Author's notes: Meh. I had a little competitive spat with a friend of mine, which left me feeling pretty worthless as a writer, student, and teenager. So, to try and get rid of this feeling of worthlessness I decided to write another chapter to this fic...since it's cute, lighthearted, and people review it. And right now, I could really use some reviews to boost my deflated ego.

Anyway, enjoy.


When Mike Logan woke up the next morning, he realized something. He was warm...too warm. Slowly allowing his emerald eyes to flutter open, he caught sight of brown hair, and lots of it. Actually, upon closer inspection as the sleep cleared from his eyes, he began to recognize the hair.

Oh shit.

Their actions from the previous night hit him like a dump truck. He had crossed the line, did the one thing partners were never supposed to do.

He had slept with Barek.

Though he had to admit, having her naked body snuggled closely against his own felt quite nice. After a moment though, he realized she wasn't the only creature in the bed. The detective felt something shift against his back, and he tensed, which caused the arm he had draped over his partner's side to tighten slightly. This, in turn, caused his slumbering partner to stir. He couldn't be bothered by that at the moment though. Instead, he was trying to see what was currently snuggled against his back, without moving too much.

"Mm...Mike?" crap, she was awake. Glancing back over at her, he met her beautiful, yet sleepy brown eyes.

"Morning Caro." he greeted softly, surprised she hadn't reacted like he had. Instead, she seemed rather calm and content, nestled against him. Suddenly, he felt small but sharp claws poking into his back, which caused him to emit a startled, 'what the hell' as he pressed closer to his partner, trying to escape from the little talons digging innocently into his back.

Barek blinked at her partner's odd behavior, and gently pushed his arm away from where it rested and lifted herself up slightly. Leaning forward, she pulled down the blankets and snickered.

"I guess Bert didn't like the fact we left him out of the fun." Carolyn commented, watching the sleeping kitten which currently had it's claws in Logan's back.

"Uh...wha?" Logan had been momentarily distracted by his partner, who, thanks to the position she was in, was giving him a nice view of her body...something he hadn't really gotten to do the previous night, since they had been so caught up in their passion.

"Typical." Barek gently smacked him upside the head before she reached over to pet the kitten. Bert relaxed and his claws slowly retracted from Mike's back. "Better?" she asked, and grinned as her partner practically scrambled out of bed.

"I swear he's from the devil."

"Oh come on Mike, he was just trying to be comfortable."

"With his claws in my back?"

"They do that sometimes."

Mike simply sat on the edge of the bed, gazing warily at the sleeping kitten, who had begun to wake up, having been roused from his comfortable slumber by the movements of his humans.

"Mew?" he lifted his head, peering at Barek with his bright green eyes.

"Morning to you too, Bert." she greeted, sitting cris-cross in the middle of the bed, a blanket covering her lap as she picked up the kitten and kissed his nose. She giggled as the small critter batted at her nose harmlessly.

"Adorable." Mike murmured, more to himself than to his partner. The scene before him was nothing he had ever dreamed of seeing. There was his partner, naked, sitting in the middle of his bed, playing with his cat, without a care in the world.

"Hmm?" Barek's brown eyes met his for a moment, and Mike Logan actually blushed slightly.

"Nothing..." he shook his head and stood, grabbing his boxers and pulling them on. "Anything you, uh, want for breakfast?"

"You can cook?" she quirked a brow, watching her partner.

"Yeah...well...no, not really, I could try though."

"And take the chance of burning down your apartment? If you did that, little Bert wouldn't have anyplace to stay."

"Haha..." he rolled his eyes, thinking for a moment. "Well, how about I get dressed, go out, and get doughnuts and coffee while you shower or...do whatever girls do in the morning?" he offered.

"Sounds good." she answered, tossing him one of her beautiful smiles, which made him melt a little inside. She silently watched him get dressed, and nodded when he said he'd be back soon.

"Mrrrrrow." Bert practically whined, now seated on Carolyn's lap.

"You just want all the attention, don't you?" she mumbled fondly, gazing down at the kitten who just mewed softly in reply. "Fine, if you want attention, you can come shower with me."

Without another word the feline leapt off the bed and dashed out the door. Barek snickered.

"Didn't think so."