They walked into the round table room with Gideon whom they had met in the car park. They took their seats, the two men sitting next to her. JJ was the last member in. Both she and Regina had great difficulty keeping straight faces.

" What have we got JJ?" Hotch asked, resting one arm no the desk and letting the other fall down to his side.

" Four bombings in the last two weeks in Boston. No fatalities."

" Any connection?" Gideon asked.

" Nothing... at least nothing obvious."

" I'll keep looking," Garcia piped up.

" And Boston P.D's sending over bomb fragments." Hotch let his hand slip over to Regina's knee. She took a deep breath and repositioned herself on her chair. She turned to look at Hotch. He was facing her and she saw something in his eyes she always saw when they were together: a mix of hunger and passion that he would only show long enough for her to see.

" Regina, Gideon and Reid will come with me up to Boston. Morgan, you stay here with the fragments. Let us know if you get anything... Be at the plane in an hour." The team stood. Hotch leaned in close to Regina and whispered, " I need a couple of minutes with you in my office." Regina wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing, but she nodded and walked out of the conference room and over to Hotch's office. Once she heard the door close behind them, she asked, " Is anything wrong?" Before she had fully turned to face him, Hotch had her face in his hands and his lips against hers. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him back for a few seconds before pulling away. " Stop! We can't do this here. Someone might see us."

" Not very... observant... are you,... Agent... Williams?" he managed in between kisses. Regina glanced over to the window and noticed that the blinds were closed.

Hotch led her over to his desk and let her sit on it as their kisses became less urgent. Finally, their lips pulled apart, but their arms stayed around each other and their foreheads pressed against each other. Regina looked at him. " We made a deal... to leave our relationship at the door... And that little move you pulled in the conference room was not very nice."

" I'm sorry. But did you honestly think it's easy for me to be that close to you in briefing? For you to look and smell and generally be so perfect?"

" You think it's easy for me, too? But I've learnt how to keep it under wraps." " Then teach me, all mighty one!" he said, smiling as he bent down to kiss her again. Regina couldn't help but smile at his playfulness.

When they finally pulled away again, Hotch looked at her. " You think it was a bright idea to start dating a co-worker?"

" I could always apply for a transfer... CSU?"

" With our hours, we'd never see each other."

Their discussion was interrupted by his cell phone. He grabbed it and checked the id, then sighed. Regina tried to see who the caller was but Hotch lowered it out of her sight before she could make it out. He looked at her, brushed away a stray hair out of her face and smiled at her. " I need to take this. Can I meet you outside in the car in about fifteen minutes and then we can make our way to the plane?" Regina smiled and nodded before kissing Hotch on final time.

As she walked out of the room, Regina noticed that instead of him answering the phone, saying 'Hotchner', he answered it saying, 'What's up?'