A/N: I was going to leave it as a one shot but I like this pairing so here we are

"Are you sure you're okay?" Cleo asked. "After all Ash did suggest to see a doctor."

"I'm fine." Emma reassured her girlfriend. Her arm was blossoming an array of purples and blues where Nate grabbed her.

"You're stubborn." Rikki corrected looking at Emma's injury. "Seriously Em, how did you manage that?"

Knowing that Emma would be reluctant to tell, Cleo recalled the events that unfolded earlier today

Cleo as much as she disliked Nate, she gave him credit in two areas; the first being that he wasn't awful at guitar, the second being that he was highly persistent to the point of being annoying. She gave an apologetic look to her girlfriend. Her original plan was to wait until her shift was finished and take Emma somewhere. Unfortunately, Nate had a hard time grasping the concept of a girl not wanting to be with him, so she had to alter her plans.

Emma gave her sympathetic look. Since she was on the clock she couldn't say anything to him since he technically was breaking any regulations. "Meet me at my place." Cleo reminded Emma when she passed her.

Nate had finally finished his serenade. "First guitar lesson's free and an added bonus is a date with me."

Cleo gritted her teeth. "For the last time Nate, I'm never going to go out with you."

"Oh I you're playing hard to get." Nate smirked. "I like that."

He was giving Cleo a headache. "I have a girlfriend." She announced.

"A girlfriend?" Nate was caught off guard.

"Yes. She has a does." Emma chimed in. "And her girlfriend would really appreciate it if you stopped harassing her."

"Okay, so you two are an like dating." You could practically see the gears turning in his head. "What a waste. I mean you have two smoking hot girls like there's plenty of hot guys around but you end up turning to something so disgusting." He was repulsed.

Emma rarely did anything brash or impulsive so her violent outburst caught just about everyone by surprise. Nate's martial arts reflexes served him well. He stopped Emma's punch before it made contact. "Oh look the dy- ahh" His voice jump several octaves when Emma's knee came into contact with his groin.

He released his grip on her wrist with one final kick she swept out his feet. He landed with a satisfying thud. He looked shocked that he was taken down so easily.

Emma was getting ready to kick again, but Cleo placed her hand on Emma's shoulder. "He's not worth it." Emma stop her foot from colliding with Nate.

Ash pushed his way though the small crowd that had formed. "Back to your seats."

The people dispersed and Nate was on his feet again. "Do you see what that she to me?" He exclaimed outraged.

Ash turned to Emma. "Yes."

"Are you going to fire her."

"No."

"What? You saw what that-" He ended his sentence with a slew of derogatory insults and curses.

"Nate go before I call the police." Ash deadpanned. Nate turned to Cleo and Emma as if he were going to say something, but changed his mind. He sulked out muttering to himself and dragging his guitar behind him.

"Wow. Nice job Em. Some one need to put that arrogant prick in his place." Rikki responded smiling like a proud mother. She would have done the exact same thing.

Rikki knew Emma was not violent. After all she did her Elliot say something about solving conflict with communication or something like that. Emma was the same way, level headed avoiding conflict way. Although there were times when her stubbornness got the better of her, but those disagreement were usually sorted out by the end of the day.

However anyone could see that level headed Emma was about ready to punch Nate again, as soon as he approached their table. It a week or so had pasted since the incident at the JuiceNet. Rikki had occasionally seen Nate walking around, but he seemed to limp whenever Emma was never. Of course he didn't have enough sense to keep the limp consistent. He wasn't limping when he approached.

"Emma." Cleo warned her. Emma's fist her clenched so hard that her knuckles were white. Rikki had a feeling that Nate must have said something else to Emma, specifically, to get this strong of a reaction out of her.

"Hey," His voice more soft spoken. "I... um.. wanted to apologize" he cleared his throat. "for being an ignorant prick the other day."

The girls exchanged glances. It was uncharacteristic of Nate to apologize. To Rikki he came across as a little kid who was forced to apologize by their parent after they were caught.

"Apology accepted." Cleo said; she really wants to believe in the best intentions. But she chose her words carefully, apology accept, not its okay. Because was Nate did was far from okay, and she didn't forgive him. But she accepted his apology nevertheless. Emma mumbled something similar to Cleo and Nate seemed satisfied.

"Oh, Cleo and if you change you get tired of..." He looked at Emma. "You know where to find me." He turned on his heels, remembering to limp when he was halfway to the door. He slips when he was out the door, cursing. Then he looked to the sky and then down where he fell, a small patch of ice.

Rikki and Cleo turned to Emma who smiled innocently. "What?"

Rikki smiled; she had been thinking melting the bottom of his shoes. It was the occasional of slightly impulsive stuff that Rikki, not Emma, was known for. "I'm rubbing off you."

"I know and it's concerning." Emma responded. "What were you planning on doing?"

"Oh, nothing... much." She gave a wicked grin.

A/N: hope you enjoyed! there might be more of these idk...
R&R please?