Chapter number 3. Temptation

After what seemed like the longest week of Allie's life, it was finally the weekend, and she was more than happy to let her hair down and relax. The rest of that week her and Nick had kept a distance, only working together when they absolutely had to. It was like they couldn't even pretend that nothing was happening anymore, she didn't even know how to talk to him unless it was about work.

Choosing to forget about work until Monday, Allie continued to make her way along the sidewalk down the road from work, looking for a place to eat. It was Friday night and cooking was the last thing she felt like doing, some take away and a good night's sleep was all that was on her agenda. Before she could decide on where to eat, Allie's attention was drawn to a car pulled up beside her on the curb and the sound of someone calling her name. Turning her head, her heart almost stopped as she spotted Nick stepping out of the driver's seat of his car and walking around towards her.

"Nick" she stuttered, not quite understanding why after the lack of communication at work, he was suddenly speaking to her out of hours. "What are you doing?"

"We need to talk" he answered, coming to a stop in front of her, his hands casually sitting in the pockets of his work pants. Allie didn't know how to respond to this statement. He was right, they did need to talk, after all they did still have to work together, and it had been pretty clear in the last few days that they couldn't do that with the way things were currently.

"Before you say no" Nick continued, noticing her sudden silence, "I think there's a few things that need to be said". He waited for some kind of reaction from her before he said anything else, soon receiving a small nod. "This stuff going on between us... I'm not just imagining this-"

"Nick don't" Allie stopped him, looking down to avoid his eyes, and trying to control her emotions, things would never work if they got involved, 'don't mix work and play'.

"Al" he whispered, reaching his hand out to lift her chin up. "Be honest with me".

Just the touch of his fingertips was enough to make her suddenly feel weak, why could he do this to her? She wasn't normally like this with other guys. She was always the one who was independent and in control of the situation, and some how he'd come along and changed that. "We can't do this Nick" she managed to force herself to say.

Nick took a step closer to her, their bodies only a few centimetres apart. "What? We can't start being honest about things?" he questioned her, using his fingers to brush a stray strand of hair behind her ear, "because as much as we try to deny this, it's only making things at work harder and harder".

Allie was lost for words, there he was standing in front of her making her feel like they were the only two people in the world, and something inside of her was niggling at her and making it feel so wrong.

Before she could speak, his lips came down on hers, and for a second that niggling feeling inside her disappeared. She could feel his arms move around her and hold her even closer to him, so close that there was no room for air between them. Soon her arms were looped around his neck and her fingers were running through his hair.

To those who walked past them on the street the two of them looked like they were happily in love, with no problems, and a care free life, but it was far from the truth, what looked uncomplicated on the outside, was a mess of problems that was getting worse and worse as the two work colleges gave in more and more to temptation.

Nick was in heaven, all day working with her, all that had been on his mind was what he would say to her, and if he was honest with himself even if he had looked confident when he first approached her only minutes ago, he had been anything but. Turning them both around Nick began to guide Allie backwards towards his car, gently leaning her against the passenger door.

Suddenly with the need for air, the two detectives broke the kiss, both panting heavily. It was at that moment that the feeling of doubt began to creep back into Allie's mind. "We can't do this Nick" she repeated.

"Then why does it feel so right?" Nick spoke in a soft voice, not needing any more words to convince her. No more words were spoken for a while, within fifteen minutes, Nick had helped her into his car and driven her to his apartment not far away. The night was yet to begin.

Hey, sorry this chapter was shorter than usual. But please let me know what you think, any suggestions for where you think this story should be heading would also be appreciated as I've been losing my inspiration at the moment.