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Summary: Bobby and Alex do a shopping tour.

A/N 1: There I find myself in my favoured second-hand store, captive in a too narrow top.

A/N 2: I refused to call explicit stores in New York City because I could not visit the Big Apple yet.

A/N 3: While writing I came to a point of this story, where could happen a lot of things. I worked out three endings of Shopping. Maybe you let me know, which ending you like most.

Disclaimer: I earn no money from this thing, nor do I profit in any other way from it. Involved persons are only borrowed and always go back to their owner.

Warning: The last chapter will be rated M. All previous chapter are Rating T.

You can read this story in German too: Shoppen

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Shopping

1. A ruined blouse

Bobby turns with Aston Martin DB2 4 MK III onto Alex's street. He finds a parking space in front of her house, parked and got out. Today he was spending a few hours with his partner. He promised her. Yesterday there was a mishap at work.

They were pretending to be a couple during an investigation and to provide a distraction; Bobby and Alex started an argument. Pretending to be an overbearing 'tough guy' Bobby got carried away when he grabbed her brutally by the arm and pulled her along after him. She pulled back and her sleeve ripped and buttons popped. He was so much in his roll that he really tore the blouse from Alex's body.

He felt awful. Alex's favourite blouse was ruined. To make it up to her he promised later at Major Case that he would take her shopping the next day and that he would pay for it. His only condition was not shoes! While she wore sensible, medium high heeled shoes at work, he knows sheloved expensive and sexy spiked heels during her off duty hours. Every time they do something private, cinema, diner or a drink in a bar, Alex wears different stylish and odd shoes.

He was looking forward to a relaxing morning with his partner. What could possible go wrong?

Bobby is greeted by the doorkeeper in the foyer. "Good morning Detective Goren."

"Hello Mr. Dupris, how are you?"

"Everything is fine. Should I announce you by Detective Eames?"

"Yes, this would be great."

The handsome, young man reaches for the receiver and announces Alex Bobby's arrival.

"She is waiting for you Sir and could you please take her mail up with you." the doorkeeper asks and gives Bobby Alex's newspaper, two letters and a postcard. On his way to the forth floor, Bobby discovers out that Alex's sister, her husband and Nathan have a lot of fun in Yosemite-national park and that the weather is great.

At the door of apartment 4-F Bobby waits for a brief moment and then he knocks.

-xXx-

Five after ten, Bobby is on time, Alex thinks, as her house phone rings and Hank Dupris announces Detective Robert Goren. The young man is so delightfully old-fashioned. Alex asked a thousand times to call her Alex, but until today he always uses her full name along with her rank.

"Please have him bring my mail, Hank."

"Yes, Ma'am."

Alex's thoughts wandered back to yesterday. They rehearsed the scene several times; nevertheless it got out of hand, as Bobby grabbed her arm pulled her roughly along. But he was good and both convinced Gilbert Kuno with their acting and arrested him after he 'rescued' Alex and she managed to trip him up.

And today she would exploit Bobby's guilt and vague offer shamelessly and drag him to every store in city if she had to. She just couldn't resist his offer even though she took her blouse to her school friend, Silvie, a tailor. Alex takes all of her clothes to be altered to her. Silvie promised her she would try her best to repair what she could. Bobby didn't need to know that, however, and Alex starts to giggle like a little girl when she hears Bobby knocking on her door.

"Hey good morning. Come in." Alex greets him as she opens the door.

Bobby leans down and kisses Alex tenderly on her cheek. He did not know exactly when he started seeing her as a friend, but you kiss friends to greet them, right? He thought it would be appropriate and he really wants to do it.

"Here your mail. Nathan is really having fun with the sequoias."

Alex takes the postcard and reads it. Bobby doesn't miss the smile, as she comes to the signatures and she discovers the childlike scrawl from Nathan at the bottom. Yes, this little guy is very clever.

Bobby's gaze wanders from Alex's face down to the rest of Alex's body. She wears a dark green top and fitted blue jeans, which clings very nicely to her curves. She's wearing bright red sneakers as opposed to the medium heeled leather shoes she normally wears at work. With Alex in flat he notices the difference in their height even more than usual.

He opted for a black sweater and jeans today.

"Shall we?" Alex asks, as she puts the both letters in a drawer to read later.

"Yes, let's go."