I am borrowing the characters again for my personal use.

Alex woke up slowly. She was cuddled up next to a warm body. This confused her, she didn't remember going to bed with anyone. Alex cracked her eyelids open a bit and saw that she was not in her own bedroom. She inhaled deeply and recognized the scent of the man she was in bed with. Bobby.

Then it came back to her. She and Bobby were on their way back from Michigan after tracking down a witness to their current case. They hadn't been able to get a flight so they had driven. The last thing Alex remembered though was being in the car.

She leaned up on her elbow and noticed that Bobby was awake also. Alex also noticed that they were both still dressed except for their shoes. "Bobby, where are we?"

"Sandusky, Ohio"

"Why are we in a hotel room?"

"I was getting too tired to drive and I didn't want to wake you."

"What did you so then? Carry me in here?"

"Yep"

"Um, Bobby, didn't they have and rooms with two beds?"

"Nope, this was their last room, sorry. I guess I probably should have slept on the floor." He had thought about it, but the chance to sleep next to her had been too tempting. One day maybe he would get up the courage to find out if they could do more than just sleep in the same bed.

Alex know she should get up or at least move back over to her side of the bed. It had felt so right to wake up practically in HIS arms. Even now laying here stretched out all but right up against him was making her a warm inside. All she would have to do is lean forward to kiss those enticing lips.

"Eames?"

"What? Oh sorry, no, there was no need for you to sleep on the floor, we're both adults." She quickly rolled off bed on the other side and headed for the shower. Bobby sighed and got up as well. He went out to the car and got their overnight bags that they had brought with them just in case. He knocked on the bathroom door.

"Eames, your bag is here by the door." While Bobby was starting a pot of coffee in the in-room coffee maker, he caught a glimpse of a towel clad Alex as she cracked the door open to grab her bag. "WOW"

"Did you say something?" She called through the door.

He coughed and then called back "No" That was an image that would be burned in his brain forever, both of them, he thought as he felt himself start to harden. To distract himself, Bobby mentally started taking apart a transmission.

When Alex came out of the bathroom, he was sitting in one of the two chairs in the room, with his eyes closed. Thinking he was asleep, she leaned against the door jam and just looked at him. It was one of her favorite things to do, when he wasn't paying attention, of course. During his five month suspension and undercover assignment, she had really missed looking at his sexy body, from his hair on down to his feet. After all, those feet were size 13 for heavens sake, and his hands, well at this rate she just might need another shower. Cold this time.

"Didn't you parents ever tell you it's impolite to stare?"

"Yeah, but then the used to tell me that the Easter bunny and Santa were real too, so what's your point."

"You know, that is something I've missed."

"What's that?"

"Your snarkyness."

"And whose fault is that?"

"Mine, I suppose, but I thought we were getting past all of that, Eames."

"We are." She sighed "But you brought it up."

"Your right and since I did, let me say once again, I am sorry for not letting you in on the undercover thing and I am sorry for the way I acted through the whole thing with Frank, Nicole, and Declan thing."

"You can be sorry for the undercover thing and I have forgiven you for that, mostly. You can also be sorry for not telling my about the DNA test and being upset that we had to investigate you for Franks murder, although bear in mind, I wasn't trying to nail you for it, I was trying to prove your innocence. However, do not apologize for anything else connected with Nicole and Declan. What they did to you was beyond reprehensible and most people would have gone stark raving mad thanks to them.

"OK, just so you know I heard everything you said and I understand it but I want to back up a minute. Back to the undercover thing, you said you forgave me for that mostly?"

"Yeah"

"Why only mostly?"

Next chapter I'll get to the reason for the title.