Spoilers: Spoilers – 13.06 "HEART OF THE MATTER"

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Summary: What Ray's thoughts may have been when Neela called him.
She had called him. She barely speaks to him for six months and now she's calling him. He didn't know what to think. He agrees to come over. For what he can't remember and doesn't think he cares. All he knows is she called him. He heard her voice, minus medical and surgical terms, again.

He doesn't really recall how he got there. Walking on air? Floating on Cloud 9? He knocks on the door, hoping that his brain will remember why he's there. There's no answer. He begins to wonder if it was some sort of cruel joke. But he hears her yell, "I am coming! Wait a second."

She opens the door and smiles at him. He can't help but smile back. Her long charcoal hair was loose and she wore a barely there nighty that caught his eye. She grabs his shirt and seductively pulls him in, closing the door behind him. The place was so her: Soft, feminine, romantic. She has candles lit and offers him a glass of champagne.

He wasn't really a champagne drinker, but the occasion, he felt, called for it. He tipped his glass to her and cheekily grinned.

She sipped her champagne and placed it on the table. She walked over to him and placed her lips on his. Electrified was the word he was looking for. Her kiss was soft, seductive, and playful all at once. A tug at the hem of his shirt told him what she wanted. He helped her remove his burdensome shirt and slid his hands up her thighs, only to discover she wore just the nighty.

He smiles down at her, letting her know that he knows her naughty little secret and she smiles back like she doesn't care that he knows. He pulls her back to him and feels the urge to be one with her.

As he lays her back on the couch, he hears her ask, "What are you doing here?"

"You wanted me to look at your TV." He responds as he walks in.

"Its 6.30!" She exclaimed as though the thought of him being there, with her, alone, was a bad idea at the time.

He smiled at her. "I work in an hour. Brought you Krispy Kremes. Are you okay?"

"Ya, I am just a little out of sorts. Look, my cable isn't working."

"Okay. I'll take a look at it." He walks over to cable box, only to realise that was all he was to her: a cable man.