Disclaimer: I don't own anything except for the plot.Rob's the Man.

The party had turned out to be a flop. Mac had really tried her best to seem easy to get and everything although she had been feeling very uncomfortable with it and the fact that Dick had been staring at her the whole time and had seemed to want to get into a fight with nearly every other guy she flirted with or even talked to, hadn't improved her act. So noone had tried to take advantage of her situation and Veronica wasn't very happy about that.

She didn't blame Mac but Veronica had really hoped that this would help her investigation about the rapist. She had confessed to her that the reason that nobody took advantage of Mac was probably because of the fact that everybody knew that she was trying to find the rapist. She needed to find another way of solving the case and Mac was happy that she wouldn't have to play the bait another time.

And she was sure that Dick was quite happy about that too. She really loved him for being so overprotective. Wait, did she just said she loved Dick? Mac really needed to make up her mind about him. How could she even think she could love again? And Dick Casablancas out of all the persons in the world? No she couldn't love him. Not yet. Later maybe. Yeah, maybe. She was going to stick with that decision for now.

Dick was driving her home after the party. They had been leaving the party together and Mac believed that this was his way of showing the world that he wanted to be with her. That he wanted her to be his girlfriend and that everyone should now about it.

As he stopped at Macs house she turned to him and looked at him. He was staring out of the window deep in thoughts. His hair was growing longer and Mac had to resist the urge to touch them. It reminded her of a scene in a tv show where this one girl had a crush one a boy because she thought he had this beautiful hair and without realizing touched it and embarrassed herself. Now she knew how that girl must have felt. As she first saw that scene she had laughed about it and thought that nobody would ever be so stupid to do something like that or even thought about it.

Dick finally noticed her stare and turned to look at her. He saw the smile on her face and wondered what she was laughing at.

"What?"

"Oh nothing."

"C'mon Mackie. What is it?"

"Don't you ever call me Mackie! My name is Mac!"

"Actually I thought your name was Cindy ?", he said with a smirk on his face. She visibly flinched at the use of her birth name. God how she hated that name and that smirk. But it made him look soo cute. But she would never tell him that. He was already too fond of himself.

"Oh you shouldn't have said that. Big mistake! Now I have to kill you. But first I have to torture you to tell me who told you that."

"Uh, is little Cindy threatening me? I'm sooooo scared", Dick said in a mocking tone, one hand on his mouth.

"You don't think I could do that?"

"I don't think that you could harm anybody. You're just too sweet for that. Sorry."

"We'll see!", and with that Mac reached over and tried to tickle Dick. Unfortunately, he turned out to be not very ticklish and soon Mac found herself in his lap, winding her body in agony because he tickled her himself. He had fast found out that her tummy was the most ticklish part of her body and he wouldn't let go of that advantage. Mac was laughing uncontrollably and not until she couldn't breathe anymore and screamed out for him to stop did he back off. She tried to steady her breathe but then realized how close they were and her heart started to beat even faster.

"So what was it again with you saying you needed to kill me?", Dick asked leaning his forehead against hers, something he had seen Logan often do with Ronnie.

"Me? Threatening to kill you? Are you sure you didn't confuse me with someone else? Do you really think I'm the kind of person who wants to kill her boyfriend?", Mac asked before she could stop her mouth from forming the words. Sure, she had finally made up her mind about their relationship, about him, but it had been maybe only seconds ago and this was not quite the way how she wanted to tell him that she liked to be his girlfriend. Great job Mac! Why don't you tell him that you thought about loving him too!

She had took him by surprise. Did she just say what he tought she did?

"What did you just say?" He needed to know if she had been serious or if she had slipped it accidentally.

Mac saw him looking at her, his eyes home of many different emotions. Surprise, hope, fear and something she couldn't quite identify but which made her send shivers down her spine.

"I...I said that...you...I really would like to be your girlfriend... I want us to be a couple...I-"

Dick didn't need to hear more. Before she could finish her sentence his lips had captured hers. For a split of a second she was surprised but soon melted into him. She was feeling this thing in her tummy again that she couldn't describe. She had felt it a lot lately. Everytime when he touched her and it felt good. Really good.

They were clinging onto each other, none of them wanting to let go of that moment they shared. The kiss grew more and more passionate. Mac could nearly feel him inside of her like he was reaching every part of her soul with his tongue. She had never felt so open to anyone before, so vulnerable , but at the same time so content and happy and every possible positive emotion she could have. It was like he could see into her heart, her soul and her mind. At this very moment, they were one person, with one heartbeat and one body.

The seconds moved on which seemed like hours. Eventually they broke their kiss, both in desperate need of air. That was the moment when Mac got aware of her position and the growing thing underneath her. She immediately sat back into her own seat her head turning towards her window not wanting to look at him. Dick was at first confused by her reaction until he noticed the effect that Mac had on his body.

They didn't look at each other for a good four minutes until the atmosphere got too awkward and Mac got out of the car. Before she she closed the door of his car she turned to him again finally looking at him.

"So, I guess I'll see you sometime...errr...Maybe you could call me?"

"Err...sure...Bye."

"Bye!"

Dick watched Mac getting into her house and closing the front door. He then pulled out of her entrance trying to get home as soon as possible. He was in the urgent need of a cold shower.