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Slowly turning onto her side to face her still sleeping husband, she watched him sleep. Thinking to herself how perfect this weekend had been, and how fast it had gone by, she couldn't help but keep hope that this wedge they managed to push away would stay gone. Reaching over, she began to gently caress his cheek with her fingers, letting them trail down over his lips. Replacing her fingers with her lips, she kissed him gently, hoping to wake him.

"Mmm, good morning babe" he said to her sleepily, as a smile danced across his lips while returning her sweet kisses. He was thoroughly enjoying this wake-up call, they didn't get to do this much, and cherished it when they did.

"Good morning baby, I hope you enjoyed your alarm." She flirted with him, still lightly kissing his lips.

"I did, very much,the best alarm ever!" he said as he rolled over on top of her, taking the kisses deeper. This was their last few hours alone before heading back home, and he wanted to make the most of it.

Enjoying each other passionately and lovingly they relished in the last few hours before they left the beach house.

"Henry, thank you so much for this wonderful weekend away. It was the perfect reconnecting that we needed. I love you so much, and nothing is ever going to change that. I know our jobs have been crazy lately, with not being able to talk about what's going on, but we can't let that keep driving this wedge between us."

"Babe, do we need to talk about this now? I was wanting to just enjoy this last bit of paradise alone with you, not talking about work." He was half starting to get upset. Why did she feel the need to bring this up now? Knowing she wouldn't let it go, he got up to get into the shower.

"I guess we should start getting ready to head home." He said to her as he turned on the water to the shower. Not wanting to end on a sour note, he walked over to her, pulled her up and along with him into the shower. "Lets please just enjoy this moment here and now" he said kissing her as they stood under the shower letting the water cascade down both of them.

"I agree, but we are going to need to talk about this more" she said between kisses, not wanting to push to far.

After helping each other wash off, really enjoying the final moments, they reluctantly dressed, packed everything up and headed out to the waiting car. Her guys were there loading their luggage in the car, just waiting to take them to the airport. The drive was short, but that didn't stop them from making out. The flight back to D.C. was short, and they weren't completely alone, so they just sat there holding hands, and flirting thru looks that they kept giving each other. The drive to the house from the airport was a little more eventful. They took every advantage of the true last remaining minutes of their long weekend making out in the back of her car. As they felt the car roll to a stop, the straightened up, fixing hair and clothing, so not to look like they were doing what they were doing.

"Thank you Frank, for everything this weekend. Dr. McCord and I greatly appreciate it."

"You're welcome Madam Secretary, have a good night." Frank replied to her, flashing her a small knowing smile.

"We're home!" They called as they walked into the house, letting the kids know they were back.

"Mom! Dad! Hi" The three of them had called from the kitchen.

Watching their parents walk into the kitchen, all three noticed how relax and much happier their parents were than when they had left Friday. They had all been starting to worry about their parents relationship with the tension that had formed between them due to their jobs, but they never said anything, well to their parents anyway. Hoping this weekend had been the cure for this wedge they noticed. So far, it had seemed like they were back to their old, gross, loving selves, that even though the kids thought it was gross most of the time, it was truly reassuring to them that their parents were still so much in love with each other. They could only hope it would continue, and the tension wouldn't return post mini-vacation. Time will only tell.

A/N: What happens when they return from their wonderful weekend of reconnecting? There will be more to come!