Disclaimer: I own nothing Twilight. That honor goes to the wonderful Stephenie Meyer. I am just playing with her characters.

A/N: Hey all! Sorry that the last chapter was late and short! Like I said, it was one of those necessary evil chapters that had to be written to set up for future sexiness. So here is chapter 3! Bella's inner slut and good girl will be doing a bit of fighting in this chapter. Hope you like it!

Chapter 3-

I looked at my watch. It was almost 8 and Agent Cullen hadn't shown up yet. In the last three hours I managed to get home, take a shower, change, and make enough coffee to keep me awake for a week. For some reason, I felt like I was going a thousand miles a minute. I was pretty sure it was due to the fact that I knew I would be stuck in a car for hours with the most gorgeous man, EVER! I looked at my watch again.

'Jeez, Bella! Get a grip! He'll be here! Now calm your happy ass down. You've already come across as a spaz more than once today.'

"Hey, sorry I'm late!"

That sexy voice pulled me out of my thoughts. I looked up and saw Agent Cullen dressed in tight black pants and a dark blue t-shirt.

'Good Lord! This man looks great in everything! And I bet he looks great in nothing too! No, bad Bella! No more eye raping your partner!'

"That's okay Agent Cullen, it just turned 8, so you really aren't late."

"Well I just don't like keeping people waiting. Especially my partner."

Every time he called me his partner, it took my mind to a dirty place filled with lots of nudity and grinding. I tried to slow my breathing.

"It's alright. I told Jasper and Emmett to go home. They gave me all of the other information they found. I've been going over it, and there still isn't enough information for us to nail this Azriel guy. Hopefully we can get enough tonight to pin him to the Ghede virus."

"What did they find?"

"Not a whole lot. Just that there has been some activity in the Trinidad area, but with the crime rate in that area, we can't be sure if it's linked to this or not. We will have to go there and check it out."

"Alright. You ready to do this?"

I smiled slightly at him and cocked my head to the side.

"I'm always ready."

Agent Cullen's eyes lit up with a devious sparkle as a slow smile formed on his face.

"Well that's good to know. Come on, I hope you'll be able to stay up all night."

'Oh I'll keep you up all night…God damn it! No more! I am so sick of you and your hoochiness!'

As the silent battle in head wagged on, I just smiled and nodded. The good professional side of my brain was definitely getting pissed off at the skanky whore side of my brain. I just hope that the good side of my brain doesn't decide to go AWOL or I'll really be screwed.

"Alright Cullen, let's do it!"

As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted saying them. I could feel the blush spread across my face.

'SERIOUSLY! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU? Are you that sexually deprived that you have to do this? What did I ever do to deserve this?'

"I mean, um, yeah. Let's just go."

Agent Cullen let out a small laugh and nodded. We made our way towards the black sedan that we would be spending the next ten hours in. Ten hours in a small car with this man could go either way, and I was nervous as hell to find out which direction it was.

~*~ 3 hours later~*~

I let out an exasperated sigh. I put the binoculars back into my lap and looked over at Agent Cullen. He was looking out the window and writing in a notebook.

"Have you seen anything yet Cullen?"

"Not yet. You?"

"Not a fucking thing."

He looked over at me with a sympathetic look. We were both getting frustrated with the situation. We hadn't seen anything or anyone for three hours. This was starting to feel like a wild goose chase.

"Well, we have seven hours to go Agent Swan. We might as well get to know each other. I mean we are partners after all."

Partners. The skanky side of my brain rejoiced again and shared in it's joy by presenting more images of him and I groping each other and gasping for air. I waited for the good side to chime in and she never piped up. This could be bad.

"What do you want to know Agent Cullen?"

"Well first, my name is Edward. You don't need to address me as Agent Cullen. After today, I think we are past formalities. And what ever you want to share with me is fine."

"Okay. Well I guess that means you should start calling me Bella since we aren't going to be formal anymore. Umm, I guess I'll start at the beginning. I was born in Washington, moved to Phoenix with my mom and my dad when I was six. I had a pretty normal childhood. I went to academy right out of high school and ended up here. There really isn't a whole lot to know. I'm pretty boring actually."

"I would have to disagree with you on that Bella."

Bella. Just the way he said my name was almost enough to induce an orgasm.

'Imagine him saying that while he's on top of you. Oh yummy!'

I waited for the good part of my brain to chime in

'Well since you are just going to be dirty, I am taking the evening off. I am so done trying to keep you composed. You two have fun being skanks.'

Great, now the good part of my brain is giving up on me. That's never a good sign.

"Alright Edward, your turn. Tell me all about yourself."

"Well I was born and raised in Seattle. I'm an only child and I have great parents. My mom hates that I'm doing this line of work and my dad tries to be supportive. I decided to get into the field after September 11th. I wanted to help prevent things like that from happening again. This is a very rewarding job and I love it."

"I feel the same way. It's very satisfying to catch the bad guy and bring them to justice. It may not have the glitz and glam of other jobs, but it's definitely more rewarding."

"So what else do I need to know about you? I already know that you fall, a lot. But how about the little things?"

I shot him a quick glare before a smile broke my façade. He was already picking on my clumsiness, Emmett and Jasper were definitely going to like him.

"Like what?"

"I don't know. Favorite color, favorite movie, are you single?"

The last part caught me completely off guard.

"What was that last part?"

Edward cleared his throat and gave me sheepish grin.

"Favorite movie?"

"No, after that."

"Oh, um, I said, uh, are you….single?"

YES! My inner slut delighted.

"Yes I'm single. Why do you ask?"

"Oh um, it's just that I have worked with women before and it has always led to a jealous husband or boyfriend. I just wanted to make sure I don't step on anyone's toes by taking up too much of your time."

'Oh honey, you can take up as much of my time as you want. Just make sure you're naked when you do it.'

'Oh come on! If you're going to be that filthy, could you at least keep it down over there?'

"I see. Well you have nothing to worry about. No husband or boyfriend."

"How about a girlfriend?"

"What! No! I'm straight."

"Okay just making sure. I don't know why someone like you wouldn't have a man in their life."

"So you assume I'm a lesbian?"

"Sorry, I know I shouldn't have jumped to that conclusion either, but you never know. And you have to admit that I have a good point."

"So because I don't have time to have a man in my life that understands that my work is important to me, I'm a lesbian? Yeah, sure I totally see your point."

"I didn't mean to offend you, I was just curious."

"You didn't offend me, it's just quite the assumption to jump to."

"Yeah, so you're not a lesbian and you're single."

"Right."

Suddenly it dawned on me.

"Why are we talking about all of this? Shouldn't we be working?"

Ah yes, look who came back from her beauty rest. Couldn't stay away for long, could you?

"Yeah, you're right. I'm sorry I was being very unprofessional."

"It's okay. I just think if we want to get to know each other, maybe we should do it when we aren't on surveillance."

"Like a date?"

"What?! No! I mean we can talk more when we aren't supposed to be watching for a possible lead."

"Of course that's what you meant."

"Are you always this pretentious?"

"I'm not pretentious, I'm just confident."

"Well there's a very fine line and you are toeing it."

He just smiled and looked back out his window. This man was going to drive me crazy.

~*~Two Hours Later~*~

Nothing. Absolutely nothing! The only thing that has happened in the past two hours was a guy walking his dog. Edward had been quiet for two hours now. Even when I was watching the docks, all I could think of was what was going on inside of his head. I looked over at him and saw him writing more in his notebook.

"Exactly what are you writing? Nothing has happened in the last five hours. The only thing I have seen is a dog taking a dump. Not really note worthy."

"Well while you are watching dogs taking dumps, I am writing about the surroundings."

"What is there to write about? Oh look a boat. And a rock! We better make sure the chief knows about the rock, it might play a very pivotal part in this case!"

"There's no need to be sarcastic. It's just something I do. Kind of O.C.D."

"C.D.O."

"What are talking about?"

"C.D.O., it's like O.C.D., it's just in alphabetical order."

Edward had to muffle his laugh in case someone was around to hear it.

"Wow, Swan, that is priceless."

"What, I have a good sense of humor."

"I would have to say so. It's nice to have a partner that doesn't have a stick up her ass."

"Nope, no stick here."

"Well that's good. Most of the women I have worked with were very harsh. I suppose that they think they have to act like that so they will be taken seriously."

"That makes sense. I have just never acted that way. I never saw the point in it. I figured that my work would speak for itself."

"Very true. I have heard stories about you."

"Really? Like what?"

"I think my favorite is the one about you single handedly taking down a sleeper cell that was planning on bombing the White House."

"You heard about that?"

"Of course. And I have to admit, when I found out that we would be working together, I did a little bit of research."

"That's very flattering. A little odd, but flattering."

"Sorry if it seems a little stalker-ish, I just like to be prepared."

I was absolutely amazed that he had researched me. I was starting to feel giddy. I knew I wouldn't be able to talk, so I just looked out my window. Something moving by the dock caught my eye.

"Edward! Look over there! Someone is down by that boat."

Edward looked in the direction I was pointing and he grabbed his binoculars. Someone was on the dock waiting by one of the boats. He was wearing all black and had a baseball cap on to cover his face. I pulled the camera out of the backseat and began taking pictures. Now he just had to do something to give us a reason to arrest him. So far, meeting someone at a shipping dock in the middle of the night wasn't a good enough reason to bring him in. His body language was screaming guilty. He was looking around and you could tell he was jumpy.

"Do you think this is our guy, Swan?"

"No doubt about it."

"Someone else is coming."

My eye caught the motion off to the right of the dock. Sure enough, someone was walking towards our suspect. He looked like a typical fisherman, wearing a flannel shirt and ratty jeans. He and our suspect shook hands and looked around apprehensively. They looked like they were having a heated discussion. Our suspect kept pointing to the boat and the other man just shook his head and gestured towards the water. This kept up for a few minutes before the other man walked out of sight. I squinted my eyes to see where he went. He came back a minute later, holding a beaten up box. Our suspect quickly grabbed it out of his hands and turned to leave the dock and quickly disappeared out of our sight.

"Did you see where he went Bella?"

"No, I didn't."

The sound of an engine starting caught both of our attention. I looked in the direction of the sound and saw a black van pulling towards us.

"Shit! Edward, they can't see us or our cover will be blown."

The headlights on the van started to shift towards the car. I quickly threw the camera into the backseat to hide it from view. Edward was putting his binoculars under the seat and then he took his shirt off and turned to me. He was even more beautiful half naked.

"Come here. Just go with it."

Before I could say anything, Edward put a hand behind my neck and pulled my face towards his. His lips crashed onto mine and I thought I was going to explode. The kiss was hard and urgent. He tasted good, so smooth and hot. I felt myself relax into him and I wrapped my arms around his neck. His mouth coaxed mine open and his tongue slipped in to my mouth to mingle with mine. The lights from the van illuminated the inside of the car and then I realized what Edward was doing. He was making it seem like we were just two people getting it on in the middle of the night by the dock. I heard the van getting farther away, but I didn't want to stop kissing Edward. His lips were so soft and magnificent.

'Okay, even I have to admit that this is great, but you have a job to do! Get your head out of the clouds and follow that van!'

I hate it when she's right. I pushed myself away from Edward and tried to catch my breath. Even in the dark, I could tell that his eyes were a darker shade of green. I cleared my throat and forced the words out.

"We need to follow him."

Edward nodded and grabbed his shirt from the floor. I started the car and pulled out of the parking space. I had to be discreet that we were following the van. We got out onto the street and saw the van a few feet ahead.

"Do you think he fell for it?"

"I don't know. And not that I'm complaining, but why did you kiss me?"

Edward was quiet for a little while before he spoke.

"I just guess that was the best idea I could come up with."

"Oh, and why did you take your shirt off?"

"It added to the cover."

"Right."

"Well I didn't see you doing anything."

"I was just going to duck."

"And what if they saw us ducking down? That would have blown our cover for sure."

I had to admit, he had a good point. Besides, I liked his way better anyways.

We kept following the van for a few more miles before it turned down an alley towards the abandoned warehouses in Trinidad. So far, everything was following all of the information that Jasper and Emmett had found. I slowly pulled the car down the alley to follow the van, but there was nothing to be found. It was a dead end. The van must have pulled into one of the warehouses. But which one?

"Do you see any movement Cullen?"

"No. But at least we know where to start looking in the morning."

There was nothing else we could do tonight. I snapped a few pictures of the area and then we backed out of the alley and went back to headquarters to document the information we had found.

~*~ Two hours later~*~

The printer whirred to a stop and I grabbed the papers off of the tray. I flipped through them to make sure it was all there. Considering the uneventful evening, there sure was a lot of information to be documented. Edward just finished talking to the chief on the phone to let him know how the surveillance went.

"That's the last of it Cullen. Nothing else we can do tonight so we might as well go home."

"Well the chief wants us to go back Trinidad tonight so we can watch the warehouses. He also gave us both the day off so we can rest up and be ready."

"Oh thank God. I was hoping he would take pity on us."

"I know. I am beat! All I can think of right now is going to bed."

'That's all I can think of right now too. Well that and you ripping my clothes off…..Like I didn't see that one coming from you. You need to up your game, you're getting too predictable.'

"Yeah, I'm ready to hit the sack."

"Let's get out of here. I'll walk you to your car."

"Thank you, that's very sweet of you."

"I want to make sure you make it to your car safely. After all the parking garage is all concrete and that could really hurt if you fell."

"Wow, even sleep deprived you are still ripping on me. That's awesome. Thank you for that."

"Anytime Swan."

I let out an exasperated sigh, gathered my things and headed out to the parking garage with Edward at my side. We made our way through the stairwells and entered the parking garage. I saw my little Honda civic sitting next to a silver Volvo.

"I assumed you drove the civic so I parked next to you so I could make sure you get out of here."

I smiled at how protective he was being. Usually I would be pissed off that a man thought he had to baby me, but when Edward did it, it was sweet.

"Thank you Edward, that was very thoughtful of you."

"Don't mention it. Oh and Bella, sorry about what happened tonight."

He looked down at his feet and ran a hand through his thick hair. For a second I didn't know what he was talking about. Then I realized that he was referring to the kiss. Was he regretting it or did he think that he had to apologize to maintain a professional disposition.

"It's alright Edward. I understand why you did it. Besides, I wasn't going to complain ."

Edward looked up from the ground to meet my eyes. His expression was priceless. He looked almost amused but a little curious and relieved.

"Really? I thought you were upset."

"No, not in the least. You were doing it to keep our cover. It was quick thinking on your part. You may have saved us from blowing the mission."

Edward looked down at the ground again and nodded.

"Yeah, that's what I was going for."

"Right."

I walked over to the driver side of my car and opened the door. I turned back to Edward and smiled.

"And not that I'm complaining about this, but next time, maybe a little less tongue."

Edward's eyes got big and his mouthed dropped open slightly. I bit my bottom lip and smiled before I ducked into my car and started the engine.