I sighed, closed my laptop and took the clip out of my hair so it flowed over my shoulders and onto the back of the couch. I closed my eyes and felt fingers gently running through my black hair and put the rest over the couch so Isaac could play with all of it. I could tell that he was braiding it and unbraiding for the first few minutes before he was just playing with it and I loved every second of it.

" I am so tempted to tell Derek that he can kiss my ass when it comes to research." The tall blond behind me chuckled softly.

" I wouldn't do that if I were you."

" Neither would I." I replied and groaned quietly. " Okay, I need to get back to work." I said trying to convince myself. " Any minute now I'm going to do it. I'm going to open my laptop and get back to what I was doing." Ten more minutes passed before I decided to stop lying to myself. " Screw it. I'll do it tomorrow." I placed my laptop next to me on the couch and sunk further into the cushions from heaven. There was a pause and I opened one eye before I felt hands resume their previous task.

" So, how's the research going?" Derek asked from somewhere behind me

" Fantastically." I lied. " God, Isaac I could marry you." I said thinking that he was the one playing with my hair and not Derek. I felt a small tug on the end of a chunk of my hair. I opened my eyes and gasped in surprise. " Holy crap, Derek! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" I turned around on the couch and wanted so badly to punch the smug look of satisfaction off his pretty face.

" So you and Isaac, huh?" He asked resting his sharp chin on the palm of his hand while his elbow rested on the back of the couch.

" Oh, shut up." I replied and smiled as I put my hair back up to get ready to get back to work. Derek on the other hand had other plans. He reached from behind me, shut my laptop and placed it ext to me, took out my clip and gently pulled my head back to rest back where it was before he nearly killed me. " That works too."