It was the night of a big gala in Washington and Blake was in his apartment getting ready. In just the past few months, not only did he begin working for a new secretary of state, Elizabeth McCord, but he began dating Chris as well. She worked in another department and they met one day while in the park during lunch. They two of them hit it off right away and not long after they began dating. Since their relationship was still in the beginning stages, he wasn't ready to let people know who his girlfriend was and that is why they both decided that at the gala tonight, they would arrive separately and not stay together.

Chris didn't particularly like this plan that Blake had but she did love him and if keeping their relationship a secret for the time being, then she would go along with it. She was coming out of the shower in Blake's apartment just as he was walking into the bathroom. "Perfect timing," he smirked.

Chris quickly grabbed her towel and wrapped it around herself. "Don't you knock?"

"First of all it's my shower," he went over to her and untied her towel, letting it fall on the floor. "And second, it's not like I haven't see you naked before," he said kissing her.

Chris pulled away, "Not that I don't want this, but we do need to get ready for the gala."

Blake trailed his fingers down her body, "We can spare a little time for a little fun."

"Did you get enough earlier? That's the whole reason I needed the shower," she smiled kissing him.

"I have an even better idea," he said stripping off what clothing he had on, "Let's shower together."

The two of them climbed into the shower together and Blake wasted no time continuing where they left off in the bedroom. Blake started to kiss her all over and she loved the feeling of his lips on her. She had to admit, Blake was the best lover she ever had. She closed her eyes letting Blake take over.

"I love you," he whispered.

"I love you," she said breathlessly.

They climbed out of the shower to get ready for the night. "I swear I feel like I need another shower after what we just did," Chris said as she was slipping into her dress.

"Just wanted to make up for the fact we can't be together tonight at the gala," Blake said going behind her and kissing her neck.

Chris turned to him, "You sure you don't want people to know about us yet?"

Blake shook his head, "Not yet. It's not that I'm ashamed to have you as a girlfriend because I'm not at all. Just that, you don't know the people in my office. I'm the most private one there and if they find out I have a girlfriend, they're going to do all that they can to find out everything about us. And right now I love the way that we are."

"You mean us taking turns staying over at each others places and making love all hours of the night?" Chris smiled.

Blake smiled, "You know I do love you. And I promise I'll make it up to you for you going along with me on this tonight." He helped her zip up her dress. "You look so amazing. It's going to be hard for me to control myself around you tonight."

Chris went to help him with his tie, "Lucky for you, the table I'm at is nowhere near your department's tables. You'll just have to control yourself until tonight," she kissed him. "Alright I'll call for a cab so that I'll get there first."

Blake was sitting at his table and couldn't help but to keep looking across the room where Chris was sitting. "Someone caught your eye?" Daisy said going over to him.

"Huh? No, no one's got my attention."

"Right. So you came here by yourself? Thought you had a significant other."

"Where did you get that idea from?"

"Matt overheard you on your phone the other day during lunch. You were making a date with someone named Chris he said. Did they come with you?"

Blake sighed, he thought he had been so careful keeping is personal life private. He had no idea Matt heard him on the phone the other day. He would try his best though to not let them find out who exactly Chris was, not yet at least. He shook his head, "No she's not here. We decided it's not time yet to be public as a couple."

"Why not?"

"Why do you and Matt always try to hide your relationship?" Blake said. "Yea we all know in the office that you guys are a couple."

"That's different, we didn't want people to know because we work together. Wait, is Chris someone from the office?"

"She's not from our office. But she does work in another department. And that's all you're going to get out of me about my love life."

"You know this just means I'll do my investigation work to find out what you're hiding," Daisy teased. "Calm down, I know personal life is no one's business."

Blake nodded, "Thanks. Now if you don't mind I'll be right back." He walked over to the table where Chris was and sneaked a kiss on the cheek.

"Blake are you crazy? You said you wanted to keep us a secret, they'll see you here with me."