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Luke quickly turned around to look away the same time Prentiss covered her chest with her arms crossed turning away from Luke. She was wearing a bra but felt like she wasnt wearing anything at all.

"Umm Luke my top is.. my top is on the other side of the bed." Prentiss said as she looked at the ground.

"Go ahead my eyes are closed." Luke had closed his eyes when he turned around and saw the reflection of the room from mirror in front of him.

Prentiss continued to look at the floor with her hand covering her chest as she rushed to the other side to grab her top. She quickly put it on and turned away for Luke. "Done."

Luke opened his eyes to see Prentiss standing there with her back towards him. He went into the closet and took out the suitcase. After placing it on the stool he takes out a pair of pants and a tank. He walked back into the bathroom slamming the door behind him.

Prentiss eye had fallen on the key card cover that sat on the table in front of her. 'Rm. 206.' The moment Luke slammed the door, Prentiss jumped but reached over the bed for her bag. She pulled out her key card cover, 'Rm. 206.'

There must be a mistake, she grabbed the phone ready to give the front desk a piece of her mind. Before the receptionist could complete the greeting, Prentiss went off on him. Telling him everything that happened leaving out the part they found each other semi naked.

Luke walked out to find her on the phone yelling. "Who are you yelling at?" He walked up behind her. There was a bit of hesitation but neither showed it.

"The front desk. They gave one of us the wrong room." She said as she handed him both card covers. Luke looked at the card and immediately thought Penelope and her probably got they card switched. He was about to tell her when she turned away from him yelling. "What? What do you mean? Well whoever put us in made a mistake."

"What happened?" Luke asked pulling Prentiss back to face him.

"He's telling me that both of are name appears for this room." Luke grabs the phone from her hand. "He has me on hold. He is grabbing his manager who assigned the room to us.

The manager comes onto the phone and Luke, who was raging inside, spoke to the manager calmly. "There seems to be a mistake." Luke said before he got cut off by the manager.

"I do apologize sir but there is no mistake. We have you both down to stay in the same room. Maybe you would like speak to Ms. Penelope Alvez who booked the rooms. She probably made the mistake."

"No! It was you! She would never make such a mistake. She is my.." Luke stopped trying to control his anger. It was Matt big day and he didnt want to do anything to ruin it.

"I remember this call sir, she gave both your names for one room and hers for another." The manager said sure of himself.

"What? That can't be you must be mistaken." Luke said as Prentiss looked at him worried.

"I hate to be blunt but even I thought I made a mistake at first but she corrected and confirmed that one room for Luke Alvez and Emily Prentiss and the other room to be booked for Penelope Alvez. I initially thought you were husband and wife but brother and sister share the same last name too." The manager randomly speaking his mind.

"She's my wife!" Luke barked at him.

"Sorry sir, I spoke to much. If you like I can provide you with another room for either you or Ms. Prentiss free of charge." The manager said worried.

Luke slammed the phone down and ran his finger through his hair.

Penelope walked into her room. Leaving her suitcase at the door. She sat at the edge of the bed, her heart ached. She didn't love him and she knew he didn't love her but didn't this marriage mean anything to him. Had the relationship of a husband and wife fallen so low. She looked towards the door wanting to run out and stop it all. But she knew the truth had to come out and she needed to face it. She walked into the bathroom to wash her face. She hadn't cried but felt like she hadn't stopped since the moment she let Prentiss disappear behind that door. She wiped her face and walked back towards the bed. She heard her phone vibrate and searched her bag for it but when she found it there was no call. She continued to hear a vibration. She lifted her purse and found another phone. 'Stacey' was written on the screen. She remembered Prentiss handing her the phone. Penelope rushed towards her door to return it but stopped. She couldn't walk in on the them. She wasn't afraid of them doing something. But the longer it took for him to come to her, the longer he was with her. The phone stopped ringing. Penelope looked down at it. What if it had something to do with Prentiss father. Penelope grabbed the handle and walked over to the room.

"I don't think he is lying. She is the one who reminded me of my room number. I just don't understand why she would do this. It's not like her?" Prentiss said. Ever since the dinner, Luke had opened up more about his relationship with Penelope.

Luke was about to speak when their heard a knock on the door. "If it's that manager Prentiss tell him to leave at once or I will break his face."

Luke threats were always empty but this one, this one he was going to follow through. Prentiss rush to the door before the manager could knock again. When she opened the door, she was shocked to see Penelope.

"I accidentally took your phone." Penelope said sadly as she handed her the phone. Prentiss took the phone gently from her hand. Penelope glanced behind her and found Luke with his arms crossed against his chest. "I am sorry. I will leave now." Penelope was turning to leave when she heard Luke.

"Penelope get in here!" Luke yelled.

Penelope walked in looking straight out in front of her. Prentiss stood right next to her, facing her.

"What the hell is this Penelope? Why the fuck is the front desk telling me you requested me and Prentiss to be in one room?" Luke yelled at Penelope as he walked a bit closer to her.

Penelope quietly looked straight ahead. Prentiss looked at Penelope as a tear escaped from her eyes only visible to her.

"Luke.." Prentiss said as she tried to tell him but stopped when he raised his hand towards her to stop talking.

"No Prentiss, I have the right to know why the fuck my wife.. my wife!.. booked a room for me and another women." Luke was getting upset with Penelope silence. "ANSWER ME!"

"I saw the shirt Luke." Penelope said looking at him. Prentiss went and fell onto the edge of the bed with her hands covering her face. Luke was still angry but guilt filled his heart. "Both of them."

"It's not what you think Penelope. There is nothing between me and Prentiss. That was a stupid competitive thing me and Matt did to prove.."

"Stop it Luke!" Penelope yelled back. She was sick and tired of people thinking she was an idiot. Why couldn't people just be honest. "I am not an idiot Luke. That lipstick shade and the scent from your shirt is exactly the same shade and same perfume Prentiss is wearing right at this very moment. Don't make up stories, Luke. I heard you that day whispering to her on the phone. "I am going to give it sometime before I tell her, I promise. I just don't want to hurt her." You didn't want to hurt me right. So I waited Luke. I was waiting for you to tell me Luke. I was fucking waiting. You had the guts to have an affair so I thought you would have the guts to tell me but you didn't. I couldn't wait no more. So I booked this room for both of you to let you know that I knew." Penelope looked towards the ground in front of her. "That I knew and was happy to le.."

"Don't you dare say another word Penelope." Luke was furiously pointing his finger at her knowing what she was going to say. The room fell silent. Luke was still angry but as a tear fell from her eye his heart melted. "Penelope the first shirt you saw was a accident. Some drunk girl bumped into me and her lipstick rubbed off on me. The second one, yes it was Prentiss lipstick and perfume, but it was all to prove a point. After I bumped into the girl, Matt told me to make sure I cleaned my shirt before I came back but I told him I didn't have to be afraid because you trusted me. You knew I will never step outside this marriage. I saw you when you first saw the stain and even through I was proud that you trusted me so much not to question it. It bugged me. Especially when you didn't pick up any of my calls when you went to visit your sister. More then Matt I needed to prove to myself that you did trust me. That my wife trusted me…"

"Stop with the stories Luke." Penelope said cutting him off. Prentiss opened her mouth to say something but stopped when Penelope shook her head not too. Penelope turned to face Luke completely. "Trust. It's kind of hard to do that when you don't know who they are." She said harshly. Luke looked over to her hurt. "You keep calling me your wife and maybe it's easy for you because you truly feel that ways. For me, we are just two strangers dancing around each other." Luke looked away as his heart squeezed in pain. "Ever since we got married, you have never sat down to talk to me, never once stopped to tell me about yourself. I don't even know your favorite color. The only thing I have to go by are your actions and my interpretation of them." Penelope paused as she looked straight ahead again, heavy hearted. "Even when you are seconds away from falling asleep, you stay up until I am home, why? A wife should know why but I don't. I asked you once and you brushed it off. You come home from work, you wash up then change. You eat and then sit on your laptop until it time to go to sleep. I been dancing around this person for months now believing him to be my husband. Imagine my surprise when this person turns out to be someone else. At first it was the shirts but that night at dinner, I saw sides of you that I never seen before. For months I woke up and slept right next to you and never once did I ever see you the way I did that night. Luke I do trust you. I trust you to come home from work just to jump back onto your laptop to work. I trust you to not empty out your suitcase. I trust you to leave things in your pocket. But I can't trust to believe the story you are weaving." Penelope broke down "I just can't" she said wiping a tear and running out of the room to hers. She quickly scanned the card and ran into her room as Luke came running after her.

Luke knocked on her door as it closed right in front of him. She didn't answer. He knocked again, "Penelope, please open up and let me explain." Luke continued to knock in 5 second interval for a minute begging for her to let him in. When she didn't, he stopped to call the front desk for a key card but they refused since it wasn't his room. Luke gave up and continued to knock. The guest from the room across from Penelopes opened they door. A gentleman stood at the door.

"Hey buddy, we are trying to sleep. Can you keep it down out here?" He said upset.

"I would love too but as you can see I am in a bit of a dilemma. So go back inside and put cotton balls in your ear like normal people and go to sleep." Luke turned back around to knock on the door. "Penelope please open up."

"Listen if you don't stop I will call security." The gentlemen threaten Luke.

Luke turned completely around to face him, very annoyed. He didn't want to ruin Matt big day but right now he could care less. "You know what, you do that because until this door opens, I am not going anywhere." As the words leave Luke lips, the door opens behind him and a hand pulls him in.

Penelope pulls him in as she closes the door. Luke falls back and stumbles onto Penelope suitcase making him fall. But as he begins to fall he grabs Penelope hand and pulls her down with him. He landed on the floor with the suitcase between his feet and Penelope on top of him. Penelope lifts her head and looks down at Luke, looking at her. She tries to push herself up but Luke tightens his arm around her, "No."

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