It had been a almost a month since their last fight but alas Phoenix knew there was no way he could stay away for very long, she was the mother of his unborn children after all. He hoped the time had given them clearer heads, he spent the night before wondering how their relationship had come to this. The wonderful Maya no longer looked at him with a beaming smile and make fun of him in that undeniable cute way she did, she no longer looked at him with love. Instead, her eyes were full of hurt and sorrow.

"I'm going, Trucy!" He called out to his daughter, picking up the mail from the welcome mat and flipping through it before he left.

Trucy popped her head round the living room door, a mouth full of cereal, "You know what train your getting Dad?"

"...Yeah... its in thirty minutes..." Phoenix answered slowly, distracted by the mail.

Curious, the young magician approached Phoenix and popped her head around him, cereal still in tow. "What's that Daddy?"

"Its a letter from the Bar..." he began to smile nervously, "Its a date for my exam"

Trucy gasped, "No way, Daddy! You really applied!" she beamed, "I can't believe it!"

Phoenix scratched the back of his head, "I know..." He took a moment to let the reality of the exam to sink in, "I guess I did!" he put his arm around his daughter and laughed.

"I'm so proud! Wait 'til I tell Polly! And Maya...!" she hesitated unsure of what she said, Trucy knew that her father was going to try and patch things up with the spirit medium but their situation was complex and ever-changing. She didn't want to upset Phoenix.

"Well... we'll see" he sighed and ruffled Trucy's hair. "I'll call you when I get to Kurain, okay? Apollo should be here later this evening."

"All right Daddy." She nodded

Before leaving the apartment, he turned back, "No trouble, okay Missy?" he gave her a wink.

Trucy's managed a smile despite the fact that the guilt from her antics a couple of months ago stung her in the chest. "Bring her back, okay?" she called out as he slammed the door.

Phoenix felt like his mind had turned into cotton as he read the departure board at the train station, trying to find his platform number. He nodded to himself, acknowledging the information and made his way to the ticket gate. Lost in his own world, wondering where to start with his law study aid, would it still make sense? Was his all his years at university and practising as a defence attorney all pointless now? "What have I gotten myself into..." he thought, hopelessly.

It was then he felt a little thud and a heard a little gasp, his passage through the ticket gate had been brought to an abrupt stop. "Oh! I'm sorry..." It seemed he had tried to go through the wrong way, he realised he was in a sea of people going the opposite direction, the passengers coming off their train into the station.

"Nick?"

He looked down, there she was. Maya. Her cheeks blushed and she darted her eyes around in a panic. The pair were getting bumped into by commuters left and right, Maya froze not knowing what to do except to hold on tightly to her ticket. Phoenix immediately wrapped his arm around her shoulders, bringing her into him and dragged her away to somewhere safe.

Once they had managed to get outside the station, he stepped away from the petite spirit medium, "Maya? What are you doing here? I was just coming to see you..."

She took a deep breath and rubbed her swollen belly, "I know, I'm sorry, I forgot how crazy it gets here..." He looked down at her with concern, once again she was dressed casually, he knew she did as much as she could without her older relatives going on at her. Maya wore a yellow printed dress with a cropped khaki jacket, her bump protruding through. Her hair was swept into a side bun. For the first time in a long time, the medium was glowing.

"Maya... you didn't need to meet me-" he began, feeling embarrassed.

"I think... we need to talk."

They sat in a nearby park, Phoenix was full of dread, not knowing what she was going to say though she seemed to be very calm, eerily calm.

"Nick, I don't know how we've been doing... this" she gestured to herself and Phoenix, "I feel so tired of it"

"Listen Maya, I know its been awful, I really do but-" He tried to interject.

"Please Nick...Just let me talk for a minute..." She said grabbing his hand, he looked down at their hands, still feeling extremely on edge. "I don't know how long I can justify living this way, I know you've been holding on and I've been acting really... dreadful" she said sadly, "Too many times I have told you that I was okay but" she took a deep breath, "I'm finally feeling like I can explain myself."

He gripped her hand tighter and nodded, "Okay..."

"It seemed for a while that it was easier to just go along with everything and try and just adapt to our crazy situation but I... I can't take it for much longer. The reason I was being so terrible to you is because... I can't be with someone who just wants to be with me because of this" she pointed to her belly, "I can't be with someone who... doesn't love me any more."

Phoenix nearly gasped, he felt his body slump over. A long silence fell over them.

"Nick?" She asked carefully.

He suddenly grabbed a hold of her, "Are you stupid?"

"I know I sound crazy but just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I need to be with someone, especially-" She began defensively.

"No, Maya," Phoenix Wright almost burst into a smile, "I love you, I love you more than anything in the whole world."

The medium shied away, "You don't have to say that..."

He tightened his grip on her arms, "Listen, I was an idiot, a complete moron for pushing you away and I've known that for a long time... did you forget that I came all the way here months ago to get you back?! I made Edgeworth drive me here, with Franziska!"

"Yes but only because Pearly told you to" Maya pouted, "I didn't hear from you for months before that!" She was full of frustration, she wanted to argue but she couldn't get the image of Phoenix appearing on her porch that night out of her mind.

"Okay," he acknowledged her point but kept on with his case, "Yes that's true but for some reason I thought I was doing you a favour back then, I thought you were so unhappy here." he continued, looking into her eyes, "But now I realise that it wasn't you that was unhappy, it was me. I know I made a mess of things and I'm sorry for that. It wasn't your fault Maya, it was mine. I just wish we could get the time back."

Maya eyes became glazed over with tears, "Nick..."

He took her face gently, making sure she was listening, "I know you came here ready to let me go because I hurt you so bad but I'm not going to, I know I can be a better man now, I'm even studying for the bar exam, back then I didn't think I was worth anything, I didn't want to drag you down with me. I wanted to be better, for you"

"Oh Gods," she wiped her away her tears and gave a small laugh, overwhelmed but taking in everything he was saying.

He couldn't help but smile, he got down on his knees in front of her and took her hands "Maya, I know you're struggling with leaving Kurain but I... I love you, I want... I need you to come back with me." He said firmly, "I can't be without you. Please come back with me, please stay." He gently grazed his nose over hers.

Maya returned the gesture, "Of course I will, why else do you think I'm here?" she whispered, beaming with joy. Phoenix Wright leaned in and kissed her, something he wanted for the longest time.

Trucy stood in front her the window, facing towards the street, clasping a cup of cocoa close to her chest. She was wrapped up warm in a wool jumper, wondering if it was going to snow again tonight. Apollo and Ema were chatting in the background, making fun of a bad movie on television.

She couldn't get her mind off of her father, he hadn't called and he should arrived at Kurain by now. The girl had an urge to call Pearl and check in on him.

"You okay, Trucy?" Ema asked, calling over from the sofa.

"Yeah I was just wondering about Daddy, he should have gotten to Kurain by now" She replied, refusing to take her eyes away from the window.

"Ah, I'm sure he's fine, they're probably sorting things out and forgot to call," Apollo offered.

Ema stretched out like a cat on the sofa and let out a yawn, "God, its too complicated with them, why can't they just get it together already?"

Apollo narrowed his eyes at the detective, "You're one to talk..." insinuating her situation with the infamous Klavier Gavin. Her only retaliation was to throw popcorn at him, "Hey-"

They were cut off when Trucy gasped and opened the window. The pair jumped from the sofa and made their way over to the window, joining the teenage magician in leaning outside.

Below was Phoenix getting boxes of flat packed furniture out of the back of Edgeworth's car and Maya laughing at his attempts to carry it. They couldn't hear what she was saying but they knew it she was poking fun of him. Edgeworth was also there, shaking his head at Phoenix, he also had baby boutique bags in tow.

"She's back!" Ema exclaimed.

It was then Trucy's eyes filled up with tears, she grabbed onto Apollo and nestled into his arm. Apollo smiled and continued to look down upon the scene below them.

"He did it."