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Tiffany Harris

Tiffany was on her way out of the court house after filing an enormous amount of paperwork. It was a relief. "Commander Harris!!" she heard behind her and she turned around to look but when she did she kept walking not watching where she was going. Then she stumbled and fell a few steps. Dropping her papers all over the place she realized she ran into a person, a rather tall person.

She knelt down to pick up her papers and didn't even look up. "I'm sorry.. I was.." she was fumbling for words and not looking up. She felt like an idiot. Right now she wasn't even sure she wanted to see who she had just plastered right into. There was a sigh. It had just been a long day and now there was this.

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He had arrived in Chicago almost a week before everyone else thought he was going to be there, as much as he was excited to see his wife and kids again. James did not tell anyone that he would be arriving so soon because he wanted to surprise Tiffany. So far his plan had worked, he learned that she had been in court all day so as soon as his plane landed that was where he headed.

He was midway up the front steps of the courthouse when he heard someone shout, James looked toward the noise and stopped walking for a moment only to have someone who did not stop walking walk straight into him. Instinctively he reached out and grabbed whoever had run into him, his hand grabbing a rather slender arm to prevent them from falling. "I'm sorry...I was.." it was not her voice that made him recognize the person, it was the smell of her shampoo, he'd recognize it anywhere. "You really need to stop walking and reading at the same time." he told her and he ducked down to pick up one last paper, "I leave you alone in a new city and you're almost walking into traffic!" he added with a smile. 

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Tiffany Harris

She'd know that touch anywhere. Her papers dumped haphazardly back on the steps again. Though they stayed in a semi neatish pile as she tossed her arms around his neck. When he told her in his own way to be more careful she just nodded. "Just a little distracted" she admitted. She'd heard about his transfer and she was glad to finally be back in the same city again. There were days.

Tiffany bumped her hat against his forehead lightly. "What brings you up here?" she asked through a smile that wouldn't stop smiling. If it weren't for the fact they were standing on court house steps right now. She wiggled free of him to pick up her stack that she had strewn everywhere again, stealing a quick kiss to his lips in the process. Well if she wasn't distracted before she certainly was now.

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They were hugging and smiling at each other on the steps of the court house like a pair of newlyweds who had just gotten married. He had missed them all, their old house was not the same without the pitter patter of little feet running about and the usual day to day noises, it was not just the noise of the house, he also quickly realized that he hated sleeping alone. Yes, he had gotten used to sleeping alone after Emily died, but it soon passed. James wrapped an arm around Tiffanys waist, not caring who saw them,"What brings you up here?" he shrugged, "It seemed like a nice day for a walk and I might have been missing my wife..." James hugged her again, "So I figured I would stop by and see her for the first time in a good while and to my surprise I find her wrapped up in her work." if she was not working she was wrangling one or both of the kids. Tiffany was a fine example of how woman seemed to be better at multitasking than men. 

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Tiffany Harris

Last she checked, she was allowed to be happy that her husband was home, wasn’t she? Who cared what others thought? They’d spent time apart during their military years as friends, when her station had changed, and of course deployments. The military still moved her around; but hopefully they could stay in one place longer than a few months.

It was one of the many reason she had insisted to moving on base. Where Ellie had a school where the kids and staff knew what it was like to move all the time. “It’s a wonderful day for running into my favorite dork” she teased him a bit as she reciprocated the hug. “Just filing paperwork. I have time for lunch?” she offered. Tiffany had been headed to lunch anyway, and having James join her would be even better. She started fiddling with her keys. “Here before I forget” she started to say before she was doing a balancing act with keys and her paperwork. Tiffany got the key off and handed it to him. It was clearly a house key. “Your copy” she’d gotten a second made and he was probably going to need it later.

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"Your favorite dork? Your words hurt kind lady, I am not a dork, I believe that word could be used to describe my younger brother." of course at this point in time he'd probably used some other not so nice words to describe the actions of his brother, but he was saving them for Peter himself. "And by filing paperwork you mean dropping it all over the sidewalk?" he asked as he watched her hand her the extra key. James took it from her and slid it into his pocket, "So that is the key to the house that my name is on but I have only seen pictures online of..." he trusted her judgement, especially when it came to things that he knew he did not have the best judgement on. "Pictures and whatever Ellie decided to tell me many times over, I don't care what color the walls are but she is not going to have a neon pink room." he added. 

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Tiffany Harris

She raised a brow as he said it described his brother. "Pity. Dorks are adorable" she responded simply with a smirk on her face before standing a step up AND on her tiptoes to reach his lips. She smiled a bit as she kissed him softly. "That doesn't mean I am not happy to see you either" she pointed out. Her hand snaking around his back.

"And by filing paperwork you mean dropping it all over the sidewalk?" She just shook her head. It was a nice change of pace to have someone to brighten her day, even if she was a bit preoccupied. Everything about her frantic mind said as such. Tiffany usually had things together, neat and organized. "It's just been a long day" she admitted finally. It was hard to hide things from him.

"So that is the key to the house that my name is on but I have only seen pictures online of..." Tiffany could only nod. "Well unless you planned on living with someone else. Then yes." They had looked at houses together online and Tiffany had gone to see several in person since she got there. They'd discussed them and she had sent pictures; but he had never seen the one that they had chosen and he'd put his name on. Tiffany's name wasn't on the house, that was because her

"Pictures and whatever Ellie decided to tell me many times over, I don't care what color the walls are but she is not going to have a neon pink room." Tiffany laughed shaking her head. "No Neon Pink; but I have a plan for that already." Tiffany put her stuff in her briefcase which she drapped over her shoulder.

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"No I have no plans to live with anyone else anytime soon, besides all my stuff is with you." he had been living on the bare essentials ever since they had packed up the rest of the house and he was looking forward to having his home comforts around him again. James reached over and slid her brief case strap off her shoulder and placed it onto his, "What is your plan to keep neon pink out of the house? Don't tell me it involves another god awful color?" he asked. 

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Tiffany Harris

Tiffany gave him a look before rubbing his back with her free hand gently. She noted that he had passed off her teasing. Okay so he was in a mood. Ordinarily, she would have tried to steal her briefcase back but there was little point. It was never a 'battle' that she won. As she moved to her tiptoes she could only smile and wrap an arm around him. It was good to have him home.

Tiffany rolled her eyes. "You know I have better taste than that" she pointed out. Kissing the side of his arm where she could reach, she honestly didn't care what this looked like. "Yellow and unicorns" she pointed out. The somewhat familiar walk to a sandwich shop that she knew he would enjoy wasn't far. Though the place felt more like home. "The children will be happy to see you too" she replied. "Meg, Steph, and Peter swap off babysitting. I'm pretty sure they are all up to their ears in pink." Well Peter probably wouldn't know Pink if it smacked him in the face but he knew the sisters were NOT the biggest fan of the color.

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"Pink, glitter and dressing up the cat as much as the cat will allow." Ellie's mother had not been that much of a girly girl, and James was well...James...so it was both a little surprising and amusing when Ellie started reaching for all the girly things. But kids will be kids. "She will love the unicorns, toss in some glitter and maybe a little dash of pink and she will be thrilled, I think she will be thrilled anyway because you're including unicorns." he was thankful his wife was creative enough to handle things like that, if it was not for Tiff then James would probably doing what he used to do before they were married, which was basically "if it works do it, and who cares if the hair bows don't match". 
Keeping his arm around her as they walked he kept talking, "It is good that you are using the free babysitting service provided, even if Meg and Steph are showing Ellie how to take down bullies at school and Peter is letting her paint his nails." he joked, "I like it better than having a total stranger watching the kids." he added. 

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Tiffany Harris

Tiffany shook her head. Sometimes her husband was... strange. Right. But she wouldn't trade him for anything. The petite framed lawyer relaxed into the crook of his side as they walked. Her head barely making it to his shoulder was normal for them. When they got to the sub place she slide into the far corner of the booth and sat down. "How was your flight?" okay so she was going with the small talk, but really she wanted to know how he had traveled.

But that was Tiffany. She was genuinely interested in the little things that made him tick. She laced her hand with his and tapped him on the head with the menu. She was in a pleasant mood now and hadn't seemed to miss much of a beat.

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James actually hated flying like a civilian, mostly because he had become "spoiled" by the military and anytime he had to fly somewhere for a mission, it was him and his team. That was it. Now days if he wanted to go somewhere it was him and dozens of other people crowded into a small space, with no easy way to get out if something happened. "It was not the highlight of my week." he said as he waved the menu away from his head, "One delay lead to another and by the time I actually was able to get to my seat, turns out they had a computer error and someone else was in it." he gave her a tired smile. Despite it being a rather hectic past few days, he quickly forgot it as he looked at Tiffany. "How have the kids been?" he asked. 

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Tiffany Harris

Tiffany shook her head. He was such a big baby at times. Though she couldn't really blame him for not enjoying a flight like that. She just wrapped her arm around his back and listened to him. Then he asked the kids. "I think they are ready for their Dad to come home" she noted. "But Ellie likes the new school and JJ has taken to terrorizing the cat" she pointed out shaking her head a little as they walked. Reaching up on her toes she kissed the side of his arm. "You could always surprise them?" She knew Ellie would enjoy it and JJ wouldnt really understand but he would be happy to see James regardless.

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