A/N: I am not a huge fan of this chapter but I supposed it's a decent filler.

Phil swore loudly as he made his way to his front door. He swung the door open and glared at whoever was on the other side.

"Nice to know that you are home." Natalie has her hands on her hips.

"Natalie if you care about our friendship at all you will leave right now." Phil implored her.

"Phil what's going on?" Lex appeared on the landing. She stood wearing only one of his t-shirts. "Natalie." she flew down the stairs and pulled the tattooed woman into a tight hug. Phil rolled his eyes, because he knew that the plans that he had were now never going to happen.

"Lexie, wow it's so great to actually meet you in person." Natalie stepped away from her so she could get a good look at Lex. "You are even prettier in person than you were on TV." she smirked at Phil. It was then that she noticed Lex's dressed state and the fact that Phil was only wearing pants. "Am I interrupting something?"

"Yes." Lex gave Phil a look.

"No you aren't. Just let me throw on some more appropriate clothing and we will catch up." she walked away from the two friends.

"Nice going." Phil remarked watching the retreating form of his girlfriend.

"I am sorry. If I knew you were entertaining-" she laughed a little at his expense. "I wouldn't have shown up. But you could have called and let us know you were in town."

"I told you two weeks ago that I was going to be here. It is not my fault you do not listen to me."

"I do listen to you and I am not sure that you actually told me that." Lex reemerged wearing a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt. She had thrown her long hair up in a messy ponytail and her feet were still bare. Phil had learned early on that she hated wearing shoes.

"So what brings you by Natalie?" Lex asked.

"I just came over to yell at him." the older woman gestured her head in Phil's direction. The Second City Saint rolled his eyes.

"Babe, I am going to make myself a smoothie do you want one?" Phil nodded. "What about you Natalie do you want one of my amazing smoothies." Natalie raised a brown in Phil's direction. He smiled at her before nodding at her.

"Sure." she agrees.

"What did I just sign up for?" Natalie asked Phil nervously.

"Nothing. She makes really good smoothies. I swear no trick."

"Lex where did you learn to make these." Natalie asked as she took another sip of her berry smoothie.

"Well when I was in the hospital." Phil flinched a little bit. He didn't like talking about when she was dying. Both women noticed his discomfort. "One of the nurses aides brought me in one and it was amazing. So after that whenever she worked she would bring me one. So when I got out I was obsessed with them. I never got the chance to ask the aide where she got the smoothies and I spent months and months after that trying to recreate them. Finally I got it right and I have been making them for myself ever since."

"You know what I was thinking we should call Tony and Colt and have them come over." Natalie suggested.

"That's a great idea I would love to meet both of them." Lex agreed.

"Yay, I guess we're having a party." Phil muttered unexcitedly to himself.

"So it's settled. We'll invite the boys over and have a dinner to welcome you into our little group."

"Or Natalie can go home and we can do what I had planned."

"Philip behave." Lex warned him. "I know you wanted some time to ourselves but I want to meet your friends."

"Fine whatever." she went over and gave him a hug. "I promise you will get your alone time. But this is what I was talking about. You need to spend time with your friends." He would not tell her but he really appreciated that she was telling him that he needed to spend time with his friends because she could have easily been that girlfriend who told him he could not see his friends.

Phil and Natalie exchanged a glance, both of them saying with their eyes that this girl was a keeper. Phil wrapped an arm around Lex's waist. "You two look so cute."

Lex blushed and ducked her head against Phil's still naked chest. "Thanks."

"So what are we going to do for food?" Natalie asked tapping her finger against he chin as she thought. "Salads?"

"I could go for a nice kale salad." Phil agreed with a smile.

"Works for me."

"So now that it's settled I will call the boys."

Phil couldn't help but pout slightly. "It'll be fun." she stood on her tip toes and kissed the tip of his nose.

"No it won't." he said.

"Don't you want to see your friends?" she asked.

"Not as much as I want to spend time with you."

"It's just a couple of hours." she reminded him. "After they leave you will have me all to yourself. I am sure you can think of some things to keep us entertained."

He smirked. "Oh I am certain I can think of something." He leaned in close so that his lips were almost on hers. "I'm really glad we did what we did last night. It's very relaxing knowing that I can have you whenever I want now." With that he let go of her and walked off, leaving her slightly wanting.

Lex found Natalie and Phil in the living room. Phil nodded at his friend before walking past Lex into the kitchen. She watched him climb the stairs leading to the bedrooms. He returned a few minutes later fully clothed with his car keys in hand.

"Babe I am going to Whole Foods do you need anything?" he asked.

"Nope I am good."

"Have fun girls." Phil called before walking out the door.

"So care to explain how all this happened?" Natalie asked bluntly. "One minute you two are best friends and the next you are here wearing only his shirt."

"I could not even begin to tell you Natalie. It's still like a blur to me." Lex shook her head. "This is all some sort of crazy wonderful dream. One that I never want to wake up from."

Natalie gave Lex a huge smile. "Good answer. You make him very happy you know that right?"

"He makes me so happy." Lex gushed. "Like incredibly happy. I never knew I could be this-" she threw her hands up in the air. "Happy for a lack of a better word."

When Phil returned from the store he could hear both women in his living room laughing. It made him smile knowing that his new girlfriend and his best friend seemed to get along. He didn't know what he would have done if they hadn't.

"What are you ladies laughing about?" He asked entering the room after he had placed the grocery bag on the counter.

"Natalie was telling me about the embarrassing stuff you used to do." Lex replied starting up a whole new round of laughter.

"Oh I have no doubt in that fact." Phil shot Natalie a look but she just gave him a smirk and a wink back. "So what time are Tony and Colt coming over? Is Teno coming with them too?"

"No Phil they were going to leave my five year old son home by himself." Yep it was official Lex loved Natalie.

They all turned their attention to someone blaring music outside. "Is that Katy Perry?" Lex asked. Phil and Natalie rolled their eyes.

"Colt is here." Natalie announced.

Lex gaped at them. "Seriously? Colt is blaring Katy Perry?" Sure enough a few minutes later Colt entered the home of his best friend.

"Dude what the hell was up with that music you were just blaring?" Phil asked.

Colt gave the straight edge superstar an infectious grin. "You liked that huh?" Natalie just rolled her eyes. You just had to love Colt sometimes. "So you must be Lex." Without even thinking about it he pulled her into a huge bear hug. "It's nice to meet you."

"You too Colt but I can't breathe." Colt let out a chuckle before releasing her.

"Sorry."

"It's quite alright." Lex said once she composed herself.

"You'll have to excuse Colt Lex. He's not exactly people broken quiet yet." Natalie said at her friend's expense.

"Hey I am standing right here!" Colt exclaimed.

Phil was surprised how easy dinner was. He was really glad Lex had sorta forced him to have it. It just seemed so natural the playful banter between everyone. Lex just seemed like she had always been there with them.

"That was fun." Phil said as he closed the front door. Just five minutes before he had very rudely in Lex's opinion told his friends to take a hike. They seemed to take it in stride though. So obviously he had done it to them before.

"Your friends are great. I am so glad I met them."

"Me too. But I do believe Ms. Marren I was promised some alone time with you." he stood there leaning against a wall, his arms were crossed and his legs were slightly out in front of him, his bare feet firmly planted on the floor. He was wearing a white wife beater and running shorts.

"Mr. Brooks I believe you are right you were promised but I decided to make it a little more fun." he blinked. "you have to catch me first." with that she was gone. He could hear her laughing as she went.

"That woman is gonna kill me." Then he too was off.