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A/N: I dont know where this is going right now but reader beware, the rating may or may not change very soon. :):):):)
I got home in six minutes, which is a record, even for me. Surely Gabe couldn't have gotten there quicker then that.
I ran up to my apartment, unlocked the door and charged inside. I was right. He hadn't arrived yet.
I threw everything on the kitchen counter and started to clean up a little. There wasn't much of a mess but all the beer bottles and pizza boxes needed to be put in the trash.
As soon as I threw everything away, I heard someone unlocking the door.
I smiled to myself, glad he had kept the key.
I ran a hand through my hair, getting it out of my face, and leaned against the kitchen counter.
The door opened and Gabriel walked in. He shut the door behind him without turning around and locked it.
He walked towards me and I felt my heart speed up a little and my breath catch in my throat. No matter what anyone said, Gabriel, with his tousled hair and baggy clothes, was handsome. A boyish type handsome but handsome all the same.
He came to stop in front of me, hands in his pockets, a smile on his face. The smile was one that said he knew what I was thinking and was thinking the same thing.
I gave my own small smile and closed the small distance between us, putting my arms around his neck. I crossed my arms at the wrists behind his neck and looked him in the eyes.
He got the hint and leaned down the small distance until our lips met. The moments that followed were a blur of lust and heat.
We parted a while later. I knew it was only minutes but it felt like hours.
"I missed you." He whispered, leaning his forehead against mine, his hands behind my back.
"I missed you to." I whispered.
We stayed that way until a knock on the door made us both jump apart.
"I forgot to mention I ordered us a pizza." Gabe said.
I laughed and went to get the door.
Instead of opening the door to a pizza delivery guy, I opened it to Jake and Danny. I groaned when I saw that they were holding two pizza boxes and a twelve pack of cokes. No beers this time. Mixed blessing. I could've thrown them out if they got drunk enough.
"What's wrong?" Gabe asked from the top of the stairs.
"Oh, nothing." I called sarcastically. "Just my partners."
Gabe came to stand beside me. "What are you two doing here?"
"Came to make sure you two don't do anything drastic." Danny said, pushing past us into the apartment.
"Would throwing both of you out count as drastic?" I asked as Jake followed Danny.
"Yep. Of course, you could throw us out but then the whole station would know who you're dating and that I found you two kissing on the bed." Danny said.
Gabe and I looked at each other and said simultaniously, "You can stay."
"I knew you'd see it my way." Danny stated, setting the pizza box on the coffee table.
"This time we've got soda. No getting drunk and having major hangovers at work." Jake spoke up.
"Gee, you read my mind." I stated sarcastically.
Jake and Danny just looked at me.
I took Gabriel's hand and we all sat down around the coffee table. Gee, this looks familar.
"So, do you two have a hidden agenda tonight?" I asked.
Danny just shook his head. "Just having dinner with the partner and her boyfriend."
"You know, Danny. You're really bad at lieing." Gabe said.
I smirked.
Danny just shrugged. "Maybe, but the hidden agenda doesn't come till later. Right now, there's pizza and soda so let's eat."
By the time both pizzas were gone and all the soda cans we lying in various places around us, we had discussed everything from the weather (lame I know. Jake brought it up) to our more recent cases, to the creepy fact of Dante actually having a family.
By then it was nearly midnight. Danny and Jake stood up and started cleaning up their mess.
As they were walking out the door, Danny grabbed Gabriel by the arm and dragged him out the door saying to me, "We'll be right back."
Gabe looked at me and shrugged. I smiled and went to sit on the couch. Knowing Danny, this might take a while.
I was right.
Ten minutes later, Gabriel walked back into the room and plopped down on the couch next to me.
"Let me guess. Danny did the 'dad thing' and gave you a lecture." I said, turning off the T.V. and turning to face him.
He looked at me. "Yeah. Now I really have reason to be careful around him. I think his exact words went along the lines of, 'You hurt her, I kill you'."
I laughed. "It took him nearly ten minutes to tell you that?"
He nodded. "That and that I had better be a good boy."
"Oh, I bet that came with some interesting visuals."
He nodded. "Oh, yeah."
We both laughed.
After a few minutes I said, "You want to crash here or do you have to go home?"
He looked at me. "I closed the shop up. I don't have to go home until tomorrow."
I grinned. "Good. I think I might have something you can sleep in."
I got up and went to look for a pair of sweats and a shirt for him to wear to bed.
I finally came up with what I was looking for.
I tossed the sweats to him and he went to the bathroom to change. I quickly changed into my normal sleeping attire, shorts and a spegetti strap shirt.
When he came out of the bathroom he leaned against the door jam and looked at me.
I was sitting on the edge of the bed, looking back at him.
The staring contest went on until he smiled and started walking towards me.
He sat down next to me on the bed and put his arm around my waist. I leaned my head against his shoulder.
"Sleeping arrangments?" he asked softly.
I looked up at him, my head still mostly on his shoulder.
"If you can be a good boy and not piss Danny off we can share the bed." I said, smiling.
He laughed. "I've got a feeling that pissing Danny off might not be a good thing where you're concerned."
I laughed as well. "You got that right. He acts like my dad, always checking on my boyfriends, wanting to know where I'm going to be. Yep, definitly a dad wannabe." I said, still laughing.
Gabriel kissed the top of my head. "Well, I promise I won't do anything to make your adopted dad mad at me. Well, at least nothing to major." He said this last in a whisper against my ear.
I shivered and sat up a little looking at him.
"Better not tell Danny that." I whispered as our lips met.
When we pulled apart I said, "Come on, it's late. We should get some sleep."
"Yeah." Gabe said.
I crawled up to the top of the bed and crawled under the covers, patting the spot next to me, indicating he should join me.
When we were both settled under the covers he wrapped his arms around me and I cuddled into the warmth of him. I finally felt safe. I drifted off to sleep, thinking how good it was to finally feel safe.
TBC...