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Wash left the shower and dried her body with his towel. She looked at her flash in the mirror and smiled. As far everything went according to the new plan, she had one think left to do; apologize to Nathaniel. She put a little of lip gloss, which she got form Shannon's older girl, Maddy, and put it into her lips. Then she combed out her hair. With the final look at the mirror she left the bathroom and went to his bedroom when she left the bag; she changed into something more properly to the occasion and then hid the bag under the bed. When she finished, she headed to the kitchen and check on the dinner. Everything was ok. Alicia took matches and lightened up all candles, before she grabbed the comm and radio Reynolds.

"I have a favor to ask…"

Commander Taylor had been sitting in his office and looking over reports on his plex. He couldn't concentrate on the latest medical condition of the Colony because he was still processing Washington's behavior. She was a difficult, stubborn person who had her own opinion and didn't hesitate to tell you if something wasn't right, but she never was behaving like this. He could recall the anger in her eyes and the sadness mixed with jealousy in her voice, she was, he assumed, feeling like he betrayed her trust. Why? It was one question which was running on his mind. He wasn't sleeping with Lauren; they were friends, so Alicie and he were. He put the plex down on the table and then he put his right hand to his mouth covering it. He rubbed his cheeks standing up; he went to the window and looked at the night sky.

Maybe that is the problem! She thinks I care about her as my friend and second in command, not as a lover. Well if she thinks…

He turned around and run his hand through his hair.

Wait a minute! Wash was jealous, she wasn't thinking straight but had used her anger towards Lauren and then she accused me of betraying her. I mean it's obvious that I like her and like spending time with her, and she likes me too, but come on Wash and me? Yeah I thought about it on many occasion, but really? Washington, the young, beautiful and full of surprises woman likes me, the old man with nasty history? I mean is she out of her mind.

Nathaniel smirked. If Washington really did have feeling towards him, he would be the happiest man in the Terra Nova. He cared about her deeply, she was the first woman he had fallen in love with after his wife dead; she was the only woman he had ever loved that much.

He looked around the office once again, before he headed toward her house. It took him only to few minutes, so now he was standing at her door and knocking.

Commander was concerned; she wasn't answering the door. He was supposed to talk to her, explain the whole situation but she still wasn't responding. He put his finger on the comm and radio her; after several minutes of silence, Taylor pressed lips together and dismissed all the ridicules pictures of Alicia in the bath full of blood that his mind was showing him (after all she wasn't that type of woman who would be trying to commit suicide after someone dumped her), before he put his hand on the door handle, opening them. He rushed into the dark room. Nathaniel turned the light on and made his way to the kitchen, calling her name, but he found it empty. Next he went across the house checking all the rooms, but she wasn't in any of them. He stopped in the middle of the last room he checked, her bedroom, trying to figure out where she might have been at this hour. He running his hand thought his hair he closed his eyes while rubbing his nose by the second hand. He had to admit it; he was worried out of his mind.

Commander gave a one look at her house before he left. While he was walking through the Colony, checking all the places she could have been, he radio Reynolds and gave him an order to look for Washington. The young man saluted him with 'Yes,sir' and broke the radio contact. Nathaniel looked down; he wasn't sure why he is doing it, looking her. She will find him if she calm down herself, after all she always does. He wasn't sure, but this time it was different. Something had changed, they weren't only friends anymore. He didn't know when he started feel different about her, but he had to face the facts; she was more important to him than his first wife.

Maybe that's why I agree on this stupid bet, because I care about her. After all if I didn't let Lauren tease her a little bit, Wash wouldn't disappear. But on the other hand I wouldn't be so sure that she has feelings towards me too.

His thoughts had been disturbed by the famine laughter. He looked around and saw two people: a man and the woman in his arms, who was, as he looked at her closely, Lauren. Nathaniel smirked; by the way she was behaving she had already changed their plans for dinner. Commander turned around; it was time to call it a night.

He closed the door behind himself and turned the light before walking further into the house. He went to the kitchen which was connected with small living room. Then he saw her. She was comfortably settled on the couch and smiling; candles all over the room. He felt relived; his hard started to beat faster. He was about to open his mouth and say something, when he saw her coquettishly grin.

"I was waiting for you Commander!" she whispered in the way he never heard before. He found himself enjoying this tone of her voice; it was sexy.

Taylor took a closer look at her; his eyes went over her body, from head to toe. She was wearing red, silk robe, which wasn't leaving too much to imagination and black high heels. Her long black hair were hanging on her shoulders and shinning in the candles' light. In her right hand there was a glass of red wine.

"Wash we need to talk…" he swallowed hard, when she put the glass on the table standing up. He could call it inappropriate behavior toward the commanding officer, but damn. He couldn't martial court Washington, not when she was making his fantasy come true, nor we he spend almost an hour looking her around the Colony to tell her about Lauren and the bet.

She bitted her down lip and then her lips curved into a suggestive smile. She approached to him. He couldn't stop staring at her swaying hips and prefect legs, which was normally covered by standard military pants. She stopped in front of him and slowly put her hand on his chest, rubbing it up and down. Her deep amber eyes met his blue one; the look was so intensive that he could read her like a book; so many emotions: passion, anger, devotion love and… repentance?

He swallowed again, trying to control his nerves, it was hard to resist so beautiful and sexy woman like her, especially when he was fantasized about her in some many ways. Her hypnotizing smell acted like a sensual love potion to his smell sensors. Woody oriental fragrance with a magical trail of passion flower combined with Vanilla and a woody base note of Vetiver.

Despites of his best effort he failed, he couldn't fight with himself anymore. He took a deep breath and put his hands on her hips pulling her towards him with a grin on his face. She looked at him, her hands went though his chest, unzipping his jacket to his shoulder; she pulled it off. Next her hands went to his neck and then one of them to his hair. Taylor didn't waste time either; his hand found a way to the knot of her robe, which he untied. His palm went thought her naked abdomen to lower her back, as his arms wrapped her body. Her lips came closer to his skin on the neck. She placed there an open mouth kiss. Her second hand in the same time went down his chest to his pants; she started toying with the belt, but she didn't unzip his pants, which made him groan into her hair.

"Wash…" he gasped, but when she didn't stop her action to his plea for a mercy, he used her name.

"Yes Nathaniel?" she asked innocently while her lips found a spot behind his ear and started kissing it; in the meantime her hand went under his T-shirt, mapping his torso. His muscles flexed as she touched him, her mouth started moving to his. Alicia pressed their lips together in a wet kiss. She heard him moan her name into her mouth, when their tongues tangled with each other in the battle for domination. She smirked, it was time.

She stopped caressing his body. He frowned, while she tried to step back but his arms didn't give her opportunity to let herself free. With a cocky grin on her face and giving him a full look on her black underwear, she placed her hands on his chest and looked him straight into eyes.

"I'm sorry the way I reacted today. I didn't have right, but I couldn't step aside and watch you with her." She started, but he quickly shut her mouth with a kiss. When they broke off the kiss for a need of air, he put his hand to her cheek and gently rubbed it with his thumb.

"No need to sorry, Alicia. I'm the one who own you an apology. Lauren and I bet that you will be out of your mind if we won't check in and then you will rush to meet us. So we mess up with you a little. She wanted to show me how much you care about me, by making you jealous. I agree on her plan."

He admitted still caressing her cheek and looking into her amber eyes.

"I'm sorry. When I saw the look on your face when we came back, first it was amusing but then I realize what it would happen to me if you put me in the same situation."

He had the same feeling to her, like she had for him; she could see it in his eyes. She smirked placing her hands on his cheeks.

"I love you, Nathaniel. And no one, except me has a right to touch you Commander, is that clear?" she said; her mouth was so close to his, but yet not enough close. "You're mine!"

"Yes ma'am, everything you say ma'am!" he answered, before he closed their distance in another kiss he whispered into her ear: "I love you too, Alicia. All my heart!"

THE END