Asher Jacobs & Timber Lehmann

"Yeah. He's muscled up now. I think the Peacekeepers liked for us to be starving and malnourished, so we couldn't have enough energy to fully fight them back. We managed but...you know how it was."

I nodded a little. "I know. I remember," I said quietly, so grateful Adam was never going to know the kind of life we'd been forced to lead.

"I love you." I smiled and kissed her "Are you enjoying yourself tonight?"

"I am. I feel like I haven't gotten out much in awhile," I said and kissed him back. "I love you too. So much."

"We need a date night, don't we?"

I smiled. "I would love a date night. We can ask your parents to watch Adam for us, I know they wouldn't mind. I" m surprised they haven't stolen him from us yet," I teased.

"Yeah, I know." I said and slid my arm around her shoulders. "I don't think I've ever told you this but you're a good woman. You took on a lot when you decided to be with me. I already had Sebastien, Susannah, Bella, Alena, and Elena was pregnant."

"To be honest, I didn't even think about it. I loved you then, and I still do. I'm always going to, until the day I die. I love all the kids. You were the prize, they were just the icing on the cake," I said and kissed him.

"I always knew you had a sweet side. Even when you were stabbing me."

I couldn't help but laugh. "I am never going to live that down am I," I said and smiled at him.

I held up my hand "Nope, still got the scar."

I took his hand in mine and kissed his scar. "I still feel bad about that. I can't believe I actually stabbed you. And now look at us."

"Baby, if a bloody guy grabbed me in the woods I would have done the same thing."

"I know. I still feel bad about it though. We've come a really long way."



I came up to where they were sitting and stopped across the table from them. "Um... hey I... I wasn't eavesdropping or anything, but... I heard you talking about... you wanting a date night and... I just was thinking... if you want to... I mean you don't have to or anything..."



I smiled. "Just spit it out sis. What is it?"



"Well I was thinking... if you two needed a sitter... and if your parents aren't available Asher, I... I thought maybe, if you were okay with it... I could watch Adam for you.... I'll just um... I'll let you think about it. And I understand if you say no," I said and walked quickly away.

I didn't say anything as she hurried off, I just took another drink of my "water".

"Ill leave it up to you baby," I said after a few minutes of silence. "I know things are still... tense between you two."

"Am I scary? Because I've never seen Linna act like a scared little girl before." I sighed "I don't know. It's going to take time."

"She's been like that since she got out here," I said quietly. "A lot of memories surfaced that... she'd been holding back for a long time. She's getting better. And she's just nervous when it comes to you, all things considered. She's trying though. That's something right?"

"Yeah...it's something."

"Talk to me Asher. Tell me what's on your mind."

"It's nothing, Timber. Let's just enjoy the evening."

"It is too something. And I am enjoying the evening. I still want to know what's on your mind though."

"You aren't going to let this go are you?"

I sighed a little at his tone. "It doesn't have to be an argument. I just want to talk about it. I promise, whatever you have to say, I'm not going to get mad."

"I'm not trying to be argumentative, I promise. I just don't trust her enough for that yet."