Last night when they made it to their bedroom Jubal was convinced that Maggie would go straight to sleep as it really had been a long night for them but as they lay in bed kissing it turned in to them not being able to get enough of each other. He had whispered in her ear and against her lips many times how much he really loved her, they had locked eyes as they both fell over that edge together reaching the high pleasure.
Jubal stood in the break room with a smile on his face as he remembered the way that Maggie had dug her nails in to his back softly moaning out his name, it was one of his favourite sounds and one that he would never get tired of hearing. He was pulled out of his memories when he felt a hand run along his lower back and he turned his head to the side to see Maggie.
"Care to share what has you smiling so much?" Maggie raised her eyebrow looking at Jubal.
He leaned down stealing a quick kiss "My back and I were just remembering the amazing time we had last night with my beautiful girlfriend." He whispered against her lips placing one more kiss before pulling his head back a little.
Maggie was still a little thrown when Jubal would squeeze in these sweet moments at work, there was no teasing in his voice, he was really just thinking about them and the love he felt for Maggie was evident in his voice and eyes.
"You still find ways to surprise me with just how sweet you are babe" Maggie smiled softly as she ran her hand along Jubal's back and lifted his cup stealing a sip of his coffee, stepping to the side to stand beside him as they heard someone coming into the break room.
Jubal lay his shoulder lightly against Maggie's as he looked at Rina and he took the cup from Maggie when she handed it back to him as Rina stood watching him before suddenly remembering why she had walked in there.
"Isobel wants to see us all in the conference room. If you two can manage to separate for that long."
Rina was pleased with herself when Maggie stepped away from Jubal but he reached out with his free hand and gently spun Maggie back around to face him and he chuckled softly at her confused look, he slid his hand in to his pocket and pulled out her SUV keys "You left home without these this morning baby, I grabbed them on the way out the door."
"Oh my god I forgot I took them home with me last night." Maggie went to take the keys from Jubal but he pulled them away quickly and pulled her closer stealing a quick kiss from her before giving her the keys. Maggie shook her head laughing as she slid her keys in to her pocket and turned to leave the break room just as Jubal went to take a drink of his coffee "Oh babe I wouldn't do that, you forgot to add sugar." She glanced over her shoulder smirking at him knowing them kissing had made him forget to add his sugar.
Jubal shook his head smiling as he quickly added the sugar and stepped past Rina as he left the break room "You wont want to be late if Isobel is waiting on us". Rina had expected Jubal to wait for her but he walked on past her, she tried to walk quickly to catch up with him but he was called by Ian to look at something at his computer. Jubal and Ian joined Isobel, Maggie and Rina moments later in the conference room, Jubal smiled at Maggie as he walked past her to turn on the screen so that Ian could mirror his laptop on to it.
"So Ian and the team checked into the story from Rob Salem, guy who stole the black Chrysler. Turns out he was telling the truth, he has no ties to any terrorist groups, he was just a kid looking to make some quick easy cash. Salem says that he met the guy in Astoria, that he had just finished eating at a restaurant called 'Tanneri', was smoking when the guy approached him."
"I know that restaurant, it's a Syrian restaurant. A guy named Hassan Ali owns it, we've been monitoring him for a few years." Rina focused on Jubal while talking, she wasn't letting what she had witnessed between him and Maggie make her think any differently about their relationship. She was convinced it was a fling that he would get fed up of soon.
Ian pulled up a picture of Hassan Ali on to the screen and Isobel was the first to speak "He matches the general description Salem gave Tiffany and Stuart but it's not a lot to go on."
Rina finally looked at Isobel this time while talking "It's something and we've got a CI in the neighbourhood. I'll get on that right away".
Rina went to leave the conference room but Isobel stopped her "Agent Trenholm take Maggie and OA with you."
Jubal was taking a drink of his coffee when he heard Isobel and he coughed as the coffee went down the wrong way "You sure that's a good idea?"
Ian was trying to hide the smile on his face as he watched Jubal who looked so uncomfortable, he wasn't used to seeing his boss like this. Maggie hated the idea of having to work with Rina but she had to admit Jubal's reaction did make her smile a little.
Isobel looked at Jubal "Counter Terrorism are working with us, this is still our case, so I want our agents out there with Rina."
Rina looked at Isobel, the last thing she wanted was to have to work closely with Maggie "What about agent's Scola and Wallace, they got the description from Salem, shouldn't it be them?".
Isobel raised her eyebrow looking at Rina "This is still my case, I want my two lead agents on it, if you don't want to join them then send one of your team members, but it's Maggie and OA who will be going along to speak to the CI."
Maggie looked at Jubal who was scratching the back of his head as he was still uncomfortable about it all, Rina turned and stormed out of the conference room and wouldn't even look at Maggie while talking as she went past "I'll met you and Zidan at the elevators in five minutes".
Maggie watched as Rina walked on before giving her a chance to reply, she glanced at Jubal "Don't worry, I promise to make her shooting look accidental." Maggie smirked as she left the conference room to go find OA, she heard Ian's chuckle as Jubal choked again on some coffee.
Ian raised his eyebrow looking at Jubal "Maybe you should just stop drinking coffee while around Maggie and Rina for the rest of this case. I do believe that Maggie could make it look accidental, OA would help her."
Isobel was surprised to hear Maggie and then Ian, she looked at Jubal confused "Ian knows?"
Jubal nodded laughing "He does, found out few weeks ago just before Christmas. You really sure that was the best idea?" He nodded towards Maggie and OA who were walking towards the elevator.
Isobel looked at the three agents disappearing into the hallway as they walked to the elevator "I'm sure your girlfriends can get on long enough to not kill each other on this case." Isobel left the conference room smiling before Jubal could reply. It may sound strange to outsiders to hear them joking when they were working on a case but it was moments like this that actually helped them deal with the things that they saw on their job.
Jubal sat down in the nearest chair groaning as he heard Ian laughing again "You are proving right now as to why I think relationships are not worth the hassle, but it is very entertaining to watch."
Jubal shook his head hearing Ian "Thanks Ian, very helpful."
"Hey you are the one that decided to get in to a relationship with someone that you work with."
"That's not something I regret, I am just regretting the decisions I made in the past that are now causing issues. No nothing more than a drunken kiss happened with Rina back when we were partners, but it seems to have meant more to her." Jubal sighed as he drank his coffee.
"Yeah I gathered from the fight you and Rina had on the McMay case in here that something happened, honestly expected you to say more had happened with how pissed she was. I'm guessing Maggie knows?"
Jubal nodded, it actually felt good to talk to Ian, he trusted him and Ian had stopped with the teasing and was being serious now. "Yeah I told Maggie, but after we closed that case Rina came here to congratulate me and tried to kiss me, Maggie caught her."
"And Maggie didn't just shoot her?" Ian joked but then got serious again "Well I may not know everything and I don't know a lot about relationships but from what I've seen Maggie isn't mad at you, she's pissed at Rina. Sounds like she has every right to be, but you and Maggie seem strong, and in a good place, focus on that."
Jubal was surprised about how genuine Ian sounded and truth was he really needed to hear that. He thanked Ian for listening to him and for what he had said before they finally left the conference room and got back to work in the JOC. Kristen was trying to get information out of Ian about what he and Jubal had been talking about but Ian just kept telling her it was work, that he and Jubal didn't really talk about personal things. Jubal had overheard him and smiled knowing that his and Maggie's secret was definitely safe with Ian.
