Kate came back from her morning run. She went straight for a water bottle from the fridge. After downing the whole thing she moved into the bedroom to take a shower. She didn't worry about waking Rick up, as he was a deep sleeper that was snoring away.

She was in the middle of undressing when she heard a voice. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I was getting undressed."

"That's my job."

She tiptoed over to him in her sports bra and running shorts. "It seems as though you were sleeping on the job."

"I never sleep on the job and you know that." He pulled her down onto his lap, interlocking his fingers behind her back, effectively trapping her.

"I think you're on the clock right now."

"Well then I better start working, boss."

He captured her lips in a hard searing kiss, his tongue immediately seeking entrance, which she granted. He kissed along her jaw before landing on her neck. She let him taste her, tilting her head away to expose more of her neck. He quickly found her pulse point with the new angle. He slowly nipped and sucked eliciting a moan from her. Her moan was quickly masked by the shrill of her phone, it's incessant ringing ruining the moment slowly.

"Don't answer it," he murmured.

"I'm on call. A) I'll get in trouble if I don't and B) it'll just keep ringing."

He groaned in protest when she climbed off of him and reached for the phone.

"Beckett." She answered in her detective voice. "Oh hi mom, sorry didn't check the I.D."

She didn't say anything while Johanna talked, an easy smile on her while she responded.

"Don't worry I was up. Just got back from my run."

Rick got a brilliant idea; well one that would probably end up with him dead but he will have fun dying. He closed the distance between them and began peppering her stomach with light kisses.

She pulled at his hair; even though he knew she was telling him to stop he decided to interpret as keep going. He deepenedthe kisses, leaving a trail of open mouth kisses to the waistband of her pants.

"Mark's birthday dinner next week? 6:30?" Her breath hitched at the thirty because Rick dipped his fingers underneath her waistband. She quickly reached down and twisted his ear. "As long as we don't get a body then I will be there on time but I will make sure Mark, Rick and Alexis are there."

He yelped but it was effective because when he looked up he was met with the most dangerous death stare he's received yet. He pulled his hands away and smirked before moving over so they were nose to nose. He gave her a quick Eskimo kiss and then a butterfly kiss both caused her to suppress a giggle. Score! He made her giggle.

"You want to start doing Sunday brunches again?"

He took another chance and nibbled on her ear.

Her breathing picked up, "I'm okay. Just a little out of breath from my run. I think I pushed too hard." When she said the last bit she shoved Rick off of her and he landed on the floor with a thud.

She grinned at Rick. "That noise? I shut the front door."

"I know I said I was back but I was in the lobby, I just walked into the loft."

Rick was now making his way towards her but instead of getting up his hand clasped her ankle.

"Mom I have to go. Yes we will be there for dinner. Yes I will let you know about Sunday brunch. Okay bye. Bye… I love you too." She finally hung up the phone and Rick pulled her down on top of him.

"Oh you are going to pay for that."

"What are you going to do? Arrest me detective?"

"I think I'll just torture you instead." She closed the distance between them capturing him in a deep, heated kiss.


"So remind me, why do you need a swimsuit?" Kate said casually as her and Alexis rifled through racks.

"Mark shrunk mine when he did the wash," Alexis muttered, picking out a bikini and holding on to it to try on.

"He never was good at the laundry," Kate admitted, laughing at the memories running through her head. "It got to the point that my mom took away that chore from him."

"Really? What happened?"

"My mom had a big case she had to go to court for and there was this lucky white shirt she loved to wear for cases. Well, let's just say after Mark got his hands on it, it turned green."

"Oh no…"

"Oh yes. Mom was so mad the next day!" Both girls fell into laughter and kept looking.

"How about this one?" Kate asked, showing Alexis a pink, frilly bikini. By the way her face scrunched up, Kate took it as a no and put it back. "Do you have anything in mind? Are you trying to find the exact one he shrunk or something different?"

"The one he shrunk was from last year so I doubt they sell it anymore."

After pulling some more options from the rack Alexis went to try them on. Kate waited outside for 10 minutes before calling out, "You okay?"

"Yeah just trying to find one."

"Are they fitting?"

"Yeah they're fine." Her voice flat, clearly they weren't fine.

"Then what's the problem?"

Alexis didn't answer. Kate stood up and knocked on the door. "Alexis? Let me in."

Still no answer, clearly something was going on. Kate knocked again. "If you don't let me in then I will climb under."

The door still didn't open. "Alright I'm doing it, move out of the way." She stuck her leg underneath.

"Okay stop! I'll open."

Kate pulled her leg back when she heard the click of the lock. The door swung open allowing Kate to walk in and sit down.

"What's going on?" She asked.

She looked down and played with the ruffles on the one she was currently trying on. "I just want to find the right swim suit."

Kate pulled Alexis into her lap. "Why?"

Alexis's pale cheeks burned with color, answering Kate's question.

"I have a friend," Alexis began evasively. "And he lives next door so every time I'd go up, we'd spend the whole time together."

"But…"

"Crystal moved to our street and she had a pool and a treehouse, and I just have a pool."

"Oh." Kate picked up on the problem. "So he spent more time with her?"

"Yeah. So if I have the right swimsuit maybe he'll play with me instead."

Kate brushed a strand hair out of Alexis's face. "You know that's not how it works right?"

"It's not?"

Kate shook her head. "Where did you get this idea from?"

"Whenever my mom comes into town we go shopping and she always needs to find the right outfit for a date. So I figured boys pay attention to what you wear."

Kate's heart sank, she couldn't believe Alexis had learned this so young. She couldn't really blame Meredith specifically. This was something that was all over the media. Girls are taught to use their physical appearance to attract boys but she wanted Alexis to know differently.

"That's not always the case. There are boys that notice other things about girls. Like their brains...or their personality..."

"Or their tree house," Alexis said sourly.

"Or their tree house. But that's what I mean. He's not choosing her over you because of a swimsuit."

"How do I get my friend back?" She asked quietly.

"By being you. He was your friend once so clearly there's something he likes about you and it has nothing to do with a swimsuit. If you want him back then you may need to make friends with Crystal."

Alexis scrunched up her face at the last suggestion.

"You may not like her but if you want to play with…what's his name?"

"Dalton."

"If you want to play with Dalton then you need to include both him and Crystal. This shows him that you still want to be his friend."

"But Crystal is so bossy…" Alexis whined. "Everything has to be her way and if it's not then she complains until you give in."

"When we go up there you can invite them over and if she gets too bossy then I will come in and help. If for some reason I can't then ask your dad or Mark and they will." Kate held out her pinkie. "Is that a deal?"

Alexis wrapped her pinkie around Kate's. "Deal."

"Good. Now let's find a bathing suit you like."

A/N: I'm back on vacation that is why it took me this long to get this one out. You guys asked for more Alexis and Kate moments so your wish is my command. I'm a little iffy on Alexis being the right age for this kind of stuff but then again it tends to start early and I think it's something every young girl needs to learn and the sooner the better. Please tell me your thoughts? Did you like it? Hate it?