A/N - JE owns everything you recognize.

No Beta- the mistakes are my own and I apologize for them.

Chapter 12

Lester's POV

Bobby, Tank and I were gathered in the conference room having a meeting with Dr. Cedric Burke. Burke is the RangeMan psychologist. Every new employee is evaluated by Burke during their first month. We decided to keep this policy even though Keira doesn't handle field work.

The rule is that Burke will talk to the partners about the general health and happiness of the employee and ways we could help them but he will never get into specifics unless the person is a danger to themselves or others.

"What do you think Burke?" Tank said.

"I think she'll do a great job. She's clever, witty and personable. I'd even recommend using her with clients once she's up to speed," Burke said.

"I was thinking the same thing," Tank agreed.

"Negatives?" Bobby asked.

"I think it would be beneficial for you all to push her socially. She's very comfortable in a work environment but tends to shy away from social ones. RangeMan is a family and I think we'd be good for her if she let us," Burke said.

"We can talk to the core team about trying to spend more time with her outside the office," Tank suggested. I bristled at the thought but remained silent.

"I'd like to keep seeing her. Or if she'd prefer someone else, I could recommend someone," Burke said.

"Is she really in need of therapy?" I asked.

"I think everyone could use some form of therapy. But with her moving to a new city and starting a new job it would be good for her to have an objective person to talk too," he said.

"I'll let her know and give her the options," I said.

We left the meeting and I headed to Keira's office. She was typing furiously on her laptop when I walked into her office.

"What's up Les?" she asked looking up at me.

"Just met with Burke, he'd like to keep seeing you. If you're not into him he said he could recommend someone else," I said.

Keira paused and sat back in her chair. She looked like she was debating something. "Okay," she finally said. "I'll see Burke," she finished.

"You're sure? Same rules of disclosure apply if you see him," I warned her.

"Yeah, that bothers me a little but I really like him," she shrugged.

Bobby then stuck his head in. "Yo, Keira! Pizza and beer at Shorty's tonight?" he asked.

"I'd love to but I can't," she said.

"Why not?" he asked.

"My thighs are currently touching, it's giving me low self-esteem," she explained as she continued to work.

I snorted and Bobby shook his head.

"You're such a girl," he sighed.

"My chromosomes apologize for that," she answered back without looking up from her work.

Bobby shot me a look. He really wanted to get her out. "Hey, when's your next spin class?" he asked casually.

"I'm going tomorrow night at seven, why?" she asked.

"Uh…a bunch of the guys said that they wanted to check it out," he explained.

The room froze for a second as both Keira and I turned to him in disbelief. "Some of the guys want to go to spin class with me," Keira repeated giving Bobby a level look.

"Yeah, is that okay?" Bobby asked nervously.

"Sure," Keira said as she went back to work shaking her head.

Bobby and I walked out of her office. "Spin class?" I asked him.

"I had to try something!" he said desperately.

"Good luck talking some of the guys into that one!" I laughed.

"Don't laugh dude, we're both going!" he hissed. I groaned, but I knew I would be there if it meant I could spend time with Keira.

The next night we gathered outside Keira's apartment and banged on the door. She threw the door open and looked at Bobby, me, Vince, Cal, Hector and Junior. "You're all serious about this?" she asked.

"Of course, Baby!" Vince said giving her a flirty grin.

"Christ Almighty," Keira muttered as she grabbed her bag and closed the door.

We went to spin class and it was mostly women. There were several extremely good looking women so most of the guys Bobby had to bribe were pretty happy. A few of women greeted Keira when she walked in with all of us and she made the introductions. "I've never been so popular," she muttered to me.

"You jealous, Gorgeous?" I whispered in her ear.

Keira just shot me a look.

Cal's jaw dropped open when he saw the instructor. She was a tough looking chick with black hair and sleeve tattoo. She was right up his ally. He was practically drooling on himself. Keira couldn't help but smile when she saw his reaction.

The class was hard and it wasn't as emasculating as I thought it would be. I really enjoyed watching Keira work out, she doesn't fuck around. She pushed herself hard and she had the results to prove it. Her body looked amazing in her tight clothes and I was having a hard time concentrating.

Bobby was pleased that we finally took Burke's advice and did something social with Keira. He takes Burke's recommendations seriously and is determined to befriend Keira. Bobby goes out just like the rest of us, and I admit he treats the women he hooks up with about the same as we all do, but underneath it all he's a guy who really cares once he gets to know someone. I think he really cares about Keira and genuinely likes her. I just hope he's not becoming too attached. I haven't told anyone about my "relationship" with Keira. People seem to pick up on the fact that we're close, but she's become close with Bobby and Tank as well.

I showered and thought about Keira being in the shower at her place right next door. I couldn't take it anymore; I just need to see her. I threw on some basketball shorts and knocked on her door. It took a little longer than I expected and when she opened it, it was clear she had just gotten out of the shower herself. She was wrapped in a towel. I took one look at her and my body began overriding my brain.

"Shit," I breathed as my eyes traveled up and down her body.

Keria's eyes widened and she looked like she might shut the door in my face. I never gave her a chance to react. I pushed her into the apartment, slamming the door behind me. The towel and shorts were gone in seconds and we never made it to the bedroom.

We were catching our breath in the hallway. I had my arms around Keira and was kissing her wet hair. "Just so you know, I wasn't planning on doing that," I said.

"Why did you knock on my door then?" she asked me.

"I can't remember. Once I saw you in that towel, I only had one thought," I chuckled. "Come on Quierda, its cold on the floor. Lets warm you up in bed," I whispered as I pulled Keira up and led her back to the bedroom.

An hour later, Keira was back in my arms with her head on my chest. "If you want me to stay the night, I will," I said, already knowing the answer.

"What would you say to all the guys?" she asked me with a laugh.

"Anything you wanted me to or nothing at all," I answered honestly. "I still want to take you on an actual date, all you have to do is say yes," I pointed out.

"Wouldn't that get in the way of your other activities?" Keira asked.

I clenched my jaw slightly. I knew it would be impossible to keep my going out and hook ups a secret if she was living and working here. But at the same time, it's none of her business considering she keeps turning me down.

"That's not fair and you know it. You can't have it both ways. If you agree to go on a date with me, I promise you I will be completely faithful until we make a decision regarding our relationship. But we both know you're not going to say yes to me right now," I said.

She sighed. "You're right and I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said anything," she said.

"It's fine. I want you to really try with Dr. Burke, I don't know what's going on with you, but if anyone can help he can," I said. She stayed silent for a moment. "Please Keira, just do this one thing for me," I begged as I picked up her hand kissing it. She looked me in my eyes and nodded. I think this may be one of the few times that Keira Morgan has been honest with me.

I threw my basketball shorts on and Keira put on some pajamas. I gave her a kiss. "If you ever want to do that again just leave your door unlocked," I whispered.

Keira bit her bottom lip but I could tell she was biting back a wicked grin.

"By the way, you're sexy as hell when you're jealous," I said before walking out of her bedroom.

I felt a pillow hit my back and I just turned around and grinned at her. I had no doubt that there would be multiple nights that Keira's door was unlocked.

We began having sex several times a week. Some nights her door would be locked. I checked every night. My favorite was coming in a little after midnight. She'd have just fallen asleep and I had fun waking her up in new and different ways. I also found myself going out less and when I did I wasn't picking up as often. Whenever I did pick up a woman, I felt like I was just going through the motions and half the time I'd end up ditching the chick at the bar and just going home. I didn't want any of them. Keira never mentioned my "extracurricular activities" again. We continued to use condoms and I began a no oral policy with anyone but her.

It didn't take long before I stopped hooking up completely. I had a plan when I went out with the guys. I would go out, hit on a chick, walk her to her car and then I would leave. I always ended up in Keira's bed. I would meet the guys at whoever's apartment on four, have a beer and recap a fake night.

I was thinking about my Friday night in Keira's bed at the Monday morning meeting. Keira walked in and immediately got everyone's attention.

"Holy shit," breathed Bobby when he saw Keira's appearance.

"Damn woman!" shouted Ram.

"Looking good Bonita," said Manny.

Keira light brown hair was now a golden blonde. She looked HOT. I immediately began wondering if I could get her to have lunch in her apartment so we could have some fun.

"I like it," said Tank. "What made you decide to do it?" he asked.

"It's to cover up all the white hairs that you people are giving me. How hard is it to turn around your FTA reports in 48 hours?" she asked the group.

Everyone remained silent.

"I created a template which is in the company system. It prompts you! This is a five minute project for each FTA!" she said to the group.

"I think I liked brunette Keira better," said Junior.

Keira shot him a warning look. "Here's the deal. I'm monitoring the FTA reports and if you are consistently late, I'm going to check and see how many FTAs you're picking up. If you're picking up so many skips that you can't possibly finish the reports, then I will help you. If that's not the case, then we will be spending time together working on your time management skills. Any questions?" she asked.

"Brunette Keira was nicer," said Vince.

"No she wasn't," Keira shot back.

Tank was practically beaming with pride at her. She was really kicking ass at this job and was able to handle the guys and their attitudes. The partners were just complaining about the late FTA reports last week and now Keira just came down on the men so we don't have too. I don't know why we waited so long to hire and Office Administrator.

Things were finally running smoothly at RangeMan. Keira could fly through the paperwork that used to take Bobby, Tank and I forever. She helped us reorganize our system so that it was easier to search and keep track of clients. True to her word, her door was always open and she made sure she was always available to discuss any HR issues.

My favorite part of the week was 5:00pm on Thursdays. We have a meeting Friday morning which Keira creates packets for. She puts them together late Thursday afternoon. She puts on some music in her office and dances around while she puts them together. I was walking by once and caught her. She was completely unaware and she looked so damn cute. All the partners have access to the security cameras from their computers. Every Thursday afternoon, I'd pull up the security camera feed from Keira's office and watch her dance around. What? Her door is open! If it was closed I would've never invaded her privacy. At least that's what I like to tell myself.

I was leaning back in my chair watching her wiggle and dance around her office while she quietly sang along to the song. I then noticed a figure leaning in her doorway watching her. Vince came into her office and then began dancing behind her. When Keira realized this, she jumped a little but Vince just grabbed her hand and twirled her around and they continued dancing. What the fuck is this?

Keira was smiling and they looked like they were having a good time and danced for another song. Keira was dancing with her back to him and Vince suddenly grabbed her and turned her around to face him. He grabbed her face and kissed her. Keira's arms were raised and to my relief didn't go around him. He broke the kiss and looked at her. She looked completely shocked.

"Let me know when you're ready Cutie," he said with a wink. He then walked out of her office.

Keira was standing in the middle of her office completely dumbfounded. I wanted to find Vince and call him to the mats for touching my woman. But she wasn't mine. FUCK!

I tried Keira's door that night and it was locked.

I thought things couldn't get much worse until Keira stormed into the conference room the next day fuming. My first thought was that she knew I had been spying on her and she was planning on cutting off my balls.

She stood up in front of the core team with her hands on her hips. "I want to know who did this!" she growled. Most of the guys looked around in confusion.

Bobby then cleared his throat slightly. "I know you're upset right now, but I think it's a good idea," he said slowly.

"You did this? How the hell did you get access to my email!" she demanded.

Hector slowly raised his hand.

"Hector!" she shouted in shock. "I used to like you," she said in exasperation.

"Hold on, what the hell is going on?" I finally asked.

"Hector and I signed Keira up for some online dating cites," Bobby explained.

What the fuck?

"How could you? This is completely inappropriate and my personal life is none of your business!" Keira seethed.

"I know. But Keira, you've been here for a few months and you never go out. You're an intelligent, funny, kind and beautiful woman. You should be dating. I figured you could just use this as practice. We will go through your matches and do backgrounds checks on the guys. All you have to do is go out on a few dates and just get your feet wet," Bobby said gently.

"Maybe I'm gay," she said.

Some of the guys snorted. "What?" she asked.

"Honey, we've seen the way you look at all of us. There is nothing gay about you," Manny said.

"I really hate all of you right now," she said as she flushed slightly.

"Please just try it, just a few dates and we'll get off you're back. Sweetheart, we all love and care about you and we're concerned," Bobby explained.

"I'm fine!" she said.

"We're not going to let this go. This would be the most expedient way for you to get us to drop it," Bobby said.

Keira slumped in a chair looking defeated. "I really don't want to do this," she tried to explain.

"Give me a good reason and you won't have to," Bobby negotiated.

Keira bit the inside of her cheek and remained silent.

"That's what I thought," Bobby said quietly. "Gentleman, Keira Morgan is officially back on the market, let's go through her matches and make sure the background check is thorough," Bobby said looking around the room.

Keira groaned, while I silently cursed.