Author's note: So Piper mentioned on Twitter that she enjoyed the first week of shooting season 4 and tagged a string of people including Anne Dudek…is Danielle back for at least some of Season 4?
Annie would normally have ignored the ringing phone during dinner, but it was her sister's specific ring tone, so she smiled lazily at Auggie, squeezed his hand over their dinner and reached for the phone.
"Hey Dani," she answered.
"Hi! Where in the world is Annie Walker tonight?" Danielle sounded giddy.
"Annie Walker is blessedly home right now," she answered and saw Auggie's lips quirk into the smallest proprietary grin.
"No she's not," her sister sing-songed.
"Huh?" Annie was confused.
"I am standing in your home and you are not in it."
"Wait you're here in DC?"
"Yep and I repeat where are you? You're not still at the office are you?" Danielle's voice held a frown.
"No," Annie grinned as she looked over at the naked man leaning against the headboard eating a sandwich in bed, "definitely not still at the office."
"So you're not at work and you're not here. Come to think of it, it looks like you haven't been here in a while: plants are wilted, no sign of make up or most of your clothes…"
"Are you going through my closet? Danielle, this family is only big enough for one spook," Annie laughed.
"Are you living with Auggie?" there was hint of glee in her voice now.
"Pretty much," Annie shrugged as they hadn't really discussed it, but convenience dictated they spent 90% of their time at Auggie's.
"Have you guys had dinner?" Danielle asked and Annie blushed remembering back to an hour ago when they got home.
***555***
"I am starving," Auggie mentioned as they exited the elevator across from his loft.
"Mmmm," Annie replied noncommittally as she tried not to focus on the way his hips narrowed and his pants fit just so.
DC spring had sprung and the layers of winter outerwear were gone allowing her near constant observation of her very well-built boyfriend.
"What do you feel like having…."Auggie's question stunted by Annie's lips on his and her hands at his belt before he could register what was happening.
Not one to argue though he managed to maneuver them to the nearest flat surface in the kitchen.
"Now I'm really hungry," he mumbled lazily against her neck when they were through, her arms and legs still wrapped around him and his knees a little weak from the effort.
"Go to bed, I'll bring you a sandwich," Annie whispered in his ear and kissed her way across his cheek to capture his lips.
She unwrapped her limbs from his body, still sitting on the counter he had deposited her on. He reached down and pulled on his boxers, kicking off the pants that pooled at his ankles. He gathered what he could reach of their clothes and headed towards the bedroom shaking his head. Annie watched his tattooed back as he moved before sliding off to grab his shirt and slip it on.
She made 2 sandwiches and grabbed a bag of baby carrots and a bottle of water and brought the picnic to bed.
"Sex in the kitchen and dinner in bed?" Auggie grinned when she presented the feast, she sat opposite him with the food in the middle like a real picnic.
"You once told me I always do the unpredictable, I need to keep you on your toes Auggie, wouldn't want you to get bored," she raked her nails along his calf.
"Trust me Walker, my life hasn't been boring since the day I met you."
***555***
"We're eating now," Annie answered her sister's question with the blush still in her cheeks.
"OK, could you guys meet me for a drink then? Maybe somewhere near Auggie's so you have time to get dressed while I head over," Danielle teased.
"Um sure, both of us?" Auggie perked up again at this, Annie ignoring the innuendo in her sister's comment, she was right after all.
"Yeah, I'd love to see Auggie. I haven't seen him since you were in the hospital," Danielle didn't need to say any more.
"OK," Annie smiled and gave Danielle the name and address of a bar on Auggie's block.
"Eat up Loverboy, we are meeting Danielle for a drink in 30 minutes," she grabbed a half of a sandwich and hopped up to find something to wear.
"Thirty minutes, there is no way we can squeeze 2 showers in, we'll have to combine our efforts," he implied as he finished his dinner.
"You always suggest joint showering as a conservancy of both time and water, but yet we spend twice as long in there saving neither," Annie countered as she found a pair of jeans and a shirt in her drawer.
"What can I say, once I have you wet and naked time stands still," he laughed and she threw a tee shirt at him.
"No throwing things at the blind guy," he admonished.
TBC…
