A/N: Here's the second part of three, so the next chapter will be the last. This one's a little longer, but I hope it's okay. Oh and if you haven't noticed that I looovvee cliffhangers, you will in this chapter. Just a little warning.

This is my first story, so pleeeaaaasssee review if you can, it means really much.

Sam was standing in front of the mirror in her bedroom at her downtown apartment. She had gotten off work just a few minutes after Martin, which left her several hours to get ready for tonight's party. It took a lot of energy to figure out what to wear. She wanted to look presentable and proper but at the same time dress up a little more then usual and feel nice. And of course most importantly, she wanted Martin to notice her. She may not dare to follow her heart but that didn't mean she wouldn't very much enjoy his attention. Finally now she was ready. She wore a cute dress, raspberry colored and knee-length, sleeveless and deeply cut in the front so it showed a bit of skin. But it wasn't slutty, as they called it. Still presentable. With that she wore high-heeled black boots, matching golden earrings and a silver necklace which was an old birthday present from her mother from when she was a little girl. She was finally satisfied with her appearance and grabbed her purse and went to hail a cab.

On his lunch break Danny had gone home and packed his clothes into a bag and brought them with him to the office so he didn't have to go home before the party and could change there instead. This was the one and only solution if he wanted his plan to work out the way it should. As soon as both Martin and Sam had left to go home and get changed he started unpacking stuff from the bag he had brought with him after lunch. Everyone kept asking him what was in it but he refused to answer and simply said "you'll see for your selves tonight". He started putting up his secrets all around the office. He brought many of them so there wouldn't be any lack of them in just the right moment when he needed them. He also made sure to hide them very well so neither Sam or Martin would be able to escape. If there was any leak in his plan or any hole they could use to get out, this would never happen. So he made sure there weren't any leaks. There would be no way out. He would force them to confront their feelings.

When Martin walked into the MPU office that normally was kind of dull and boring and saw all the cheerful decorations in the windows, by the giant Christmas tree and all over the place he was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it had always been a nicely decorated Christmas party, but last year was nothing like this. They had definitely outdone his expectations to say the least. He just loved what they'd done to the place.

He was arriving just on time but most people were a little early so the office was totally crowded with important and unimportant FBI-people from all departments. Luckily his father wouldn't be there because that would ruin Martin's evening totally.

Danny's too actually since that meant his plan would be ruined. He was pretty sure Victor Fitzgerald wouldn't like what he would've seen if he would be there tonight. But he wouldn't be. Luckily for everyone.

Danny was there already which surprised Martin, usually Mr. Taylor was always the one arriving late to these things. 'Oh well, maybe he wanted a chance to check out all the ladies as they walk in' Martin thought. He couldn't have been more wrong.

Samantha entered the decorated MPU office just five minutes after Martin did. Their department had been chosen to host the event this year, which meant they had to clean the desks and be there until everyone had gone home, but they weren't needed to do any preparation, which was normally what a host would do. The bureau was strange sometimes.

As soon as she stepped out of the elevator Martin saw her. Of course he had been looking out for her arrival ever since he himself had arrived while casually talking to other people but showing more interest in the elevator doors. And she was breathtaking. He shouldn't have expected less, really. But somehow he didn't see this one coming. She was beautiful and she was walking right towards him and Danny standing talking near the bar. He just couldn't keep his eyes off her.

"Hi everyone," she tried to sound happy and casual and not like the nervous wreck she was feeling inside.

"Hey hot stuff. Looking good tonight," Danny mentioned in his brotherly, friendly way.

"Yeah, you look beautiful," Martin complimented her.

Danny called her hot stuff and commented her appearance at work everyday, but with Martin, it was something she wasn't used to. Therefore she looked down at the floor and could feel her cheeks burn.

"Thanks". When she felt ready she looked back up again and gave Martin a smile.

Danny watched the exchange with a smirk. Now he knew for sure that what he was about to do was what was best for them both. If everything went as planned there would be a Martin and Samantha by the end of the night.

As the night went on and everyone consumed more alcohol things became more relaxed. Sam didn't think about her appearance every time Martin was less then ten feet away from her anymore and Martin didn't blush every time she looked him in the eyes.

The Party was much more fun now that all the boring bureaucratic people had left and those who had an actual social life and could talk to people was left. It made all of them more comfortable really. Now they could enjoy an evening of great food, good company and lots of fun.

Danny looked around the decorated MPU-office at all his co-workers having a great time and talking to each other. But something was missing. It had been two hours since the party started and they had done nothing more then talking in small or larger groups of people. It was time to get a little action going around here and start on his plan.

So he clinked his water filled glass with a spoon like he was about to make a speech but it served its purpose when everyone fell silent and directed their full attention towards him.

"Okay everyone, are you having a good time tonight?" he started out.

When a mumble of Yes-es were heard he took that as his cue to continue.

"Good, I'm glad you're enjoying yourselves. But tonight I thought we would do something a little unusual, different from all the previous FBI-events. Something to make this evening more fun and special. What do you think about that?"

Approving looks and smiles were given to him so he went on with his plan.

"So I've prepared a few games for all of us to play. The first one is...

..a Music-quiz!"

Everyone applauded and smiled at Danny's fun game and split up into teams to get ready to play.

As the first bars of a song were played whoever new the song would stand up and say the name of the song and the artist who performed it. Sam had been fortunate and gotten in the same team as Martin who was excellent at this game. After and hour or so of playing, laughing and having fun their team had clearly won.

When the game had ended Danny decided to wait at least fifteen minutes before starting up phase 2 of his plan. He was pretty sure the whole office understood earlier that this wasn't the only game he had organized for the night but they probably needed to calm down before they were ready for the new one.

Everything just had to go perfectly now, this was the hard part of the plan. If either Martin or Samantha backed out now or found an escape route he hadn't covered but knew fully well they both would be looking for, he was screwed. Especially by Samantha. If she didn't do what he had counted on her doing the whole plan would backfire. He knew she would search for an escape from the position he would put her in, but if she found one, that was when he would be really dead. If she found out this was a plan by the all mighty Danny Taylor she would kill him.

But he did have good intentions, and he had already come so far, he just couldn't stop now. Every time Martin's eyes met Samantha's, there was pure love there. He looked at her as if he worshipped the ground she walked on, and Danny new that was how in love with her he was.

Ever since their eyes first met there had been something there. Maybe it wasn't feelings of love in the beginning, but it was always something, an unbearable attraction so strong that Danny knew in the end none of them would be able to fight it.

All of them had probably known from the start that Martin and Sam would get together sooner or later, Danny just wanted to give them the first push because he knew both of them were too stubborn to do it themselves.

Since they would get together, it was just a waste of time for both of them not to. They could save lots of precious time with each other with a little help from Danny Taylor.

It was just that every time he or another team member tried to talk to either of them about what was clearly there between them, they would deny it. Neither wanted to admit their feelings, so he'd force them to do it.

He stood up in front of the large crowd and clinked his water glass again for the same purpose as last time.

"Excuse me everyone can I have your attention please?" he said.

Everybody soon went quiet and turned their heads to see what Danny was up to next. They all had enjoyed the little changes from the boring traditions and so they were looking forward to Danny's next game.

"The night is far from over yet, and I have made another game for us to play"

Everybody's ears perked up and they got more and more excited as Danny went quiet and held out on the answer everyone was waiting for.

But Sam wasn't concentrating on Danny's little speech like the rest of the party. She was preoccupied with other things. Or thoughts of other things, maybe you could say.

Because they were all sitting on chairs squeezed in very tight next to each other around the small table. And of course Martin was the one sitting right behind her. He was so close she could feel his tickling breath on her exposed skin at the back of her dress. It sent shivers all over her body and she just couldn't fight against how good it felt being so close to him.

He didn't seem to notice how close they were though; when Sam stole a glance at him he was focused on Danny talking in front of them.

She didn't know why that disappointed her. It shouldn't really. There was nothing going on between her and Martin right? She knew he probably didn't have feelings for her like she had for him. So why did she feel like this, it was nothing to be disappointed about since there wasn't anything there.

As soon as she diverted her gaze back to Danny's figure in front of the crowd he looked back at her. He had really been looking at her all night; it was just a facade that he looked away when he saw her turning her head to look at him. He was well aware of just how close they were, he could see her skin on the back and she looked wonderful with her blond long hair floating freely over her shoulders.

He was abruptly pulled back though from his thoughts of Samantha when Danny raised his voice once again to reveal the next game of the night.

"This game is..."

TBC