Chapter 4

Rachel is pretty happy with herself. Alright her vocabulary is still taking a nose dive the more time she spends with James but honestly it doesn't even bother her; sure she has to actually remember and force herself to use real words but if the only bad thing that comes out of her friendship with James is the fact she uses the word "fuck" a lot then she's perfectly fine with that. He's a brilliant friend and she loves that he'll practically drop whatever he's doing if she needs him.

She'd spent a lot of time with him, the two of them planning on setting Dani and Santana up on a date and she'd be surprised at first about the fact that he seemed to be willing to participate. After what Dani had told her about James' over protectiveness, when Rachel had gone to him she had expected him to tell her to leave Dani alone and not interfere but instead he had been more than willing to help her set up the two girls.

Apparently he'd let her in and trusted her completely; which was something that Rachel loved having. Once you got past his exterior and managed to get close to him he turned out to be an amazing friend. The first time she realises this is when she ends up working late at the diner and its pitch black outside when she finishes. James apartment that he shares with Dani is in the city, but he can tell that she's panicking about walking to catch the subway in the dark, not even to mention that fact she'd have to on it to go to her dodgy neighbourhood; so what does he does? He insists on walking her to the subway and then actually getting on it with her and walking with her to her apartment.

The embarrassed side of her tries to tell him at the diner that she doesn't need him to do it and then again at the subway when he doesn't leave her. Part of her wants to prove to him that she doesn't need his help but then he just looks at her and tells her to shut up its not even that big of a fucking deal and she can't help but think he's the most amazing friend in the world and maybe she holds onto his arm a little tighter because she's touched by the gesture; maybe the smile that sits on her face as she walks with him is because she really likes him and she's glad that he's come into her life. Maybe she'd tell anyone that mentions any of it to her to shut the fuck up because she doesn't really care about what anyone else thinks.

….

Operation "Dantana" gets launched a couple of days later after a meeting in the Kitchen at the diner when it's only Rachel and James working. They seem to be getting shifts together more and Rachel doesn't even really care much because right now she's just enjoying being able to just talk with a guy that she enjoys spending time without worrying if he's just playing her or if there's going to be any drama come up and ruin things. The fact that James doesn't date makes things easier in that regard and she's sure as hell never going to meet any of the girls that he has one night stands with so it makes being friends with him just easy.

She's learnt more about him, stuff that she knows he's only shared with Dani before her; everything just feels good between them and she knows that James is someone who she can trust completely. One of the benefits of being practically a brother to Dani is that he knows when she likes a girl and he assures her that Dani is totally fucking hot over Santana and it should be easy to get them together. True to form as a big brother, he employs the renowned teasing technique to push her towards actually asking Santana out. The only issue he says is that Dani is really shy about these and sure the blonde girl knows how to flirt but she's only ever had one real girlfriend and that was doomed due to the fact that Dani is so close to James.

Rachel finds out that Dani's girlfriend pretty much made an ultimatum that she wanted to stay with Emma then she needed to tell James to back off; which Rachel isn't surprised to find out basically ended up with Emma being shown the door and told to fuck off. James tells her that he feels bad it happened and had asked Dani if she wanted him to back off only to be met with a stone walled answer that he was her best friend and brother so if any girl had a problem with that then they could off because nothing comes between them. Rachel had a sneaky feeling that while James doesn't' date girls he fucks them, if he did find someone who he'd be willing to put his heart back on the line for then he would be as defiant and protective as Dani had been. Rachel finds herself thinking that it's a perfectly fine thing for them to do considering how close they were. She also finds herself thinking that hypothetically she wouldn't have a problem with how close Dani and James are, because she knows that he would be loving boyfriend. She might think about that scenario in a non-hypothetical way from time to time.

Their plan is fucking genius Rachel thinks smugly to herself when she sees Dani and Santana walking hand in hand through the doors of the diner on one of the rare occasions where they all have a shift together. She can't herself from running into the kitchen before they see her grinning like an idiot and squealing as she throws her arms around James' neck. Alright, maybe she's just a little too excited that her first attempt at matchmaking has apparently been a success and it's definitely a little bit excessive to barge in on James' conversation with Max by practically jumping at him. Screw it, she's proud of herself and James gives the best fucking hugs imaginable.

"Hello to you too Rach" He says laughing when she lets him go a few moments later; but not after enjoying the way he holds her close. "Normally I have to buy girls a couple of drinks before they throw themselves at me like that"

"Fuck you" She replies giggling at him. She's learned enough about him now to know that he only makes these jokes when there are other guys around, his cocky side coming out to hide the fact that he's sweet. Once she managed to understand the difference in what most people see of him and what she and Dani can see him like, it made it easy to see why he's so protective of not only himself but Dani as well; how scared he is of showing anything the rest of the world can exploit. That's why doesn't care that his more abrasive side that has to show off comes out when other people are around. "Come look"

"I'm busy Rach" He complains and she just rolls her eyes at him and cuts him off

"Shut up and come with me ass-hole" The way he smirks at her and squeezes her hand tells her that he's prouder than he should be of the fact that she swears more than she used to; as if he's happy that he's corrupting her.

"Whatever, lead the way you crazy b" Both him and Max laugh as she jabs him in the chest before pulling him by his hand towards the service hatch and gestures for him to look through "What am I looking at? Oh…."

"Exactly" She says as they look at each other and share a knowing smile and before she knows it he's offering her his fist for her to bump. Giggling she clenches her own and bumps it against his as he chuckles. "We're awesome"

"We're fucking amazing babe" He smirks at her and she can't help the grin that appears on her face at the affectionate nickname but who cares about that, it sounds so good coming out of his mouth that she just hugs him again. There's one thing that she never feels around James and that's uncomfortable.

….

"So like you two are dating yeah?" James asks as they are sat around in the bushwick apartment. It was a couple of days after the hand holding incident and Rachel been pretty smug since seeing it. Santana had invited Dani over for dinner with them and apparently Dani had been able to convince as James put it, force as Rachel corrected him while saying he was full of shit, to come with them. So it was the five of them lounging around on the two couches they had watching a film together.

"Yeah we are why" Santana replies, pausing in her process of eating a dorito and looking at him with suspicious eyes. Rachel bites her lip knowing that the suspicion is probably for good measure considering how much James enjoys teasing them all, especially Santana since he found out the latina can give as good as she gives. It's been a source of amusement watching the two of them the last week or so when they've all hung out; much better than cable TV.

"I was just wondering" He shrugs, a slight smirk on his face and Rachel knows he's not done. "When you two plan on having sex"

Yep here it comes the fucking asshole Rachel thinks to herself, her eyes widening as she watches the other Dani and Kurt freeze to look at him.

"Let me know and I'll make sure to pretend to not be listening. 'cus you two are hot and I wouldn't mind listening to you getting your fucking groove on" He finishes and starts laughing at the look Dani is shooting him; Rachel and Kurt join him because honestly its fucking hilarious how much he teases them and sure its probably inappropriate but that's just James; he reminds her of Noah a lot but they all love him for it.

"I'm seriously going to cut you in your sleep" Dani remarks shaking her head as she reaches and finds Santana's hand to squeeze. Rachel can't help but let out a little "aww" at the gesture, because its seriously sweet.

"Dan, it's a joke; relax" He says; to his credit, he's actually not wearing a smirk or a smile, he looks sincere.

"It's a good job I love you" Dani replies and James shoots her a wink.

"Seriously, I'm really glad you two have finally realised what the rest of us saw about three fucking weeks ago" He says, picking up his glass of wine and gesturing to them. "Congratulations"

"Thanks" Santana says taking a sip of her own. She shakes her head slightly, but Rachel can see that amused smile that tells her Santana likes it really.

"What about you James, any girls you're interested in dating?" Kurt asks next to her and Rachel gulps as she gazes over at him and sees that familiar blank expression that he puts on every time something like this gets mentioned. She feels awful for him, because she knows exactly why he hates it.

"Sure" She's a little surprised and that answer and looks over at James to see a smile on his lips. "But it means giving up my glamorous lifestyle as a, what was it you called me Rachel?"

"A manwhore" She supplies rolling her eyes at him; she hates it when he pretends to be upset about her teasing him. "And don't act like it upsets you because I know you love it."

He shrugs at her with that stupid handsome smirk on his face, swallowing his wine before speaking again; "Speaking of manwhores, how's that douchebag ex of yours; is he giving you any shit because I'd love to kick his ass"

Rachel giggles at him. "No he isn't and I don't want you kicking his ass"

"Shame" He replies, shrugging his shoulders. "Let me know if you change your mind"

"I will" She smiles back at him, raising her glass to her lips. She's got a feeling that even if she asked him in two year's time, he would still happily track Brody down for her. Yep, she was pretty glad that she had James in her life.

...

"I'm ready for fucking bed" James says as he appears next to her at the counter. She turns her head and smiles at him before looking back at the magazine she was reading. "What's that you're reading?"

"List of Auditions" She replies. "Since apparently the Funny Girl producers have forgotten all about me, I'm preparing to spend the time from now until the end of summer auditioning for anything and everything"

"They haven't forgotten about you, they're probably just deciding how to tell the others that they've this fucking amazing hot Jewish girl and that they best just fuck off back to whatever cave they crawled out from" He says smirking at her and she can't help but burst out laughing. "Don't laugh, I'm serious"

"You're sweet" She says, touching his arm and rubbing her thumb across his skin. "But it's okay, as much as I wanted to play Fanny Brice there's plenty of other roles out there for me"

"Don't give up, you're amazing Rach alright" He replies nudging her shoulder with his. "Besides if they don't want you then it's their loss; fuck 'em their show will be crap without you"

"It means a lot that you believe in me" She says squeezing his arm before moving it away again.

"It's easy to believe in you; I've heard you sing and you're fucking unbelievable" He replies and Rachel smile brightens. He knows exactly what to say to cheer her up, sure it might be profanity ridden but its sweet and she appreciates it. "Hey look"

Rachel follows his gaze and she turns her head to look at him; James is smiling as well at the fact Dani and Santana are sat close together on the small stage in the diner as Dani starts playing "Here comes the sun"

It's beautiful watching them sing together as they get completely lost in one another; she can see that the two girls care about each other as they sing only to each other, ignoring the fact that they're in a diner with about ten other people. She glances at James about halfway through and she sees the tears in his eyes as he watches his best friend; reaching out she takes his hand in hers, when he gazes back at her they share a smile. Rachel loves seeing this side of him, the caring person that he would try his best to have you believe doesn't exist but still manages to finds it way to show itself around her.

...

A few days later Rachel was with Dani over at Dani and James' apartment.

The two of them were sat on the beautiful black leather couch watching his 40' TV. She enjoyed spending time with Dani, the two girls getting along with each other extremely well and when Dani had invited her over, Rachel couldn't help but accept. She knew that Dani shared the apartment with James but she honestly hadn't expected it to be such an impressive one. It was located in Manhattan and when the door had opened and she saw inside, the words "holy crap" had instinctively fallen from her mouth; causing Dani to smirk and tell her that she was spending too much time with James.

Blushing, Rachel had followed her in and gotten a tour. She'd expected the apartment so be similar to the one she lived in bushwick but apparently she underestimated how much money James' Dad had. It was a large open plan living area, that itself looked to be as big as her entire apartment; where she could see a well furnished kitchen, there was a bookshelf across the far wall with a large bay window that looked out into the city. There was a glass kitchen table that seats six people near to a large black leather couch and two chairs that surrounded a large flat screen tv.

"You seem surprised?" Dani had asked with a smile on her face. "Not what you expected?"

"I didn't…James' Dad is really rich huh?" She had smirked, placing her bag down on the table as she walked over to the stereo and glanced at the collection of records that were there.

"Yeah he is" Dani replied, nodding. "You should see their house in Boston. It's like a mansion"

Rachel eyebrows rose and she nodded. She had to think about why James even bothered working at the diner; he had told her about his investment banker father who had paid for this apartment, but she hadn't appreciated the extent of his wealth until she saw the apartment that he had paid for his son to live in while at college in New York. When she had seen him outside of work, he didn't seem to dress in particular expensive designers labels, he wore jeans and shirts that would be typical of any college student. Aside from the expensive watch that she had noticed on his wrist, his appearance fit in with the fact that she was discovering he was an average, modest guy that almost seemed to want to hide he came from money.

"Want to take a peak in his room?" Dani smirked, wiggling her eyebrows and Rachel couldn't help but giggle.

"No I don't want to invade his privacy…." She replied, chewing her bottom. Honestly she was curious to look at the place where he slept. You can tell a lot about a person by how they keep their room and she imagined it to be covered in posters of girls and rock bands. While he was a kind, caring guy around her and Dani; his behaviour when he wasn't with them, such as his drinking and well, promiscuous activities, Rachel imagined that his room would reflect his attempt at a rock star lifestyle.

"Come on, you think you're the first girl to see his room?" Dani laughed, gesturing her over as they headed over to the brown wooden door. Rachel blushed at that comment, but followed Dani and took a breath before she stepped in. Her eyebrows rose subconsciously at what she saw. There wasn't any of the things she had been expecting, instead an almost peace and tranquil environment that just made Rachel feel calm as she stood in the doorway. Three of the walls were painted in a baby blue and one wall was white. It was kept tidy and everything seemed to be organized. There was a door that was open showing an en-suite bathroom, a desk where a computer sat. On her right next to the door was a large double bed that had Rachel blushing again she thought about him sleeping in that bed and well doing other activities. S

"Not what you expected again?" Dani had laughed, and Rachel looked away from the bed; glad that Dani had distracted her as her thoughts wondered towards if she could sleep in that bed, the thought a lot more desirable than she expected it to be.

"I was sort of expecting it to be covered in rock band posters and everything just lying about untidily." Rachel giggled, rubbing her neck subconsciously.

"James is the tidy one, he likes everything to be organized…I'm the messy one" Dani replied laughing gently. "You better come look at my room if you want any of those things"

"I'm sure it's that bad" Rachel said softly trying to be reassuringly. Holy crap, those words couldn't have been any further from the truth. Dani's room was a fucking tip that Rachel didn't even think was possible. Dani had laughed as Rachel tried to compliment it, leading her to the third bedroom and showing her which doubled as James' weight room as well as Dani's music room. There was a drum kit in there as well as a couple of amps.

After being shown round, they had made some snacks and settled on the couch together as they watched the TV. This activity of watching soap's together had been her favourite that she'd shared with Dani. While she enjoyed hanging out with Kurt, after all he was her best friend but there wasn't something just nice about spending time with other girls. It was probably due to the fact Rachel hadn't had many female friends during high school, at least until the end of senior year; she certainly hadn't spent any serious amount of time together.

They were sat together talking about anything and everything for about an hour before the topic to switched to their ex's. Dani asked gently about Brody and if he had been bothering her, noticing that James had brought it up when they were at the bushwick apartment the week before. Rachel didn't mind talking about it, when she first started being friends with James; she had told him about her relationship with Finn and how that had led to her breaking up with Brody. He had been really considerate and sweet towards her and had hugged her when she'd been close to tears; mad at herself that she had almost broken down in fucking tears in front of him, expecting him to tell her to man up but instead he had been surprisingly comforting.

That conversation led to her telling Dani about Finn and her other high school relationships. The girl was equally as understanding and comforting and Rachel felt her heart warm at having a friend she could talk to about these things; one that didn't know the boy she had almost married.

"What about you?" Rachel asked, twirling a strand of her a hand between her fingers. "Any relationships with boys before you came out?"

"Not really, I was unpopular in high school" Dani shrugged. "The only guy I've ever kissed is James and Oh my god that was so embarrassing"

Rachel eyes widened as she heard that. "What?"

"It was when I moved here after High School, we got really drunk and ended up making out for about five minutes before we both realised what was happening and then we both started laughing" Dani giggled, covering her face with her hand.

"But you're…you know" Rachel asked, her gut clenching at the thought.

"Come on, I'm a Lesbian but I can appreciate when a guy is attractive" Dani shrugged her shoulders, chewing her bottom lip. "I knew it during High School, but I certainly did when we started living together and he'd walked around the house without his top off. Alcohol makes you do stupid things"

"Yeah, I imagine that would be hard to ignore" Rachel murmured, catching herself as she thought about what it would be like to see him topless…he looked so….no stop fucking thinking about that you stupid – "So, aside from a drunk make out with James; any girl relationships?"

"There was one girl….Tiffany" Dani replied, taking a drink of her wine. "But it never got serious…it was just a quick fling. Happily a one life relationship girl, I really like Santana and I want it to last"

"I'm sure you two will stay together; you're really cute" Rachel smiled, "I'm sorry she had to work tonight"

The two girls got on well, Rachel knew that Dani and Santana's relationship was getting more serious. Rachel couldn't help but feel proud of the fact that she was involved in getting them together.

"It's alright, I've been spending every day of the last couple of weeks with her" Dani shrugs, smiling back. "Besides, I don't think Santana shares our love of soap opera's"

"True" Rachel giggles. Settling back, she rested against the arm rest and sighed. "I like spending time with you; such a nice change from spending time with Kurt, Santana and James"

"Please you love spending time with James" Dani laughed and Rachel gulped slightly. Well it was true, she did love spending time what the asshole, perhaps more than she probably should do. "But I get what you mean, its nice just to have girl time you know?"

"Yeah I do" Rachel nodded, taking a sip of her glass of wine. Licking her lips as she swallowed, the sweet fruity taste was perfect. "This is really good wine"

That was another benefit of being friends with James; he had really good fucking choice in wine as he proudly proclaimed to her. there was a rack in the kitchen and far as Rachel could tell it was full of expensive bottles. Knowing a drinker like James was apparently a really good way to get to drink wine she would definitely not be able to afford when she made fuck all money after paying her rent.

"One good thing about living with James. He's a fucking pain in the ass but he has excellent taste wine" Dani replied smirking as she nodded her head; raising her glass in a mock toast. "To James; the best alcoholic that we know"

Rachel giggled, leaning over and softly tapping her glass against Dani's before taking a sip with a smile on her lips. A couple of minutes passed as Rachel chewed her lip before she spoke again; "Where is he anyway?"

"James?" Dani asked and she nodded her head in reply. "Where is he normally after class? Drinking with his idiot friends and trying to chat up some drunken slutty chick"

Rachel smiles, trying to keep the frown of her face at what Dani had said. She didn't have the right to tell her not to speak about James like that; after all Dani had known James longer than she had, but there just was a part of her that wanted to jump to his defence, she knew he really wasn't as big of a fuck up as he tried to be and to hear Dani describe him as one made her more than just a little bit upset than she'd like to admit.

Luckily, Rachel didn't have to say anything because Dani's phone rang a few seconds later.

"Speak of the Devil" Dani smirked before pressing accept on the phone call. "Hey we were just talking about you"

"Me and Rachel" Dani replied down the phone. "Yeah she's here with me why"

Rachel chewed her lip to stop the embarrassing look from crossing her face at knowing he had asked about her.

"Shut it asshole, I have a girlfriend" Dani said rolling her eyes and Rachel giggled, imagining what sort of fucking inappropriate comment the asshole had made about them. "I thought you were out with Cobi?"

Rachel recognized the name, it was James' best male friend and the one that James spent a lot of time out with when he wasn't her or Dani. "You hungry, Rachel?"

"Ummm, yeah why?" Rachel asks

"Because dickhead wants to know if you want anything to eat from that Thai place on 43rd." Dani asks,

"Sure, some rice and vegetables would be awesome" Rachel replies smiling.

"Yeah you heard? Alright, just the normal for me" Dani said, biting her nail. "Yeah whatever, fuck you asshole…alright see you in a little bit"

"He's on his way home? I thought you said he was out drinking?" Rachel asked, moving her finger around the top of her wine glass.

"He never tells me where he goes, just "I'm going to be home late" so I assume he means he's out drinking" Dani replies shrugging.

"It's nice of him to offer to bring us some food back" Rachel says smiling, honestly its touching that he called to ask; quite clearly not the inconsiderate asshole that he pretends he is.

Twenty minutes later and they heard the door of the apartment opening followed by James voice as he appeared in the open living area. Rachel rolled her eyes as she heard him; "Yeah don't worry girls, don't bother jumping up; I'll fucking let myself, you two just sit on your fucking asses"

"You didn't ring the bell , so shut it dick" Dani replied standing up and making her way over to the kitchen. Rachel bit her lip as she followed he over.

"Hey Rach" He says and she can't help but give him a quick hug as he stands there smiling at her. So what, she likes hugs.

"Hey" Rachel replies as they separate and her smile can't help but grow as she looks up at him. "Thanks for the food, Dani thought you were out tonight?"

"Nah, study group" He says, taking the food out of the plastic bag. "then I hit the gym for a couple of hours"

"You. Study group?" Rachel asked, raising an eyebrow sceptically.

"Haha. Fuck you princess" He replies smirking at her. "Told you before babe, I'm not just a pretty face"

"That's good because your face isn't even that pretty"

"Fuck off" he replies. "I didn't go to the effort of bringing you some fucking food just to get it thrown in my face Dani"

"Well, I appreciate that you did. Thank you" Rachel interrupts them, leaning up and pressing a kiss against his cheek; blushing as her lips leave his cheek and she sees him smirking.

"Don't worry about it Rach, anything for you" He says with a wink that has her smiling again. He really does have the most handsome smile. "See Dani, at least Rachel has some fucking manners"

"Whatever ass kisser" Dani says rolling her eyes.

The next couple of hours pass by quickly as the three of them sit together on the couch, with James quite happy to sit himself down in between the two of them. In fact, he gets a bit too comfortable and at one point throws an arm around her shoulder as they sit watching TV; okay so maybe Rachel really likes it and maybe she even leans into his side so she can rest her head against his shoulder. So whatever, she's enjoying cuddling with him pointedly ignoring the amused look Dani is giving them and instead focusing on the fact that his hand gently rubbing her arm is relaxing as fuck.

….

They spend the next couple of hours talking as just the three of them; she'd having such a good time laughing and just generally enjoying their company, the two of them are both incredibly good people who just enjoys hanging out with a fuckton. The time passes by so quickly when shes talking to them that when she glances at the clock, she realises that its almost one in the morning and she has a fuckign shift at work in the morning; seriously, Gunther can fuck off giving her Saturday shifts.

"Fuck" She says standing up from the couch, her body subconsciously whining at the loss of his arm around her shoulder, as she heads over and gets her bag.

"Where you going Rach?" Dani asks frowning in confusion.

"It's almost one, fuck. She says, checking she has everything. "Thanks both of you for the amazing night but I really have to go"

"Where do you thinking you're fucking going" She hears James voice behind her as she turns to see him walking towards her.

"I need to go home" She repeats, shaking her head at him.

"No fucking way you're walking to the subway" She rolls her eyes as he says it to her firmly. He's too protective.

"I'll be fine, really" She tries to insist but he doesn't have it, just shaking his head.

"No, it won't; you're not walking to the fucking subway after 1am" James says keeping his hold on her hand that she doesn't even try to fight.

"I need to go home" She replied, smirking at him; he's cute when he gets worked up. "Unless you're planning on paying for a cab?"

"You can fucking stay here, duh" He says rolling his eyes. "You can sleep in my bed"

Rachel eyes almost pop out their sockets as he says that. Alright she might have been thinking about crawling into his bed and seeing how comfy is was earlier, but she is not comfortable with sharing a bed with him. "I can't share a bed with you"

"It's pretty fucking hot that you thought that, but don't get any ideas babe" He says smirking at her. "I'll sleep on the couch."

"if you're sure" she says, chewing her lip as she tries to force the blush from her face.

"I'm fucking sure that there's no way in hell I'm letting you go all the way out to fucking Bushwick at 1 in the fucking morning" He says turning his back on her, "I washed my sheets this morning so don't even try and say that they are dirty. You can sleep in one of my shirts, take whichever I don't care"

"Thank you" She replies, pressing a kiss against his cheek again as he hands her a white dress shirt that is much to fancy for her to wear to bed but she's not going to complain about it; he's being really cute and protective of her and she can't help that her heart beats a little faster.

"Don't worry about it babe, it's cool" He replies, squeezing her shoulder. "Sleep tight"

A few minutes later and Rachel was lying in his bed pulling the covers up around her, a smile sitting on her face. His bed was comfy and she couldn't help but wriggle and snuggle closer into the pillow. As she closed her eyes, her smile widened as she breathed in that safe, welcoming aroma that was unmistaken his.

The next morning was just a little bit awkward. All three of them had shifts at the diner on that Saturday and so when her alarm went off at six, Rachel felt herself almost falling back asleep as she turned over in James bed. It was very comfortable and she couldn't remember getting as good of a nights rest while she had been in New York. Grabbing his dressing gown, which she probably shouldn't have but she felt way to relaxed to care, she slipped it over her body and headed out into the apartment.

She smiled as she saw James stood in the kitchen area with his back to her as he was speaking on the phone.

"Yeah, could you bring her a dress to work." Rachel smile only widened as she heard him talking about her. He was so thoughtful, it was hard not to adore him; the charming bastard. "I wasn't going to let her fucking walk in the dark to the subway, yeah aight cheers Tana"

"Morning" She said softly as he hung the phone up. He turned around and smiled widely at her. Rachel tried to hide the blush at the tight t-shirt he was wearing because well she could everything that good as about his body.

"Hey Rach, did you sleep well?" He asks moving over to the coffee pot. "Coffee?"

"Please" She replies, chewing her lip. "And your bed is very soft; so yes I did"

"It's pretty great huh" He says with a smirk.

She rolls her eyes at him, smirking as she moves to stands next to him. "Thank you for letting me use one of your shirts to sleep in"

"Don't worry, it looks better on you" He says smiling sweetly at her.

They're joined by Dani a few later and after eating James' cereal while he sits there cursing her for abusing his hospitalility the three of them head off to work. She almost laughs when he offers her his arms, happily treading hers through his as they walk to the diner. Everything with James always felt good, there was never any awkwardness between them; it was nice to have a friendship were there were she just acted however she wanted. Rachel couldn't help but smile at the fact that waking up in his bed, seeing him make her coffee; it all felt so normal.