Part Three

A/N: Because its Christmas and I just couldn't help myself.


She is about to enter his office when he leaps out of his chair and takes her in his arms and kisses her deeply in full view of the rest of the lab. When he lets her go she breathlessly asks "I thought we were going to keep it quiet?"

His only reply is a grin and she blushes as she realises several of their colleagues walking past have seen them.

He starts talking to ease her embarrassment "Well you were walking underneath mistletoe and they were suspicious anyway."

"How do you know that?"

His grin widens "Hawkes and Hammerback had a bet on when we were going to admit our feelings to each other."

She laughs softly "Well I guess that's the cat out of the bag."

He answers her by kissing her again and this time it is a while before they come up for air.