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Will decided the best way to surprise Mackenzie with their dinner plans was to take her someplace he knew she'd love. They were having lunch in a café when he excused himself on the pretext of finding the men's room so he could make a phone call. He had a hunch that George would know exactly the kind of place he had in mind.

When he returned to the table Mackenzie was busy emailing on her blackberry, a sight that always made Will nervous.

"What are you doing?" he asked nervously

"Just texting the world about your prowess in bed." She teased

"Seriously, tell me that you're not emailing Sloan…"

"Relax" she laughed. So what are we doing now?"

"I think we should go back to the hotel, take a nap, pack and then slip out for a bite, and not at the hotel. I'm surprising you tonight, remember?"

"I do." she smiled, rising to find the ladies room, and plant a kiss on his cheek.

Lonny was waiting for them outside hoping they were tired and ready to go back to the hotel.

"I guess we should take the car back, or we could keep it for later, when we go …"

"Not at night. I need to be doing the driving if you're thinking of going out after dark." Lonny warned

"Had a feeling you'd wreck my fun." Will smirked. He knew this time Lonny was right.

They drove back to return the car and let Lonny deliver them safely back to the hotel, agreeing to meet him in the lobby at 7pm. and thanking him for letting them have such a great day of freedom.

"Good that was fun." Will mused, as they walked back to their room, with their arms draped around each other with his new guitar flung over Will's shoulders.

"You have a few hours to play with it." she smiled at him. She knew him so well. He was itching to get his fingers on the strings and she loved it when he played.

"Maybe a little bit" he said excitedly.

Mackenzie undressed and slipped into bed for a nap while Will sat on the sofa strumming his new guitar softly, humming tunes as she fell asleep. Later she felt him climb into bed beside her. She felt his arm around her pulling her into his side so she could nestle on his chest and drift back to sleep curled up against him.

It was Lonny who woke them. It was 7:30 before they opened their eyes to the sound of Will's phone vibrating on his bedside table.

"Ok, thanks man. Be down in half an hour." Will mumbled into his phone.

"Wake up sleeping beauty. Or do you want to skip dinner?" he whispered to the head sleeping on his chest.

"No" she mumbled. " Better get up."

"I think so. Let's grab dinner and then pack. Ok?" he said, stroking her hair.

She rolled on her back and stretched her arms, smiling at him. "That was a great nap."

"You slept so soundly"

Suddenly she felt a wave of sadness come over her. Soon they would be back in New York and this euphoria would be over. She would be back in her own bed, waiting for a date night and an invitation to stay at Will's… Life had to return to normal, and she knew that…

She turned her face away from him, not wanting to spoil the moment with her anxious thoughts. The important thing was that they were back together. She needed to focus on that, she decided.

"What am I wearing for this mystery date?"

"Did you bring your jeans?"

"Yes!" she smiled

"Good, that's what I'm wearing."

They rose quickly and threw on their jeans. She wore a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up and her new diamond dangling at her throat. She made sure to wear a sexy push up bra that made her cleavage show just a enough to entice him.

He loved Mackenzie in tight jeans that showed off her long, lean body. She was wearing cowboy boots because they had a heel that would make her just tall enough to kiss him standing up.

"Very sexy" he smiled, grabbing her around the waist and lifting her up, so she could wrap her legs around his waist and kiss him deeply.

"You can still pick me up which is good because I want you to…"

"Later " he growled, feeling the weight of her pressing down on his twitching cock.

He put her down and finished getting ready, and they slipped out the door to find Lonny.

The place that George had recommended was exactly what Will had in mind. It was a local bar with pool tables and beer on tap and the best wings and burgers in town.

They settled into a booth at the back of the bar and ordered Corona's and burgers an fries and then started a game of pool while they waited for dinner to arrive.

Mackenzie was good. He had forgotten how good. She had a way of leaning into the table with her ass in the air that drove him crazy. He was sure she did it on purpose. He loved seeing his diamond dangling from her neck, as she leaned over, flashing her cleavage for him…and a few other men who gave him admiring glances.

"Ok, hot shot. Our food has arrived and you win." He laughed, pulling her into the booth.

He knew that the whole vegetarian, fish thing that she practiced most days did not change the fact that she loved a good burger and fries. He watched her take that first bite, grinning with delight.

"Oh god Will. This is delicious!" she groaned

"Good. I thought you would like it." He laughed "Some things never change and I'm so glad Kenz" he said lovingly. And…I was hoping we could talk about some things."

"Like what?"

"Like what's in store for us" he said in light happy voice.

But Mackenzie didn't hear it that way. She was worried about their future and how things would change when they got home.

"You know this burger is so good, I don't think I want to stop long enough to talk."

Mackenzie not want to talk? Impossible. She was avoiding the subject, but he decided not to push. They would have hours to talk on the plane.

"They ate and drank, and laughed their way through dinner, stuffed and tired and ready to go back to the hotel and pack before getting a good night's sleep.

They were catching a 5am flight back to New York and going straight to the newsroom. The team that stayed behind would have the line-up ready and knowing Jim, things would be in good shape for the evening's broadcast, But still it would be tight and Will needed to be well rested for the cameras.

It didn't take long for them to pack. Will was in bed first, waiting for her, watching her scurry around the suite, checking for bits of underwear that might be lurking under the bed. When she was certain she had everything packed, she plopped in bed beside him, and moaned with happiness as he pulled her over and wrapped his legs and arms around her. God he felt good. Better than good, she thought silently.

"What is it Kenz?" He whispered . He knew her silences.

"Nothing, just how good you feel." she said softly

" You too." he smiled

"Do you think we can sleep now?"

"We can try." She mumbled, running her hands over his chest, kissing his neck and nuzzling into him.

At 2am Will stirred in his sleep and didn't feel her on his chest or curled into his side. He reached for her, but her side of the bed was empty. He called out to her, and she told him to go back to sleep. It was only two hours till they had to get up so he stumbled out of bed to find her. She was on the sofa wrapped in a blanket, doing what he didn't know…

"What are you doing? Couldn't sleep?"he mumbled

"No, and you should go back to sleep."

Her voice was shaky and he knew that meant she was anxious about something.

"Come back to bed and tell me." he said sleepily.

"There's nothing to tell. Please go back to sleep." She pleaded.

"Mackenzie." he said sharply. "We're not doing this. Not this time around. No secrets, no shut outs . Are you going make me stand here or are you coming back to bed?"

She rose and walked slowly back to bed and watched him lift the duvet and wait for her to climb in. Once they were nestled together he asked her again, what was going on in her head?

"I just woke up and remembered that it's almost over."

"What's almost over?" he said, alarmed that she seemed to be off on some irrational train of thought that made no sense at all.

"This" she whispered

"What the hell is 'this'?"

"You know, this, us, like this."

"Mackenzie either you are speaking Swahili or I'm dumber than I thought possible. What are you talking about?"

"Come on Will. You know what I mean. Falling asleep together, waking up together, just being close. I mean I know that we'll have sleep overs, but... And that's just the way it has to be.." she said rather frantically

He wasn't sure what she was saying exactly, except that she clearly wasn't where he was. He thought they would be living together but that was obviously not what she was thinking...

" I'm not sure what to say." he sighed

"There's nothing…I guess we should try and sleep so you won't be a mess tomorrow night. Okay?"

He pulled her close and kissed her and closed his eyes. Sometimes Mackenzie could be so complicated… he thought, falling off to sleep.

At 4am the wake-up call came and they bolted out of bed grumbling and stumbled into the shower. It had been 24 hours since they made love and Will was trying to figure out if they had time for it now…but probably not, he decided.

But then Mackenzie started to soap her breasts and her pussy and his cock just bolted upright at the sight of her touching herself, even if was only to get clean.

She saw what was happening to him and she smiled before kissing him and asking him to lift her up. He hoisted her in his arms so she could wrap her legs around him and encourage him, rubbing his shaft until he moaned…"we don't have time".

"Yes we do. Just do it." she groaned

"He tried to touch her but she knew this had to be fast and she just wanted him to have pleasure. "No, just come inside me" she moaned.

He found her pussy and thrust up into her, as she encouraged him to move faster, and faster. "But Kenz.." he moaned.

"Hush…just do it for me" she groaned

"He stopped thinking and just fucked her until he came hard, grunting and panting, as the hot water ran over his back.

She kissed him deeply and told him she loved him and climbed off him and finished washing her pussy, as he recovered, mumbling that he knew she hadn't finished…

"Hush. This was for you. I love that you wanted me so badly" she laughed as she stepped out of the shower and ran to dry off and get dressed.

As much as he enjoyed what had happened, Will's real happiness came from pleasing her. He didn't like one sided sex. He would get her back…whenever they had their next sleepover. He thought the whole thing was ridiculous. They were too old to "date"…..but he didn't know what Mackenzie was thinking, except that she said that it was" the way it had to be." A small part of him started to feel that nagging old insecurity returning to haunt him. He needed to push that away…maybe talk to Jack about it.

Lonny was waiting for them with a smirk on his face. He could tell from their body language that this was the real deal and it made him chuckle.

"Are you ready for this Kenz?" Wil asked flatly as they rode to the airport.

"I know I was thinking the same thing. I'm dreading it too."

"I have a feeling Charlie will behave. ." Will said.

"Yah but Sloan won't. She'll be all over me."

"No worries, she's on a commercial flight, but you might see her at the airport. Anyway, it's no one's fucking business, except ours."

""Ok you tell Sloan that." She laughed.

"Don't worry I will."

"Calm down. She's curious because she cares about us, and besides we have been acting out our entire story in front of the whole newsroom for almost two years…and you more than me, I might add."

"Oh really? So telling the whole world that…"

"Okay, okay, you made your point." She groaned.

"We're worrying too much." Will decided. He took her hand and changed the subject.

"Today is going to be a marathon with the show tonight…so let's just go home… I mean, we're both going to want to sleep."

She was silent. He was mumbling, probably nervous that she would expect something, she decided. Whatever he meant by that, didn't feel good to her.

They arrived at the airport and joined the rest of the team in the lounge, waiting for their flight to be called. It was obvious to everyone that Will and Mackenzie were finally back together and for once, everyone was discreet and silently happy for them. The flight home was a chance to nap and run through the notes that Jim had sent about the evening's line- up.

"God Will, Jim really has risen to the occasion. It's a solid line-up with good guests. Jim's notes are thorough. He's done all the work…"

"Don't say it. He's not going to be in my ear tonight…is he Mackenzie?" he said in a grumpy voice.

"Of course not."

"Good. Now can we go to sleep please?'

"Of course. You sleep" she smiled

" No, I said "we". We both know if you're awake I won't get any sleep…" he mumbled

Mackenzie closed up her lap top and curled up against Will as he pulled the blanket over them and settle in for a long nap.

Charlie watched them sleep, enjoying the whole thing immensely.


It was a long day, but Jim had everything lined up and all Mackenzie had to do was run through the line-up and brief Will on his guests. He was tired. She could tell that his energy was low so she prompted him gently, helping him with some of the names of his guests, and keeping him on point. As soon as the show ended, he went out to find her. She had her coat on and was wheeling her suitcase out of her office when he caught up with her.

"Wait for me, please?"

"I was just going to catch a cab."

He grabbed the handle of her bag and wheeled it into his office. Whatever was going on with her was upsetting him now. Wasn't she even going to say good-night? She followed him into his office, confused and feeling awkward.

"Mackenzie" he said sharply, turning to face her. "Where you really just going to leave?"

"I was going to wait for you to say good-night…"

"Lonny and I are driving you home." he said softly. "I don't know what's the matter but I wish you would just tell me" he said, exasperated and more than a little worried.

"I'm just over tired. We both are. I didn't mean to be…rude. I'll wait for you to change."

They drove to Mackenzie's place in silence. He held her hand and put his arm around her, hoping she would say something, but she didn't. He insisted on walking her to her door, and seeing her safely inside.

"Thank-you Will. It was a wonderful week-end. Go home and get some sleep." she said, with weak smile on her face.

He kissed her tenderly, but there were no "I love you's."

"Okay" he whispered. "Sleep well and I'll see you in the morning. It was a great week-end and I'm so glad that you came Kenz"

With that he left and as soon as the door closed behind him, she felt her whole body tremble. Nothing bad had happened. He was kind and loving to her, and they were back together… but still she felt sad and alone, almost as though it had been some kind of wonderful dream that was over. She unpacked and climbed into bed trying to think about all the happiness of the week-end instead of how much she missed his arms around her.

Will rode home in silence, deep in thought. This was not how he had wanted it to go. He had just assumed that she would be coming home with him. He climbed into bed , exhausted and sad. He missed her. Fuck it, he thought. He picked up his phone and pressed her number and when she answered he could tell from her voice that she was still upset.

"Look" he launched in " I know you need time, and I'm not trying to rush you, but fuck Mackenzie, I don't want to sleep without you. I don't want to fuck around and pretend we're going to start "dating" and hoping for a god damn 'sleep over'.I'm sorry, I know this is not what you want to hear, but I think it's ridiculous that I'm here and you're there, and what is the fucking point of being back together if we have to sleep alone?" He was roaring at her now.

She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Why didn't you say something?" she yelled back at him.

"I tried, but to tell you the truth it never dawned on me that you would want to run back to your apartment like a scared..I don' t know what."

" I wasn't scared…and I didn't want to come back here. I was waiting for you." she protested

"Well why didn't you just tell me that?" he laughed, half upset and half thrilled that she felt the same way. By the time she said good-night to him, he was dressed and halfway out the door.

Lonny would kill him if he knew…but Will didn't care. He flagged a cab and rode to her place shaking his head. She was impossible. No wonder she was upset. What was he supposed to be…a fucking mind reader?

Mackenzie was just starting to nod off to sleep when her doorman buzzed her. She stumbled to the door and opened it …as a frustrated Will pushed his way in and strode past her, silently.. into her bedroom. He stripped off his clothes and climbed in her bed, holding back the duvet.

"Get in" he groaned.."I could have just done this..in the first place if you'd asked to me. Instead I've crossed the city twice and all because..."

"I'm so glad you did." she whispered,as she climbed in and waited for him to pull her up close to him and kiss the top of her head.

"Now be quiet and go to sleep Mackenzie" he ordered.

In the middle of the night he stirred and felt the comforting weight of her on his chest, and groaned, happy and content. "I love you Kenz" he whispered, to the sleeping head on his chest.