I personaly think this one's a bit weird. well the ending atleasrt. I wrote that part when I should have been asleep. Ghu I hope you enjoy anyway. And sorry for grammar or spelling errors I re read some of them old chapters and i nticed my computer isn't very good with grammar when it correscts errors! I migth change the rating to be safe... Hope you feel better Hanna!!!!

You like sweets?"

He looked up at the sound of the hackers voice, raising an questioning eyebrow.

"Why do you ask?"

"Just wondering... I was trying to think of something to do... practicing desserts seems fun" He crooked a smile. He was standing in the doorway leading into Alister's room, leaning at the door frame since he couldn't go inside thanks to the ankle monitor.

"Make some for Lara..." The historian muttered and turned back to the book he was reading and adjusted the pillow he was resting his head on as he was lying in bed.

Zip shook his head "She said she doesn't eat sweets unless it's some sort of "Special day" or whatever And before you suggest Winston I'll let you know he told me sweets makes him feel ill" He shrugged "And cooking a whole dish is a bit extreme cause it's a while till dinner and no one eats before dinner... most of the time" He shook his head and waved his arms.

"You hear me? I'm starting to sound like you! It's all this spare time, I'm gonna start making up imaginary friends soon!"

Alister started to laugh and turned his attention away from the book in his hands and to Zip.

"It's just a bit longer, I do hope you learned something..."

The American just smiled smugly "It was worth it, Admit you felt happy I beat him up!" He grinned now, like a crocodile. Alister gave him a small smile, he hadn't told him he had meet Brandon again just the other day. He wasn't sure why but part of him believed Zip would never leave him alone and he would be hearing "Wow Am I such an inspiration to you? You did it too!" and other of the like until The ankle monitor was gone and long after that as well.

Although he had to admit it for himself he was quite positive that Zip had something to do with the

sudden courage (or urge) To slap Brandon.

"Let's say that...whatever dessert you make, I'll eat"

This earned him a very perverted smile and an even more perverted chuckle, he rolled his eyes in respond and managed to hide a smile. "Please Zip, grow up"

"But you lying on that bed like that makes me wanna do something else now!" He whined, still smiling.

"Well too bad, your violent actions prevent you from even taking a step closer, so I guess you're stuck with making dessert!" He gave him a superior look and smiled. The Hacker pouted.

"If I step out of the allowed range I have forty seconds to return to it before the alarm goes off"

The British man rose his eyebrows. "So?"

"SO...That's more than enough time for me to..." He steadied himself, smiling.

"Zip what are you doing?"

He took a leap trough the doorway, the machine started beeping as he landed inside, before Alister could react Zip and thrown himself on him and pressed their lips together. The hacker quickly broke the kiss and jumped out of the bed, almost throwing himself out of the room and the machine went silent.

Alister sat up and glared at him, shocked. "You crazy bastard why did you do that?!"

"I just didn't wanna let you win!" He exclaimed and started laughing, Alister kept glaring at him.

"If you had tripped the police would probably be here in a matter of minutes!" This made the hacker laugh even more "wouldn't that have looked stupid!"

"you take stupid risks" the historian hissed at him.

"Well after three boring months I really couldn't resist" his lips curled into another smile "Anyway, I be off now, prepare yourself for some really good desert! Or something"

With that he quickly disappeared out of view. Alister just sighed and shook his head, turning his attention back to the book. Although he didn't notice it himself he had a small smile on his lips.

…..........

About half an hour later Alister was once again disturbed. He looked up from his book at the sound of knocking, smirking as he saw Zip standing in the doorway tapping the door frame.

"Hey!" he greeted "I'm all done now!" He said cheerfully and Alister looked at the bowl he was holding, Looked like some kind of ice cream, he sighed and put the book away, standing up and walked over to Zip.

"What Is it?"

"Does it matter? Just eat it!" He chuckled. The historian wrinkled his eyebrows and took the bowl from him. Eying it.

"Well what the hell are you waiting for? I haven't put anything unusual in it if that's what ya think" Zip said and smiled slyly, leaning against the door frame again. Alister just rolled his eyes.

"A spoon perhaps? Or do you want me eat it with my hands?"

The hacker slapped his forehead and laughed at himself "Oh yeah, forgot...here ya go" he handed him a small silver spoon, Alister grabbed it and observed it. Zip guessed he was making sure It was clean and it made him smile at how silly he could be sometimes.

When The British man was satisfied he took a small bite. He smiled and looked at Zip.

"Do you call that eating?" Zip huffed "I bet an ant would take a bigger bite!"

"I don't usually eat sweets before dinner"

"But you barely ever eat anything! it won't hurt ya!"

Alister sighed "Fine" He took another bite and another one, yet another one just to get the American to stop pouting. Not that he minded much really. It was very good. After a short while everything was gone and he handed the bowl and the spoon back to Zip.

"Thank you" He smiled and the hacker grinned "You like it"

"If I didn't I wouldn't have finished it"

"Not even to boost my ego or just to prove you don't eat too little?"

"No" Alister chuckled. Zip smiled "Okay then... I'll just find something else to do now. I don't think I wanna feed you with any more sweets before dinner" He pouted and blinked a few times, looking at Alister.

"I'll be all alone.... and bored... cold and unloved" The historian rolled his eyes.

"If it means that much to you I can spare some of my time until dinner, however you will have to decide what to do. That does not mean however that I'll take part in any ridiculousgames"

"Ridiculous games" Zip said in a high pitched voice, making fun of Alister's British accent. Alister frowned "or not" he said and threw his hands up in defeat "I was having lots of fun on my own with my book good luck finding something to do on your own you bloody yank"

"no!" The dark man shouted "I'm sorry I was just joking let's do something Pleeeeaaase! We can go to my room"

"I've spent the last week in there!"

"You like it"

"We're not even doing anything!"

"Maybe it's time we do then"

Alister rolled his eyes yet again. "No thank you" Zip laughed "Fine skip then" He looked thoughtful, leaning against the door frame again and having his arms crossed over his chest. "My mind goes back to cooking"

"Really? I could never have guessed I twas sure it was going back to..."

Zip laughed again "Yeah yeah Ha-ha" He stood straight again and held out his hand "Common let's just go and do something we can't hang in here anyway" With an odd little shrug Alister walked towards him, he looked down at Zip's out stretched hand and rose an eyebrow, he spoke with a soft voice like he was talking to a really small child "Do you want me to hold your hand darling?"

Zip blushed but his dark skin didn't show it "Nah...no I'm fine" he mumbled and pulled his hand back, letting it pass trough his hair instead "Let's just go eh?"

He turned quickly and made his way down the hall, hearing Alister following him he suddenly felt a bit awkward and stopped, waiting for the historian to catch up. As Alister reached him he looked at him slowly and simply passed him. With a small sigh Zip followed him, out into the giant main hall where Winston was standing by the fire.

He smiled at them and rose an eyebrow. "Time to snug?" He said teasingly and small red roses appeared on Alister's cheeks. "Winston... Really" He huffed sent him an angry glare. The butler just laughed at him and looked away innocently. Alister opened his mouth like he was going to say something more but seemed to change his mind and simply shook his head. Continuing into the tech room he stopped outside Zip's door.

The hacker walked up to him. Looking first at Alister and then at the door, raising one of his eyebrows "Are your arms too thin and weak to open it or what?"

The British man glared at him and Zip was quite sure he was going to hit him but he didn't "You insisted it was your bloody geeky house, therefore you open the bloody geeky door" he spat at him and looked away, Zip laughed at him once again. "Well sorry, Geez you're acting like a woman!"

He could hear how Alister muttered something as he himself opened the door.

"Step inside" The historian just gave him another angry look and went inside, once in he sat down on the bed and crossed his arms. Zip sighed and closed the door.

"Sorry man, didn't mean to get you in a bad mood" He sat down next to Alister on the bed. Alister smiled and seemed to loosen up slightly "No I'm fine" He leaned back and lay himself down in the bed, the hacker grinned and did the same. "So hows mah Al today?"

The other man glanced over to him and a smile tugged at his lips "I'm fine... I'm thinking a bit"

"like always" The dark man chuckled and turned so he was lying on his side, supporting himself with one arm and looking down at the other man. "you're always thinking about something... What's bothering you today?"

The historian smirked "'I'm afraid it would bore you to death"

"Nothing that has with you to do could ever bore me to death" He smiled warmly and lovingly stoke some hair away from Alister's face. He chuckled "Really? What a big fat lie"

"No it's true..." He bent down and gave him a soft kiss on the forehead.

"Why thank you" He said softly ad leaned up, kissing Zip's chin, who chuckled again and sat himself over Alister, looming over him and smiling smugly. Alister gave him a nervous look and smiled uneasily. Another crocodile like grin spread on Zip's dark fully lips, but he hesitated. "You ok?" He asked and tilted his head to the side slightly, watching the man under him.

Alister gave him a small smile "This far I am" he replied and put his hands on the American's sides carefully. With a small sigh Zip leaned down again and, pressing his forehead against the other slightly smaller mans. He looked him into his eyes and Alister couldn't look away, getting a bit uneasy. "What?" it almost came out as a hiss. "What is it?"

Zip licked his lips and stared at the historian seriously "Nothing... sometimes it's...." he shrugged "I'm just being careful, I don't want you to get upset again" this earned him a glare "Well I'm sorry!" The archaeologist nearly shouted and looked away.

Zip sighed again "No, no I didn't mean like that! I don't want you to get upset cause I guess you're still pretty traumatized or something" He gave him an odd little shrug "Sorry I... I don't know" He looked at Alister, who turned back to him, his expression looked annoyed but there was a small understanding smile on his lips.

"Fine... I just" Another sigh "Let's just... Not talk about it whenever I think about it I..." he struggled for words "I feel weak, uh.. Like a little...lite girl.. Do you understand what I mean?" he searched the hackers to see if he could find any signs of him understanding. "I mean, I'm not a girl I'm a man" He said matter-of-factly.

Zip smiled "Yeah I know you are"

"Therefore I can handle your pity cuddling" he stated and sat up, he managed to push Zip away from him and turn him over so he was the one lying on his back instead. Then he sat himself on top of him and smirked.

"In fact... I feel like we should take the cuddling a step further"

The dark mans eyes widened "Seriously? I uh... Only if you're sure about it..."

"Oh I'm sure!" he bent down and kissed him, still smiling. Zip gladly kissed back and placed his hands on Alister's back, they soon however slipped down to the historian's bum. In return he felt the English mans hands make their way in under his own shirt, squeezing his well built muscles.

Zip's heart beat speeded up and he started playing with his fingers at the edge of Alister's trousers. Alister smiled and started to unbuckle the hacker's belt, making the dark man even more excited and he started tugging at the British man's shirt carefully.

Alister's smiled widened and he glanced over at the watch. "Zip" he breathed and gave him another kiss. "Alister" he mumbled back and as he got Alister's shirt open the historian leaned back and smiled, showing of his white teeth before he jumped of Zip and out of the bed. Zip sat up quickly "HEY!!" he yelled after Alister who got the door open and laughing ran outside.

Zip got up after him, cursing. Alister skipped trough the main hall, Winston watched him curiously, raising an eyebrow in confusion and hen broke out in laugh as he saw the American chasing after him, up the stairs and into one of the halls.

"You little!" Zip shouted after him as Alister opened the door to his room and jumped right out of Zip's reach as he tried to catch him. He waved his arms to catch balance as if the floor in Alister's room was really lava and he was about to plunge into it, he got it and took a step back.

"that's so unfair!!" He shouted like a little kid playing football, convinced the other team was cheating.

Alister laughed at him "Ah you're so much fun!"

"you tricked me!"

"I sure did!"

"Not funny!"

"Oh I believe it was!"

Zip glared at him angrily, muttering as he started fixing his belt again. Alister smiled and walked towards him, closing the door in his face. "Hey!" Zip shouted and he could hear the other man laugh on the other side of the door. "Alister!" he whined and the door opened again, just enough for the historian to throw a box with napkins on the hacker who flinched and then slam the door shut again "Have fun! Tell me when dinner is ready"

Zip started at the door "Have fun?!"

"Yes" he chuckled.

Zip struggled with what to say, he just stared at the door like he was waiting for it to say something. "I.... I'll get you for this!" He muttered and then looked at the box Alister had thrown at him. With a sigh he shrugged and went down the hallway. He chuckled for himself. Alister actually had an interesting sense of humor.

…...........................

After dinner Alister had gone back to his room almost immediately (after Zip had forced him to give him a "Thank you" kiss for the food) returned to his room. He spent pretty much the last hours of the day in there and then went to sleep a bit earlier than he usually did.

He woke with a flinch a while later, sweating and breathing heavily he blinked with his eyes to try and make his vision clearer. All he saw was the darkness of the room and weak moonlight that had found it's way trough the thin curtains covering the giant windows in his room.

He started fumbling for his glasses on the bedside table and put them back on with shaky hands. He felt his heart beating a bit to fast and tried to calm himself by taking deep breaths. After a couple of minutes the beating had almost gone back to it's normal pace and Alister closed his eyes and curled up into a little ball, hugging his legs. Annoyed with himself. Happy that he at least didn't cry. No because crying was a sign of weakness. And he wasn't weak.

His eyes had adjusted to the dark and he figured he should try and get some more sleep. But he was afraid he would have another nightmare. Suddenly his bed felt cold, really cold.

He hesitated, Then got up. He walked into the dark hallway. It really was cold!

Quickly he made his way down the stairs and into the tech room. He stopped outside it and stood there uneasily for a while. He felt like a little kid seeking comfort from his parents after a bad dream. Biting his lower lip he quietly opened the door and got inside. Just as quietly closing it behind himself and sneaked over to the bed.

"You are pretty cute when you're quiet" Alister whispered. He noticed Zip was sleeping in his boxers only, with the blanket tangled around his legs.

After eyeing the sleeping American for a while Alister decided he felt creepy enough and carefully sat down on th bed, getting his legs up and lying down next to the hacker. Moving closer he slowly put an arm around him. He was warm. Alister smiled.

"Hey Al" He heard Zip's voice softly and he blushed. Zip turned around so he was facing the other man, he had a big smile on his lips. "What's up?"

A small smile "Nothing I was just...cold.." He received yet another crocodile like grin. "Cold eh?" he wrapped his own arms around Alister and pulled him closer, adjusting the blanket over them both. "Allow me to warm you" He kissed his forehead and Alister chuckled.

"You didn't come down here because you're cold" Zip said softly and stroke the historians hair.

"What's wrong?"

Alister bit his lower lip and sighed, he knew that if he said that everything was fine and he really was just cold Zip would not drop the subject anyway. He would keep on asking about it until the sun rose and even after that.

"I..." He began uneasily "I had a bad dream and..." he sighed again, feeling like a silly child. He glanced over at Zip who smiled big, not in that way he smiled when he found something funny but in a very warm and understanding way. "Aww... you had a bad dream?" he hugged him tighter and began stroking his back lovingly.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" He smirked, knowing the answer already he quickly added: "Cause if ya tell someone about a dream it won't come back"

He heard Alister chuckle humorlessly "Really?"

"Would I lie to you?"

"...."

"I wouldn't common tell me now"

The Englishman took a deep breath. "I dreamt that..." he hesitated "I dreamt that I was falling... from some random place very high up... and I heard those... laughs"

"Laughs?" Zip questioned and Alister nodded "Yes.. from those kids when I was small" He smiled "I know what you're thinking "yet another trauma he can't get over"

The hacker shook his head "No, I don't think that" He smiled and gave him another kiss on his forehead "What I'm thinking is "is he going to tell me about this one?"

Alister laughed "I don't know*

"Aww common!" Zip begged "Hey I'll tell ya something that happened to me when I was small" Alister opened his mouth to say something but Zip interrupted. "Okay long story short I was over by a small bathing place, like a little lake. My family wasn't the riches one around so we rarely went anywhere so I was really excited"

Alister looked up at him, listening as he continued "Anyway I was about 5-6 something, so I was pretty small. My mom was waiting my first sibling" He smiled and seemed to be staring at the wall, like he always was when he was speaking about something relating to his past.

"I was playing by the water, there was this little bridge I always ran around on. And I accidentally fell in, I couldn't swim and it was a lot deeper than I thought!"

"Zip that's terrible!"

"Yeah and my mom was a bit away, my pregnant mom, my dad was nowhere to be seen. I wasn't surprised, he was never around when you needed him"

"Then what happened?!" Alister yelped and unconsciously pressed himself closer to the bigger man. "Well this Irish guy saw me and pulled me out of the water" he let out a humorless chuckle "When I finally returned to my parents they hadn't even noticed a thing, I got yelled at for getting my clothes wet but that was it"

"Is that why you won't go near the pool room?"

"Heh yeah I never really liked water afterwards... Never learned how to swim ether!"

"Oh Zip..." He kissed his chin and let his hand play with one of Zip's dreads "That's horrible"

"Heh thanks, it's a bit embarrassing actually..." There were some moments of silence before Zip broke it again"You wanna tell me now?"

Alister sighed, now when Zip had told him he couldn't say no. "When I was small" he spoke quickly "My grandfather had a little farm of sorts out in the country, we used to go there in the summer"

Zip had to listen carefully since the historian seemed to forget to breath between the sentences.

"The other children were not very found of me and they used to pick on me a lot. One day they lured me up on the roof of the stall" He smirked and wrinkled his eyebrows " Forced me, it wasn't very high but still high enough to scare me senseless!"

"Breath Al"

"So they told me to jump but of course I didn't dare, they started picking on me even more and eventually the adults showed up" He laughed nervously "However on my way down I fell anyway, I broke my leg and I have never truly gotten over it"

An awkward silence fell and Zip didn't quite know what to say, he continued to stroke the Englishman's back. "Horrible children" Alister huffed and Zip smiled "Too bad you didn't know me around then I would have beaten the crap out of them"

"Unless they pushed you down in the water"

"Oh Ha-ha" He rose an eyebrow "Hey" he said and stroke his cheek "Were you crying before? Your cheeks are dry"

"I don't cry Zip"

"You sure? Never? You didn't cry before you came down here?"

"Zip I don't cry over silly dreams!

"If it was so silly why'd you come down here then? Don't tell me cause you were cold I ain't buying that"

Alister got quiet, he bit his lower lip thoughtfully. "Never mind, I just didn't cry"

He smiled "Alright then, I was just thinking, cause in case you have another scary dream I have some napkins in that box over there" he said and gestured towards the small box standing on the bedside table.

The archaeologist rose an eyebrow and smiled amused, turning back to look at the hacker "It wasn't opened when I gave it to you... looks like you found a way to distract yourself!"

Zip felt his face burn and he tried to glare at Alister but didn't manage to "There's a lot of stuff ya can use them for, besides it was your fault anyway"

"Yo just confirmed what I said"

"I can't help you're perverted, I used them to dry the tears your mean trick made me cry"

Alister laughed "Ah you're so stupid sometimes!"

The hacker grinned at him ,He looked over at his digital watch "It's midnight ya know..." He kissed him again "We should get some sleep" Alister was about to argue that they had no reason to get up early but decided not to, instead he cuddled closer to the dark man "Yes... good night Zip"

"Hehe Second time in bed with you, Good night Al"

It was quiet

"Alister?"

"Yes?"

"Thank you for telling me... I'm glad you're opening up to me a bit" A big smile was on his lips and it made Alister smile too "Thank you too" Zip mumbled something back that Alister didn't quite catch, but it didn't matter because he felt warm and safe and Zip was next to him. It was the only thing he really cared about before he fell asleep.

Suckers. you though they were gonna shag.