A/N: Thank you all for continuing to read this story. I love knowing that I'm not the one still invested in Pike. It's crazy to think it's been about a year since they cancelled Graceland. Curious if others are following everyone's project. I'm loving Conviction and BrainDead was great. I'm looking forward to Ransom when it comes out. Enjoy and let me know what you think or if you're following their new shows.

Paige smiled brightly at the random guy standing next to her. He was kind of an idiot, but he would do. She was looking for a one-night stand, not a relationship. One downside of just being friends with Mike was that she had to actually make an effort to meet someone if she wanted to hook up. Their fling that happened during the Assif case was long over. They had slept together exactly one time since then. She had slept with exactly one guy since she and Mike last fell into bed and that was almost three months ago. She was long overdue.

"Let me buy you another drink, beautiful."

Paige offered him a flirty smile and shook her head as she placed her hand on his arm, "We could do that...or - "

"Paige, hey - can I talk to you a second?" Mike asked as he suddenly appeared at her side.

Paige narrowed her eyes at Mike, "Kinda busy here, Mike." She turned and offered an apologetic smile to - what was his name? Brian? Brad? Whatever. She didn't need to know his name. He was on vacation and after tonight she would never see him again. This was exactly what she needed. An easy hookup. Nothing complicated.

"It'll just take a second."

"Hey, if you two are..." the man's voice trailed off as he gestured to them.

"Roommates," Paige quickly said. "We're roommates." Paige gave the guy a flirtatious smile and held up her index and pointer fingers. "I'll be back in two seconds."

She glared at Mike as she dragged him away from the crowd. "What the hell?" She asked. "You better have a good reason for showing up here."

Mike was supposed to be home with Charlie and Jakes having a movie marathon. Briggs was with her and Johnny at The Drop. Since Mike stayed home, it was the perfect opportunity for her to pick someone up and not deal with the awkwardness of picking someone up in front of him. Only he had to be an asshole had to show up and sabotage her.

"You forgot this," Mike said. He looked extremely pleased with himself as he reached into his pocket and pulled out her ring.

Paige furiously shook her head. "No, I didn't. I came here to pick someone up tonight, okay?"

"Wait, so you're sleeping - "

"We are not discussing my sex life!" Paige quietly hissed.

Mike held up his hands in mock surrender, "I'm not saying you can't sleep with anyone. I know right now - we're not, that's not what I'm saying. I just - I didn't know, not that you have to tell me. Look, I knew you came out and I was putting away laundry and I saw the ring and thought - I mean, I didn't know," Mike rambled. He felt like an idiot. Paige didn't have to run her sex life by him. They hadn't slept together in months. They weren't dating or even thinking about dating.

"Mike..." Paige slowly looked around the room and he followed her gaze.

A small crowd was forming around them and people were pointing and excitedly whispering. Johnny winked at them and raised his beer bottle as if he was toasting them. Mike looked down at the ring in his hand before meeting her gaze. His eyes widened as he realized everyone around them thought he was proposing. "Paige, I - no, I'm not - "

The guy that Paige had been talking to earlier, quickly moved to the other side of the bar.

Paige grabbed his wrist and dragged him outside, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Paige yelled. She smacked him a few times in the chest.

"I'm sorry! I thought you forgot - "

"Mike, I didn't forget! I didn't wear it on purpose. I wanted random guys hitting on me! I need to get laid! I haven't had sex in three months and now I'm going to have to go somewhere else, because everyone in that bar thinks you just proposed to me!"

"You don't have to go somewhere else. Look - "

"Yes, I do. The only guys that might still want to get with me are going to be total assholes!" Even if she only had to deal with the guy for a few hours, the last thing she wanted to do was sleep with a guy that thought she just got engaged to someone else.

Before she realized what was happening, Mike crashed his lips against hers. He backed Paige up against the side of The Drop and groaned when she dug her nails into his neck. Paige looked up at him, her green eyes filled with lust.

"What about me?" he asked as he busied his lips on her neck.

"This doesn't change anything."

"I know."

"I'm serious, Mike. This doesn't change anything."

"It's a one time thing, I get it."

Paige stared at him for a few moments, no doubt trying to figure out if he was really okay with things.

He pulled her closer and waited for her to push him away. Waited for her to protest. But Paige kissed him instead.

"Just for tonight, okay?" Paige asked.

For the first time in a long time, he was okay with that and it seemed like Paige was too.

"So we're clear on everything?" Mike asked.

"Crystal." Paige peered around Mike and tried to see if anyone was in the living room. It looked like the lights were out in the living room, but she swore she saw a shadow. It was late, but it wasn't that late. Someone was bound to be up.

"Are you sure about this?"

"Stop asking or I'm going to change my mind. If you're not sure, then this ends now."

Mike shook his head, "I'm good, things are good." What happened tonight wasn't a one time thing. Both he and Paige were in a place where they didn't want to start dating other people. However, they also didn't want to date each other.

They were both adults. They were friends. And they liked to sleep together. There was no reason why they couldn't be friends with benefits.

It made the most sense. Their jobs made it hard to date. Their schedules could be impossible at times. It was exhausting to play pretend for work and in their personal lives. Trying to meet someone for a one night stand, was sometimes more trouble than it was worth. What if the sex was bad? Why go through all that trouble for mediocre sex? He and Paige never had mediocre sex. Even if they were exhausted and it was the middle of the night.

"Just good?" Paige teased.

Mike smirked at her and stopped himself before he kissed her. Because that would be against the rules.

Not that they had official rules. But kissing unless they were hooking up was off limits.

"Mind blowing. Things are mind blowing."

"Mind blowing, huh?" Paige lightly poked his chest. "I'll keep that in mind for next time."

Next time. There would definitely be a next time. The only question was when. It wasn't like they came up with a schedule and decided to hook up on Thursdays. It was whenever both of them wanted to hook up. It could be when they were working together. Or if they were out together. Or at home and bored. Whatever. Wherever. Whenever. They were both on the same page for the first time in a long time and that was all that mattered. Pretty much the only rule was that if either of them slept with someone else, they had to tell them. They were both free to sleep with whoever they wanted to sleep with, but had a right to know if the other one was sleeping with someone else.

Mike unlocked the door and ushered Paige inside. He started to head towards the kitchen as she began making her way upstairs when a lamp suddenly turned on.

"I hear you got engaged tonight," Charlie said.

"Johnny has a big mouth," Paige muttered.

Charlie jumped up and hugged both of them, "It's about time you two figured things out!" Charlie exclaimed.

Mike and Paige awkwardly looked at each other.

"We're not engaged," Paige began.

"We're just friends," Mike explained as he ran his hand through his hair. "A funny thing happened tonight..."

"Just friends?" Charlie asked. She poked Mike's neck and Paige flushed slightly. "Care to explain the hickey on your neck that wasn't there a few hours ago, Mikey? I guess Paige can stop sneaking out of your room at night."

Sneaking out of his room? What was Charlie talking about? Mike's eyes darted to Paige as he rubbed his neck and she shrugged.

"We're sleeping together," Paige announced.

"But we're not dating."

Charlie laughed, "You two should stop pretending and just date already."

Paige crossed her arms over her chest, "We're not pretending."

"We talked about this," Mike said. "Dating doesn't really work for us."

Charlie smirked at the pair before exiting the living room, "That's what you say now."

Paige narrowed her eyes at Charlie before turning to Mike, "She doesn't know what she's talking about. I mean, what we talked about earlier - you're okay with everything, right? Us sleeping together, it doesn't confuse things for you?"

"Does it confuse things for you?"

"You're avoiding."

"Honestly?" Mike asked. A little. But this wasn't some desperate ploy to keep Paige in his bed while he figured out a way to win her back. "Paige, I care about you. I'm always going to care about you. But for whatever reason, we can't make things work. You - you knew that before I did. I'm just starting to realize that you're right. But despite all that, I - our arrangement works for both of us."

Paige nodded slowly. "I want you in my life, Mike, but I'm not in a place where I want to be in a relationship with anyone. If things change for you, you'll let me know, right?"

"Promise."