Martin was starting to get edgy, he and Sam had not seen each other outside of work for nearly a week and he hadn't until now realized how much he depended on their alone time together. The first few days they had not been partnered together and the entire team had worked around the clock to follow several strong leads for their case. Then Martin was on call and had not stayed with Sam as he didn't want to wake her if he did get called in, which he did and finally Sam was on call the previous night and had to monitor the phone lines at an abducted child's home. Now all Martin wanted to do was go home and climb under the rug on his couch with some take-away dinner and have Sam curl up beside him to watch a movie and the unlikelihood of that occurring was diminishing by the second as another case was called in.

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Considering that Danny had been partnered with Martin for the majority of the time he was bearing the full brunt of Martins 'Samitis', as he had renamed Martins mood. Up until tow days ago he was enjoying his piece of new found information by taking every opportunity to get more gossip on the reunited couple or playfully threaten to expose them to the rest of the team who were still in the dark about the latest development. However he needed them to have some time together just as much as anyone, Martin's mood was getting increasingly worse and Sam had completely stopped even attempting to politely laugh at his jokes.

Now that the three of them were fishing through credit card bills and telephone records in connection with the current case, he sat back and watched the couple. They were seated next to each other at the large bullpen table, discussing their findings. Danny had to try his best not to laugh as Sam was obviously trying to focus on what Martin was saying but was struggling as her eyes continually dropped to his lips. He on the other hand had inched his arm over towards hers and his fingers were dancing dangerously close to the soft skin of the forearm they so desperately wanted to touch.

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Not being able to take the tension any longer Sam abruptly got up from her position next to Martin and walked sternly to the break room, mumbling something about coffee on the way. Sitting there she had been able to feel the wicked combination of his radiating body heat which caused her skin, and his short sharp breaths which instantly cooled her again. This past week was the first time since her childhood that she honestly felt as if she desperately needed someone, even if it was just for a hug, but she needed him, just as much as his physical contact . She knew she was starting to get on everyone's nerves and was sure Elena had been sending her daggers all day yesterday after she had been short with her the day prior.

Standing alone in the break room she closed her eyes and took deep breaths as she tried to calm her racing heart. Part of her was desperate for her coworkers to know the truth about her and Martin's relationship whereas the other half was grateful their charade was keeping them away from prying eyes. Admitting it to herself she had been proud of the way she had handled Danny discovering the truth, at the time it had surprised her but now she relished the fact that she could hang out with both men and act as if she were in a normal relationship.

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Seizing the opportunity Martin counted to thirty before standing up and stating that he also needed a coffee and did Danny want one as well. Not really listening to Danny's positive reply he followed Sam into the break room. On entry he headed straight for her, enveloping her in a tight hug, "I miss you," she grumbled into his shoulder.

"I miss you too," he replied as he leaned back and stroked the hair away from her eyes, "This week has been hell!"

"Mmmhmm," she replied as she leaned into kiss him lightly on the lips.

"We need to stop," he sighed as he forced himself to pull away; "because soon I won't be able to…" he continued sheepishly as he moved back and sat in a chair across from her.

Sam started to make coffee as they moved the conversation back to work and the impending closure of the current case. However both their minds were clearly focusing on other things. Soon Martin couldn't stand the temptation any longer and pulled Sam onto his lap as she attempted to move towards the fridge. As their lips feverously attacked each other she moved to straddle him as his hands moved to her ass.

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Meanwhile Vivian and Elena had returned from their duties and after filling in Danny on the latest developments of the case Vivian started to head towards the break room in search of a snack. "What do you feel like?" Danny asked as he jumped into her path, "I'll grab it for you…"

"It's ok, I have left-overs I want to heat up, I'll do it." She replied as she side stepped him and continued her conversation with Elena, who was following her towards the break room.

"How about we all go out for lunch or something…get something fresh from Benny's down the road…" Danny tried again, the level of his voice increasing as he attempted to give Sam and Martin some warning as to the impending invasion of coworkers.

"I'm not really hungry yet," Elena answered over her shoulder as Danny fell back and gave up on his attempts of containing the secret.

As Vivian turned the corner into the room she was met by a suspicious site, Martin sitting at the table reading a day old newspaper, head down and running his fingers through his hair and Sam with her back turned inspecting the kettle. Each turned and looked up at her with guilty smiles as Elena entered the room. "Hey how did you guys go?" Martin asked.

"Good," replied Elena, "Jack is just heading over to the parents house now to let them know that their son was found in a mental institution in Alabama. Apparently he had some sort of amnesia and was the nurses were slow in processing the information to help find him," she continued absent mindedly.

"That's great, so now its just paper work to finish then?" Martin questioned in hopes of avoiding Viv's curious eye.

"Yeah that's it, Jack suggested us all having dinner tonight in a way of celebrating the last three solved cases."

"Hmm, sounds good," Sam said, having finally gained her composure after Martin practically threw her of his lap as they heard the colleagues' voices getting closer.

As the group walked out Martin gave Sam an apologetic smile to which she replied by mouthing 'my place tonight,' to him.