***Still having problems with the punctuation so bear with me.***

Neither Robert nor Lexie slept well that night. At around 2 am Robert got up. *Where are you going?* She asked in a raspy voice. He leaned down and kissed her softly on the forehead. He offered his hand to her and she accepted. He pulled her up and into his arms.

*Come with me.* He whispered and she nodded, following him in total trust. They walked down the dimly lit staircase and he led her to the kitchen. She sat down and watched him as he went to the freezer. He pulled out an ice cream container and grabbed two spoons. He sat down and handed her a spoon.

*Robert, it is 2 o*clock in the morning, why are we eating ice cream?*

He smiled at her. *Have you forgotten already? Ice Cream makes everything better.* She looked at him with a look of amusement. They ate directly from the ice cream container in silence, the looks in each other*s eyes told them everything they needed to know. This was how it was meant to be.

*You don*t have to worry about anything Lex. We will call my lawyer tomorrow and let him handle it all.* He touched her cheek with the palm of her hand and she smiled at him.

*I love you.* He smiled and she slowly shook her head. *No, I mean I really love you.* He took the spoon from her hand and pulled her onto his lap.

*Say it again.* He whispered and she grinned at him.

*I love you.*

*I*m sorry, I don*t think I heard you.*

*I* She kissed him. *Love* another kiss. *You* His hand went to her hair and pulled her mouth to his. The kiss was becoming full of passion and her arms wrapped around his neck as her legs straddled his lap. His hands moved down her back and rested on her waist. She wrapped her legs around his waist and he pulled her up onto the table, knocking the ice cream and spoons onto the floor. They made love with all of the passion and frustration that they seemed to be overwhelmed with and both lay spent on the table, trying to catch their breath. Lexie finally opened her eyes and took in her surroundings and couldn*t help but laugh. Robert realized what she was laughing at as he looked at the melting ice cream all over the floor mixed in with their clothes and the two spoons. Not to mention they were laying on the kitchen table. They lay there laughing hysterically and Lexie was relieved to be feeling the safety she was starting to know return. They got up and cleaned up their mess and went to bed.

The alarm was blaring with an unrelenting evilness and Lexie moaned as she slammed the snooze button for the third time. *Lex, we need to get up.* Robert said in a sleep filled voice, not bothering to open his eyes.

*Uh huh.* She mumbled and started to fall asleep again.

*No, Lex we have to get up.* He rolled over and nuzzled her neck, placing kisses on her skin.

*Well if you keep that up we won*t leave this bed all day.* She said with a content smile. She rolled over and straddled his lap. Her lips went to his chest as her body ground itself into his. He moaned and finally opened his eyes.

*Ok, I am up.* He said and sat up, taking her with him. She rolled over on to her side of the bed again and he went to start the shower. She drifted off again and woke up as he threw a towel at her. *Get in the shower Carter.* He said and went to shave. She drug her tired body into the warm spray of the shower and started to wake up. They drove to the hospital while Lexie put on her make up and he gave her a quick kiss as they got out of the car.

*Have a good day and don*t let them suck the intelligence out of you.* She laughed as they went their separate ways. She walked into the lounge and threw her stuff in John*s locker. He walked in and grinned at her.

*How weird is this?*

She stared at him.*What is weird? The fact that I am now one of your superiors that is sleeping with your boss or that we have to share a locker?*

Carter made a face. *I really didn*t need the sex visual Barbi. You ready for a tour?* He asked with a grin and she nodded.

Carter gave her report on the patients while he gave her the tour and then they stopped in front of the board. Lexie just stared at it and shook her head. *What did you do, sleep all night?*

Carter laughed. *Yeah, I knew you were coming in so I figured I would just make them all wait for you.* He handed her the charts he was carrying and smiled at her. *Well big sister, you have a super fun day and I will see you in twelve hours.*

She sighed. *Gee thanks. And you have a good rest. I promise not to page you every five minutes for the next twelve hours.* They stared at each other and both laughed.

Lexie threw the chart in the pile and stretched out her neck. Five hours to go and she was counting down the minutes. She was tired, no tired didn*t describe it. She was a word for tired that hadn*t been invented yet. *How is it going?* Susan asked as she sat down at the desk.

*Peachy.* Lexie said with a yawn.

Susan laughed. She really liked Lexie from the start. She was surprised that someone like her would be with Romano. Susan always figured that only hookers would ever be with him and even then they would be looking at their watches every two minutes. But Lexie seemed to be a normal, smart woman so Susan figured maybe Romano had blackmail information on her. Susan looked at her watch. *Hey Lexie, grab your coat. Coffee, on me, at Doc*s. What do you say?* Lexie thought about it for a minute. If she stopped she would fall asleep but coffee did sound good. *Oh come one, I need to grill you on this insane rumor that I heard.* Lexie grinned at her and nodded.

They sat in a booth in the back and giggled like school girls as Lexie told her the story of she and Robert. Susan put her hands over her heart and made a face. *That has got to be one of the sweetest things I have ever heard. It almost makes me like him. No offense.*

Lexie laughed. *Trust me, I am the last one you need to apologize to for hating that man. I made it an art form.* They both laughed. *But seriously, he may be an ass most of the time, he may be cocky and arrogant and think that everyone else in the world is as dumb as bricks, but he has a heart like I have never seen before. I know it sounds stupid but he is the best person I have ever known.*

Susan smiled at her. *Ok, so now I have to hate you too. And I never thought I would ask this but does he have a brother?*

Lexie laughed. *No.*

They sat and talked a while longer. Their pagers interrupted their conversation as their attention was drawn to three ambulances pulling into the bay across the street. They paid the bill and ran over to see what they had missed.

*Nice of you two to decide to come back.* Kerry said as they walked up. Lexie and Susan exchanged a look and each picked an ambulance.

*45 year old man, car-v- pedestrian. He was the pedestrian.* The EMTs rattled off vitals as they wheeled the man inside. Lexie did a full work up on him and had surgery paged. Lexie was doing everything she could to stop the bleeding that seemed to be coming from everywhere and the nurses were pumping the blood back in as fast as they could but it seemed to be a loosing battle. They had put in a chest tub but nothing was working. Robert pushed through the doors and shook his head.

*I can already tell you that this is a lost cause.* He said.

*Well is that your official diagnosis or are you psychic now?* She never looked up from the patient.

*Well it could be that I have eyesight. There is more blood on the floor than in his body. Call it and move on.*

Lexie finally looked up and glared at him. *You wanna call it?* She asked and he nodded. *Than call it.*

*Time of death 18:54.* They glared at each other. She turned and walked out of the room and he followed. *Lexie.* He said and she turned around as she pulled her gown off. *Did you really think that he could be saved?*

She sighed. *No, but you could have taken two seconds and graced us with your talent. Or is that the new cost effective surgery method? Look from the door and guess.*

He rolled his eyes. *I am not going to fight with you about this.*

It was her turn to roll her eyes. *Whatever.* She walked outside and lit a cigarette. Susan walked out after her and sat down.

*He code?*

Lexie nodded. *Yours?*

Susan nodded. *So trouble in paradise?* She asked and nudged Lexie who looked at her confused.

*With Robert? No. That is the way we are. We have the two sides to us. There is the work us, who fights and yells and then the other us. It keeps the passion there I guess.*

Susan laughed. *This is going to be a lot to get used to. I tell you though, you are going to have a lot of friends.*

Lexie looked at her with a grin. *And why do you say that?*

Susan grinned back. *Cuz it will be nice to have someone who isn*t afraid to tell him where to stick it.*

They both laughed. Robert walked out and cleared his throat and both women looked at him. *Dr. Lewis, you do realize that you still have patients in there right?*

Susan sighed. *Yes Dr. Romano I do.*

Robert nodded to himself. *Well then here is a wacky idea, why not go inside and hell, I don*t know, try to save them?*

Susan and Lexie looked at each other and Lexie rolled her eyes.

*And Carter, I know that you are busy gossiping but would you like to join Dr. Lewis in trying to keep your jobs?*

Robert walked back inside and Lexie and Susan stood up. *He is so charming. I can see how you are drawn to him.* Susan said and they both laughed.

*Yep, that is my man and don*t go getting any ideas about stealing him either.* They both laughed harder.

Robert stuck his head out of the door again. *I know that my witty tone must have been confusing to you but you have ten seconds and then I burn down both of your lockers.* They finally walked inside.

*I wonder if he knows that John and I are sharing a locker.* They burst into laughter again. Robert walked up to Lexie and stood next to her. She pretended she didn*t notice him and they both knew she did.

*Dr. Carter, may I see you alone for a minute?* His tone was not a happy one.

Lexie sighed and followed him into an exam room. *I am not going to argue with you Romano. I swear to God I will hit you with something hard and pointy if you even try…* She was cut off by his mouth pressed against hers as she was pushed up against the door. The kiss was passionate in an almost animalistic way and Lexie was caught totally off guard. His mouth roughly went to her neck and she couldn*t help but moan and pull him closer. After a second she pushed him back. *What in the hell are you doing?* She asked breathlessly.

He grinned at her. *That was one of our signature fights and for the first time I can actually do what I always wanted when it was done.*

Lexie laughed. *You are a strange little man you know that?* He nodded and she grabbed him again. She let herself indulge for only a minute longer then stopped him. *I have patients to see Dr. Romano.* She straightened her shirt and walked out of the room, leaving him to sigh and lean up against the door. She was going to end up killing him.