A/N: Back again :) I liked doing all these chapters in only one day for some reason! I think I'm going to end it here now. By the way thanks to all the writers who helped me and Helen surpass our wish of getting 50 Taggart fics up by Christmas. We're up to 126 now which is unbelievable for me who started it all! Love.

Disclaimer: Even after watching 52 out of 100 episodes I don't own these characters. Imagine if I did; there wouldn't be any cases it would all just be Robbie/Jackie :P

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Jackie shifted in her sleep and began to stir. As she slowly opened her eyes her mind and heart went into overdrive. She could feel a pair of warm arms encircling her torso and warm breath being blown onto her forehead, and then she realised that not only was it Robbie that was holding her but she also had her own arms around his body. It was at that precise moment that Robbie decided to wake up so she didn't even have enough time to pull away. She felt Robbie's arms tense up when he worked out what was going on and when he noticed that she was half-awake he hesitated. He had presumed the night before that he would have had some time to separate himself from her while she was asleep so that he could hide away his feelings a little while longer.

"Morning Jackie. How are you today?" He said with a fake enthusiasm in his voice. He was never one for speaking as soon as he woke up and even less of one for waking up with his best friend after letting his emotions get the better of him the night before by hugging her close to his body.

As she broke out from his embrace she managed to put a mock-happy tone to her voice as well, "Better but no chance in hell I am going into work. I can't face it today." He grinned down at her, "Okay, so what are we going to do then?"

"You're staying?!" He nodded as she looked at him incredulously.

"You think I'm going to let you stay home alone when I know you would just sit around moping and not eat anything? And if I wasn't here I would be down at the nearest pub complaining about my suspension, which would you prefer?" She shrugged and stood up, moving towards the bathroom because she felt a little nauseas. Robbie followed her out of the room but he went into the kitchen for food for the both of them. He knew she wouldn't want to eat it because of the bout of sickness she was having at this moment but he would persuade her to have some. Before she went to find Robbie, Jackie quickly got changed into another t-shirt and pair of jogging bottoms. When she saw Robbie bringing a plate of toast towards her she scrunched up her nose,

"Robbie I can't, I'll just throw up again!"

"Please Jackie," he looked at her while pouting. How he could manage to change her mind with just a look was beyond her but she took the plate out of his hand and sat down on the couch. She started off slowly by just eating the edges of the bread but then as her stomach started to crave more of it she took bigger bites and had soon finished a whole slice. Robbie grinned as he watched then sat down next to her.

"What DVDs have you got for us to watch?"

Through chewing she replied, "Tons, go and look, they're through in my bedroom."

He went through and gazed down at the large collection she had. He laughed at how organised the collection was and moved over to her TV boxsets. He wouldn't have minded carrying on with The X Files but he didn't like the rest of the series they had been watching the previous night so took down one of the later seasons and went back to the living room. Jackie smiled when she saw what he had chose and pointed to the DVD player. He mock saluted and went over to the TV, Jackie tried not to watch him as he bent down but that didn't go as planned so she ended up staring as she tried to pretend that she was drinking the glass of orange juice Robbie had poured for her. She couldn't believe she was feeling so much for Robbie, in her mind there was no chance that he so much as strongly liked her, never mind love her! She had no idea how to stop it from manifesting though because they were now in such a close proximity.

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Later that night after Robbie's constant fussing over her, Jackie looked around her small living room. It was only now that she realised how dark the room had become over the past few hours, while they had been enjoying Mulder and Scully's investigations and having random chats about nothing of any real importance. They had gradually got closer on the couch and this time, unlike during the night, they smiled at the other when they shifted their position to get nearer. Jackie always looked embarrassed when she was caught but after a while Robbie got bored of her only moving a fraction of a centimetre along, so grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into his side, kissing her cheek when she got close enough. She pushed away all thoughts that told her that her love may be reciprocated as she tried to move out of Robbie's vice-like grip. He rolled his eyes, knowing what was going through her mind at this particular moment. After a few tries she decided to give up her futile attempts and relaxed into him. She hadn't felt like this in as long as she could recall and she wouldn't have it any other way. Even her stomach wasn't churning or her head pounding as much as it was that morning.

"You know I think I'll manage work tomorrow. I feel a lot better and I'm guessing this means I have to say thank you to you?" She asked sarcastically looking up at him as the current episode's credits came up.

He tried to come up with a suitable response but what came out was, "A kiss will be sufficient enough."

Jackie couldn't halt her eyebrows from being raised, she moved out of his arms and turned to face him, her internal organs doing all sorts of back flips as she looked in to his dark eyes, "And why would that do for you Robbie?"

Robbie knew that if he even tried to backtrack now she would never buy it so took a deep breath and told her the truth, "Because you're the one woman who is my idea of perfection and if you feel half of what I do towards you I won't be able to believe it. I love you."

"I think you'd be surprised how much I love you," she said as she wrapped her arms around his neck and gently placed her lips on his, she could sense that he was smiling as he responded more fiercely than she dared to go in their first kiss. Jackie's hands were already messing up his hair, even though he hadn't actually brushed in the first place, and his hands were deciding to go underneath the pale blue t-shirt that she had on and travelled up her back.

"If only all of my suspensions were like this. I would never go back to work if I had this choice."

"Well days off don't always have to go badly. And you would be left in a flat alone because remember I'm a work obsessed neurotic."

"No you're not. You're now my workaholic bore," she hit his shoulder as he gave her a sly grin and attacked her neck with his mouth and teeth. She grinned and it suddenly hit her that here she was; snogging the previously unattainable Robbie Ross on the night that she started to feel better after the first day she had took off work in years. She gave up thinking as she felt that Robbie was trying to pin her down to the sofa so he was in control. She happily allowed him this, little did he know that she would take back the dominance sometime this night; he hadn't managed to take all of her normal qualities away from her with that first kiss. But at the same time Robbie was thinking that he was getting it too easy and was starting to imagine the possibilities that this may be caused by. He came to the conclusion that she was just playing him and that when he was least expecting it that this woman whom he loved more than anything else he had came into contact with, would take over so he took this opportunity to show her what he was made off and kissed her softly which Jackie was surprised at after the power he had used on her just moments before. They both knew that this was going to be one relationship that would shock them every time they were together.

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The End.