A/N Just a small update about me. I am having an EMG Needle electricity test this weds for my hand. They will then tell me how bad they think my Carpel Tunnel may be and confirm it and probably tell me if I need hand and wrist surgery. I ask to be kept in thoughts and prayers if you would~ Karren

Bobby's Pov

When I got off the phone with Lester, I returned to what I was doing when he called. Stephanie's bright blue eyes looked up at me as I came back and grabbed the peroxide and a wad of clean gauze.

"Do you really need to use that?" she asked watching as I tipped the bottle and poured some on the gauze

"Yes if you don't want an infection"

"Don't you need to go, that call sounded important?"

"All my calls are important" I told her grinning down at her. You would think I was about to cut off her arm with how she was acting when all I was doing was cleaning out a very small cut she received on her upper arm.

"Shouldn't you be running out of here then and seeing about whoever called?"

"It was just Santos. Eden has woken up and I asked him to call me when she did so I can give her a follow up. It isn't some big emergency, so I can stay to clean out your cut and slap a band aid on it" I said and saw her deflate hearing I wasn't about to give up on her.

"So care to tell me how this happened?" I asked pressing the compress to her arm

"Oh you know me same old same old" she hissed "I'm so in love with you, I had to find a way to come see you"

I tipped my head back and roared with laughter. I knew Steph loved me, but she tried everything to stay clear of any and all medical personnel including me. I removed all the dried blood and dirt from her arm and placed some ointment and a hello kitty band aide on it.

"I got them just for you" I said winking at her as she looked at her arm and then back at me

"I do love you Bobby" she said "and I was scratched by a low hanging branch from a tree when I was trying to collar a skip, don't tell Ranger"

"Steph, I think seeing that band aide will be a big tip off"

"Yea well maybe not until tonight when we get ready for bed" she said hopping off the table. Knowing that our time was coming to an end, I grabbed my medic's bag and made sure I had everything in it that I would need to check Eden out with.

"Bobby" I heard and looked up to see Steph standing just out side the doorway

"Yea?" I asked her

"You're on your way up to Les's right?"

"Yes"

"Could you hold on just for like five minutes, I have something you can give them" she said and darted down the hall. I shook my head at her knowing there was no other woman in this world like Stephanie Plum and how much I cared for that crazy woman. While waiting on Steph to return I began to wipe down and sanitize my exam room and just with a couple minutes to spare, Steph came running back into the room trying to catch her breath.

"Can you give these to Eden? They are her clothes that Ella cleaned" she said handing me the garments

"Uhh sure" I told her taking them and looking down at the woman's clothing. I began to think about Eden not wearing her clothes and thought she was with Lester. He had always sworn to me that he felt nothing for her and that he was just being nice to her to use her to win the competition they were in. I have however witnessed some exchanges between them and his actions would suggest otherwise. I have worked and lived with Lester my whole entire adult life and know how good he is in the field, but I also know what type of women he goes after and what he does and he is acting kinda in the same way towards Eden, but differently. I can't say for sure that Lester is lying to me about her, but stuff is starting to stink.

Eden's Pov

I jumped when a hard knock sounded on the door. Lester assured me that it was his friend Bobby coming to check on me. I watched as he got up from the couch and walked over to the door to let his friend in. As Bobby walked in, I allowed myself a minute to gloss over him and noticed that like most of them men here he too was built, tall, dark, and very attractive. After greeting his friend and co-worker, Bobby turned his attention on me and smiled, as soon as he did all the fear that I had in me dissipated and calmness washed over me. Bobby must really have a great bedside manner and knew just what to do to put his patients at ease, I can remember the other encounters I'd had with him he was so gentle and nice when I was a nervous wreck. Although remembering those times I remembered getting sick and throwing up in front of him.

"Hello Ms. Burlington" he said to me. I felt my cheeks get hot as I looked away and stared at a spot on the carpet.

"She is a little embarrassed about being sick in front of you" Les told him. He had it right; I was embarrassed but not just a little but A LOT.

Bobby came over and kneeled down in front of me "May I call you Eden?" he asked and I nodded my head

"Eden, don't worry over that, I have seen and been into some really gross and disgusting things, it's my job" he said and I looked up at him and he smiled at me. I smiled back and then saw Lester standing behind him a few feet away with his arms across his chest and watching everything Bobby was doing. Bobby saw me looking behind him and looked over his shoulder to see Lester and then rolled his eyes as he opened his bag.

As I sat there and watched what Bobby was pulling out of his bag I became painfully aware that I was sitting in front of two men wearing practically nothing. Bobby must have known what I was thinking because the next thing he brought out of his bag was a pile of black cloth.

"I was with Stephanie earlier and she asked me to give these to you. They are your clothes that you had on when you got sick" he said and relief flooded over me.

"Thank you" I gasped out and grabbed them out of his hand. I jumped up nearly knocking him backwards. It was my intentions to go back to Lester's room and change, but as I did a vicious wave of dizziness hit me and I began to sway.

Before I could reach out to stop myself from falling, I felt two arms go around me and I was hauled against a hard chest. When the world stopped spinning and I looked up, I looked into the worried emerald green eyes of Lester Santos.

"You ok?" he asked his breath fanning across my ear

"Yea I just got up to fast and I'm still not a hundred percent" I told him. As I stood there, I cursed my body and myself with how I felt being in his arms. I loved it and I wanted to bury myself into him, his arms were strong, warm, and whenever I am in them I feel so safe, it makes me think that a relationship with him may be possible. A movement and a clearing of a throat broke my thoughts and I looked over at Bobby. He stood there with an eyebrow raised and an amused look to his face.

"I'm ok now, I'm going to change" I told Lester moving away from him

"You sure you're ok too?"

"Yea I'll be fine" I called over my shoulder as I walked down to his bedroom

Bobby's Pov

Yea something stinks all right and it is Lester Santos. He has been lying to me from the start. There is no way he can deny that he doesn't have feelings for Eden now, not with what I just saw. Lester turned to me and knew that I was on to him, the question was how long will he keep up this charade? He didn't have to lie to me; I would have supported him if he would have given me a chance too.

Eden came back into the room and I refocused my attention back to her, I would deal with Lester later "Eden may I look you over now?"

"Sure" she said and walked back over to the couch sitting down. Lester walked by me and took a seat by Eden.

"How are you feeling?" I asked her as I passed my pen light over her eyes

"Better, but I still have a headache"

"Yea not knowing your medical history I only gave you a low dose of the medication" I told her placing the stethoscope in my ears and the blood pressure cuff around her arm.

"How long have you had migraines?"

"A few years, my last one was over a year ago during a big project that was very stressful" she told me

"Like this Project?" I asked linking them to when she is under stress

"No, not really the project part, I don't mean to brag but I am good at what I do, my life is my work it's just…"

"Just what?"

"The circumstances of this job, I have never came across one like this before" she explained and looked up at Lester.

"She ok?" Lester broke in and asked me

"Yea, I can give her another injection with a little more power if she would like to quell the pain better" I told them

"Oh no I'm ok, I can deal with it. Thank you for helping me" she said

"Anytime, it's what I do" I told her packing my things back in my bag "I'll show myself out"

"Thanks man" Lester called out

"Yea" I told him and walked out of his room. Yep there was no way he didn't feel anything for her.