October 6th, 2003

The past week for Robert had been utter heaven. He and Elizabeth had gone on three dates. He couldn't believe someone as lovely as Elizabeth was seeing him. Of course Robert always wanted it to go further than a kiss on the cheek, but Elizabeth wouldn't hear of it. She wasn't ready for that.

They were also keeping all of this quiet. They had to. They worked at County. The nurses would have a field day with this piece of news. Luckily, they weren't suspecting a single thing yet.

"You seem happy." Susan said walking up to the admit desk.

"Is it wrong to be happy?" Elizabeth smirked looking up from a chart. Susan shook her head.

"No. It isn't." She said, "I'm just suspicious." Susan couldn't help but to notice the blush on Elizabeth's cheeks.

"We wanted to keep it a secret." She said. Susan narrowed her eyes.

"Is it someone at County?" Susan asked. Elizabeth nodded. Susan's eyes widened. "Who is it, Elizabeth?"

"You can't tell a single soul." She said.

"I'm a great secret keeper." Susan said, "Tell me." Elizabeth looked around her. There was no one in sight.

"I'm seeing Robert." Elizabeth said.

"Robert from Oncology?" Susan asked. Elizabeth chuckled and shook her head.

"Robert Romano." She said. Susan let out a loud laugh.

"No. Seriously, Elizabeth." Susan said, "Who are you seeing?"

"I'm telling you the truth." Elizabeth smiled shyly at Susan, "Robert and I have been having a good time." Susan stared at her in disbelief.

"Oh my god...Robert Romano? Rocket Romano? Stumpy?" Susan asked.

"Don't call him that." Elizabeth said, "He quite a gentleman."

"I don't believe it." Susan said.

"Don't tell anyone. We want to keep this a secret." She said.

"I can see why." Susan placed her hand over her heart. "I swear I will never utter this to a single soul."

"Thanks." Elizabeth said going into the locker room, "I like what we have and I don't want to ruin it."

"Are you guys serious or something?" Susan asked.

"God no. We haven't even kissed." She chuckled, "I just want to see where this is headed." Susan smiled.

"Playing hard to get. I like that." Susan chuckled and Robert walked up to them.

"Dr. Lewis, I need to have a moment to speak with Dr. Corday." He said.

"Knock yourself out." Susan chuckled walking away. Robert lowered his voice.

"I was thinking about cooking you dinner at my house." He mumbled.

"I was thinking about saying yes." Elizabeth smiled.

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Elizabeth couldn't believe how huge his house was. Ella could destroy it in two hours probably. She walked into the dinning room dressed in a slinky black dress. Robert loved it.

"I wish my house was this big." She said.

"Work a few years longer, Lizzie, and it could be all yours." Robert chuckled as he poured both of them some wine.

"I'll keep that in mind." She chuckled as she took her glass. "Do you need help getting anything done in the kitchen?"

"My cook has it." Robert said. Elizabeth smiled as she arched her eyebrow.

"You said you'd cook for me, Robert." She pointed out.

"True, but she cooks better than me." He said, "Let's take our drinks into the living room until dinner is ready to eat." She nodded and followed Robert into the living room. She looked at all the books on the shelves.

"Have you read all of these?" Elizabeth asked him.

"No." He said sitting on the couch. He placed his drink on the table. Elizabeth sat next to him, "You look gorgeous tonight."

"Thank you." She smiled politely, "I wanted to look nice for you." Robert took her hand.

"You always looks nice." He said.

"Robert, I hope you know I still love Mark." She said to him.

"Of course I know that." he frowned, "I hope you still did. mark was a great man."

"You thought so?" She asked.

"You'd have to be an idiot to not think so." Robert said. Elizabeth smiled softly. "He would just want you to be happy, Lizzie."

"Thank you." She whispered and kissed his lips softly.

Robert's heart stopped beating in his chest. his love of his life was kissing him and not some friendly kiss. His hand reached up and caressed her cheek. Elizabeth's tongue skimmed Robert's lower lip. She wanted this kiss to go further. Robert took the hint and slid his tongue into Elizabeth's waiting mouth. A tiny groan came from her.

Robert felt needs and want in her kiss. He was up to giving her anything that she wanted. Elizabeth was getting more aggressive with the kiss. Robert didn't mind one bit. Elizabeth pulled away with a deep blush to her cheeks.

"I'm sorry." She mumbled.

"There's no reason to be sorry." Robert said, "I enjoyed that."

"I'm sure you did." Elizabeth smiled softly. "I should get going."

"No don't, Eizabeth." Robert grabbed her hand, "Please stay. Dinner will be ready soon. I won't push myself on you."

"You weren't, Robert." She chuckled ever so softly. "I'm just...I want to take this slow." He nodded. he understood.

"We will take this as slow as you want to." Robert told her, caressing his cheek. Elizabeth smiled gratefully. She wasn't ready to sleep with anyone just yet. She wanted to make sure she knew what were going on between and she and Robert before she went down that road. She didn't want to get hurt again.

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