I know I'm a nasty and bad person for not writing but I've got reading week, that gives me at least four days to write for you all, right? Hope you like, luv c. xx

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Their lips were only millimetres apart when he slowly pulled away, settling a few inches away, not yet ready to break the trance. She still stared towards his eyes. She really thought he was going to kiss her, and for a while, she wanted him to. Seeing his eyes mist over and lazily glance down at her lips longingly, she found a gentle heat stir inside of her. That second and a half in which he did not keep focus on her eyes, broke the spell she was under. Her senses slowly crept back, first allowing her to see more than the depths of his eyes.

"Looks nice. "He commented, bringing a bundle of hair around to her face, brushing her cheek lightly in the process. At this point her eyes gently but quickly fluttered. The sense of touch was back and with it, it bought tingles to her skin. "Down I mean."

"Glad you were talking about my hair then." Her voice wasn't much more than a whisper, striving to show little emotion. With it bought the bitter aftertaste of coffee on her tongue.

"Well if I were talking about the dress I wouldn't care if it came off up or down." His eyes glinted of mischief, as his hand rushed to his side. The motion caused the smells of the air to change and the fragrance that was uniquely Scotty, drifted up to meet her.

"Seeing as it's not coming off at all; I'll take that to mean you only care how it looks." She turned her eyes away from him. He really could ruin a mood. Wait! What am I talking about, mood? There was no mood.

Somewhere at the back of her mind, she now heard a phone ringing. She praised the noise. The shrill ring was a way out of the mess she seemed to have gotten herself into - again. She leaned over the bed and grabbed her mobile, an action that was not lost on Scotty. Rising, she answered.

"Rush." She found herself still facing her partner, and the look in his eyes when she met them told her if she didn't turn away now, she never would.

"Lil?" There was concern in the voice on the other line.

"Vera. Sorry. I got, ah, distracted."

She caught a glimpse of a satisfied smirk on her partner's face, as she turned, taking her attention away from her growing desire. She inhaled sharply when she felt her hair being removed from her neck and being replaced with something warm and wet.

"Are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah just ta-tierd." Her breath caught.

At first, she thought he was just fooling around, placing something there to deceive her, but as if on queue she learnt that they were definitely lips. They were Scotty's lips. She felt him gently suck at the soft flesh, marking her as his. He had to have planned this, she thought, trying to keep her mind on her co-worker's voice.

"Well, we've talked to your girl's brother. He didn't give us anything useful. Said something about 'The Bastard getting what he deserved'. He wouldn't tell us why. Thought you might have something we could use on him."

"We've cough, uh, cough, tried to, uh, hmm."

While Vera was talking, she had managed to effectively shield him from hearing any sounds she might have made, but when she came to having to speak, she was sure Scotty was making it harder for her on purpose.

"You sure you're okay?"

Scotty had bought his arm around her waist at some point. Knowing she sounded like a fool, she forced herself from her partners grasp. It shouldn't be happening anyway, she tried to tell herself, to calm her racing pulse.

"Yeah, I'm just, very, very tired." She answered, lying belly down on the bed, dismissing Scotty as if nothing had happened. "Sara didn't give us much. Said it was our vic's knife if her blood was on there. Her boss is much more than purely protective."

"Sara, Rush?"

"The." Her breath caught once again, as she felt the bed shift. "The girl." She managed, before Scotty had effectively bough himself to be lying half on her in near silence.

She heard a slight chuckle over the line. "Are you with someone Rush?"

"I don't see how that's any of your business." Her resolve was beginning to falter as Scotty picked up where he left of. She was surprised she got that out.

She heard Vera call out. "Hey Will, Lil's shacked up with someone." and Jeffereis reply "Not Greg?"

"I'm, I'm not." She breathed raggedly. "I'm not with an-anyone okay, jus-t tired."

She tried briefly to move, but being pinned by her partner got her no where. She rose herself slightly, but found that she got a result that she wasn't ready for.

"It's just a gun." She thought, but heard it come in a harsh whisper from her mouth.

"Gun? What the?" The man in Tamales Bay was now completely confused.

"Night Vera."

She had barely got the words out and the phone closed before a heated moan escaped her throat.

"What the hell?"

"Wow Lil. I didn't know you could do that."

For his part his lips were a little puffed and his breath had quickened.

"You know, I didn't know that would turn out so well."

"What?"

"Couldn't you hear yourself? I can only imagine what they thought."

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Ooooo. I wonder how she'll take that. Personally, I'd go for the groin. ;-p