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The team had spent their day trying to catch up on the paperwork for their last two cases, they were all behind on the paperwork having caught back to back cases. Maggie had gone to return her and OA's mug to the break room as they were getting ready to finish for the day as none of them could handle any more paperwork, she smiled when she saw Jubal in the hallway heading back towards the JOC. Jubal smiled as he looked at Maggie.

"Hey I was just about to come and find you. Do you just want to head straight to my place from here?."

"You sure? I mean I should really go home and change, these are work clothes not exactly date material." She laughed softly as she leaned her shoulder against the wall watching Jubal.

"I'm sure, tonight is just about us getting time together and relaxing. And you already look prefect Mags so trust me you don't have to change."

"You really need to give warnings before being so sweet so that I can try to prepare myself." She chuckled softly "In that case then I am happy to head straight to yours from here."

Jubal smiled brightly hearing Maggie "You okay if I catch a ride with you? I can just take the subway tomorrow morning, it means you can park in my spot at my apartment."

"Yeah of course, just gimme a few minutes to go pack up my things and then I'll meet you in the parking garage?."

Jubal nodded smiling "I'll see you there in a few minutes." He couldn't resist reaching out and squeezing her hand gently and quickly so that no one else saw before he stepped away heading back in to the JOC, looking over his shoulder in time to see that Maggie was looking over her shoulder looking at him. He went back into the JOC with a large smile on his face and he really didn't want to hide his smile as he closed down his computer and checked that he had everything he needed before making his way to Maggie's SUV.

After saying goodnight to OA and the others Maggie headed down to her SUV and she smiled when she saw Jubal was standing leaning against her passengers door, she opened the car when she was close. Her smile just grew when she saw the way that Jubal smiled at her when he turned to look at her before climbing in to her car. Maggie climbed into the drivers seat and pulled out of the parking garage heading towards Jubal's apartment.

"You know I think this might be the first time you have ever sat in the car with me while I have been driving." She glanced at Jubal briefly before back at the road.

"I can't think of any other time that we would have been in the car together. It making you feel a little weird?" He raised his eyebrow laughing softly.

"It does feel a little weird having you sitting there and not OA." Maggie laughed softly.

"Well I mean I can try to act like OA for you if that would help?." Jubal teased her playfully.

"Please don't! You have not had to listen to him all day with his hangover. I think him and Kris were actually competing at one stage to see whose hangover was worse. Kris won when she was near sick at the smell of Stuey and Tiff's lunch." She laughed softly thinking back to how pale Kristen had gone when Stuart and Tiffany arrived back with food.

"How much did they have to drink last night?." Jubal shook his head laughing "And how come you went home so early, I had meant to ask you earlier and well them telling me about your guy made me forget." He teased her playfully about 'her guy'.

"I think you'll find that he was Kristen's guy not mine." Maggie shook her head laughing "They were out for about three hours longer than me from what I can gather from them. I didn't want to wake up this morning with a hangover, we had both agreed that we would make plans either last night or today. I did not want to be doing that either drunk or hungover." She shrugged her shoulder like it was just simple but to Jubal it meant a lot.

"So you said no to them to have our first date and went home early last night so that we could arrange a third date?." Jubal sounded genuinely surprised as he was saying those words, to him he really couldn't believe that Maggie was choosing time with him.

"And here was me thinking that our kisses had showed you that I wanted this as much as you do. Maybe I need to work on my kissing." Maggie smirked playfully but she could see clearly on Jubal's face how surprised he was, he really couldn't believe that she was interested in him romantically.

"I will happily help you work on your kissing." Jubal smirked playfully "Not that you need help by the way but I don't know, I guess a part of me is still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I am the one that's getting to kiss you."

Maggie was glad that she was parking at Jubal's apartment while she listened to him talk, when he finished she was able to turn and face him. "I will happily keep reminding you that I am exactly where I want to be Jubal, I've been looking forward to tonight as much as you have."

Jubal leaned across the seat and kissed Maggie softly, keeping the kiss short and sweet "I think that might take a while to sink in for me, but you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you say that." He stole one more kiss before leaning back "Let's head inside so we can order dinner."

Maggie smiled watching Jubal before she climbed out following him up to his apartment and inside the door. He closed the door once Maggie had stepped in and he looked at her waist "Do you want me to put your gun and badge in the safe until you are leaving?."

"You don't mind? I mean I know I had it sitting out the other night but I would prefer it was safely locked up."

"Of course I don't mind Mags and I'm going to be putting my own in so it's no trouble at all, just remember to take it before you leave." Jubal chuckled softly as he waited for Maggie to hand him her gun and badge. "Make yourself comfortable on the couch."

Maggie went over to the couch and she sat down a little bit away from the corner of it so that Jubal could sit in beside her if he wanted and lean against the corner of the couch, she was giving him the option. She watched him putting away their guns in his safe and take out his Bluetooth ear piece.

"I see that I am getting the full attention of Jubal Valentine tonight again." She smirked playfully teasing him.

"I told you that when it's just us I want it to be just us, so that means no phone, but I know that neither of us can actually turn our phones off so we do the best we can do." Jubal smiled as he put his earpiece on to charge and came over to the couch and he sat down in the small space between Maggie and the end of the couch rather than the other side where there was more room and would have had him further away from her. He lifted his arm wrapping it around Maggie's shoulders smiling when she moved in right beside him resting her head on his shoulder. "You know what you want to eat?."

"You good with getting pizza? It's actually been a while from I've had pizza and they were talking about it today at work so it's been on my mind since." Maggie laughed softly as she moved her hand to lay on Jubal's chest, this felt so easy to be like this with him.

Jubal smiled kissing the top of Maggie's head "Pizza it is then." He took his phone and placed their order before getting comfortable, he lifted his feet on to his coffee table sliding down the back of the couch a little taking Maggie with him.

"You okay if I take my shoes off to lift my feet up on to the couch?." She titled her head a little to look at Jubal.

Jubal smiled as he leaned down kissing her, he was really going to make the most of every opportunity that he could get to kiss her. "Of course I am, I meant it when I said to make yourself comfortable Mags you don't have to ask."

Maggie smiled as she kissed Jubal back softly, she was more than okay with him stealing as many kisses as he wanted, she was enjoying every single one of them. "It's your apartment so of course I'm going to ask, I know you told me to make myself comfortable but my mother would kill me if she found out I hadn't asked." Maggie laughed softly as she kicked off her shoes and lifted her legs up on to the couch laying against Jubal again. "So can I ask something that has been on my mind since that night in the conference room?."

Jubal chuckled softly as he heard Maggie say about her mum would kill her if she hadn't asked first, he was loving that she seemed so relaxed with him, that was really making him so happy. He never thought that he would be sitting relaxing on his couch with his feet on his coffee table, his arm around Maggie Bell as she lay against him as they waited on their pizza to arrive. He was pulled from his thoughts when he heard Maggie's question.

"You can ask me anything you want to Mags, although I have to admit you have me slightly worried now that you had to ask permission first." He teased playfully as he could sense Maggie was a little nervous.

Maggie laughed shaking her head as she moved her head again so that she could see his face. "It's nothing bad don't worry and you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but how long have you been interested in us being more than friends?."

"You mean how long have I had feelings for you?." He raised his eyebrow playfully at the fact Maggie hadn't come straight out and said it. He laughed softly when she nodded chuckling. "Well I'm not blind Mags I noticed you were gorgeous the first day you walked into the JOC, but it was the last couple of years when I really started to get to know you. We seemed to be spending more time together at work, you would come to me more on cases, and I would get to see small insights into the real Maggie Bell and not just Agent Bell. I knew I had feelings for you a long time ago but I didn't want to mess up our work relationship or the friendship that we were building so I was trying to keep them well hidden."

Maggie was surprised but so thankful at how honest Jubal had been with his answer, she really was surprised that it had been as long as he was making it sound. "You know I had noticed that we had started spending more time together at work, you would pop up sitting on my desk or I would be sitting with you in the conference room. I never really knew how those moments happened but I always enjoyed them. Well if it helps you did an amazing job at keeping them well hidden because I had no idea you wanted more from us until your slip up in the conference room." Maggie laughed softly "Do you think you would have asked me out if it hadn't of been for that slip up?."

"I would find myself finding reasons to show up at your desk and you didn't seem to mind me sitting on your desk so I was happy to try and keep make that happening but I will admit sometimes I didn't even realise I was making it happen. I would find myself sitting on your desk talking to you all without even remembering getting there." Jubal ran his hand along Maggie's back slowly as the way she was sitting resting against him was making that possible. He couldn't help the smile at hearing that she had enjoyed those moments as much as he had. "I would love to say that yes I would have worked up the nerve to ask you but I honestly don't know because I didn't want to screw up our friendship. But it was getting harder and harder to listen to OA trying to set you up on dates, I think that might have been the reason for the slip up."

"Well as happy as I am that we have got to this point I'm not sure that I will ever thank OA for being so annoying that you slipped up and hinting that you wanted to go on a date with me." Maggie laughed softly as she leaned up kissing Jubal slowly, moving her hand to his cheek as she deepened the kiss a little, she actually was smiling more after they had both admitted to enjoying those moments at work that seemed to lead to them being here in this moment.

Jubal groaned in the kiss when he heard a knock at his door, he broke the kiss leaning his forehead against Maggie's "I really need people to stop interrupting us kissing, there's only so much a man can handle." He chuckled softly stealing a quick kiss before he stood up and went to answer his door, he thanked the delivery guy giving him a tip, closing the door and coming back over to the couch. He smiled when he saw that Maggie was sitting up straight now but hadn't moved any further down the couch so they would still be able to sit close.

"As much as I was enjoying kissing you I have to admit that this pizza smells incredible." Maggie laughed softly as she watched Jubal sit back down where he had been before the door knocked.

"I'm okay with that since we haven't eaten since lunch time." Jubal shook his head laughing as he leaned forward opening the pizza box and he held it over to Maggie so that she could lift a slice first.

"Such a gentleman." Maggie smiled honestly as she took a slice of Pizza thanking Jubal.

They put something on the tv in the background as they ate their pizza while just chatting about things in general. When they had finished eating Jubal cleaned up while Maggie went to the bathroom, she came back sitting on the couch as Jubal came over sitting down beside her and he smiled when she moved back into his side resting her head on his shoulder. She had taken her hair down from her ponytail so he was able to slowly run his fingers through her hair.

"So do I finally get to hear the story about OA calling you Mags?."

"I totally forgot that I never got to tell you that Friday night." She laughed as she moved her free hand to rest on Jubal's chest over his heart, she couldn't explain it but her hand just found it's way there and it made her feel so relaxed. "I honestly have no idea what made him call me Mags, it happened at work. I told him that if it happened again that I couldn't be held responsible if I punched him for it, so I think he took the message."

Jubal couldn't help the proper laugh that escaped when he heard Maggie "Now I wish I was there to see his reaction, I'm sure that he was confused but knew that you were serious. So it really does bother you that much if someone outside your immediate family calls you Mags?."

"He apologised straight away holding his hands up saying it wouldn't happen again." Maggie laughed softly as she was running her hand along Jubal's chest slowly. "It really does, the boys at high school thought that they could call me that and it always pissed me off. I don't know it sounds silly, it was just something that I associate with my immediate family, and I know at work we are a family and OA really does feel like a brother but it still didn't feel right to hear him calling me it."

"I get it, like you said it was a nickname your dad gave you so it means a lot to you. As much as I'm teasing you Mags I know that OA would have understood straight away and he wouldn't have been offended with you not wanting him to call you Mags, no matter how close you two are. It's kinda like that with Abby for me, the only people that ever call her Abby are me and my family, sometimes Tyler, all her friends and everyone on her mums side will call her Abigail and part of me hopes it stays that way."

Maggie was about to reply to Jubal when his phone started to ring, they were both really hoping that it wasn't work as they didn't want to have to cut another night short. Jubal leaned over lifting his phone "It's Sam which means it's probably the kids, you mind if I answer?."

"Of course not." Maggie went to sit up straight to move away from Jubal so that he could talk to his kids in private.

Jubal shook his head tightening his hold on Maggie. "Stay... If you are comfortable with it, I'd like you to stay." He smiled softly.

Maggie was so surprised when she heard Jubal asking her to stay where she was, she nodded as she wasn't sure she could really say anything right now. She lay her head back on his shoulder resting her hand on his chest again as Jubal ran his fingers through Maggie's hair slowly as he answered the phone to Sam.

"Hey Sam, no I'm at home so yeah I'd love to talk to them." Jubal's face lit up as Abby came on the phone first. "Hey Baby girl."

Maggie couldn't help the smile on her face as she heard Jubal greet his daughter for the first time, she was sitting close enough that she could hear Abby.

"Hi Daddy.. Daddy we got to bring in our favourite cuddly toy today so everyone in my class got to meet…"

"Sparkles." Jubal smiled finishing off Abby's sentence for her as he knew her favourite cuddly toy was her Unicorn 'Sparkles' that he had bought for her which filled him with so much love.

"Yes! And we were allowed to sit them on our desks for the whole day. So Sparkles was learning in class with me."

Maggie couldn't help the large smile as she heard the excitement of Abby through the phone, now she knew what Jubal meant about their energy as she could tell that Abby was not sitting still while talking to Jubal. She couldn't help but move her head a little so that she could watch Jubal talking to the kids wanting to take in every second of it.

"Did you remember to take Sparkles back home? Because I'm sure that you both need a big sleep after such a big day."

"Daddy don't be silly" Abby giggled "I would never forget Sparkles. We are ready for bed but mummy said we could ring and talk to you before going to sleep. Tyler wants to talk to you, night night Daddy I love you."

Jubal had such a large genuine smile on his face, he could feel Maggie watching him and that was honestly just making him even happier if that were at all possible. "Night night baby girl, I love you so much. Now go take Sparkles to bed and get a big sleep."

Jubal looked at Maggie and leaned down kissing her forehead, he was waiting for Abby to hand the phone over to Tyler and he just couldn't fight the urge to lean over and kiss Maggie's forehead. His smile grew when he saw Maggie close her eyes at the kiss, he knew that he had surprised her by asking her to stay with him while he spoke to his kids but he really wanted to open up this part of his life to her. That thought scared him a little but he was pulled from those thoughts when he heard Tyler.

"Hi Dad, I don't have any cuddly toy stories for you." The young boy laughed softly "but I do have some news, me and Brandon have decided to try out for the soccer team, we both really want to give it a try."

"Hey buddy, you do? That's fantastic, and you know that if it's something that you enjoy that you have mine and mummy's full support. When do you have practice?."

"We have our first practice tomorrow, Brandon's mum is going to collect us after and we are going for ice cream, but if's not too late when we get home can I ring to let you know how it went?."

Jubal laughed when he heard Abby shouting that she wanted to go for Ice Cream and then he smiled hearing his son "If you aren't too tired then of course you can ring me buddy I can't wait to hear how it goes. I hope that you have a great practice and enjoy ice cream with Brandon. You should go get sleep so that you have plenty of energy for tomorrow."

"I'm really excited about tomorrow, that was why mum said we could ring you even though we were ready for bed." Tyler yawned "Sorry dad." He chuckled softly "I think I do need to get that big sleep, night Dad, I love you."

Jubal chuckled softly hearing Tyler yawn "You definitely need sleep. Night Buddy, I love you too and I hope tomorrow goes really well for you."

Jubal spoke briefly with Sam asking her to let him know how soccer training goes and even if he was at work that he would take the call from Tyler as this was the first time his son was really interested in trying a sport. When he had hung up Jubal leaned over setting his phone back on the coffee table and he looked at Maggie smiling.

"Sorry about that, I wasn't expecting to hear from them tonight as Sam had said they were both exhausted but I guess their excitement helped with their energy a little." He chuckled softly.

Maggie shook her head smiling "You don't have to apologise Jubal, they both sound very adorable and it's very clear to hear how much they love their Dad. They were both so excited about their news that they couldn't sleep until they told you, you are a really good dad Jubal, thank you for letting me see a little into that side of your life." Maggie was still trying to wrap her heard around the fact that he was really letting her into his life by letting her stay for that phone call with his kids. He then surprised her once again by how gentle and sweet he was with the forehead kiss, this man really had no idea how much she thought of him.

"They really are good kids, Sam might have some trouble calming Abby down enough to get her to sleep soon." He laughed softly as he slid down the couch a little again wanting to get comfortable again, keeping Maggie close to him. "Thank you for staying when I asked you to, I know this is all new to you and I hope I didn't make you feel like you had to stay, I just really wanted to try and open up that side of my life to you. Because like you said I really do come as a package deal." He chuckled a little nervously as he was really hoping that he hadn't made Maggie feel like she had to stay for the phone call.

"You didn't make me feel like I had to stay, you caught me completely off guard by asking me to stay because I know how private you are when it comes to your kids. I really appreciate that you are letting me see the dad side to you, I don't take that lightly because I know that's a huge thing for you. Now I am lucky enough to know that your kids sound just as sweet as their dad."

"Yeah you weren't great at hiding the surprise on your face when I asked you to stay." Jubal teased playfully and laughed when Maggie poked his side. "I told you on our first date that I wanted to show you the real me and that includes me being a dad. Oh trust me they are much sweeter than their dad, it's impossible not to smile when they are around." Jubal had such a large smile on his face, he was completely unguarded right now.

Maggie couldn't take her eyes off Jubal, the way that he was smiling right now was something that she wanted to see more often. She lifted her hand to his cheek, gently caressing it with her thumb "You just have to talk about them and your smile grows so much like right now. You have no idea that you light up when you talk about them, I've really noticed that tonight when you were so unguarded." Maggie leaned in kissing Jubal softly.

Jubal deepened the kiss as he pulled Maggie closer to him, he honestly had never had anyone that was as gentle as Maggie was. The touch on his chest earlier, the touch to his cheek, she made him feel so cared about when she would touch him like that, it was all new to him. He nipped lightly at Maggie's bottom lip and couldn't help the smirk that appeared in the kiss as he heard the moan escape from her. He ran his tongue over her lip, right where he had been nipping seconds before, he let out his own moan when he felt their tongues meet once again. He ran his hand along Maggie's back trying to pull her even closer as right now didn't feel close enough for him.

Maggie wanted to be closer to Jubal as well, she had made the decision in her head and now it was time to follow through with that decision with her actions. When she felt Jubal trying to pull her closer she caught him completely off guard by breaking the kiss and straddling him, she took his face in her hands as she leaned down kissing him with a new want and almost hunger.

When Maggie broke the kiss Jubal thought it was because she wanted them to stop so he was completely surprised as he watched her straddle him, he ran his hands along her sides while she cupped his face. Jubal couldn't help the moan that escaped in the kiss, he could feel the added intensity in the kiss and it was driving him crazy in all the right ways. He moved his hands around to Maggie's back as he slid his hands under her shirt letting his fingertips brush across her skin pulling her even closer to him, he wanted no distance between them.

Feeling his fingers on her skin had Maggie letting out a moan as it felt like her body was on fire right under his touch, she had no idea how he could make her feel that way by simply touching her skin. When he pulled her tight against his chest she immediately felt the affect that she was having on him, his trousers were hiding nothing. She couldn't resist the urge as she rolled her hips against him causing Jubal to break the kiss as he let out a moan, his breathing heavier as he lay his forehead lightly against hers.

"Mags…."

He managed to get her name out in a whisper before Maggie was pressing her lips lightly against his to stop him from talking. She knew that he was going to either apologise or tell her they needed to stop if it wasn't going to go any further tonight.

"Take me to bed Jubal…"

Maggie whispered against his lips and she felt and heard his breath catch when he heard what she had said. He pulled his head back so that he could look in to her eyes as he gently brushed some of her hair from her face so that he could really see her.

"Are you sure?."

Maggie stood up from Jubal's lap and she held out her hand to him to help him stand up which he took immediately standing up. She lay her hand on his chest as she leaned up kissing him again much softer than before.

"I'm more than sure."

She smiled against his lips when she felt his own smile appear, Jubal ran his hand along her arm slowly taking her hand in his as he stepped around her and lead her towards his bedroom. When they stepped inside his bedroom he turned to face Maggie, taking both her hands as he gently pulled her closer to him.

"We can take this as slow as you want Mags, you know that right?."

"And if I don't want to take it slow?." She smirked playfully watching him.

"Then I guess I'm going to die happy." He now had a large smirk on his face.

Maggie shook her head chuckling when she heard him "Always a charmer with the words Valentine." She teased playfully as she leaned in kissing him deeply. Maggie knew she had wanted this with Jubal after their second date and even more after their kiss in the parking garage, but hearing him tell her that they could take it as slow as she wanted really did make her want this man standing before her even more. She took her hands from his as she ran them along his chest and to his waist pulling his shirt out from his trousers, before her fingers found their way back to the top of his shirt as they undone the buttons. When she reached the last button Maggie broke the kiss so that she could look at him standing before her, she let his shirt fall open before running her fingertips along his chest right down his stomach. She noticed straight away that Jubal had to swallow hard when he felt her fingers against his chest and stomach.

"I've been wondering what you have been hiding under these shirts for a very long time." She admitted softly as she moved her hands back to his shoulders, pushing his shirt off him letting her hands run along his arms as she pushed it gently off his arms and on to the floor.

Maggie's touch was even more amazing than he had ever imagined and yes he had imagined it a few times. The way that she was looking at him as she traced his chest and stomach with her fingers had him swallowing hard as he never thought that Maggie would be looking at him that way. Every time he was taking his shirt off in the future this was all he was going to picture, he was never going to forget her touch or the way she looked at him.

"I see the truth is coming out now." He smirked playfully, thankful that he had found his voice again. "But now it means that you are slightly over dressed." That smirk just grew as he saw Maggie bite her lip looking at him, she was definitely going to be the death of him. Maggie went to take her blouse off her but Jubal took her hands stopping her "Let me." When Maggie nodded Jubal started to slowly unbutton her blouse letting his fingers brush against her skin as he moved his fingers down to the next button.

Maggie let out a low almost frustrated groan which just had Jubal chuckling as she looked at him "Jubal, can you seriously go a little faster."

"I never knew you were so impatient Mags."

"Only when it comes to wanting you."

Maggie kept her attention on Jubal as she said those words, his hands froze hearing her words as he looked at her and saw that there was no teasing in her eyes. In fact when he looked in to her brown eyes all he could see was want and need and it was for him. That was going to be something that was definitely going to take a while to sink in with him. Jubal stepped closer to Maggie as he leaned down kissing her with his growing want and desire, he had the rest of the buttons open in no time as he slid the blouse off her letting it fall to their feet. He wrapped his arm around her waist gently pulling her close to him so they were flush against each other, feeling skin to skin contact for the first time between them caused a moan to escape from both of them.

It didn't take either of them much longer to strip right down not caring where their clothes ended up on the floor, that was something they could care about later. Right now all they cared about was wanting and needing each other. They made their way towards Jubal's bed while kissing each other, it was like they couldn't stop kissing, it also helped that neither of them wanted to stop kissing. When they reached Jubal's bed he gently lay Maggie down under him as he lifted himself up resting his hands either side of her head.

"You really are so beautiful Mags."

"You know you don't have to use flattery, you already have me in your bed."

"Not just flattery when I mean every single word. You really have no idea how beautiful you are to me Maggie." Jubal looked at Maggie laying under him, he was trying to process that this was actually about to happen, this wasn't a dream. He was soon pulled out of his thoughts when Maggie lay her hand on his cheek pulling him down to her so that she could kiss him deeply, running her knee along his leg and side. They broke the kiss as Jubal held himself up on one arm, the other brushing Maggie's hair from her face so that they could watch each other as they became one for the first time. Neither of them could hold back the slight gasp and moan that escaped at the feel of them finally becoming one, it didn't take Jubal long to finally move as he was kissing along Maggie's shoulder to her neck, nipping at her neck gently, just under her ear finding it was one of her sweet spots. Maggie's hand were covering every inch of Jubal's body they could find as they moved in rhythm together, keeping him as close as possible at all times. The room was filled with soft whispers of each other's names and soft moans, neither prepared for the pleasure that was shared between them, holding on tight to each other, staring in to each other's eyes as they reached that ultimate high together.

When they slowly started to calm down Jubal rolled off Maggie on to his back but he took her with him so that she was tucked in to his side, he wasn't ready for there to be any distance between them. She happily rolled on to her side laying her head on Jubal's chest and shoulder as she ran her hand along his chest and stomach trying to calm down her breathing. Jubal pulled the covers up around them a little as they started to cool down, he was slowly running his fingers through her hair as he kissed her head.

"Stay…"

Maggie titled her head back a little so that she could see his face, he leaned down kissing her forehead as he ran his fingertips along her arm.

"I want you to stay and it's not a knee jerk reaction to what just happened, I promise."

Maggie closed her eyes smiling at his kiss to her forehead, she reached up letting her fingers run along his goatee.

"If you really want me to stay then I'll stay but as long as you are sure."

Jubal moved down the bed a little so he was lower on the pillow so that they were able to rest their foreheads lightly against each other as he closed his eyes running his fingers along her spine lightly.

"Trust me I'm more than sure Mags, I don't want you to leave." The word 'ever' flashed through his mind at that moment, he was thankful that he somehow managed to stop it from slipping out. This wasn't just a one night thing to him, he wanted so much more from her, it was one of the many reasons that he wanted her to stay.

"Then I guess you better be okay with having company in this bed with you." Maggie chuckled softly as she placed small kisses to his lips, her fingers still running along his goatee.

"Only company I've had sleeping in this bed with me is the kids." Jubal had no idea why he chose to be so honest with Maggie, but it was the truth and it seemed like he couldn't stop being honest when it came to Maggie.

"I already told you that you didn't have to keep using flattery now that you have me in your bed." She chuckled softly, but truth was her heart was beating faster as she was trying to process what that actually meant and she didn't want to force him to tell her and ruin this moment if he didn't want to answer her.

"And I told you it's not flattery when I mean every word." Jubal pulled his head back a little so that he could look at Maggie as he brushed the backs of his fingers along her cheek gently. "It's the truth Mags, you are the first person that I have dated seriously since my sobriety."

Maggie watched Jubal as he was talking and she could tell that he was being completely honest, which completely threw her. She knew that he hadn't talked about dating around them but she put that down to the fact that he was a very private man. "So you put aside your nerves about dating seriously for the first time sober just so you could change my mind about dating and convince me to go on a second and third date?." Maggie could feel tears in her eyes as this man really was one of the good ones out there.

Seeing the tears in her eyes made him worry that he had maybe just screwed things up already between them. "You are the first person that I've wanted to take on a proper first date Mags, I never thought that would be possible never mind a second or third date. I wanted the chance to show you that you deserve to be so happy. I'm sorry that I wasn't upfront from the beginning about it."

Maggie shook her head smiling, she realised that the tears in her eyes had given him the wrong impression "I'm not mad Jubal." She ran her thumb along his lips slowly "You just keep surprising me with how sweet you are. Thank you for telling me though, I know it can't have been easy as you had no idea how I was going to react."

Jubal kissed Maggie's thumb when she ran it along his lips gently, yeah he wanted to get used to being touched like this by her. He ran his fingers through her hair slowly, enjoying how happy and relaxed she looked right now in his arms. "So you don't regret tonight?."

"If I regretted tonight I would not still be lying here with you and I wouldn't have agreed to stay right here. So no, no part of me regrets tonight Jubal." She leaned up kissing him softly "Do you regret it?."

"Oh hell no." They both chuckled with how quickly Jubal answered her question "It may just take some time for it to sink in that Maggie Bell is currently lying in my bed naked." He smirked playfully.

"Naked and clung to you and I'm not moving because I'm very comfy." She chuckled softly as she moved a little as if to get more comfy, her leg was resting between his, and she moved hiding her face in his neck as she could feel the tiredness from their last two cases and their fun activities catching up with her.

"You can lie whatever way you want to, trust me you won't be getting any complaints from me." Jubal kissed Maggie's head as he held her closer to him, laying his cheek against the top of her head as he pulled the covers more around. He was lying smiling just holding her, running his hands along her back letting it slowly sink in that he was really holding Maggie. "Close your eyes and get some sleep Mags." He spoke softly to her.

"Hmm goodnight Jubal." She mumbled against his neck as she placed small kisses to his neck before getting comfortable again.

It hadn't take Maggie or Jubal long to fall asleep last night as they both had been exhausted due to their last two cases and they both were the most relaxed last night that they had been in a very long time. Jubal woke and rolled over reaching his arm out expecting to find Maggie, he was thinking that they had just moved while sleeping but he was met with an empty bed. He sat up in the bed straight away and he thought that maybe she had woke this morning and changed her mind about not regretting last night. He climbed out of his bed and slid on his boxers and put on a t-shirt as he made his way out to his living room to see if maybe Maggie was there. He stopped at the entrance to his living room as he saw Maggie standing in his kitchen wearing the shirt that he had been wearing yesterday, he let out the breath he hadn't realised he had been holding. He made his way into the kitchen and came up behind her kissing her cheek.

"Good morning."

Maggie smiled feeling Jubal's kiss and she turned around wrapping her arms around his neck as she leaned up kissing him softly "Good morning.. I hope you don't mind that I helped myself to your coffee." She titled her head a little watching him for a few seconds "So how much of you thought that I had snuck out?." She raised an eyebrow playfully.

Jubal ran his hands along Maggie's sides, gently pulling her closer to him "If I say a large part of me does that mean you'll stop kissing me because I kinda really like starting my day like this." He smirked playfully as he placed small kisses to her lips.

"Hmm you might be very lucky that I enjoy kissing you too much to stop." She smirked playfully whispering against his lips placing more small kisses before pulling back to look at him. "I still don't regret last night Jubal and no part of me is going to regret it."

"Yeah I might need for you to say that a few more times for it to really sink in." He chuckled softly as he kissed Maggie much deeper this time.

They had made breakfast together, talking about really anything that came to their minds, both unaware that the other was so happy that things still felt so natural between them. Last night hadn't made things awkward at all, in fact it made them want physical contact even more, both finding any reason they could to be touching each other. They had taken turns in the bathroom to get ready and when Maggie came back in to the living room Jubal had taken her gun and badge from the safe and had them sitting on the counter. Maggie smiled as she lifted them putting them on her waist.

"I'm definitely going to have to go home and change, I turn up in the same clothes as yesterday and OA will notice straight away." Maggie laughed shaking her head.

"Yeah there is no way that he wouldn't notice that." Jubal laughed as he walked over to Maggie and wrapped his arms around her waist pulling her close again "Well you should have enough time, I on the other hand need to go or I'm going to be late for my morning meeting with Isobel."

"Just tell her that your bed guest distracted you." Maggie smirked kissing Jubal softly.

"It's already going to be hard trying not to smile the whole way through the meeting because I'll just be thinking about you." Jubal whispered again Maggie's lips as he held her as close to him as possible kissing her slowly but deeply, only breaking the kiss when they had to for air.

"You'll have to think of a good excuse to explain your smile." She smirked playfully "If I've enough time I'll stop and bring you some coffee from my favourite place." Maggie smiled placing small light kisses to Jubal's lips before finally stepping back. "Now I really have to go or I will end up being late."

Jubal watched Maggie as he ran his hand along her arm squeezing her hand "If you can get proper coffee that would be amazing, but don't worry if you can't. I'll see you at work Mags." Jubal couldn't stop smiling as Maggie squeezed his hand as he opened his apartment door and he leaned against the doorframe watching her until he couldn't see her anymore.

Today was going to be a good day.