Ok so the wait is over. Time for everyone to find out what's going on with Catalina and Emma. And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. well maybe not Rico who can sleep through fireworks out in his front yard. :P

ok so um thank you for reviews and suggestions and pointing out things that i missed :) keep commenting if you wish and well I hope you enjoy. I wanna thank Naimah (liddonemo from the calzona board) for reading the flashbacks before i finished and giving me her trusted opinion :D totally made my day. and I dont own anything blah blah blah...u kno the drill :P

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**FLASHBACK 1**

Waiting was something that Catalina hated to do. But that was what she was doing. Emma was late, as always. The sad part was that she was the one who wanted to meet up, at their little spot in the woods at the abandoned picnic table no less. Catalina wondered what the hell she could want to talk about, but on the phone her best friend had sounded weird, almost as if something big was about to happen. 'well I guess I'll just have to wait,' thought Catalina, sighing.

A few minutes later Emma walked up with her wild brown hair and green highlights pulled back into a messy ponytail with a couple of strands hanging out. A wide smile spread across Catalina's face, but immediately vanished into worry as she saw her friend's serious one. She didn't say a word as she pulled her best friend into a tight hug. "It'll be ok. There's always email and Skype." A slight smile appeared on Emma's face thinking of the crazy times they'd had on Skype before it rapidly disappeared. Catalina knew what was up. They knew that it was entirely possible for Emma's mom to get relocated, especially with her dad finally out of jail. The FBI had been sure to move them eventually; they'd just hoped it wouldn't be so soon. Emma didn't shed a tear. That wasn't so surprising. She was a lot like Catalina in that aspect. She wouldn't cry for it would be a sign of weakness. It would show how much it had hurt for her father to betray her family so much, how much her mother's addiction to anything that would keep her calm got to her, how much pain she felt everyday for the loss of her, once perfect, family. Emma would never show that, not again.

Once she had, in 8th grade, that was the day she knew that Catalina would never leave her. She would stick by her no matter what she threw at her. That's what Catalina told her anyway, and that's what she was willing to believe…to an extent. There was one thing she would never do. She couldn't. Her Best friend, her lin lin, She would leave. The last string of hope in her life would be broken and she would no longer have someone to live for. Things were running through Emma's head. It was now or never right? Not much worse could happen. Catalina had taken everything in her life in stride…everything from broken limbs to 3am freak out calls to her mother to her break up with her long time boyfriend Brian. She could take this. She might hate her afterwards, but Emma couldn't leave without her knowing, without telling her how she felt, without taking at least one chance.

Emma pulled back a bit from the embrace and looked at Catalina. 'Lin? You're going to hate me for this. But…" She stopped and bit her lip, looking into Catalina's confused face. "Fuck it" she said and leaned forward doing something she had wanted to do since she was 12.

She kissed her best friend gently, nervously trembling, waiting to feel her push her away and walk out on her life like every other person she'd ever known. She started to pull away from the wonderfully soft lips, having felt her tense up in surprise. Instead Catalina wrapped her arms around the green eyed wonder with the matching highlights and pulled her closer allowing the kiss to deepen and prove that all this time her feelings had not been wasted. Opening her eyes, never having realized she'd closed them, Emma pulled back reluctantly for air. After a few seconds she gasped out, "?You're supposed to run."

Catalina looked at her, "How could I run when I've just found out that this whole time I could have had the one I wanted…no….the one I needed all along?"

Emma's clear green eyes held distrust in them. "You don't need me, you don't want me. Nobody does. Just go walk out on me like everyone else." All the while, running through her mind were thoughts that told her she was being an idiot. She was refusing to believe in what she's been dreaming of for years and pushing her best friend and, possibly, love away.

As Emma pulled away, Catalina held tight. "Emma, don't do this now. Not now. Just please; for once in your life believe in something that is true, because I'm tired of fighting. From the day we've met I've had to fight to keep you in my life. You say that everyone walks out on you, yet you continue to try to push me away. I always said I would never walk out on you, as a friend, as family, or hopefully maybe now as a well whatever I am, but I'm don't trying to hold you down. If you run away, I'm not chasing you, not anymore. You run and I will stay in place as I always have, but just remember that you can always run back."

There was a long pause as she saw Emma go through the emotions on her face. Catalina spoke once more. "I-I-I love you Emma, I have for a long time, and I know you haven't said it, but I hope that kiss means that you love me too, so I'm going to hope that if I let you go, you'll come back to me or even sta. you run from a lot Emma but, please, for once, just run towards me?" Catalina let Emma go.

Emma looked up and said "I-I-I L- "She paused and said "I just can't. I can't deal with this." She backed up slowly and whispered, "You were supposed to run" one last time, and ran off into the woods.

Catalina stood there for a second. She wasn't quite in shock she'd expected it, but had hoped in the back of her mind that for once Emma wouldn't run or push as she usually did. She took a step away from the tree she hadn't realized she'd been leaning on and collapsed into tears in the middle of the small clearing. Miguel appeared at her side holding all his little, just nine-year-old, self could of his older sister in a hug. Normally she would have wondered at how he'd gotten there and how much he'd seen, but instead Catalina was glad for the comfort of her little brother and not some random stranger.

For the next 2 weeks until Emma left, Catalina was avoided through and through by Emma. She tried to call once but then remembered what she had said. She couldn't force her to come back into her life. This was one of those things Emma was going to have to do herself. She had to prove she cared enough to stay…

**FLASHBACK 2**

Catalina stopped walking a moment. "Ok, but not here. She pulled her into the trees nearby and said, "Ok now we can—"

That was all she got out before she was interrupted.

Catalina found herself in a familiar situation, pressed up against a tree, with a certain, now blue highlighted rather than green, someone's lips pressed against hers. Her soft urgent yet gentle lips were—'wait a minute!' Catalina thought, pushing Emma away gently but firmly. Emma's face was shocked and hurt. The last this had happened she'd been received in a much better manner. "No" Catalina said, "you ran away, you can't come back and pick off where we left off. I said I'd be here but I didn't say I'd be the same person you left. You wanted to talk. So we'll talk, but nothing more." 'Not yet' the Latina added mentally.

Emma's face was less shocked now, though still hurt. She stood silent searching Catalina's face for something, after a bit she seemed to find whatever she'd been looking for. "Lin…" she started cautiously looking for some sort of encouragement or permission to go on, and saw a face with a carefully place neutral look."I know I ran away, but I couldn't deal. You know how my life has been. You've been there time and time again when you've had to pick me up and put the pieces back together. I couldn't live if another person walked out on me. So I decided I was going to push you out. I was going to make sure that this was going to be my own decision, and in the process I got to do something I'd only ever dreamed of doing and found the outcome to be better than I'd ever imagined." Emma paused and swallowed hard.

"I-" her voice cracked, "it was then that I realized that as big as this was, it would all come crashing down on me and hurt me more than I'd ever been hurt before. So I just…I mean...when you said you wouldn't be pushed away, that I would have to run, I decided then that that was the only way to protect my heart. And I was wrong… instead of protecting it, I made it worse and…" she stopped and looked down. "Its not much, but all I can say is, I'm sorry."

Catalina studied her best friend. After these last few months trying to pull herself together, drowning herself in meaningless relationships, suffering worried looks from her little brother, she'd finally gotten to the point where she felt she could at least breath without the unbearable pain searing through her, but now…seeing her crazy best friend, or whatever she was to her now, it was all coming back to her. That hurt had been unbearable. Losing her friend, confidant, love, and so much more all at the same time had nearly killed her, if it hadn't been for Miguel, she would still be curled up in a ball in a dark room crying to the music that seem to know just how she felt. But now, she had a chance to have it all back. The thing was, could she take down the even thicker wall that had replaced the one that this amazing girl had once broken down?

Catalina reached out a hand and gently lifted Emma's face to look at her. Pushing back the wild hair she loved so much, she smiled painfully and then dropped the smile all together. Every line on her face, every bone in her body was serious at this moment. She quietly said. "You broke my heart. You broke my heart and left me there to collect the pieces back together." She paused as she watched Emma's face sadden at the realization that Catalina felt this just as much, if not more than she had.

"You broke my heart" she repeated once more, "Miguel collected the pieces, but only one person can put them back together." Emma's looked hopeful for a moment. "The problem is. I don't know if I can let you in again. You have to prove to me somehow, that you aren't going to just do a shit job with tape and glue or put effort into it halfway jus to break it again. This-This heart- Its- fragile now…as much as I hate to admit that, it is. And now I have to protect it. So, for now, we're just friends again. Until I'm sure that you've changed, and you really won't leave me again with a heart that, this time, might not heal again. I told you I'd still be here and I am. I just didn't say I'd be the same."

Without another word, Catalina turned around and walked back out to the way they'd been headed to get to the elementary school. She stopped when she realized Emma wasn't following. "Emmy? You coming or not?" Emma smiled a bit and thought 'there is hope.'

Catalina laid in bed thinking about those two days; one full of heartbreak and the other full of hope. She still didn't know for sure if she could trust Emma, but so far she was getting close. From what she'd seen these past few months from Emma had shown her that she'd grown up a bit since the last time they'd seen each other. Though some things never changed, like Emma never wanting to be home with her mom. Catalina didn't blame her. It was always depressing being at her house. So Emma stayed over often. Callie and Arizona had thought it a little weird at first, but Emma became like one of the family. so much so that she had her own place at the table. Emma had a drawer in Catalina's room and usually slept on the floor or a blow up bed when it got too uncomfortable.

It didn't used to be that way, but it was an unspoken rule between the two that they would not sleep in the same bed. Emma thought it was because she was still protecting her heart, but really Catalina just didn't know if she could control herself.

"No! Get away! Please no more! Not again!" Catalina heard Emma crying out in her sleep, shaking her out of her thoughts. She hopped out of bed quickly and grimly. This wasn't new, it was old in fact. She'd thought these dreams had stopped but perhaps Emma had only been hiding them. She woke the flailing Emma gently stroking her hair and murmuring gently, "It's ok, you're safe. He doesn't know where you are, no one knows, you're ok. I'm here." Emma woke up slowly. She opened her eyes and looked up tears still streaming down her face as she sat up clinging to Catalina. "he found us." She choked out "it started like it always does…" she stopped and sobbed more.

"Shhhhh, it's ok Emmy, he's gone. He doesn't know where you are, you're safe, now and always. I'm here for you." She murmured quietly into her hair. "Come here," Catalina led her friend to her bed slowly and had her get comfortable before joining her.

She lay down next to her and wrapped an arm around the green-eyed wonder, her free hand wiping away tears and stroking her hair. "Will you-" Emma started, but was cut off by Catalina singing the song she was about to request. It was a song Callie had sung to her when she was younger and afraid while living with her.

The two didn't know they had an audience of three. Callie, Arizona, and Miguel all stood in the door way listening in. Rico, slept like the dead in his room nearby, Emma's screams hadn't woken him like the others. They all stood there transfixed.

When the song was over Emma said, "Lin Lin, I never should have left you there. I should have stayed and accepted that you loved me. I know I can never repair what I broke, but I want you to give me the chance to do, what you've done for me for so many nights for so long now."

Catalina looked at Emma and said, "I don't think that's possible." Emma's face fell. "Ok," she whispered. "wait, I meant I don't think that's possible because the things I want you to do for me don't involve singing. Though it does involve a lot of exercise with that beautiful mouth of yours," Catalina continued.

Emma smiled widely and leaned in to give Catalina the most loving kiss she could. During that process Miguel, who couldn't hold his excitement long yelled out "Finally! Thank god! You two are so stubborn I thought you'd never get it right!" and he ran and jumped on the bed to tackle the two with a huge hug, surprising the teens. Callie and Arizona stood at the door in shock. That last part they hadn't meant to hear. They'd been going on their way when they heard the two speak and stopped a moment. While all the laughing and happiness continued Arizona snapped out of her shock and said loudly "I knew it!" and Callie stared at Arizona in confusion, still in shock.

The two teen's moment well now with the addition of Miguel bouncing happily and laughing with them had stopped as they looked to the door in shock. "Oh uh, hi Aunt Callie" Catalina said nervously, "um yea so big news…wanna meet my girlfriend?"

the end xD im makin a sequel cuz this is getting long plus its a good end :P