Not going to apologise again, read my profile for an explanation lol. It will all make sense haha.
Here we go
Gabriel was the first to wake, for a moment he forgot where he was. Until he felt someone move next to him. His Texan smile lit up his face as he watched Riley sleep.
'Beautiful' he thought as he turned on his side to watch her. His eyes roamed over her sleeping form, his sheet had slipped slightly down, and her breasts were calling him.
Before he could reach out and touch them Doc Cassidy called. Gabriel quietly got up, put on some pyjama pants and went into the living room.
"What's up, Doc?" he asked as he made his way to the fridge. It was now near dinner time, he started cooking.
"Nothing serious Gabriel, trying to get a hold of Riley. Have you heard from her?" he asked.
"Yeah, she's here. She popped by earlier when you guys couldn't get me … erm…. we went for a run, had a workout and now she is having a nap. Swear that girl needs to build up her stamina" he chuckled.
He hadn't meant to say she was here, and it was the only excuse he could think of for why she would be asleep.
"Oh ok, good, good" he said.
Gabriel raised an eyebrow "what did you need her for?" he asked.
"Oh, nothing really, I just wanted to ask her a question. Kind of personal you know!"
Gabriel could tell the doc was lying, he often stammered more than normal when he wasn't being truthful.
Gabriel decided not to push it "ok Doc, I will tell her to call you when she wakes".
Doc Cassidy hung up quickly, making Gabriel chuckle.
"Gabriel?"
Gabriel looked up in surprise, Riley was stood wearing his shirt. Gabriel almost dropped the pan.
"Evening" he called as he recovered the pan. "I'm making BBQ chicken with rice; I hope you're hungry" he said as she walked to him.
Riley smirked at him "famished" was all she said.
Gabriel put down his knife and fork and leaned back with a smile. Riley was still wearing his shirt as she finished her meal. She had one leg raised up on the chair, he wondered if she was wearing anything else.
"Gabriel, that was amazing. Who knew, you could be such a good cook" she said with a smile. He smiled back at her, "I'm gonna have to get you to cook for me more often" she smirked.
Gabriel leant forward with a smirk and gripped her chin, he looked at her lips and then back up to her eyes. Riley's mouth went dry as her heart rate sped up.
"Anytime, darlin anytime" he said silkily. That Texan charm did things to her insides. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She had to break that spell.
"I'll do the dishes; you rest on the sofa" he said as he removed his hands from her face. That broke the spell she had been under.
Gabriel had frowned when she closed her eyes, it was like she was shying away. He didn't understand why.
Riley watched him wash up, she didn't know what to do with herself. A part of her wanted to go get dressed and go home, another part wanted to go back into the bedroom. She couldn't figure out which one to listen to.
"Riley, Doc called earlier whilst you were sleeping" Gabriel called from the kitchen. She got up and walked back into the bed to collect her phone.
"Hey Doc, sorry I didn't catch you earlier. What's up?" she asked.
"Oh, I just wanted to see if you wanted to join me and Nelson for dinner" he asked.
"Really?" Riley asked sceptically.
"Yeah, but Gabriel said you two had been busy. You were re-organising your apartment, right?" Doc gave Nelson a look.
Riley gulped "erm yeah we was, Gabriel offered to help out, since he didn't have anything else to do" she said.
Doc Cassidy and Nelson both smirked at each other.
"Ok, that's fine I will see you both tomorrow" he hung up the phone and looked at Nelson.
"The both just lied to us" Nelson said with a smirk, "that means they have done something together that they don't want us to know about".
Doc shook his head "what could that be?" he asked his son.
Nelson looked at his dad like he had lost his head, it took Doc a second to realise. Both eyebrows shot up "OH!" he exclaimed; Nelson nodded.
"What did doc want?" he asked as she made her way back.
Riley shrugged her shoulders "he wanted to invite me to dinner, but said it was fine as you had said that we had been re organizing my place" she said as she sat down next to him.
Gabriel looked confused "I didn't say that" he said.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"I told doc, that we had gone for a run and had a workout. That was the excuse for you being asleep at that time" he said, Riley froze.
Gabriel could see her starting to panic, he took hold of her hand to stop her.
"Riley, it will be ok" he said.
She stood up and started pacing "you don't know that Gabriel, what if he has figured it out and what if Lillian finds out?" she was going over all the worse case scenarios in her head.
Gabriel stood up and stopped her "look if Doc knows something, he won't say anything to Lillian unless it affects our work. Us sleeping together doesn't do that unless, we make it" he wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug.
Riley sighed "how can you be sure Gabriel; I could get fired. It's different for you, they can't fire you. They can me" she said into his chest.
He pushed her back and lifted her head up to look at his, "no, with me all they can do is cut my head open and take the chip out" he said with a smirk.
Riley relaxed as they both sat back down.
"Look, they only ones that can make this into a big deal is us. I'm glad this happened, to be honest I've wanted this …. Wanted you since Jin Cong kidnapped us, I just didn't know it until after my chip gave me amnesia" he explained, she looked at him quizzically.
"You opened up to me about that closed file, when you told me that I was amazed at your strength. In that moment you were so beautiful, I was just too wrapped up in finding Amelia to see it. Then when my brain got shorted out, I was pointing a gun at you, and you trusted me not to shoot you. I know Lillian would have told you to kill, but instead you put down you gun and told me to feel, you said I knew you. The fact that I could have killed you still haunts my dreams".
Riley could feel her eyes tear up "Gabriel" she said in a whisper. She pulled him close and kissed him slowly. They pulled apart after a few more kissed and Gabriel rested his forehead onto hers.
"Can I asked you something?" he asked. Riley moved back and nodded with a smile. "the other day, when we first kissed. Why did you just back out and leave? You kissed me first, yet you practically ran out of there faster than a speeding bullet"
Riley sighed "I'm sorry Gabriel", he lifted her chin and kissed her.
"I don't need a sorry I need you to explain" he said. Riley got up and walked back into the bedroom. Gabriel followed closely behind, she started collecting her clothes.
"Riley?" he asked. She ignored him. "Riley!" he said as he stopped her. He lifted her head up to meet his and kissed her. He poured as much of his desire as he could into the kiss. Riley soon reciprocated.
He walked her backwards until she was stopped by the bed. He pushed her down, still connected. He slowly removed his shirt and exposed her porcelain skin. His left hand roamed everywhere it could whilst his right arm held him up.
Riley became impatient and started tugging at his bottoms. He quickly stood up to remove them, Riley licked her lips.
Their first time had been passionate, slow and sensual. This time it was hot and heavy. Gabriel practically slammed into Riley as he pushed them both towards their release.
"Gabriel!" Riley screamed as her climax reached its peak. Gabriel followed soon after, they both laid panting wrapped up in each other. Gabriel moved so that he wasn't crushing Riley. She laid her head on his chest and sighed.
"Riley" he said, all she could reply was 'mm'
"Riley I still need an answer" he said. Riley looked up at him confused. "About why you left the other day" he explained.
Riley tried to move but he had a good hold on her, she sighed as she lowered her head to her chest.
"Gabriel, I can't" she sighed. He chuckled.
"You can take out a guy twice as big as you, you can protect the president. You shoot better than anyone I know – except for Jameson" Riley laughed. "You can do all of that, but you can't tell me why you ran off?"
Riley sighed and looked up "I prefer doing all that, then talking about my feelings. You know my history; I wasn't raised on feelings" she explained.
He stroked her face "try, please" he asked gently.
Riley stared into his eyes almost lost in them.
"I guess I left because I wasn't sure it was a good idea. We work together, our lives depend on each other and I've done that before. Dated someone I worked with; you know how that turned out. I've never trusted easily, with my dad leaving and my stepdad. I just can't trust myself to take those risks. I'm sorry if I hurt you or confused you, I just didn't know what else to do" she sighed.
Gabriel pulled her up for a kiss, slow and sensual. "I wasn't hurt just confused" he said to her.
"You must know that I trust you Gabriel. You are the only man I know I can trust" she said before kissing him. Gabriel smiled into the kiss.
"I know" he said with his signature smile.
Hopefully that makes up for the long lag in updating. Let me know what you think x