Yes, win her back, because even though they never had anything, he can't help but feel that he lost her.
And he fears that she already moved on from him.
But he would improve.
He would become a man that Paige needs, he would show her how much she meant to him and how much she
was worth the risk. Show her that he truly loves her, and hope, that her heart could one day belong to him.

She was broke. Again.
She promised herself she wouldn't let him make her feel like this again, but, yet, there she was crying in her car behind the wheels.
He didn't do anything, actually, and that was exactly the problem.
Even though she convinced herself to move on, a little part of her still hoped that he would say something about them, finally tell her how he feels. She shouldn't want it to happen, she had already decided that she's going to move on, give Tim a fair shot that he deserves, without Walter to blur her mind.
Tim deserves it, and so does she.
She was so stupid for still hoping Walter would make a move. Clearly, again, she wasn't work the risk.
She realized she should stop this drama show and go home, burry herself in a hot bath and her bed till tomorrow, try to push away these thoughts of her head.
Tomorrow was a new day.

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