By the time Ram was able to set Julie back on the ground, after she had had a short cry and peppered his face with kisses, they had attracted a crowd of the guys. Ranger came over and shook his hand saying, "Welcome home Ram. Glad to see you are back." Steph ran over and threw her arms around him and gave him a kiss on the cheek and told him, "We're all glad to see you are back Ram." She glanced over at Julie who was smiling with tears still on her face and clinging to his arm. "Some of us more than others." She walked over to Ranger and while he pulled her in for a quick kiss, Steph took a minute to whisper something to him. He looked at her for a minute and saw the glare in her eyes, before he nodded in agreement.

Sighing, he starting walking back to his office. "Ram," he called. "Yes, sir?" Ram replied. "Take the rest of the week to get back in the swing of things and we'll see you on Monday." He started to walk away and stopped when Steph cleared her throat and glared, again, at him. Ranger let out another sigh and with a smile looked at Julie standing next to Ram and said, "Julie, you too. See you Monday." She dropped Ram's arm and ran over to Ranger. She threw her arms around him and whispered, "Thank you daddy." He walked away, shaking his head, wondering what he was thinking. How did he let Steph do this to him? He just gave his little girl time off of work so she could spend time with Ram. He knew what he always wanted when he got back from missions, time in bed with Steph, and the thought of Julie in bed with Ram was giving him a migraine.

Julie walked back over the Ram and found him talking to Lester, Hal and Manny. He had been in the middle of a sentence when Lester cleared his throat, just as Julie got close enough. Ram stopped talking and grabbed her hand. "Hey, I want to head up to my apartment and check on things. Want to come along?" She smiled at him, "Sure, let me just shut down my computer and grab my stuff." He told the guys he would talk to them later and waited for Julie to grab her things. He grabbed her hand again and walked them over to the elevator. "Did I interrupt something you were telling the guys?" she asked. He looked at her and shook his head, "No, just filling them in on what I just came back from doing." He looked away and started to say, "I can't.." before she interrupted and said, "I know, you can't tell me or you'd have to kill me. Blah Blah Blah. It's the same line daddy used to tell Steph when he'd get home." He gave her hand a squeeze and was thankful that the elevator stopped at his floor.

Once the doors opened, Ram picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. She squealed and grabbed onto the back of his shirt when he started to jog down the hallway. "I used to like that my apartment was the last one, but now it's too far away," he said. He used his fob to unlock the door and kicked it shut as soon as they were through. He slid Julie down the front of his body and she dropped her bag on the floor. He reached down with both hands, cupping her cheeks and pulled her in for a kiss. The kiss lasted until they were both out of breath and gasping for air, they both looked at each other. Julie reached up and caressed his face. He grabbed her hand and gave it a kiss. "Sweetie, I would really love to take my time and love you as slowly as you so deserve, but that will have to wait for the next round." She glanced at him with a quizzical look on her face. "Because, I need you now, as in right now, right here, right now." She gasped as he ripped her shirt open and sent the buttons flying around the room. He pulled the rest of her clothes off, fumbled to get his own off and throwing it all in a pile on the floor, picked her up, wrapped her legs around his waist and pressed her up against the door. Julie looked him in the eyes and said, "Yes, oh God, yes."

When they both had their breathing under control, Ram picked her up and carried her to his bedroom for round two. He laid her down on the bed and climbed in after her and started kissing his way down her body. He was kissing a trail down her side under her left breast when he suddenly stopped. Julie groaned and started to complain when she realized that he had seen her tattoo. She had gotten so accustomed to it that she forgot it was there. She felt his fingers gently tracing the design and then felt soft kisses all around it. He looked up at her and raised an eyebrow at her. She smiled, "Do you like it?" He rolled her on her opposite side so he could get a better look at it. "How? What? Who?" he tried to ask. She laughed and said, "Uncle Hector helped me design it and took me to get it. Do you like it?" Ram stopped tracing his finger around the shape and looked up at her. "Do you like it?" he asked her. She nodded and said, "I hope you don't think it's too childish, but when I first met you and heard your name was Ram and you were a sniper, this was what I thought of when I thought of you. Remember the sign I made to pick you up at the airport that first time? I just added the rifle." He chuckled and kissed her. "I love it and think it's perfect. I see there are two dates on it. I know the second date, which was our first official date but I'm lost on the first date." Julie smiled and said, "That was the date of our first kiss, you know the one I ran away from after it happened." Ram smiled and said, "It turned out okay for us though, didn't it?"

They stopped only long enough to eat and shower, which turned into another round. By the time they both fell asleep, they were exhausted. While Julie slept solidly, it was restless sleep for Ram. He woke himself up a few times with nightmares, but thankfully he had left Julie so drained that she slept through it. This trip wasn't as bad as it could have been, but still, he saw enough to leave him with nightmares. He hoped a few days off with Julie would do the trick and he wouldn't have to resort to anything else. He had plans for Julie but he needed Steph's help. He was scared to death about what he wanted to do, but he knew it was what he wanted. He pulled Julie into his arms and forced himself to relax and fall asleep again. Thankfully the nightmares stayed away and they slept peacefully until the sun came through the windows and woke them up.