Chapter 14

The ringing phone woke Buffy. She glanced over at Antonio, who what still hugging his pillow and snoring. She grumbled something about he should be hugging her and not his pillow. "Hello?" she answered.

"Good morning," greeted a cheery voice. "This is your 7 AM wakeup call."

She slammed down the receiver. She didn't order a wakeup call, and she didn't think Antonio did. She looked over at him again. He was still snoring away. She grumped out of bed, making her way to the bathroom. One thing she hated about mornings were not being able to snooze for a few minutes after the alarm rang because she had to pee. Washing her hands after she was done, she decided to make coffee. As much as she would love to go back to sleep, she knew it wasn't going to happen.

"Hey," Antonio said as she poured water in the coffee pot. "Good morning."

She finished with the coffee and walked back to the bed. She gave him a hug and kiss. "Good morning."

Antonio pulled her down on top of him. "Come back to bed, Buff. The coffee can wait."

She groaned and rolled to the other side of the bed, slipping beneath the sheets and blanket. "With pleasure," she whispered. "But don't you have to go in?"

"Later. Voight knows he can call me if he needs me."

"I like the way that sounds."

Antonio slid Buffy's bag into the back seat of the van and closed the door. "I'll call you later."

"Just be careful."

"I will."

He leaned forward and took her head in his hands. He gave her a soft and gentle kiss. They exchanged kisses, not caring that they were in public.

"Should we get a room?" she asked innocently.

He laughed. "We had a room. Can't check in again till after 3."

"Damn the bad luck."

He opened the van door. "Go home, Graciela. I'll see you tonight."

Buffy slid into the van and turned the key. Antonio shut the door as she buckled her seat belt. He watched her drive away before heading for his car and driving in to the 21st. He had no doubt Platt would bust his balls for being late, but he didn't care. Her bark was worse than her bite, and she would get over it.

Cailin gave him a look as he walked up the steps and headed for the coffee pot. She joined him at the coffee pot a few minutes later. He raised his eyebrow as she walked in.

"Just need some coffee," she explained.

Antonio poured her a cup and waited.

She took the cup, added powdered creamer and stirred. She looked over at him. "What?" she asked.

"You're fishing, Callahan," he said as he set his mug on the counter.

"Me?" she asked, trying to look innocent and succeeding.

He sighed. "Buffy's first shift at CFD was yesterday. She drew Austin."

Cailin whistled. "They hate females up there."

He nodded. "She held her own though. Anyway, I wanted to do something nice, so I did."

"I'm sure she appreciated it."

He nodded. "I think she did."

They heard Voight calling from the other room. "OK, everybody, let's roll."

They set their mugs on the counter and followed the rest of the team down the stairs to find out what was going down.