Kim sat crossed legged on the bed, having found Adam's discarded t-shirt and pulling it on. Adam propped himself up against the headboard, he tucked the pillows in behind him. "So now, tell me about this Roman guy?"

Having spent the day itching to get his hands on her the last thing he wanted to do when they got home was talk about work. He was obsessed with her at the moment and craved her kiss, her touch, her warm body bent around his at every opportunity.

But she wanted to talk and he had to admit he loved to listen to her. Whenever she went on a rant it was never mean spirited and always entertaining. Burgess didn't necessarily want his input or need him to solve any problem she had; he just needed to listen as she worked it out and her way of working it out was to verbalise it. Occasionally she would ask for his opinion and he was very selective with his responses. He only stepped in when she was getting too close to the edge.

"He just seems weird. Does he seem weird to you? Maybe he's gay?" Despite the fact she had asked him a question, he knew he was not required to answer. "I think he has some issue with women cops and I don't want to spend my whole day trying to impress him." she mused.

"You don't need too, you are a good cop."

"Platt is not going to give me another partner, I've been through so many. She gets a kick out of it I am sure, she just wants to see me squirm. I don't know why she is so hard on me all the time." She grabbed a pillow and rested it on her lap before resting her chin on her hand and started chewing on her bottom lip. "I thought I could ring his old district."

"And say what?"

"Find out why he transferred." She shrugged having not really thought that far ahead. "I don't know. It's so exhausting all this partner crap. Can I just have Atwater back?"

"Not sure Kev would be down with that."

"Do you think I should call his old district?" Kim tilted her head waiting for him to answer.

Adam took a couple of seconds before answering. "And say what? Is this guy Roman a misogynist pig or just a tosser?" She saw the look of resignation on her face when she realised that she had no idea what to ask. "Couple of guys I went through the academy with work at the 31st I could call them?"

"Yep, good idea? That would not look suss at all, you calling asking about my partner. Platt would so find out and we'd be busted. She would ride my arse until Christmas." She groaned and flopped down next to him and covered her face with the pillow. "I don't get why she hates on me so much?"

"Platt doesn't hate you."

"You sure about that?"

"I reckon she's the kinda person who the more she rides you the more she actually believes in you."

"Burgess." He pulled the pillow away. "It's only been a day, give it a chance and maybe tomorrow will be better. If he keeps treating you like crap I'll happily take him on." He flexed his biceps while laughing before adding in a more serious tone. "Platt is not going to put up with that shit for long."

"Just what I always wanted; a hulking man defending my honour." She knew the exact spot that he was the most ticklish and quickly moved to pin him to the bed by sitting on him and starting to tickle him until he squirmed. "You need to get rid of those weaknesses if you are going to fight on my behalf. He may be little but I reckon he's a goer."

Burgess did call Roman's old district and got the low down on his previous partner, she was surprised when she confronted him and eventually he admitted that he had fallen in love with her and from the subsequent conversation it did not end well.

"Well, we have to work together so let's start again." Burgess offered her hand for him to shake. "I'm Kim Burgess, your new partner. Welcome to the 21st."

Roman took her hand and smiled slightly. "Looking forward to it, Kim Burgess." Things eased after that and Roman started to open up a little. He was certainly willing to mix it up and didn't take a backward step so Kim was pretty sure they would make a good team.

"So how did today go?" Adam was sitting at the small kitchen table with his feet up on the chair while Kim heated them up some dinner. He had tried to get her leave dinner until later but she hadn't eaten all day and swatted away all his attempts at seduction, although his attempts generally involved groping her until she relented. He took a swig of his beer before offering it to her.

"I called him out. Rang his old district and basically his ex partner was pretty well liked. They had some torrid little thing going apparently and it ended badly. We agreed to start from scratch."

"Do I have to worry about him getting the hots for you?" He was almost drooling as he watched her move about the small kitchen. She was wearing a short denim skirt and tank top, which showed off both her cleavage and legs so he didn't really know where to look.

Burgess laughed as she strained the pasta in the sink, dumping it in a big bowl and covering it with the sauce. "Nah, I kinda have this thing going on at the moment which is pretty hot."

He jumped up and grabbed the bowl from her and leant in for a kiss. "Good to hear."