A/N: I own nothing that is familiar.
After the case pride tried to talk to chris but he bolted out of the office trying to catch Sonja. She had just left and they needed to talk a little bit more. The way she said about the mice saving her life, he couldn't help but think that maybe if they couldn't go back they would have to go forward.
She had been the one to say it couldn't happen. He rolled with it not wanting to push her. But if she wanted them to be more he was there for her all the way. If he was honest with himself he had been since the tug boat bomb and the hug.
He missed her in the parking lot so he went to her apartment. He pulled in just as she walked up. He rolled down his window and yelled to her, "hey Sonja can we take a drive?"
Surprised, she nodded and got in the truck. "What's up chris?"
"I'm not really sure where we left us. You wanted to retire the mice but now not because they saved your life. We need to get it figured out because us arguing is effecting the team and that was the whole reason we decided to not do anything before."
"What about ms we don't have to have Cajun next time you pick?" She asked looking out the window not wanting to see whatever might show on his face thinking about some other woman.
"My sister?" He asked confused.
"What? You deliberately had that call coming in to make me jealous?!" She yelled smacking his arm.
"It worked then?" He asked cracking a shit eating grin. Sonja just smacked him again. "Aww, come on city mouse, you made me admit I was jealous. Why can't you do the same?"
"Because, you are an ass and tried to make me jealous on purpose. I didn't even know it was you coming to get me, that he was going to kiss me, or that whoever was coming to get me would see it happen."
Chris pulled over into a parking lot and unbuckled turning to face her. "Look Sonja. I'm not saying it was the smartest thing to do but I needed to see how that would effect you. I have thought about you dating some other guy and I don't think I could watch it..."
"We agreed to not do this..." she said quietly but he cut her off.
"No actually you said it wasn't a good idea, and I went along with that because I didn't want to push you."
"Pushing is ok now though?" She asked looking scared.
"I think I have to push or we might break the team, what we were trying not to do when we buried this before." He reached out and took her hand. When she didn't fight him he slid his other hand up her other arm, over her shoulder, and cupped her cheek in his hand.
To his surprise she didn't shy away. she nuzzled his hand, her eyes closed, and taking deep breaths. Slowly chris leaned down as he lifted her chin. Her eyes flashed open for just a second but if she was going to protest it was too late his lips were on hers.
His whole body felt alive at the touch of her lips. Sonja's brain was melting she thought, it was the only explanation for the warmth spreading through her body. Her hands went up and wrapped around his neck and his other hand went behind her back.
A knock on the window had them jumping apart. Chris smiled ruefully at officer jones of the nopd as Sonja tried to hide. Not wanting their first kiss broad casted to all the local law enforcement.
"Ah maybe we should go someplace less public?" She asked him.
Chris took her hand, not wanting to break their connection yet, and drove off waving quickly to officer jones. Since she lived with Gregorio chris drove them to his house. It was the only place private that he could think of.
"I didn't think we were done talking." He explained to her curious look.
Inside he sat on the couch, and she followed, sitting next to him, not on the other end. It made him smile so he reached over and pulled her to him. Sonja was surprised when her butt landed in his lap and his mouth covered hers. But she wasn't complaining. She was kissing him back her hands roaming over his back.
With a smile and a giggle she pulled back for air and said, "I guess this is one way to talk."
Chris smiled and leaned his forehead against hers. "Personally I think we are really good at talking like this. Maybe next time we get in an argument I'll just kiss you until one of us stops arguing. But I think it will work against me." He kissed her again lightly, just teasing.
Sonja stood and she waived away his protests because she was just getting more comfortable. She moved back to him but instead of sitting sideways on his lap as she had been when he pulled her to him she straddled him so they were facing each other. She smiled when she settled down feeling that he was as excited as she knew she was. She laughed when he actually blushed before kissing him again.
Chris moved one hand to her butt to keep her from falling off the couch the other started on her face but slowly moved down until he was teasing her breast. She moaned against his mouth for that and ground her hips down on him getting an answering moan from him.
Sonja pulled back, her face flush, "I, I'm..." she started not sure she wanted to stop but also thinking they were going too fast.
"Too fast?" Chris asked her trying to get her to meet his eyes. She looked up, nodding, relieved he understood. "How about this? I make us dinner and we watch a movie and snuggle maybe? I'll take you home whenever you are ready to go."
"That sounds great, except do you have anything here I can eat?"
"I know I have salad fixins, but I don't know if my dressings are something you can eat. And I have fruit and nuts. Come explore with me. I'm sure we can find something you'll eat. Is it ok if you need something cooked to do it in the same dish that probably had meat in it before even though it's been washed? It's not like kosher right?"
Sonja smiled and stood up, offered him a hand to help him up. "That's fine as long as it's clean."
Chris smiled and kissed her again lightly before leading her into the kitchen never letting go of her hand. He opened his cupboards showing her where everything was and said, "have whatever you like. We can plan a date maybe for next time and I can have something on hand that you would want instead of scrounging."
She shivered when he said date liking the thought of them together planning dates and meals. She nodded.
Cooking with chris was an intimate affair. Even though he did all the work he wouldn't let her sit down and every time he could he was touching her, running a hand across her waist as he walked past kissing her and moving past grabbing her hand and giving it a squeeze. He was like a kid in a candy store so excited she wondered why they hadn't done this before he was obviously so happy. His smile and laugh were contagious and their kisses started getting longer and hotter again until she moved to the island and sat down. He pouted at her but not seriously. He was almost done making the pasta and heating a can of sauce. She had put together salads for them and with some direction from him got the plates and silverware out and on the island's bar.
Chris quickly grilled up a piece of chicken to add to his meal after handing Percy her spaghetti. He sat next to her then and lightly bumped his shoulder flashing her a smile. After dinner they shared clean up duties before moving back to the couch.
"So what kind of movies do you like?" Chris asked expecting the normal female answer of romcom.
"Action, sports, or syfy/fantasy." She answered and he smiled.
"Ok, let's see I have all of the fast and the furious movies..."
"So you have 8? Can we watch that I haven't seen it yet?" She said a light in her eyes. "There are so many muscles in those movies."
"Like muscles do you?" He asked with a grin.
"Hey you were the one to ruin my fun at Loretta's when she had you take off your shirt for evidence." She said looking over his chest like she could see through his shirt.
"Oh, you were having fun looking at my chest?" He said pretending to start taking off his shirt.
"Keep that on, or we won't be watching the movie." She told him and he raised an eyebrow.
"That's a bad thing?"
"Seeing that this maybe counts as a first date, and only maybe because you didn't ask me out but it is a date type thing we are doing."
"I'm sorry I skipped a formality. Sonja Percy would you go out with me?" He asked coming over and taking her hand bowing over it and giving the back of it a kiss.
"Yes country mouse I'll go out with you." She answered laughing at him still in his bow. He jumped up and kissed her again, making sure to guide her hands under his shirt, teasing her.
Chris made popcorn while Sonja got the movie started. He came back with a blanket and sat on one side of the couch. She sat next to him so they could snuggle and share. They made it about halfway through the movie before falling asleep.
A phone ringing woke chris he smacked at it at first thinking it was an alarm. When he realized it was a phone he picked it up and answered it, his voice gravely from sleep said, "hello?"
"Who is this?" The caller asked.
Frowning chris said, "you called me."
"No I called Sonja Percy and you are not even female much less Sonja." Said who Lasalle figured out was Gregorio.
Still not fully awake chris shook Percy awake and handed her the phone. "Hello?" She asked sounding groggier than Lasalle had, having not heard the phone originally.
"Sonja? Who was that, you ok? You didn't come home last night? I didn't know you were going out. And your stuff isn't here so I didn't know if you even got here after work."
"I, yeah sorry. I didn't mean to spend the night. I fell asleep watching a movie with a friend. I'll be home later ok?"
"You went out with all your gear?"
"They called on my way home and offered a ride, they were passing through. Didn't want to make them wait."
"This someone you might bring over sometime to hang out?" Gregorio asked almost sensing that it was not just any random friend.
"Yeah, maybe. I'll ask if they have time when we do a movie night."
"Oh so it is just a friend not a booty call? Sounds like you slept together to me."
"We are on the couch, get your mind out of the gutter." Sonja huffed.
"This something to make Lasalle jealous?" Gregorio asked not ready to let it go just yet.
"Why would chris be jealous?" Sonja asked with a smirk laughing silently when he perked up knowing they were talking about him.
"I don't know maybe because you slept over at some random guys house last night with no warning you were even hanging out with anyone."
"I still don't think he'll be jealous."
"You are blind right? He is totally in love with you. I don't know why he is being mean to you and talking to other women in front of you though."
"Love?" Percy squeaked looking at chris in panic, "chris doesn't love me." She watched as chris closed his eye and frowned.
"He does, as much as you love him."
Sonja wasn't going to answer that laying half on top of him. She started to get up but his arms kept her tight to him.
"Let me go." She muttered. But chris shook his head.
"Someone is holding you?" Gregorio asked suspicious.
"Please, let me go." She said again.
Chris opened his eyes and again shook his head. He took the phone from her and said, "thanks for all your help this morning Gregorio, Sonja will be home later. Right now I have to fix what you just broke."
"Lasalle?" She squawked as he ended the call.
"What did she say to make you pull away?" He asked gently holding her chin, her not letting her look away not even when her phone started ringing again.
She shook her head and a tear escaped. Chris pulled her to his chest and just held her. He could feel her tears through his shirt and it broke his heart that she was crying about them and their barely was a them.
"Please city mouse, she told you that she thinks I love you and you react but not this bad. What was it?"
"She said as much as I do you." Sonja whispered into his shirt.
"So someone out side us says that we have feelings for each other, that doesn't mean anything until we say that we have feelings for each other. I know that I feel something but it's different than what I had with savannah so was that love or is this love. Or is either one? I don't know. What I do know is that I want to try this thing between us. You agreed to go out with me last night. Are we still on for that?"
"Yeah." She answered her heart swelling that he hadn't pushed her for feelings, that he was ok with going where they went for now and letting it flow.
Chris lifted her face to his with one finger and gently kissed her. "Now that your roommate knows she might be a pain in the ass about the feelings though so if you need away from her give me a call. I'd gladly come to your rescue. But that means we could do movie night at your place too if you want to be sure we don't get too handsy." That last was said with a grin.
Sonja laughed. "She is going to be awful. And I bet she won't believe we slept on the couch and nothing happened."
"Oh that's for sure since she thought we were already sleeping together before. I bet she thinks our tension was that we had a fight and broke up and now made back up."
"Oh she would too wouldn't she?" Sonja said her face falling at the possibilities that Gregorio was thinking up.
"Why did I move in with her again? Do I have to go home?"
"Probably because I was stupid and didn't ask first, and going home is up to you but the longer you are gone the more she will be convinced that we slept together and probably are again now."
"Can you be friendly, maybe less touching and kissing?"
"I can, but do I want to?" Chris asked confused.
"I'd like if you came back with me. Maybe we could do dinner and a movie at our place tonight and show her how we interact so far personally? And also Neanderthal you had better be professional at work. Pride was pissed we had tension, what do you think he will be like if he knows we are dating?"
His face fell and she felt bad asking him to lie to pride. "Yeah, you are probably right about that. But he is like a dad to me. I hate not being able to tell him, much less lie to him about it."
"Well you could say you had a new girlfriend, just no names, make excuses why she is never around, and when they get suspicious because they will let them know that Gregorio and I have met her."
"What about you?"
Sonja shrugged. "I'll keep it to myself. If we have the same cover they will see right through it."
"Oh, yeah? You aren't going to come in glowing because you are happy and blow it?" He asked his half smile telling her he was teasing.
"I'll trust Gregorio to slap me if I start glowing about you." She said with a teasing grin.
"Oh I don't know I think I can make you so happy a slap won't bring you down." He whispered in her ear nipping and sucking her ear lobe.
Shuddering she smiled seductively down at him, "I think I am going to very much enjoy you trying to make good on that promise."
An evil glint coming into his eyes chris took off his shirt. She sighed regretting telling him about the muscles. Her hands instantly going to his abs tracing the six pack he had before moving up and learning the contours of his pics and shoulders, then down his arms. She leaned in and nibbled the column of his throat. Then trailed kissed, and tongue swirls, over his chest. Teasing his nipples, loving his sharp inhaled breath. Then down again until she was swirling her tongue around his belly button and laughing at his ticklish giggling reaction. He groaned when she pressed a kiss right above the button of his jeans and sat back up.
Chris leaned over her making her lay down back on the couch. He kissed her, his hands going roaming under her shirt. He pulled back a question in his eyes and his hands at the hem of her shirt. She nodded and chris smiled happily. Slowly he lifted her shirt over her head and tossed it aside.
Gently almost reverently he cupped her breast through her bra. He leaned down and kissed her again. He trailed kisses down her neck over her collarbone to the tops of her breasts, following the line of the top of her bra.
Sonja leaned up and pulled one of his hands behind her, telling him to undo her bra. He stopped and looked up into her eyes making sure she was sure and ok with that. She nodded and he slowly slid it off her.
Chris started over kissing her and trailing kisses down her neck, over her collarbone and then down to her breast. He kissed around her nipples making sure to avoid the contact she really wanted. He started drift down and she moaned out, "please" trying to press her chest out more.
"Please what?" He asked with a small smile in his voice.
"Please chris," she said again her hands moving to his head, trying to pull him back up.
He went back up this time nipping and sucking but still avoiding her nipples. "You have to tell me what you want Sonja." He said as he moved back to the other breast.
"Chris please, my nipples."
He licked both quickly and turned his head so his breath would hit them both as he asked. "Oh did I miss something that wanted some attention?"
"More! please, more!" She insisted.
Chris licked, nibbled, and sucked teasing her switching back and forth his fingers teasing the one he wasn't using his mouth on loving how hard they got. She shuddered and moaned her body relaxing under him. Chris looked up at her in surprise, "did you just cum for me?" He asked her his voice husky with need. "You can cum just with someone playing with your nipples?" She blushed and nodded. "That is so sexy." chris told her his mouth moving back to her breasts wanting to make her cum again.
More sensitive this time she moaned at his touch and said, "bed chris, please."
He stopped, not touching her at all, and looked up at her, "are you sure? What changed between last night and this morning? You wanted to move slower than this."
"I was nervous last night, not sure where we stood. But you were serious enough to let Gregorio know and not care. And care enough that when I started freaking out you calmed me down. I never said I didn't want you, I was just scared to last night and now I'm not." She answered a blush covering her down to her breasts.
Chris kissed her and stood pulling her up with him. "Ok, but you tell me if you want to stop. I'm a big boy I can stop at any time, cold showers do wonders for the soul."
She kissed him again pulling his hands to her ass loving how well her cheeks fit in his big hands. He urged her to jump a little and wrap her legs around him. She did with a moan at the contact of her center against the hard feel of him between her legs. She ran her hands over his back as they kissed and chris moved them to the bedroom. One hand staying under her ass for support the other out to make sure he didn't run her into walls or anything else.
In the bedroom he gently laid her down on the edge of the bed. He looked at her again to make sure she was ok with this and when he received her nod slowly undid her jeans and slid them off. He kissed each new inch of skin he uncovered.
Impatiently when he was done getting her pants off she toed off her socks and lifted her hips and shimmied out of her underwater. Then sat up and started undoing his pants. Chris stared loving the sight of her naked and undressing him. She slid his boxers off right with his pants and when she got them low enough he stepped out and toed off his own socks. She stared at him for a moment before surprising him and leaned forward taking him into her mouth. His breath left him in a rush and his hands went to her hair not sure if he wanted to encourage her or to pull her off. If she kept that up he would be done with round one very quickly. She grabbed his ass and pulled herself down further until her nose was against his skin. Chris forgot how to breath when she swallowed around him like that. She pulled back her tongue swirling over the underside as she went.
"Sonja, I..." he started trying to tell her how good that felt, that he might not last long with this treatment.
She didn't listen before plunging back down over him. Chris's mind was a happy haze no longer able to speak. He tried to warn her though, "I... I..." was all he got out as she went down again. He came for her shuddering and she swallowed around him taking everything he could give her.
He moved to the bed and pulled her up into the middle with him. He rested his head on her breast as he caught his breath.
"You ok?" She asked him a huge smile plastered across her face.
"You are amazing. I'm fine just relearning how to breathe." He said moving up to give her another kiss. His hands where tracing her body learning her curves. His grin told her he had thought of something inappropriate before he said, "I'm glad you like at least one kind of meat." Her covered her mouth in a kiss and bright both of his hands to her nipples thinking she wouldn't like the comment and to distract her.
He started his slow journey down her body again learning the sensitive spots and hitting them wanting her excited and wanting. He teased her nipples until she was gasping for breath before moving on not letting her cum again just yet. He continued down teasing her belly button before moving further he hovered over her center, his eyes on her, letting his breath fan over her. She shuddered her eyes closed before opening them to lock with his eyes. She nodded knowing he was asking if she was ok with the next step. He dove right in, his hands going behind her to hold her hips still. He didn't stop when she shuddered and screamed his name. He loved making her cum for him.
When she was getting close again her hands found his hair from where they had been tangled in the sheets. Her fingers twisted in his hair not sure if she could take more. When she came again chris kissed his way back up her body stopping to play with her breasts again making her moan and shudder and he smiled. He reached over and grabbed a condom from the night stand. He gave it to her making this her decision.
She pushed him over to his back kissing him as she opened the foil packet. Chris watched her roll it down over him loving the feel of her touching him. She surprised him by straddling him and sliding herself down on him. She used his head board for balance and his hands went to her hips to help her stay steady as he thrust up to meet her.
They both moaned and panted when he sat fulling inside her. She flexed her inner muscles and his eyes closed his head laying back, the muscles in his neck straining at the pleasure she was shooting through him with such a small motion. He couldn't keep still any more. He grabbed her hips and helped her rise up slightly and the pulled her back down as he thrust up inside her.
She came first arching her back and grinding herself down on him harder. Her spasms brought him over with her. His arms went around her back and pulled her down to lay on his chest. He kissed her forehead wanting to tell her what she meant to him but knowing that she wouldn't take it well.
She fell sleep as he ran his hands over her back lovingly. He smiled when he noticed that she was a sleep, "I think I do love you Sonja Percy." He whispered to her sleeping form held lightly in his arms.
Gently he laid her on the bed and slid off to take care of the condom not wanting to peel it of later when it would stick like glue. He came back and curled against her back pulling her into his arms. The arm over her side found a breast and held it as he drifted to join her in sleep. He woke first later that morning and woke her with light little kisses over her back, little nips in the dimples right above her ass made her shudder and he smiled.
"Want to shower with me?" He asked her.
She blushed and nodded. Chris liked knowing that when she blushed it went down to her breasts. He pulled her off the bed and led her to his master bathroom and the huge shower he had in there. It had two shower heads. Having showered with women before he knew that if he didn't have his own shower head he wouldn't get much water and freeze. He liked showering with his girlfriends, so he had installed a shower that would work for him. He hadn't had a girlfriend over to his home though, not counting melody as she hadn't been a girlfriend, they hadn't slept together while she was here and she had used the second bathroom. He started the water and wrapped her in his arms trying to keep her warm as the water heated as he saw the goose bumps over her body now they were out of the warm bed.
He made it part way through the shower before pinning her to the wall and kissing her senseless. When he moved down to her breasts she breathed out, "I'm on the pill."
He snapped up straight, his eyes on hers. "Sonja?" He asked making sure she was clear about what she wanted.
"Condoms and showers don't mix and I want you inside me again, right here, right now." She told him.
He smiled and changed the position of the shower heads so neither of them would freeze or drown. "Yes ma'am."
When they were done he washed her tenderly, their bodies in constant contact. She washed him gently too, loving being able to touch him where ever she wanted to.
When they got out chris toweled her dry too, and she smiled at how caring he was being. She handled her hair while he dried off. He got dressed and went out to his truck for her go bag, so she had clean clothes.
"So you want to take fast 8 to watch at your place since we fell asleep?" He asked when she was dressed and ready. "I think we should stop and get I guess lunch someplace before we head over. And maybe go shopping for dinner tonight."
She smiled at him impishly and said, "you know how much I like the muscles, even if we had seen it all I'd be ok watching it again. And yeah we need to eat and go shopping, but let me call Gregorio first make sure she is ok with our plans."
She grabbed her phone and dialed Gregorio.
"So how is chris in bed?" She asked with no preamble.
"Pretty amazing." Sonja answered and pulled the phone away from her ear for the girly squeal that came out of her phone.
"Really, so you guys really hadn't slept together before?"
"Yes really, and no we had not. So we were wondering if you wanted to do a movie night at our place. We were going to go shopping and get something to make dinner too."
"Wanting a chaperone?"
"No, well maybe now since we thought about this before we ah... anyway since you are my roommate we figured we couldn't hide that we were together from you and we were going to try and get you to back off about us sleeping together but that ship has sailed so if you don't want to hang out we can do dinner and a movie here again."
"No bring him over that's fine, I'd love to hang out with you guys. Care if I ask someone over too?"
"I didn't know you were seeing anyone, sure. Let us know if they have anything that either of you can't or won't eat. We are going to go to lunch then shopping and we'll be there."
"It's sorta new, apparently not as new as you two though, and movie night in with another couple is a safe date, not asking too much while allowing for more if it goes that far."
"Yeah, sounds about right for what happened last night just without the other couple. We'll see you in a little bit." Sonja said hanging up.
They went to a hole in the wall place chris had found near his house. He didn't stop touching her and the waitress who obviously knew him smiled and asked them questions like she was his mom. Obviously happy at seeing him so happy with her.
When Sonja went to the restroom the waitress caught her in the hallway and said, "I'm sorry if I'm being personal, but he has been coming in here pretty often for almost a year and I have never seen him so happy, nor has he ever brought anyone in with him."
"Its ok." Sonja said blushing.
From there they went to a grocery store close to her apartment. She walked in front of the cart and he pushed watching her as she walked. They were going to have pizzas. She was buying the stuff she would need to make the crust to insure it was vegan. When she stopped and debated about something chris would come up behind her and give her a little hug nuzzling her neck.
"Sonja?" Came a call and she stiffened telling chris she didn't want to make this introduction. He turned away from what she was looking at moving to the other side of the isle hoping whoever it was hadn't noticed that they were both using the cart.
He noticed a man and a women coming up the isle a delighted look on the mans face, and anger on the woman's. "That is you, Sonja Percy. What are you doing in New Orleans?" He asked nearly bouncing where he stood.
"I'm shopping for groceries, what are you doing in the city?" She asked her voice monotone telling chris she didn't like this person at all.
"Oh look you have pepperoni so you aren't doing your little vegan experiment anymore!" He said not answering her question.
"It's not for me. What are you doing here?" She asked again.
"We are just in town visiting some of my relatives," the woman spoke up her voice cutting like a knife.
"Good, when are you leaving?" Sonja asked her no longer looking at the man. She knew chris had him if she needed it.
"This weekend. We have already been here a little over a week."
"Good, call me if he doesn't get on the plane with you." Turning to him she added, "I'm a federal agent. Harassing and stalking me carries a much higher penalty than it did last time."
She felt chris whip around but glad he was behind them so he wouldn't be added to this mess. She shook her head slightly letting him know to let it go.
"And I'm not some young teenager anymore I know my rights and how to stand up for myself now. I find you anywhere near me again and I'll arrest you. What happened last time is never happening again." She told him, her voice still monotone. She kept it low so only the four of them would hear. She was visibly shaking she was so angry.
Chris wanted to arrest the guy, he was nearly drooling over Sonja. And what she had said to him told chris he had hurt her when she was younger, more than he was charged with. Chris waited until they left the isle and were out of sight before going over and gathering her in his arms. He held her as she shook.
"You can defend yourself, no matter what he did to you in the past. You can kick his ass now. You are stronger now and know procedure. Cuff him and call the team any one of us would be there for you in an instant. You are with Gregorio and me the most. You need help I know for sure I will be there for you and I'm confident Gregorio would say the same." He looked up hearing someone approach them and when he bristled seeing him coming back without the women Sonja froze. "Relax city mouse I got this." He looked up at the man. "Can I help you?"
"Ah, you must be the meat eater. I don't care to talk to you, let me talk to Sonja."
"No, in fact go about 500 yards away. I'm calling a judge friend and getting an restraining order." Chris said pulling out his phone. "Where are you staying and where do her relatives live?"
"Dammit Theo. You heard her, she will have you arrested." Yelled the woman as she ran down the isle toward them. She looked over Sonja still in Chris's arms, chris on the phone and Theo standing defiantly.
"Ma'am can you tell me where you are staying and where your relatives live so that we can be sure to avoid this in the future? Also I'm calling a judge friend and getting a restraining order so you may want to get him out of here."
"You just have to get it renewed country mouse. I have a standing one that is maybe a month out of date."
They both held in their shock when they found out her relatives live in the same apartment building as Sonja and silently were amazed they hadn't had this run in before. Chris was glad he was here with her when it happened.
"Give me your phone city mouse I'll call Roommate and update her and she can call king." He was on hold on his phone and not willing to hang up.
"No I'll do it. Like you said I'm older now and I can kick ass myself." She said loud enough that Theo and the woman could hear her, pulling out of his hug where she had been hiding.
He smiled at her courage and told her, "Yes you can."
"Ah yes judge winters hello, this is Christopher Lasalle of ncis. I was hoping you could reactivate a restraining order for my partner Sonja Percy. Her previous stalker has made his presence known and if he comes near her again I'd like to be able to arrest him." He noticed the woman's slack jawed look and theo's happiness at the name winters. And wondered what was with that.
"Please tell me they are gone." The judge asked and Chris's concern grew.
"No sir that's why I'm calling after bumping into us shopping for team pizza night they won't leave."
"One moment please while I call my daughter about my dumb ass son in law. I told her not to marry the screw up."
"Your son in law?" Chris asked but he was already back on hold.
The woman's phone rang and she just clicked the answer button and handed it to Theo.
"Hello dad." He answered with a smile. After a pause he answered, "of course I knew. But I hadn't planned on a run in at the grocery store." After another pause he said, "I knew where she worked, her team was all over the national news a few months back." Another pause listening his face for redder and redder with anger. "You can not make me go home early, hell you can't make me go home at all." After a brief pause he added, "fine do it. I get around them all the time." This time he took the phone away from his ear and stabbed the end call button.
Chris's call clicked back open, "it's filed, do me a favor and lock him up for a long time. I can then hopefully convince her to divorce his ass."
While that was happening behind chris Sonja called Gregorio with her back turned to them knowing chris had her back.
"Hey, we have a change of plans. want to bring your date to Chris's for our pizza movie night?"
"Suuree? Why?" She drew it out to make it sound like a question all on its own.
"My stalker is in town and while chris was getting the restraining order reinstated he found out where they are visiting it's too close. Would you bring me some stuff? If chris doesn't mind I'll stay with him, if he does mind I'll find someplace else to stay."
"Anything you need send me a text I'll get it all together."
"Thanks, sorry about moving pizza night. I have to call king and let him know. I'll see you tonight."
"Are you inviting pride to pizza movie night? It's you guys second date..."
With a laugh Sonja said, "no, I have to tell him about my stalker being in town and the proximity issue and the current solution."
"You sure about that? I mean you don't think he will figure it out with as explosive as you two have been at the office lately and now you move in even temporarily with chris?"
"Good point, I'll say a friend."
"You know he will push."
"And I'm standing in the middle of the grocery store with my stalker 10 feet away. I think I can make my point."
"This guy has seen you with chris, I assume he used his name when he called the judge. He'll be able to find his house. You guys would be better at a safe house."
"I get your point. Thanks." She ended the call then dialed pride. "Hey king, I have a problem." She started.
"Sonja? You don't normally call me king. What's wrong?"
"Let me start at the beginning and that will explain the name thing. Chris and I were shopping."
"Chris?" Pride asked sounding shocked.
"I'm explaining here just give me a minute I promise it will make sense. Anyway we were trying to talk like you told us to. We were going to have pizza night at the new place with my roommate. So were are out getting what we needed for that. While shopping theo highmore showed up and won't leave. Chris is trying to get ahold of judge winters to reactivate the restraining order. I can't go home because in getting the information the proximity is too close. My roommate is packing for me now and my next call is to find a friends place I can crash at."
"No need to find a friend all three of you are going to stay at a safe house until we get this straightened out. Chris and Gregorio too. He has seen you with chris and knows you live too close putting Tammy at risk too. I'll get a couple pairs of uniforms to hang out at both of your places to make sure he doesn't get the bright idea to trash the places. What store are you at? I'll send a pair of uniforms to pick him up as soon as chris gives them the signal that they have reinstated the order. You two keep shopping, plan for about a week. I guess this will give you two plenty of time to figure out whatever is wrong."
"Thanks king." She answered not taking the bait and telling him what was wrong. She hung up and turned back to chris. "Uniforms are on the way just let them know when it's reinstated."
"It already is. Theo highmore you are in violation of a restraining order. Remove yourself or I will arrest you." Chris told the man keeping himself between Theo and Sonja. As he had the whole time both of them were on the phone, trying to block all sight of her from Theo.
"He reinstated it? I'm his son in law. He can't do that too me!" Theo raged coming at chris fist raised.
"Sir, you hit me or my partner and that is assaulting a federal agent which is a felony. I will arrest you."
"Partners you two looked chummier than partners." Theo spat.
"I don't know how to explain comforting a friend to someone that doesn't understand boundaries." Chris responded. "You have been warned mr highmore. I suggest you leave now."
The woman was pulling on his arm begging him to leave but he opened his mouth. "I just want to talk to her..."
"Theo highmore, you are under arrest for violating a restraining order." Chris said reading him his rights as he grab first one arm then the second cuffing him. Once he had him cuffed chris walked him to the front of the store where the uniforms were just entering. "He was warned twice and refused to leave. I cuffed him and read him his rights." Chris said handing theo over to them. Chris turned to find that Sonja had walked with him for the transfer and smiled at her. "Did we get everything we needed?"
"No, king said safe house, shop for a week, for the three of us, Roommate is coming too. Let's get moving I just want to leave."
"It's ok city mouse he'll be locked up for a few days, that's enough time to get us hidden and safe. He admitted that he only knew you worked here, apparently our team made national news."
They finished shopping as fast as they could before going into head quarters. Pride was going to have someone go get some things from Chris's house for him.
Chris's phone rang as they pulled into the office. "Hello?"
"Chris, hey it's Sebastian. so pride sent me over to get your stuff and I couldn't help but notice the shirt Sonja had on at work yesterday in your living room and that your a bed, Ah, looks very well slept in. Would you like me to bring the shirt along?"
"Are you capable of keeping your mouth shut, if you aren't asked a direct question? I understand if asked out right that you have to give the information you have. Which by the way doesn't have to add up to what you are thinking."
"Umm..." Sebastian started.
"Hang on for a second then." Chris said pulling his phone from his ear and put it on mute. He hung his head and looked at her. "Sebastian found your shirt and we didn't make the bed. I don't think he can keep his mouth shut."
"Crap I knew I was forgetting something." She muttered. "Well then I guess we are telling pride, he isn't going to believe that we just had our first date, not with our issues recently."
Chris clicked off mute and put his phone back to his ear. "Go ahead and bring the shirt and no need to make the bed. Don't go running to pride alright we are going to talk to him. You won't have to keep a secret."
"Oh thank god, you know I talk when I'm nervous." He said before hanging up.
They grabbed the groceries that needed refrigerated and took them into the kitchen calling out to let pride know that they were there. When he joined them chris sighed and asked if they could talk a minute. Pride took him up to his room after making sure Sonja was ok by herself in the kitchen.
At prides curious look chris started, "so something started yesterday I'm pretty sure you aren't going to like..."
"Just started yesterday huh?"
"Yeah, we had agreed to not pursue anything after the Hamilton case, because we had barely held the team together and that needed to be the focus."
"So nothing happened before that agreement?"
"A hug after the tug bomb and a few awkward jumpy moments on her part when we would both reach for a water bottle or something like that."
"So if nothing had been going on with you guys why the tension?"
"That was my fault, sorry. She is the one that shut anything between us down after Hamilton. I just agreed with her because I know she is skittish about feelings. I ah had maybe not told the whole truth about some phone conversations I had letting her hear my half strategically. I was talking to my sister coming into the squad room telling her that we didn't always have to have Cajun, she could pick next time."
"Were you trying for jealous or crazy?" Pride asked with a chuckle.
"Whatever it took, and it worked, we had our first date yesterday. Freaked Gregorio out too, we fell asleep on my couch watching a movie. When she didn't come home, and didn't even appear to have stopped home after work Gregorio was worried and called and woke us up very early this morning. Her prying about feelings with Sonja made us take a left turn that caused me to hang up on her to try and calm Sonja down. So Gregorio already knows and ah so does Sebastian."
"How does Sebastian know?" Pride asked confused.
"He is at my house gathering stuff for me to stay at the safe house..."
"You two slept together and he found something?" Pride guessed and chris nodded not looking at him. Pride stuck his head out his door and called Sonja up.
When they were both there chris squeezed her hand and she smiled at him. Pride could see that they had a strong relationship. "Look I'm not going to tell you that you can't date. There is nothing in the regulations that say agents can't date, its more of an unwritten rule. But I need you two to be professional at work. Nothing Lovey dovey. No inappropriate touches. Act like you used to and that's it. Outside of work is your own time. But here we have a job to do and nothing can get in the way of that, so you two have problems you talk about it and work it out before it causes problems here. Since most of the team knows you might want to consider telling the others so it's not a secret. That does sort of explain Gregorio's bitching about canceling a date. Why don't we make it team pizza night. Give you two a chance to come clean."
They shared a look and nodded. Pride kicked chris out wanting to see how Sonja was doing. She stiffened getting ready to be defensive as soon as pride asked chris to leave.
"Relax Sonja, I just want to make sure that you are fully on board the new place your relationship went. He said you were the one to stop things before."
"Hey he agreed that was a good idea." She complained.
Pride smiled, "he says he agreed because he didn't want to push you."
"Yeah he probably did. He was ready for this way before I was. He told me after the tug bomb that he cared about me. Had this intense hug. Hell he probably would have kissed me if I hadn't bolted."
"No thoughts of bolting now?" Pride asked her watching her intently.
"No, he was a bit of a jerk about his methods but he proved his point. I care about him and I want him in my life."
"Why did you send him in here alone?"
"That was his idea. We didn't see you believing us about this just starting yesterday. He thought since you guys have had such a long relationship that you might believe him alone, if he told you the whole truth."
"Ok tell me about what happened at the store today."
"Theo called out to me and chris pulled back letting me handle it but not going so far away as to not be there if I needed him. You know I didn't ask how he knew to do that. Anyway..." she told pride everything she knew including that chris found out winters was theo's father in law.
"so first step is to file a new restraining order with a different judge in case winters gets his thrown out you are still protected. Let's head down stairs and get the whole team in here to help."
Downstairs pride suggested that they start the pizza dough and sauce. He sat in the courtyard so he could see them working together. He called in the team and slowly they filtered in. Gregorio sat with him as did Loretta when she got there worried about Sonja having a stalker. Sebastian and Patton were working on finding a secure place for the safe house. That would hopefully keep them as far from Theo as possible.
In the kitchen chris turned on some music hoping to try and calm her nerves. He took her hand and spun her around between tossing in ingredients. When the dough was ready to be kneaded he settled in behind her his head on her shoulder and they worked together kneading the dough. She was blushing from what he was whispering in her ear. He kissed her neck and she turtled her shoulders giggling.
"Look at how cute they are together." Lorretta told pride. "Like they have been doing this for a long time."
"According to both of them yesterday was their first date." Pride responded.
"And this morning their ah first time." Gregorio added, "I actually think it's my fault they went that fast." She explained her call this morning and chris hanging up on her, and then her and Sonja talking later that morning.
Sonja turned in Chris's arms kissing him happy that they didn't have to hide right now. She was scared and he was helping her. Most of the team watching them though was starting to freak her out. "Can you make them stop staring?" She asked quietly as she held him close.
"I can try and maybe get the ladies to move but I think pride wanted to see us together make sure neither of us is doing this for some other reason than we have feelings for each other." He kissed her forehead and went out to the courtyard.
"you guys staring like we are monkeys at the zoo is freaking Sonja out. Come into the kitchen and talk to us maybe instead of sitting out here and just staring. She has already had a really emotional day."
As expected Loretta and Gregorio went in and sat at the stools and started talking with Sonja. Pride looked up at him. "Can I have a moment?"
"Sure." He turned back to the kitchen. "I'll be right back, Sonja." She nodded and turned back blushing at whatever Gregorio had said.
"Yesterday was the first date?" Pride asked him in the far corner of the courtyard. "You two look like you have been cooking together for years."
Chris smiled at the note of how comfortable they were with each other. "It wasn't even supposed to be a date. I asked her to come over so we could talk like you asked us to do. I let her scour my kitchen for something she could eat. When she found the stuff for spaghetti we made that, and salad. So I guess this is the second time if you count chopping salad fixins, boiling water for noddles and heating sauce as cooking. I plated her up and then made myself a piece of chicken to add to mine. We talked over food and decided to watch a movie together. Later on the couch she made sort of comment about this not really being a date because I hadn't asked her out." Chris grinned to himself remembering, "so I did. That's it, I'm not leaving anything out here pride. Before last night the only interaction we had out side work was at your bar, with the rest of the team there. Hell during this last case she said that we should maybe retire the mice, then when she called me the wrong one and saved her life she said that she wasn't so sure since they saved her life. That comment is what made me try for more. You want outside confirmation? Call my momma she'll tell you I have been talking to her about Sonja repeatedly pulling back for a while. She'll be excited to hear I finally got her to go out with me. I haven't had a chance to call and tell her."
Pride raised his eyebrows, not saying anything and chris huffed, "she calls me at least once a week and asks questions until she is satisfied she knows everything that is going on with my life." He stopped his phone was ringing and he laughed seeing who was calling him. He showed his phone to pride so he could see it was his mom.
Chris answered it on speaker, "hey momma! I was just talkin about you. How are you feeling? How is Cade?"
"You were talking about me? Why?"
"Just telling someone that you call me once a week and talk about what's going on until you feel like you have learned everything that's been going on."
"Well a momma has to make sure her baby is doing ok. And if I let you decide what to tell me I would never learn anything. Cade and I are fine. He's helping me fix a spot on the roof, nothing to worry about he is a good handy man. So tell me about you baby, any new girlfriends? Sonja finally decide you are good enough for her?"
Chris laughed, "well actually..."
"She did! Oh baby, when? Why didn't you call me?"
"We had our first date yesterday, and then today we had some work stuff happen so I have been too busy to call and let you know. And she was always good enough momma, just scared."
"It's the weekend unless you have a case work stuff doesn't just happen." She pushed.
"Yeah well this did. I'll let Sonja tell you about it if she wants to, you won't push her about it got it. I'll let her know you are curious and she can decide."
"Is something wrong? is she ok?"
"Yeah, but the team is handling it, and she has had an emotional day but she is perfect."
"Wear protection baby I want grand babies but you gotta do things in the right order."
"Mom!" Chris said loudly exasperated, his face flaming he took her off speaker.
"What I am a mom I know how kids are made and I know how you feel about this girl. I know things are going to happen."
Sonja poked her head out into the courtyard hearing his outburst to make sure he was ok. She watched him pace a minute wondering what his mother had said to make his neck so red. Pride was laughing and coming into the kitchen. She walked over to chris and touched his arm letting him know she was there. He smiled down at her and without moving the phone away from his ear leaned down and kissed her.
"She is right there?" His mom asked in his ear.
"I told you were we at work, but not on a case. She was in the kitchen making pizza, I was too until our boss wanted a chat, and then you called."
"Can I talk to her?"
"Well I don't know momma are you going to bring up what you just said to me?"
"Which part?"
"Oh no if you have to ask I'm not letting you talk to her."
"Protection?" She asked
"Yes and?"
"Me wanting grand babies but doing things in the right order?"
"There you go, can you have a conversation leaving all of that out? Not even hinting at any of it. We just had our first date I won't let you scare her pushing for too much too fast." He said that last part so she knew what he was trying to get his mom to back off about.
Sonja nodded and took the phone from him. "Hello mrs. Lasalle." She greeted trying to sound upbeat but missing the mark sounding slightly terrified.
"None of that, call me sue baby girl. And you don't have to be scared of me. I just wanted to say thank you for not crushing my baby's heart."
At her shocked look chris took the phone back, "momma you are a menace tonight, first while you are on speaker and my boss is right here talking about protection and now you made her turn white as a sheet. What did you say?"
Protection Percy mouthed at him and he nodded spinning her like they were dancing back into his arms so he could hold her.
"I just said thank you."
"For what momma?"
"For not crushing your heart."
"Mom!" Chris objected again.
"What? it wasn't on the list of not allowed topics."
"It was implied and you know it. No for the second time today I have hang up with someone so I can talk to Sonja one on one. Bye momma I'll call you when I can."
He slid his phone into his pocket then brought both arms around her rocking them where they stood.
"Does everyone know that you love me but me?" She asked her voice shaking.
"Pride doesn't or he would have already known what was wrong between us and would have believed that yesterday was our first date without hearing mommas shock at the news. I'd bet that Patton and Sebastian don't. Brody probably did she did start the whole work husband thing."
"You have known for that long how you feel about me?"
"No, I'd say Murray's second line and then for sure that I cared about you after the tug bomb."
"And when did care turn to love?" She asked her voice still unsteady.
"I don't know honestly. Things just added up, remember fighting to get invited to boys night. I love that if you wanted to you could hang with the guys. But that you have girls nights too. I love how you put yourself all out there for your team mates, running after Gregorio like you did when she took off with Eva. This one is new but I love how you fit in my arms, how you feel when I wake up and you are there with me. You care about what's right no matter the cost to you personally, though at the time I wanted to bundle you up and hide you from the repercussions, oh and I was so jealous that day that I was having trouble speaking without just grabbing you and kissing you senseless."
She grinned at him, "just a little huh?"
"Yep." He answered leaning down and kissing her again.
"I don't know if I'm there yet, I defiantly care about you. And for a lot of the same reasons you said."
"That's ok, you tell me when you are ready to hear it from me. And when ever or if you are ready to say it back you can. And don't let anyone get in your head about our relationship. That's exactly what it is ours. We decide what we are ready for, and where we take things. Ready to go back in?" He asked her nuzzling her neck. Happy she was ok and not running away from their feelings.
In the kitchen the dough had been laid out on small trays so that everyone could build your own. And everyone was working on that. Chris grabbed the last tray it held two crusts and started making them both pizza. The team laughed and talked over pizzas despite the circumstances glad to be together.
That night at the safe house chris and Sonja fell asleep again watching a movie. her cradled in his arms, her head on his chest and his resting atop hers. Gregorio quietly turned off the movie, snapped a quick picture of them and went to her room. She wondered how soon she would need to find a new roommate.
