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I woke up first and got into the shower, rinsing off before we went out. When I walked out of the bathroom, Tony was snuggling into the comforter, eyes open, staring at me.

"Sweetheart, we need to get ready for dinner," I said, walking over to him, kissing him lightly on the lips, still drying my wet hair with the towel.

"Okay," he said, standing up and walking into shower.

I hardly ever wore skirts these days, and when I did, it was usually in a dark color that went with the rest of a business suit. When things settled down more, I would be able to wear my flowing, light skirts again, the ones I loved. I picked out a pink flowing skirt and an off white, causal top. I left my hair down, opposed to pulling it back which I usually did for work, and wore flip flops. Tony put on some tight fitting jeans and a t-shirt that looked amazing on him, covering it with the jean jacket I bought him.

"You look hot," he said, coming out of the bathroom where he had been adorably trying to make his hair not stick up.

I smiled at that. He walked over and put his arms around me.

"You don't look to shabby yourself," I said, straightening out the collar on his jacket, which had been folded half down half up.

"You ready?" he asked.

"Ready" I confirmed, grabbing my purse.

He took hold of my hand and led me out the door. I locked it as he started the car. The car ride over consisted of flirtatious glances in each other's direction and sly looks in the opposite direction when caught by the other one. Once there, Tony opened the door for me, closing it behind me, but before I was able to escape he pressed me against the car door and kissed me.

"Tony!" I said, shocked by him.

"Don't look so surprised," he said, taking my hand and leading me into the place, wiping my lip gloss off his mouth. I traced a finger around my mouth to remove it where it was smeared. "It was all I could do to stop myself groping you in public," he said, the corners of his mouth curving into a smile.

He drew me close to him and we giggled, almost nose to nose, walking into the place. My arm was around his neck, keeping him close to me and his was around my back, our bodies turned into one another while we were staring at each other, cracking up. A loud burst of sound made us look into the main part of the restaurant for the first time.

"Surprise!"

It seemed the whole of CTU was there, or at least everyone who wasn't completely against Tony's pardon. We looked around shocked. This was less formal then usual CTU gatherings, where Tony and I usually acted as a couple but never displayed as much affection as we were now. Tony looked at me questioningly, and I looked back, completely confused.

"We thought we'd offer our congratulations. You're free, and everybody wanted to honor you as a loyal agent and a great person," Jack said.

"I don't know what to say," Tony said dumbfounded, still holding onto me.

"Just have a drink!" Ray Thomas shouted from the back.

Everybody laughed and muttered their agreement. The atmosphere became more relaxed as talking started again, and people began to approach Tony. I saw some of the girls with drinks in their hands and began to go over to them. But as my hand drifted from Tony's neck down his arm and onto his, he grabbed it pulling me back to him.

"I'm here to be with you," he said, his eyes slightly pleading. He looked so adorable; it seemed he wanted me to be with him while he talked to people.

"Sweetheart, I'm not going anywhere, I'm just going to get us some drinks, okay?" I said, my hand on his chest, talking quietly to him as people were still around.

"Okay," he said, and smiled at me.

I felt his eyes on my back and looked over my shoulder, motioning for him to listen to what people were saying to him. I turned back around with a smile on my face, approaching the bar. I ordered a glass of rum and a rum and coke for me, and went back over to Tony, handing him his drink. Chase and Kim walked over.

"Nice to see you guys got in okay," said Kim, sniggering. "I have to say, it was kinda cute seeing Michelle push you into the house and kiss you," she continued to Tony.

I giggled looking down at the ground, slightly embarrassed.

"I only have a vague memory of last night," I said, "But somehow I remember that part."

I smiled at Tony who kept a strait face, although his eyes were beaming at me. After some talking and drinking, people began to sit down at tables. It seemed they had rented out the small restaurant bar for the night. Jack, who had brought Kate with him, tapped his glass lightly, standing up.

"I'd just like to say, congratulations Tony, you don't belong in handcuffs," Jack said.

Tony stood up.

"Thank you all for being here. It really means a lot to me. I am now, however, going to change the subject of my almost imprisonment, to something more fun, if you don't mind," he said.

Everybody laughed and someone in the back said, "Amen to that."

"I know I will probably get killed for this later, but as I've had three years of concealing my affection for this woman," he nodded down at me, "I thought I'd make up for lost time once more before we go back to 'normal'."

I looked at him in a 'what are you doing?' kind of way. He grabbed my hand and pulled me to my feet.

"Our anniversary was a couple days before this last day from hell," he began, receiving a laugh from some of the people, "but caught up in the hectic time we didn't have time to celebrate. But," he continued, "I still have this, which I was planning on giving you tonight, not knowing there would be the whole CTU staff here," he said, everybody now laughing.

He pulled out a long velvet jewelry case, and slowly opened it as silence fell. I gasped. There was a gorgeous gold chain with a small diamond beautifully placed in a gold setting. I picked it up, staring in disbelief, glancing up at him. I smiled, next hitting him in the arm, dropping my smile.

"Tony, we can't afford this," I said.

Everyone laughed at that.

"Would you shut up for just one second and stop worrying," he said with a grin, pulling the necklace out of my hand and putting it around my neck. I smiled at him, still blushing furiously from being in front of all my coworkers.

"I'll kiss you later," I grumbled happily, pulling him into the chair next to me.

Pretty much everybody heard me tell him I would kiss him later, and as they all laughed, I leant over and placed a kiss on his awaiting lips.