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Chapter 11John and Natalie walked towards the doors of the police station. They had driven over together after their joined shower. Neither spoke much since the shower and although it seemed things should feel awkward it wasn't. They were comfortable with each other.
Natalie was deep in thought and as they were about to enter the doors when John stopped her. He put his hand out in front of her.
'Wait" he said and she turned and looked at him.
"There's some stuff I need to say... I think... I think maybe you need to hear it," He told her and she was now curious.
"Alright" She said and she led him towards a bench next to the station.
"I meant it... I meant it when I... said that you're something, that this things between us this is means something." he said and he paused. She smiled at him and he continued.
"I'm not this type of person... you know... I don't just sleep with women I barely know. Heck I hardly deal with people at all. I've lived my life detached for the most part and... and well... I've never had a reason or a feeling that ever made me want to be attached... but... but... you seem to make me feel that way" He said and paused again.
"I've been hurt in the past, a long time ago and since then I've just been going thru the motions but these last days have been incredible. You're incredible" he t old her all serious like as he looked into her eye's.
"You mean the sex has been incredible?" she questioned in firm tone.
"No... I mean... Yes... The sex has been more than incredible, but it's not the only thing. There's so much more to you Natalie Buchanan... So much more and I want to get to know all of it, every little bit of it" He told her and she couldn't keep the smile off her face.
"Really?" she asked him and he shook his head as he leaned in and kissed her softly. They were just pulling away from each other when they heard a voice.
"Natalie" Christian said as he approached them. Natalie moved away from John's lips and turned towards Chris. She walked over to him.
"Oh... My... God Chris! How are you? You look good, how've you been?" She asked beaming at him. John watched her with this man. She was more than happy to see him.
"I've been good, I can tell you've been good, you are looking even better than last time I saw you," He said and John now officially hated this man.
"Are you here visiting your mom or have you decided to move back?" She asked him as she looked over to John for a brief second and realized she didn't introduce the two men.
'Oh, I'm sorry... Agent Mcbain this is Christian Vega an old friend" Natalie told the men and then JOhn put out his hand to shake Chris's as Chris spoke.
"Now I'm an old friend Huh? I use to be introduced as your Ex-fiancée" Chris said chucking a bit, he chucking more when he saw John's insecure face.
"Yeah... well... life goes on, times change and I'm just thankful we could still remain friends after all that happened."
Natalie and Chris spoke for a few minutes as JOhn noticed he wasn't needed nor included in the conversation. He excused himself and went inside the station.
Twenty minutes later Natalie walked into the station. She walked over to JOhn who was working at one of the officer's desk.
"Hey... I'm sorry about that... I haven't seen him in almost a year" She told him and he just looked at her. She saw his face. His tense face.
"Whats up with you? And don't tell me your jealous?" She asked and he just got up from the chair he was in and walked away from her. She followed him over to the file cabinet.
"You're jealous," she told him and he didn't look up from the papers in his hand. "No... I'm not," He said and she looked at him. "Agent Mcbain, you have no reason or any right to be" She told him and he finally looked at her. He shook his head a bit. "I know," he said. They studied each others eye's for a few minutes as she motioned with a slight movement to her head for him to follow her.
John followed her to an empty interrogation room. They both went in.
" Let me tell you something now... I... I've been hurt before too, hurt a lot, and actually most of that pain was caused by one of you. A federal Agent who came to town before Chris and I were to be married. He did things, manipulated things so that I distrusted Chris. So he could get me in bed." She told him and he looked at her.
"I don't know why exactly I'm telling you this and now... but... It seems the last thing in the world I would want to do is get involved with another Federal agent, another man even. But... for some reason... I just do. And with you. You were right when you said there's something about us. About you and about me... and... And I'd like to see where it goes." She told him and he broke into a smile.
"Yeah" he said and he smiled wider. She smiled " yeah" she said and he pulled her body close to his and he kissed her deeply. Five minutes later they broke apart. Natalie looked into his eyes. He looked back in hers.
'We're okay then?" She asked and he shook his head. " Yeah, we're okay just... just still don't know where we go from here. This is all sort of new for me." He told her and smiled.
"Not really sure myself... I guess you can either ask me out to dinner or... or we can just wing it," She said smiling.
"We've been pretty much winging it already... how about dinner?" He said and she laughed a bit.
"You really are new to this huh?" She said laughing a bit more. " Yep... its been a long time" He told her as they just continued to stand and stare at each other.
"Maybe tonight over dinner you can tell me just how long and why it's been so long" She told him. She wanted to know about him. All about him. He was so mysterious.
"Not one to talk about myself and my baggage all too much but... I may be able to be persuaded " he told her and he got a sly look on his face.
"Oh really... like how? " She asked him and she came closer to him " Like this maybe?" She asked and she took his lips urgently, almost violently.
"Is that enough to persuade you or do you need more?" She asked as she brought her lips off his. She grazed his body with hers as she continued.
John felt her persuasion. He smiled; She was so damn amusing and so damn amazing. So damn unexpected. What he was feeling for her. What he figured was him falling for her. That was so damn unexpected.
"I'll probably need more," he said laughing and she was about to take another heated kiss when her cell phone rang in her pocket. They both laughed and she leaned in her pocket and took the call.
"Buchanan... Yes, Hi Mac, How are you? yes I didn't forget... Oh... Okay... I can do that... I don't have to work tonight... yep... 7-closing. No I don't mind. Tell Janice I said Happy anniversary... your welcome... see ya"
Natalie looked at John. "I've promised Mac from Rodi's I'd cover for him tonight. So... our dinner, our persuasion... it'll have to wait." She told him and he shook his head.
"That's fine, maybe I'll look up my brother, the Doctor tonight," He told her and she smiled.
"That would probably be nice of you," She said and they headed towards the door. He stopped then before they left the room.
"So you bar tend?" He asked her curious to that the first time he had heard her promise to do Mac the favor.
"Yep... I use to work for Mac... awhile ago, when I was in college," She told him. He shook his head.
"There's so much about you I don't know," he said stating a fact. " I know... the same with you but... but I think finding out about the other, that's half the fun" She said smiling. He smiled at her. He leaned in and kissed her once.
"What time did you say the bar closed?" he asked joking and she laughed.
"I didn't" and she leaned in for another quick one before they went out into public eyes.
