A few days had passed and everything had been quiet. Mike and Carolyn made a few wedding plans. Alex was Carolyn's maid of honor and Bobby was Mike's best man and Liz was a bridesmaid. They hadn't been shot at, and Joe hadn't bothered her either.
Alex was home alone. Bobby wanted some guy time with Mike and Lewis.
Alex was relaxing in the bathtub when the phone rang. She huffed "oh for the love of God."
She saw 'Bobby's' name on the phone.
She smiled and whispered "hello lover."
Mike gruff voice came on the line "sorry to disappoint you but its Mike."
She was instantly alarmed and sat up in the tub "Mike why do you have Bobby's phone?"
Mike sighed "we had a run in with Joe. I managed to get Bobby away from him before things got out of hand but then that little bastard hit Bobby in the back of his head with his gun. He was out cold. I called the bus and there working on him now. Joe got away though."
Alex had already drained the tub and grabbed her towel "where are you?"
As soon as Mike told her she got dressed and drove to Bobby. She held the wheel so tight that her knuckles where turning white. The whole there she prayed 'please let him be alright!"
Alex flashed her badge and saw Mike and Lewis.
Alex tearfully asked Mike "how is he? Why is he not in a hospital?!"
Mike said "I don't know. They won't tell me anything."
Alex groaned and walked over to the ambulance. She forced her way in and she snapped "I'm his wife!"
They backed off a bit and let her inspect Bobby who was starting to come around.
Bobby's head was pounding. He was trying to remember what happened. Was he dead? He felt a warm hand on his cheek and heard a familiar angelic voice coming from Alexandra Eames "Bobby wake up."
Part of him didn't want to wake up because he would be alone. He had a dream that he and Alex had gotten married. He realized how stupid that was because she would never marry him.
"Sweetheart please up! Show me those beautiful brown eyes."
'Alright it's official. I've lost my mind. She called me sweetheart' he thought.
"Bobby don't do this to me!"
He could have sworn she was about to cry so he opened his eyes and saw a worried Eames looking back at him.
His voice was rough when he said "Eames what happened?"
Alex's heart pounded and she realized he said Eames.
She snapped "how long has he been out?!"
She listened to the men working on him and turned her attention back to Bobby. She cupped his cheek "Joe hit you in the back of the head."
Bobby looked confused "I thought your husband was dead?"
Alex swallowed hard and started to panic "he faked his death! Bobby don't you remember?"
Bobby muttered "remember what?"
The paramedics said "we need to get him to a doctor now!"
Bobby squeezed Alex's hand "Eames don't go."
She frowned 'tbere! He said Eames again.'
She forced a smile and said "quit calling me Eames. It's Goren now and I'm not going anywhere."
Bobby looked at her like she lost her mind "Goren?"
Alex said "that's right. I'm your wife."
Everything finally came flooding back and he smiled "Ali?"
She was relieved and kissed his cheek.
She leaned back and said "don't you ever scare me like that again!"
Bobby smiled softly.
She moved back slightly and let the men do their job.
At the hospital Bobby had been checked out and they watched him closely for the next few hours.
Alex was sitting by his bedside gently running her fingers through his curls. She grinned "I can't believe you thought our marriage was a dream."
He said "well I couldn't help it. I was out of it you know."
Alex turned serious and said "I know. When I heard Mike's voice on your phone I panicked. I thought he was going to tell me you were dead!"
Bobby frowned and said "oh honey. It's just a knot on the head. I'll be fine."
She said "you could've died!"
He grabbed her hand and kissed the palm "but I didn't. I'm sorry I scared you."
Alex said "what happened?"
Bobby sighed "I was coming out of the bar when Joe confronted me. Mike and Lewis were right next to me. He started calling you a whore and tried to get me to fight him but Mike talked me out of it. As we turned to leave something hit my head and I went down."
Alex whimpered and said "I hate Joe! If he has a problem he needs to deal with me and leave you out of it!"
Bobby said "calm down baby."
She looked at him "how can you be so calm about this?"
Bobby said "come closer."
She leaned her ear close to his mouth and he said "because you're mine."
She smiled softly and leaned back so she could look into his eyes. She cupped his cheek "oh Bobby."
The doctor came into the room and Alex moved away. The doctor said "alright Mr. Goren everything seems to be okay so I'm going to discharge you."
Bobby muttered "about time."
The doctor grinned "better safe than sorry. You will have a headache for the next day or so but other than that you should fine."
Bobby said "so I can keep working?"
Alex glared at her husband and warningly said "Bobby..."
The doctor said "I don't see why not just keep an eye on him."
Alex nodded.
5 minutes later they were on the road and headed to Bobby's apartment.
They walked into his apartment and she said "what do you want for dinner?"
Bobby shrugged "not hungry."
Alex said "you have to eat something."
Bobby sighed "whatever you want is fine."
She watched him go to his bedroom.
After ordering the food she grabbed some IB profin and a Gatorade. She walked into the bedroom and saw Bobby on the bed fully clothed lying face down. She smiled softly and sat next to him.
She rubbed his back "honey take this it will help."
He rolled over and took the pills.
She said "how's the head?"
"Pounding."
She gently rubbed the knot on hisbhead and said "you want some ice?"
He said "no just you."
She smiled and kicked off her shoes. She climbed in the bed and he wrapped his arm around her. She listened to his heart beat and heard him snore. She smiled.
A few minutes later Alex laid in Bobby's arm's perfectly content. The doorbell rang and she sighed. She carefully got up and paid the delivery boy.
She sat the food on the counter and heard a voice say "who was it?"
She saw Bobby in the door way.
She smiled "good you're up. Food's here."
Bobby went to Alex and she said "feeling any better?"
Bobby shrugged "for the moment."
Alex and Bobby sat at the table and ate Italian food.
Bobby said "any word on Joe?"
She swallowed and said "no. I still can't believe he hurt you."
Bobby muttered "he caught me off guard. I could've easily taken him."
She knew his ego was damaged so she smiled and ran her foot up his leg "I know."
Bobby looked at her and smirked "I'm an injured man you know."
She rolled her eyes "I realize that but I can play."
Bobby narrowed his eyes and said "you play dirty."
Alex smiled "what can I say? I'm very attracted to you. Its been almost a day since we've made love but if you're not up to it..."
Bobby interrupted her "oh I'm up to it!"
She smiled "my hero. Oh I have your phone by the way its in my coat."
Bobby said "why do you have it?"
She said "Mike called me on your phone to tell me what happened while I was relaxing in the tub. I slipped up and called him lover."
Bobby smirked "I bet he loved that and here I thought I could trust you."
She rolled her eyes "oh shut up. I thought it was you!"
Bobby laughed and kissed her hand.
They finished their dinner and Bobby laid on the couch with his head in her lap. She ran her fingers through his curls and he looked at up at her.
Alex smiled softly and whispered "close your eyes."
"Talk to me. Tell me what you were doing in the bathtub when Mike called."
She smiled "I was thinking about you."
Bobby's voice dropped lower "were you touching yourself?"
Her face flushed "yes. I was so close to having an orgasm when the phone rang."
He frowned "oh baby I'm sorry I interrupted you."
She gave him a small smile "me to but when I found out what happened I hopped out of the tub and rushed to you. I was so scared and then you called me Eames and I panicked."
Bobby heard her voice crack and he sat up. He took her in his arms.
"Let it out sweetheart. You don't have to be so strong all the time."
She clung to him and cried "I don't know what I'd do if I lost you."
Bobby rubbed her back "you won't lose me. I here forever."
She sniffled "promise?"
Bobby kissed her cheek "I promise beautiful."
She eventually calmed down and said "Bobby maybe you should stay home tomorrow."
He sighed "Alex I'm fine!"
Alex said "but..."
He kissed her passionately and she moaned into his mouth.
He gave her on more peck and said "honey, I'll be careful but I don't want you out there alone especially with Joe being back."
She sighed "I'm not going to win this am I?"
Bobby smirked "nope."
Alex huffed "fine but I still don't like it!"
Much to Alex's dismay Bobby went to work the next day.
He stood up and said "I'll be right back."
She said "where are you going?"
Bobby knew Alex was still freaked out about last night so he said "relax. I'm just going to the bathroom."
She nodded "if you're not back in 5 minutes I'm coming to get you!"
He rolled his eyes and walked off.
Alex was working on her computer and looking at the clock. Finally, Bobby returned and she sighed in relief.
Bobby sat down and looked at her "Alex you have to relax! I'm fine."
She sighed "I'll try."
Mike asked "are we still on for poker game tonight?"
Bobby nodded and Alex glared at him "Bobby!"
He sighed "we've had this scheduled for a few days."
Alex turned to Mike "if anything happens to him I'll kick your ass!"
Mike laughed.
Bobby dropped Alex off at Liz's. He feeling much better. Thankfully, there was no sign of Joe.
Mike, and Bobby picked up Alex and Carolyn from Liz's. They were drunk. Liz was almost asleep but in her defense she had worked for 2 days straight.
They ended up carrying their girls to the car.
Mike laughed "I can't believe Alex drank that much."
Bobby smiled and said "Alex may be small but she can hold her liquor."
Bobby placed his wife in the car and buckled her up. He shook Mike's hand and they left.
Bobby carried Alex to his apartment and put her to bed.
