Alison's POV

It's hour 7 of my 12 hour shift and I'm hitting a wall. I've had a crazy night in the ER and I could really use a little pick me up. I've finished charting and rounding on my patients so I'm finally just taking a moment to sit and breathe at my computer. My mind begins to wander to the thought of a hot bubbly shower and my warm bed. Bed... Oh that reminds me of my first time with Emily. The taste of her lips, her gentle and passionate touch... And her tongue...My God her tongue. Great. Now I'm horny.

I pick up my phone and text her. I miss her. She's been in Thailand for a week and she's coming home tomorrow. We've Skyped a lot but it's not the same as being in her arms at night or seeing that beautiful smile in person.

Me: I can't stop thinking about your body and what you do to me.

Emily: Do I detect a horny Alison?

Me: You have no idea.

Emily: I think I can help with that.

"Alison what are you smiling at?" asks Grace, my closest friend at work. She's also the only one at work that seems to notice that I'm dating a celebrity. "Is it Emily?" she asks while wheeling herself over to me in her desk chair.

"Maybe" I say coyly.

"Oh my God were you two sexting?" she says giggling.

"SHHH! Good God! Not so loud!" I say giggling too.

"So you're not denying it" she says laughing even louder now.

"I can't help it. It's been a little over a week and... Grace come on... you know how beautiful she is. Can you blame me?" I say feeling a heavy blush overcome my cheeks.

"Yea your damn hickey is finally healed. And hell no! I don't blame you. She's hot. You're one lucky girl. I'm just happy that you're so happy" she says smiling as she reaches out to hold my hand.

"Thanks friend. I'm ridiculously happy. I still can't believe it sometimes" I say thinking about Emily again.

"Well we better get back to work. Joe is watching us. You know how much of a douche he is about all work and no fun" Grace says as she wheels herself back to her computer.

I turn back to my computer and read up on a new admission when all of the sudden I feel my phone vibrate. There's a new text from Emily. There's also an attachment. Please be a nude. Please be a nude.

I open it up and about lose my damn mind. It's a photo of me sitting at my computer. I spin around as fast as I can and see Emily standing behind me with a sexy smirk on her face.

I fly out of my chair and crash into her outstretched arms. I pull away from her, grab her face, and kiss her right in the middle of the nurses station. I didn't give a damn who saw me. I was just beyond excited to see her.

"Emily you're home early!" I say excitedly while hugging her again. It felt so good to be wrapped up in her arms again.

"Yup! I wanted to surprise you. I know night shifts can be hard for you" she replies gazing at me lovingly. "Plus, I just couldn't stand being away from you anymore. I had to see you" she says kissing me again.

"I'm seriously the luckiest girl on the planet. I love you" I reply while hugging her again.

"Not as much as I love you" Emily whispers in my ear.

"Joe, I'm taking my break now. Grace will cover my patients while I'm gone" I say as I wink at Grace who is smirking at me and Emily.

Grace stands up from her computer and replies, "Yea I've got it covered Joe. She's going to be busy on her break".

Joe nods in agreement and Grace leans in and whispers in my ear, "Go get your freak on girl".

"You're damn right I will" I reply as I grab Emily's hands and lead her down the hallway.

"Where are we going" Emily asks chuckling to herself.

"You'll see" I reply ambiguously.

"What are we going to do" Emily continues.

I stop dead at the closed door at the end of the long hallway and turn around to face Emily. "We're going to have sex. It's been over a week since I've tasted you and I need all of you right here, right now" I say in the sexiest voice I can muster.

Emily raises her eyebrows and replies, "Well you know I can't refuse you when you get all bossy like this".

I step closer the Emily and whisper in her ear, "Then be a good girl and get in here" before I grab her hand and pull her into the room.

Once inside, I lock the door behind us and push her towards the bed. I knew we could come here because this is where doctors come to nap during long shifts. Now at the edge of the bed, I quickly take off my top and reach to do the same for Emily's. I forcefully push her down on the bed and climb on top of her, hungrily kissing her lips and moving towards her neck. Emily's moans in reaction to my touch are really starting to turn me on and encourage me to continue. I reach down in between her skirt, causing Emily to moan even louder as I quickly realize that she's not wearing any underwear.

"Was this another surprise just for me" I ask as I move to rubbing her clit.

Emily whimpers at this sudden change in focus and can't seem to respond to me other than by shaking her head yes. I'll never get over how much I love doing this to her. I make my way down the bed on a journey to finally taste what I've been craving for over a week. I can feel her body tense with anticipation when all of the sudden I hear banging on the door behind me.

"Ali I know you're really busy, but we just got 6 new gun shot victims from a gang related shootout. We need all hands on deck right now. Come on Ali open up!" yells Grace from the other side of the door.

"Son of a bitch are you kidding me?" I say angrily as I crawl off of Emily and quickly redress myself.

Turning back to Emily, I bend down to her level and say, "Emily, I am so sorry. I have to go" before I give her a quick kiss and run out the door.

I sprint down the hallway and quickly find Grace and two other coworkers frantically working on a boy that appeared to be no more than 10 years old with 4 bullet holes in his arm and chest.

"Where do you need me?" I ask Grace.

"Start the IV now. He's in hypovolemic shock. He's gonna crash any minute" Grace orders.

I grab the IV bag and kit and quickly find a vein to place it. Luckily the vein holds and I get the fluids started. Suddenly, the all too familiar alarm of the heart monitor goes off and I see the patient is coding.

Emily's POV

I was really starting to enjoy Alison's control over my body when all of the sudden, she was pulled away to go help her fellow nurses. I quickly redresse myself and follow Alison down the hall. I wasn't going to miss seeing her in action.

I turn the corner just in time to see her frantically and forcefully starting chest compressions on a little boy. "Get me the crash cart now" she yells as the other nurses hurriedly work around her.

"He's in PEA, start the epi" Alison orders as she looks at the monitor, completely calm and in control of the situation. A doctor comes by and yells, "Ali you got this for now? More help is coming".

Continuing compressions, Alison replies, "I've got Grace, Lisa, and Ryan. We're good. We've run codes together before".

As I stand here and watch Alison, I can't help but be in complete amazement of her focus, determination, skill, and confidence that she can handle anything. I mean the doctor is comfortable with leaving 4 nurses to save this little boy's life. They must be like the dream team or something.

They've been working on this boy for a more than a few minutes now, pushing various medications, continuing compressions, and even shocking his poor, little, lifeless body a few times.

"Come on damnit don't die on me" Alison yells watching the heart monitor and continuing compressions. Finally, the alarm stops and all 4 of them take a huge sigh of relief. They all look visibly exhausted.

"Normal rhythm. Vital signs stabilizing" Grace says aloud.

"Alright. Let's wheel him to OR 2" Ryan says as they all begin to wheel the little boy down the hall.

"No Ali you stay. We got this. Catch your breath. You just did compressions for 8 minutes straight. We're supposed to switch off every 2. Plus you're soaked with blood" Grace says halting Alison in her tracks.

Alison nods her head and looks down at her blood soaked scrubs. Her arms are covered in the little boy's blood and she looks exhausted. That entire experience must have been equally emotionally and physically draining for her. I see her just standing there, seemingly in her own world, so I slowly walk over to her.

"Ali?" I say quietly, now only steps from her. She snaps out of her train of thought and looks at me with a surprised look on her face.

"Oh. You're still here... you saw all of that didn't you?" she asks.

"I saw every second of it. Are you okay? Can I get you anything?" I say as I look her in the eyes, wanting to hold her in that moment yet not really wanting all that blood on me.

"Just don't touch me" she laughs to herself. "I don't want to get this all over you" she continues as she looks down at her soaked arms and scrubs.

"Okay at least let me go with you to get cleaned up" I reply.

Alison nods and begins to walk towards another hallway.

She stops at a door with a keypad over the doorhandle.

"8452" she says gesturing me to open the door.

Once inside, she silently walks straight to the sink and begins to scrub her skin clean. Now free of blood, Ali walks to her locker and takes off her clothes, carefully folding them into a neat pile, assuring not to get blood on the chair. Still in her own trance, Alison silently pulls out new scrubs from her locker and dresses herself.

I'm beginning to worry about her. This case must have really impacted her emotionally. "Ali, talk to me. I can see this is really getting to you" I say reaching out for her hands.

And with that, Alison looks up at me and her usually crystal clear blue eyes are now all watery and filled with tears. "Oh Ali" I say as I hold her tightly to my chest and feel tears begin to build up and cloud my own vision. I feel her body finally relax in my arms as she begins to sob.

I do my best to console her and comfort her as she cries for a few minutes.

"Ali I can't even imagine what that was like for you. But I'm so proud of you. You handled the situation with such confidence in yourself and you knew exactly what to do. It was actually kinda hot to see you in action" I say trying to make her laugh.

Thankfully, Alison chuckles as she starts to pull away from me and wipes her tears off of her cheeks.

"I see you're still a little horny from before" Ali says while continuing to laugh.

"I mean can you blame me? My smoking hot girlfriend is running a stressful situation like a boss and I get to watch it all happen before my eyes" I say laughing with her.

"No seriously though. Tell me what you're thinking and feeling" I say encouragingly.

"It's just one of those cases that gets you. It's all so senseless. I mean for God sakes he's probably 10 and his life will be changed forever if he survives this" Alison says as she continues to compose herself.

"I know. It's just flat out awful" I say as I reach out and gently rub her shoulder. "But I just want you to know that I'm so proud of you. You should be proud of yourself too. You were phenomenal out there".

"Thank you Emily. It means a lot to me that you were there to witness what I do as a nurse. I love you Em" she says before she kisses me.

Breaking our kiss I reply, "I love you too Ali. I'll be home if you want to come over after work. If not, I totally understand if you just want to go back to your place and dive head first into your bed".

"I think I'm just going to head home after this. It's been a long shift. But thank you for offering. I'll call you when I'm back at my place" Alison says smiling.

Alison's POV

I'm finally able to go home and I feel like I'm dragging my body up the stairs like some sort of zombie. As soon as I open the front door, Moose happily greets me with little squeals and snorts.

"Oh baby come here" I say as I pick him up and give him kisses. "I know. Mommy has been gone for far too long!"

I gently put him down and head straight for the shower to wash the night shift off of me. Within ten minutes, I'm out of the shower and instantly in comfortable pajamas. Even though I'm beyond exhausted, I have to stay awake for my weekly Skype date with my parents Ken and Jessica. Still drying my wet hair, I log on and initiate a Skype session. I pick up Moose to snuggle with him. He always hates it when I'm gone for so long and our neighbor can't check in on him.

"Hi mom! Hi dad!" I say excitedly when I see their faces on the screen.

"Hey pumpkin" they say happily in unison.

"Oh Ali you look so tired. Bad shift?" my mom asks worriedly.

"Oh mom you have no idea. This little boy was probably 10 and he had 4 gun shot wounds. He coded but we brought him back. It was super stressful and emotionally draining" I reply thinking back to the entire situation.

"I'm sure you did everything you could Ali. You're an amazing nurse" my dad says trying to comfort me.

"May I be blunt with you Ali?" asks my mom.

"Um sure... What's up?" I ask feeling unsure about what was about to come out of her mouth.

"You're eyes... they're different...they're... happy. Are you seeing someone?" My mom says smirking at me.

I wasn't expecting her to ask me about this. Yet again she is my mom and she knows me better than most. I have kept my relationship with Emily a secret because I didn't want them to know about her till I was for sure this was a real deal with Emily. I wanted to be able to tell them that I was in love and that this wasn't just some fling. I was actually going to tell them during this Skype session.

A heavy, and I mean heavy blush brightens my cheeks and my dad says, "Oh my! I do believe you're onto something Jessica".

"Peanut, tell us about her. I want to hear about the woman that's made you seem so happy" my dad says encouragingly.

I take a deep breath and say, "Well... her name is Emily. She went to school for art and her work is absolutely breathtaking. She's ex military, discharged honorably. Now she's a world renowned model. She's had a bit of a troubled past but she sought out professional help and is doing much better now. She puts in honest effort to try and improve herself as an individual, to heal old wounds, and to be a better person for our relationship and for me. She loves to cook, she's adventurous, silly, extremely protective, open, honest, communicative, and quite beautiful. We've been dating for about 5-6 months now. I haven't told you about her before now because I wanted to make sure this wasn't just some fling. I wanted to be in love with her before I introduced her to you guys. I hope you can understand that".

My mom smiles widely and says, "Oh Alison I'm thrilled that you're in love. I've missed this light in your eyes for a while now. I feel like I can speak for your father when I say that I'm happy someone is there to brighten your life, fill you with love and joy, and to protect you as a companion and partner should".

"Do you think we could chat with her over Skype sometime soon?" my father asks clearly hoping I'll say yes.

"Of course! I'll just tell her about it and check her schedule. It'll hopefully be sometime soon. I wish you could meet her. I know you guys would love her" I say feeling bummed that our situation is what it is. I wish I could see my family like I used to before all of this mess with my ex happened. I wish I could bring her home to my parents like the old fashion way. Maybe one day we can work something out. But for now, I must accept the circumstance and be blessed for their endless support and love.

Emily's POV

I fumble my way through the front door of my apartment, trying not to drop all of my bags from my week in Thailand. Once I set my bags down, I head to the kitchen and pour a glass of water as I thumb through my huge pile of mail Hanna made for me while I was gone.

"Bills, bills, fan mail, junk, more fan mail... no address?" I say suddenly confused by the plain white envelope in my hands.

I can't quite explain it, but this awful feeling suddenly overcomes me. I cautiously open the envelope and pull out a piece of computer paper that simply says, "Break up with her or you'll live to regret it."