Too many times had I seen that look on his face; he had had a bad time with his mum.

"Robert, come over here."

He didn't even look at me, just walked straight over to the sofa were I was curled up. He sat quiet as ever. I slowly slid towards him and wrapped my arms around his shoulders. As soon as he felt the pressure he turned his body towards mine and broke down. It was my turn to comfort him after all the times he had been there to comfort me.

"Shh, Robert, I'm here. Just let it out Rob."

I pulled him to stand up and led him towards our bedroom.

"Danny…where are we going?"

"You, Detective Goren, are going to bed. Get some rest; I'll get you a drink."

"I just want to sleep…with you by my side. Please Danny."

When he looked at me like that I couldn't refuse. He looked so lost, nothing like the Robert Goren I knew. He was the strong individual that never fell, that was until it came to his mother. The day we met I had been visiting a friend at major case; neither of us had been paying attention to where we were going and walked into each other successfully spilling the coffee he was carrying all over the both of us. The stuttering fool that he is tried to apologise when we where both at fault; I think that was one of the first times I had really smiled since moving to New York. After that we kept bumping into each other, most of the time literally. It kind of became a thing to say 'we have to stop meeting like this' to each other. Yes, we met that much. I finally got the guts to ask him for coffee and it just went on from there. I did get a phone call many times to say he had to cancel because of work but he'd make up for it. The truth is I never minded because I knew he was out there making it a safer place for everyone to walk the streets. After seeing each other for about 7 months he had been staying at my apartment more and more instead of going home and that's where we were now, in my apartment bedroom curled up in bed with him holding me so tight as if he was scared if he let go I would disappear.

"Don't leave me Daniela, please. I don't…want to…"

I knew what was coming next, this conversation had all ready taken place; the last time his mother had had a relapse.

"I'm not going anywhere Robert; you can't get rid of me that easily. I had too many outfit ruined by coffee stain to leave now."

He finally cracked a smile. Damn I am good.

"I love you Danny."

My heart stopped at this point, that I had not expected. But I knew how I felt and if Robert Goren had the guts to say those three so could I.

"I love you too Rob. Always will."

And that was how I came to finally tell Detective Robert Goren that I, Daniela Rodgers loved him with all my heart. Oh, but so many more tales could be told about our time together and maybe one day, maybe some time in the future, I might tell those tales to you.