Both Luca and Chris remain paralyzed, but for two different reasons.
Luca dosen't want Street to find out it was him, he would surely kill him. He' s pretty sure he wouldn't have a chance with both of SWAT's best snipers mad at him.
Chris is just afraid of losing everything, her job, her trust in her teammates, but most of all losing Street.
"Chris! You are there? Chris! " Street says from the other side of the door, and they both return to reality.
"Ok, you Chris open the door, and I'll go away in a flash" Luca organizes in a second, taking his things, and going to the front door.
Chris, however, is still stuck. "Wait Luca, what should I do?" she turns to Luca as if she was unable to understand and do anything. She feels like a teenager who has to talk to the boy she likes.
"Chris, in short, is not the first man you meet ! I'll tell you a secret, Street is a man like any other, too. "He chuckled and that bothered Chris a lot.
These last words of Luca, for Chris are not at all true! Jim is different, he is not a man like the others. He is thoughtful, playful, serious, but he is his best friend, a confidant, who listens without judging. And after all, he is also damn handsome, charming and attractive. Chris has known men and women too, but none had ever had all these characteristics together. Chris was never supposed to argue with him about the job, they both knew the risks and dangers SWAT entailed.
It's time for a showdown, Chris pulls himself together and heads for the door. She opens it.
"Hey Chris" says Street "hey Street" returns Chris. The embarrassment between the two can be cut with a knife.
"Hey guys! I'm going, it's late. " Luca pats both of them on the back and leaves Chris's house. He turns and concludes "I recommend to you two" looks them in the eye "know that there is only one life, and we must grasp and not throw away everything that is given to us" pushes Street into Chris's apartment and goes away .
"Did Luca drink too much this evening?" Street asks confused "I think he was raving" continues to dampen the tension.
Chris doesn't answer, as she goes to the kitchen to get a glass of water. Her mouth is so dry that she has most likely not swallowed at all in the last few minutes.
She sighs for more courage and turns to Street "Jim we need to talk"
Street freezes as if it had just been pervaded by a wave of icy wind. He looks into her eyes with a mixed expression of joy and disbelief at the same time "This is the first time you have called me Jim. Chris what's going on? "
Chris sits on the sofa, tries to hide her face in her hands, to hide the tears.
"Chris why are you crying? Say something, so you make me worry. "He sits next to her and takes her hands.
"I'm terrified" she raises her face and looks for Street's gaze. He can no longer hide "I'm afraid of losing the team, the SWAT, but above all I'm terrified of losing you !"
Silence invades the room. There are just the two of them, their eyes crossing, and they release an uncontrolled and pure passion.
Street approaches her again, grabs her face very gently. "Chris" whispers, "I'll always be there for you! You'll never lose me!"
She closes her eyes, now she is completely pervaded by all that passion she has just seen in Street's eyes. "Jim, I love you madly," Chris tells him in one breath.
He doesn't reply, he closes his eyes and approaches her. Their lips touch, they rub their noses against each other, the complicity is immense at this moment.
They both know how much they love each other, they are aware of how they feel about each other. Nothing can stop them now.
the time has come for Chris to tear down the last wall that separates her from Street. She knows very well that he would have waited indefinitely, but for Chris the wait was over.
She takes the initiative, the distance between their lips has vanished in a micro second.
At first delicate, shy, the kiss turns into something passionate, overwhelming, which neither of us can resist.
Chris wants to cancel the physical distance between them, decides to sit astride Street's legs, and he emits a faint, almost imperceptible, moan of pleasure. "Finally" she whispers in his ear.
They interrupt the kiss "finally I have to say it!" Street tells her with a smile. "shut up!" and Chris starts kissing him again. At that moment Street realizes that Chris has no intention of stopping there. She wants it at all costs. The feeling is mutual, but the fleetingness could have ruined the moment. Street was convinced of that.
He locks Chris's face in his hands, pulls it away to look into her eyes. "Chris, I think we have to stop," he tells her in a rather disappointed tone. "Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't want to, but I think we need to calm down a bit. You know what I mean "he was visibly embarrassed, he had never blocked anyone before.
That moment of theirs must have been unforgettable for both of them, but they weren't lucid enough to seal it in the best way.
"Ok, sorry," Chris replies, going to sit on the sofa again. Her cheeks were visibly red, she was certainly hot. "You're right, maybe it's better that we stop," she continues. She too understood that it would be better to stop.
"well? What do we do now? Shall we take a walk? I am hungry as a wolf. Would you like to take something to take away or go somewhere nearby? " Street tells her.
"We don't really talk about it that we get out of here." Chris counters, "I remind you that my neighborhood is full of cops! If we don't want to go public with this, we better stay here! "
"Ok ok, don't worry, let's do as you say" Street calms her, smiling and raising her hands in surrender.
"But clarify one thing" he says looking at her confused, but with a somewhat mischievous smile "make this public, what exactly are you referring to?" he puts his arms to his chest and looks into her eyes.
"Ufffh" Chris looks away from him and continues "you really are a capricious child Jim! I don't know how I managed to… .. "she stops and looks him in the eye.
"To do what?" teases her "come on say it, I have no problem telling you" Street shortens the distance between them, never taking his eyes off what for him was the most beautiful and fascinating creature "I love you Chris, I think I loved you from the first moment that I met you. The way I feel when you're there, I can't even explain it to you. My heart beats madly, from the moment I get up in the morning until I go to sleep, you are there in all my thoughts "he stops for a moment, even for him it was not easy to express everything in one breath. "I will not deny you I had several hot dreams about us two, because the desire to have you is really great!" Chris smiles.
For the first time Chris feels good, he has never received a declaration of love like this.
Street has put everything in black and white, without filters and half terms.
"I love you too Jim, and I can't be without you" she strokes his face "but you have to admit that our story is impossible. We have to decide whether to stay together or on the same team! "
"I have no intention of losing you! Now even more! " the distance between them is almost imperceptible, they are head to head "the matter is not negotiable. We talk about it with others, if that's okay with you. If necessary, I will change the team, this is well established "
"What if we try to convince them that this is not necessary?" Chris intervenes
" What do you want to say?" Street asks her "if we were able to be together and still work in the same team? On the other hand we have done so until now. Of course we have never been sexually involved, but I don't think it's a problem that "even his eyes are now full of lust and passion.
"Agent Christina Alonso, if you continue it will put a strain on poor agent Jim Street" pulls her to him, to make her feel every muscle in her body.
"Ok ok, I admit, it's the first time I've flirted with you, and I'm very amused." Street starts tickling her, he knows how much Chris suffers at the waist level.
"Come on stop it" she shouts "you are disloyal"
"Would I be unfair? You want to steal my virtue, when we have decided not to go further this evening, and you also call me disloyal !"
They both burst out laughing.
"Come on, that's enough though!" he says "now let's order something to eat and see a good movie. It is already 22.00. tomorrow we have the first round 24-David ! "
"I know well 26-David !" Chris replies "it's a good time to talk to the team, there aren't many people in the Headquarters in the morning"
"OK, all right. But now come here, and let's enjoy the evening! " Street concludes
"Ok, just the two of us" she kisses him passionately.