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Warning: M rated material in the first section.

Chapter 25 – Here we go again

As they reached the bedroom they both fell onto the bed, panting. Lisbon was on top of him in a second, pulling at the buttons of his shirt and kissing his chest as it was exposed. Jane's hands stroked her hair and he closed his eyes, savouring every touch of her on him.

'You have been working out' she giggled as she moved lower on his body.

'Glad you approve. It's just a little swimming, really.' He knew he was babbling but the quickness of how this had happened had caught him off guard. He felt her smile as she kissed his stomach and pulled her back up towards his face, knowing he would be incapable of any such action should she move further down his body.

He kissed her again, deeply, as his right hand cradled her head and his left circled her waist. All of a sudden he flipped her over onto her back, a little quicker than he used to. Maybe this swimming was making him stronger, after all. She laughed as she landed on the bed with a thud, her hands running through his hair and their mouths still fastened to each other. He moved his face away to look at her, pushing a tendril of hair away from her face. 'Are you sure about this, Teresa?'

She answered by pulling him back towards her and kissing him again. He took off his shirt and began to move his fingers slowly down her cheek and neck until he found the first button of her top. With one hand he undid it slowly, relishing in every moment as he undid the others whilst they continued kissing, each of them becoming more excited and breathless as their kisses became more frantic and more passionate. He felt her shift beneath him as he moved his leg across her thigh and rubbed his knee gently but firmly just below the zipper of her jeans. She broke away from the kiss and panted into his neck at this contact, her warm breath in his ear exciting him further as he moved his knee in small rotations. She whispered, 'Quickly, I can't wait much longer.' He finally finished with the buttons of her top and moved it aside and gazed at her breasts encased in an emerald lace bra.

'Is this new?' he said as his fingers ran down one of its straps slowly.

She pulled her head away from his neck to look at him with her eyebrows raised. 'Do you really want to talk about my underwear right now? Just remove it, will you?'

He grinned back. Lisbon was as impatient for an orgasm as she was in every other aspect of her life.

He kissed her lips gently and replied, 'As you wish.'

He pulled her slightly off the bed and removed her blouse and bra in a quick one-handed motion before placing her onto her back again. He looked at her breasts again and took one in his hand, his mouth and tongue licking and sucking on the nipple slowly as he felt her continue to writhe below him. He moved his knee away from her jeans and heard her gasp a little at the loss of contact as she was kissing his neck. He placed his other hand on the button of her jeans and opened it, pulling the zipper down and feeling lace at his fingertips. He really wanted to know if this was a matching set to the bra he had uncovered earlier but knew better than to push his luck and move his face away from her breast at this point. He moved his hand inside the lacy confines and smiled as she almost came immediately undone at his first touch. He moved the lace aside and placed his index finger gently inside her easily. She shuddered beneath him, her breathing ragged as she tried to stay in control. He moved it further in and he felt her clammy forehead hit his shoulder. Her moans came in small pants as he moved his finger deeper. He felt the contractions coming and bit on her nipple gently to arouse her further. The first wave of orgasm rushed through her at full force and she screamed out, her head falling back on the pillow and her hands gripping tightly to his hair. He pushed another finger inside and another wave ran through her. She pulled his face up and kissed him deeply as he continued to move his fingers inside of her, his movements slowing down and then speeding up again so she would have total release. He returned the kiss intensely as she began to relax, his tongue thrusting softly and then urgently, bringing her back up to the height of ecstasy again. As she recovered shaking on the bed he removed the rest of her clothes (noting that it was indeed a matching set of underwear) and lay down beside her again.

'What's keeping you?' she said, still a little breathless.

'Just enjoying the view for the moment' he replied, grinning. He always loved to see her like this, basking in the glow afterwards, with beads of sweat glistening all over her body. Making her feel this way was undoubtedly his favourite feeling in the world.

'Well, I'm not the only one who gets to be naked, Patrick Jane' she replied after a moment, as she noticed he was still clothed from the waist down.

He grinned back and jumped off the bed, discarding the rest of his clothes before jumping back on, obvious that he was still more than a little excited himself. 'Happy now?' he smiled, moving towards her.

Before much longer they were both more than happy and they lay beside each other with their hands interlaced. They made it under the covers and fell asleep with Jane's arm hanging over Lisbon's waist and his face buried in her neck.

Lisbon awoke to Jane's kisses trailing across her stomach. He reached her side and kissed the small scar from her gunshot wound gently. Even though she had not made a sound he somehow knew she was awake.

'Cho's lady friend certainly did a good job' he muttered from under the covers.

Lisbon smiled. 'Her name is Dr Andrews and yes, she did.'

'Mmm...I didn't get a good look at it earlier' he replied, coming back up and kissing her lightly on the lips before lying next to her again and pulling the covers up over them.

'Well, you had some other areas you preferred to concentrate on instead.'

Jane grinned back and kissed her shoulder.

'So' he said with a tinge of nervousness in his voice.

'So?'

'What happened? I've never seen you act like that before. So...so wanton.'

Lisbon blushed profusely before raising her eyebrows. 'Are you complaining?'

Jane chuckled. 'What do you think? I guess I'd like to know where it came from, that's all.'

Lisbon shrugged. 'I don't know really. Like you said, I didn't want to waste more time by pretending that fixing us wasn't something I wanted too. Neither of us is getting any younger to keep going round in circles like this. Although I haven't a clue how we're supposed to accomplish that after everything that's happened. I just figured to just go with my gut feeling and to hell with the consequences for a change. Sometimes I think too much about what's right and wrong and what the logical decision should be. I thought I'd take a leaf out of your book and just go after what I instinctively wanted instead.'

'Well, I for one am certainly glad you did throw caution to the wind. But we still have a lot of things we need to talk about.'

'I know. And you were right. We probably should have talked properly before we did this but-'

'It's okay. I understand, Lisbon. You couldn't resist me any longer. You're only human, after all.'

She punched him in the arm smiled.

He looked at her more seriously and stroked her hair. 'I know we can make this work, Teresa. I know it's going to take a hell of a lot before you trust me again. I don't care how long it takes but I'm going to prove myself to you and make you never doubt me again.'

Lisbon nodded but he knew he was still a long way off from winning her back.

She said, 'I hope you're right and I know you want to talk to me but can we leave it for today? I want to have a clear head when we discuss things and what just happened between us may-'

'Cloud your judgement?'

'Something like that, yes.'

He thought for a second before he replied. 'Okay, so you want to get something to eat instead? I'm starving, especially now', he grinned.

'Sure, but then I need to get back to Sacramento.'

'You're not staying the night?'

'No, Jane, I'm not. I'm not just responsible for assembling a new team. I have to help with the office renovations too. I have so much to do if we're going to be ready to open in a couple of week's time.'

Jane rolled his eyes. 'Sounds fascinating. Can't someone else put in a requisition for paperclips and pens?'

'There's a lot more to it than that. I have to approve seating plans, desk choices, organise phone lines-'

Lisbon stopped as she heard snoring noises coming from beside her.

She hit him on the arm again and said, 'We can't all have a carefree life where we don't work for a living, you know. Some of us are responsible adults.'

Jane opened his eyes and raised his eyebrows. 'I'd say you were a pretty irresponsible adult not too long ago.' He began to kiss her shoulder and moved his kisses down her arm, holding it up by its wrist and turning it towards him so he could kiss its underside and added, 'In this very bed if I'm not mistaken.'

Lisbon smiled in spite of herself and ruffled his hair. 'Okay, one more hour, then dinner, and then I'm going home.'

After dinner in town he drove her back to her car.

'You sure you can't stay the night?' he asked, as he circled his arms around her against her car.

'No. Stop pushing your luck.'

He smiled and gave her a small peck on the lips. 'Okay. So, when will I see you again?'

'I'll try to get back down here at the weekend.'

'But that's almost a week away!'

Lisbon rolled her eyes. 'Jane. I meant what I said. I have a lot of work to do to get the office ready. It's important to me, all right? I'm not about to drop everything for you.'

Jane nodded. 'Fair enough. But then we talk. Properly. No funny business first.' He smiled at the end of the sentence.

Lisbon smiled back. 'Okay, I'll try to restrain myself.' Then her smile vanished and she added, 'But...I don't want you to get your hopes up, Jane. I know we had a great day together but-'

'It doesn't mean you're ready for more than a bit of fun with me.'

'I can't just forgive you for everything you've done because of one lovely day. I don't want your expectations to be too high. When we do talk about things it may not be enough for me to take this any further than what we had today.'

'I know that, Teresa. And I know forgiving me is going to take you time, even if you accept you want to forgive me at all. If it isn't then I'll respect that. And if you only want me as a friend that you keep at arm's length I'm ready to accept that too. I just want you in my life, in whatever capacity you want that to be.'