Perri sighed as she quietly pushed open the door to her apartment and walked inside, the door shutting behind her. Then quietly made her way towards her room, halfway to her room, she was stopped when a light turned on.

"Sweet cheese!" Perri exclaimed as she jumped being partially scared when the lights turned on. Her hand now placed on her chest, over her heart. She had hoped that Paxton would still be asleep by time she got home.

She turned to see that Paxton was sitting on the couch and was the one who had turned on the light that sat on the end table.

"You're home late." Paxton said looking at Perri, with a smirk.

"Y-Yeah, there might have been some champagne and sleeping in also I forgot to set an alarm." Perri spit out.

Paxton looked at Perri and noticed that her hair was a mess, her dress was on backwards and the way she was acting made it seem like she did something that she wasn't supposed to do. "You had sex! You and Buck slept together. About damn time too." Paxton smirked at his sister.

"W-What?! N-No. Nothing happened." Perri said hoping that Paxton believed her.

"Please. Your hair is mess and your dress is on backwards, which I don't known how you didn't notice that." Paxton pointed out. "Plus I might have been peaking out the window and saw what looked a little like a very heated make out session in his car. Couldn't really see but wasn't hard to put two and two together."

"I hate it when you spy on me." Perri sighed as she walked towards her room.

"It's not spying if you are doing it where everyone can see. And I do it all out of love and you do the same thing if it was me." Paxton wasn't far behind her, he stood in the doorway of her room, leaning against the door frame. Perri had thrown her shoes of to the side on the floor before walking over to her bed, trying to unzip her dress, sighing when the zipper got stuck.

"So is this what a walk of shame looks like? Is that what's going on here?" Paxton cheekily asked.

"Not a walk of shame. I have nothing to be ashamed of." Perri said. It was definitely a walk of shame but she didn't like that term. And also she didn't have anything to be ashamed of. "Just more of a one time thing."

Paxton gave his sister a look. He knew his sister, they were twins after all, and he knows that both Buck and Perri like each other, they are both to stubborn to admit it. And he also knew that after what happened with Caleb, that she was afraid to put herself out there again, to let her guard down. "If this is not a walk of shame, that means you want to do it again?"

Perri gave Paxton a death glare. She didn't want to talk about this with him. Although she was saying that it was a one time thing, she didn't want it to be.

Perri has had her heart broken one to many times, she didn't like how painful heartbreak is. She grew up in a house full of boys, she thought that she knew how guys were. Some are sweet and kind, others are cruel and only care about themselves. All she wants is the love that her parents had.

"I know you, Per. I know you like Buck and that he likes you, not that you've guys have said the words but people know." Paxton said walking over to her. He helped with the stuck zipper on her dress.

Perri looked at her brother, she didn't know what to say. She hoped that a look would say the words she couldn't. She hated when her brothers would get involved in her dating life and then a few days, she was single again.

"Buck isn't Caleb. Trust me when I say that Buck is better than any of the other guys you have dated." Paxton spoke.

Paxton never liked any of the guys that his sister has dated and always tried to get between them and break them up, but he liked Buck. He knew that Buck would treat Perri well.

Perri removed the dress from her body, before walking over to the closet to change into new clothes.   "How do you know? You haven't known Buck that long." She said as she slipped on a dark navy blue shirt.

"You haven't known him that long either and you still slept with him. And you aren't the type of girl to just sleep with any guy, no matter how hot or nice they are." Paxton interjected. "There has to be some kind feelings."

Perri had made her way over to the dresser and pulled out a pair of shorts and put them on. "When did you become Dr. Phil?" She asked looking at him before walking out of her room and into the bathroom. Paxton was right, her hair was a mess. Grabbing her brush, she quickly brushed through her red locks.

Once she was done brushing her hair, she walked back to her room, Paxton right on her heels. "So how was it?" He asked only to get the door slammed in his face. He waited a moment and saw the door open, "Amazing but I'm not talking about it anymore with you." She said before shutting the door once more and making her way to her bed. Paxton chuckled as he made his way back to the couch.

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Hours earlier

Buck and Perri laid in bed facing each other, they couldn't believed what had just happened between them, but they knew that they wanted it to happen again.

Perri was tracing her fingers on his chest, this was not the way that she had pictured the day ending but she was glad that it ended the way it did.

Perri had imagined what sex would be like with Buck and what she had imagined was nothing compared to the real thing. Even though they were a bit tipsy from the champagne, the moment their bodies were tangled together and tangled in the sheets, the effects of the alcohol seemed to wear off. She liked how gentle yet rough he was. How much feeling went into it.

"I changed my mind about the mirror, not so creepy." Perri chuckled looking up at the mirror.

Buck chuckled, "Almost makes you want to put a mirror above your bed."

Perri chuckled as she slapped his chest softly. "Don't tempt me." She smiled as she leaned over to kiss him.

Buck smiled as kissed her back, his arms wrapping around her more. "So what does this mean for us?" He asked pulling away looking at her. He knew they couldn't remain friends after tonight, but if that is what she wants, then so be it. "I mean, I don't think our friendship would be the same after tonight but I'm okay with staying friends if that is what you want." He told her.

After Abby, he changed who he was. He stopped with  meaningless sex. Perri was different. Different from Abby, from Taylor and different from Ally. Buck knew that she has been hurt in the past, she was over Caleb but not pass him cheating on her.

Perri looked at Buck as she thought, so many things were going through her head at the moment. And Buck was right, their friendship wasn't going to be the same as it was at the beginning of the day. She as has her heart broken a few times by ex boyfriends but the whole reason she came to Los Angeles was to start over and she wanted to start over with Buck.

"I say let's test the waters before we put labels on anything or tell anyone." Perri told Buck. She liked the idea of sneaking around.

"I think they will figure it out. They are very perceptive." Buck smiled at her. "Hell, they will probably bet how long it will take us to tell everyone, just like what we did with Bobby and Athena."

"Who says that we all can't have a little fun." Perri smiled kissing him once more.

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Hours laters, Perri and Paxton had stopped by the 118. She had a few days before returning back to work. And she knew that the 118 would be having dinner at the fire house. The day was a slow one, but who is she to complain.

"And here we thought you two wouldn't show up." Chimney smiled as he set the table.

"I prefer Bobby's cooking over Paxton's." Perri smirked at her brother.

"You kill a toaster one time and you are never to be trusted with food or cooking ever again." He said as he made his way to the table.

"Only you could set a toaster on fire." Perri chuckled as she took a seat between Buck and Eddie. Her comment caused the others to laugh.

Right as Paxton was about to sit down, his phone went off. "I have to get this. Be right back." He said as he looked at his phone walking off before answering it.

Perri watched Paxton walk away, he was either up to something or he was hiding something. Perri was on the phone for a while before walking back to the table, "Hey did you know that Danny is getting traded to another team? I just got a call from him freaking out asking what team he is being traded to."

"He told me about it a week ago." Paxton said. Paxton stood up smiling as he walked over to the balcony, "Speaking of our brother..." he said looking down.

Thinking that Paxton was acting weird, she just watched him and followed him over to the balcony and when she looked down, she not only noticed the brother they were just talking about but the rest of her brothers.

Perri didn't know what to say, she watched as her brothers made their way upstairs. "What's going on? Why are you all here? Is dad okay?" She asked, there were a million questions going through head but those where the most important ones.

"Dad is fine. And we are here because of Danny..." one of her brothers said with a smile.

"Danno here got traded to the LA Knights." Paxton smiled as he stood next to his sister.

"Really? So does that mean..." Perri started looking between her brothers.

"That I'm moving to LA. It sure does." Danny smiled.

Perri was caught up with her brothers surprise arrival that she forgot that the 118 must have been confused. Perri turned around to face the members of the 118 and smiled. "Guys these gentlemen are my brothers. Luke, Liam, Andy, Kelly, Jay, The giant is Danny and then there is Ben." Perri said as she named and pointed at each brother as she introduced them.

"Wait a second, you have eight older brothers?" Chimney questioned still confused.

"I do." Perri said plainly.

Right as Perri was about to say something else, a voice interrupted her, which caused her to turn and look back towards the stairs to see her father. "We originally wanted to stop at five but we really wanted a girl so we kept trying. You could say they we had a gambling problem."

Perri smiled as she walked over to her father and hugged him. "Everyone this is Sargent Jonathan Hart or as I like to call him dad. Dad this is the 118." She said as she pointed at the group.

"Let me guess, Captain Bobby Nash, Hen, Chimney Eddie and Buck." Johnathan Hart said with a smile looking at the members of the 118 as he pointed them out.

"Pretty well." Perri said.

"Perri likes to talk about you all when I call to check in." Johnathan explained. "And where's Sargent Grant? I would like to meet the fellow cop who is watching out for my baby girl."

"Are we having a party?" A voice asked which caused Perri and Johnathan to turn around.

Perri noticed that Athena was still in her uniform as well. She let Athen make her over to the rest of the group. "Athena Grant. Johnathan Hart." Perri said as she introduced her father and Athena.

"Pleasure to meet you Sargent Grant." Johnathan smiled as he held out his hand.

"Likewise and call me Athena." Athena said as she took the mans hand and shook it. "I'm guessing you are her father but who are they?"

"Those are my brothers Athena." Perri smiled faintly.

"Big family." Athena said softly.

"Do I smell lasagna?" Liam asked looking over in the direction of the kitchen and then at Bobby.

"You guys are more than welcome to join us." Bobby said with a smile as he walked over to the kitchen, to the stove and pulled out the lasagna.

"You sure? I don't want to intrude." Johnathan said.

"You aren't. Plus we'll finally get to understand Perri more." Bobby said as he walked over to the table with the lasagna.

"Actually this all makes sense..." Hen started. "Why she eats like a linebacker."

"I don't eat that much." Perri interjected

"Yeah you do." Eddie and Buck said simultaneously which caused Perri to glare at them.

"So Per, I see you are still driving your mothers old jeep." Johnathan pointed out as he moved to sit down.

"Yeah so..." Perri chimes

"So that thing is a death box..." Johnathan started before being interrupted by Liam.

"A coffin on wheels..." Liam said as he sat down.

"...that could spontaneously combust at any given moment." Andy said also sitting down.

"My car is not that bad." Perri told them.

"Per, your car is mostly duct tape." Jay said as he moved to find a seat.

End of Part 1

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