The next morning Lulu woke up to smell of bacon, sitting up on the couch she saw Dante standing at the stove with his back to her. "Hey," she said walking into the kitchen.

"Hey sleepyhead, you're finally awake." He said turning around. "Have a seat breakfast will be ready soon."

"I didn't know you could cook?" she said taking a seat at the island.

"Yeah course I can, I'm Italian." Dante said as if he was shocked at the thought.

Dante turned and set a plate in front of her, "Wow this looks great." He then grabbed a plate for himself and took a seat next to her.

"Thanks for last night," she said as she took a bite of the eggs.

"You don't have to thank me. Of course I would be there for you. I love you." Dante said to her without thinking about it. When he realized what he had said he prayed that the admission wouldn't scare her away. He knew he was probably moving too fast.

"You love me?" Lulu asked as she stopped mid-bite, a little caught of guard by what he had just said.

"Yes, I do. I..I'm sorry I know were going to take things slow and we have only been on one date but..."

"Dante, Dante." She said grabbing his arm. "Stop talking." "I love you too." Lulu admitted before he could yammer on some more.

"You do?" he asked as he broke out in a huge grin.

"Yes I do."

"I love you," Dante said again as he came around the counter, pulling her of the seat he stood in front of her. "So much."

Lulu smiled as he bent down to press his lips to hers, his hands tangled in her hair as her hands moved up around his neck. She let out a tiny moan and he parted her lips with his tongue. Picking her up he placed her on the counter top and moved to stand between her legs, their kiss becoming more passionate just as his phone trilled in his pocket.

"Sigh, are you serious." he said as he reached into his pocket to see who it was.

"Who is it?" she asked with her hands on his shoulders.

"It's your brother." he said moving back a little so she could jump down.

Hitting redial he waited for Lucky to answer, "Lucky, did you find the guy?"

"No we went to his place and it was completely cleared out he might have ran but just make sure Lulu is still careful."

"I will, thanks for letting me know." Dante said as he hung up the phone.

"What did he say?" Lulu asked hoping.

"They checked out his place and he was long gone along with all of his stuff. Lucky says he may have fled town but that you should still be careful."

"I hope he's gone but I also don't want him out there doing this to someone else."

"I know, sweetie."

Dante picked up his cell phone off the counter, "Who are you calling?" Lulu asked as she sat down on the stool next to him.

"Work, I'm calling in sick today."

"You don't have to do that."

"I want to, I wanna spend the day with you."

After calling the station Dante joined Lulu on the couch, "So what are we going to do all day long?" Lulu asked with a grin.

"Hmmm..." Dante replied pretending to think about it.

Lulu reached over and grabbed a stack of cards out of the drawer where Dante kept them, "I only came in a robe and I have no money on me."

"What did you have in mind?"

"Let's play strip poker." She replied with a grin.

"I like the way you think." Dante said as he grabbed the cards from her and began to deal them out.

In the first round Lulu won with four of a kind, "I think you owe me one item of clothing." She said reaching over the coffee table as he took off one of his socks.

"A sock really?"

"It is an item of clothing, now deal." He said as he handed her the cards.

Lulu beat Dante two more times and off came the other sock as well as his t-shirt and Dante was beginning to think she was cheating. "Are you sure your not cheating?" he asked knowing just how skilled she was at cards.

"Of course not. Just because your losing doesn't mean I'm cheating."

"Darn it," Dante said as she showed her cards and he lost once again.

"Pant's please." Lulu said with a laugh as Dante undid his belt and dropped his pants to the floor.

"Alright well I will win this next round and then we'll see who's gloating."

Dante flipped over his hand and showed Lulu his cards, "Ha, see I told you." Dante said with a smile as he watched her pull his shirt over her head. "Hey no fair," Dante said seeing that her hair was covering her body.

"We didn't make any rules beforehand, therefore deal with it." Lulu said with a smirk knowing she was getting to him.

Dante tossed his cards aside and moved across the table towards her, "Oh really no rules whatsoever?" he said as his lips brushed against hers.

"None." she said against his mouth as he pulled her closer. Her breasts crushed against his bare chest, skin to skin as his hands tangled in her silky hair. The kiss was just getting heated when they heard a knock at the door.

"Maybe they'll just go away." Dante said with a groan.

But the knocking persisted before the door opened and in walked his mother,"Oh jesus I'm so sorry. I had no idea." Olivia said as she averted her eyes.

Lulu immediately darted the bedroom leaving Dante with his mom as he reached for his pants and pulled them on. "Ma, couldn't you at least wait till I answered the door before just walking in?"

"You weren't answering so I just let myself in. But from now on I'll make sure I announce myself first." Olivia said. "But might I say it's about time."