Sorry for the delay in the update, I had a bit of writers block. I don't know if any of the playgrounds in Central Park have all of the stuff I wanted them to do, so go with the flow please.

I don't own and so on

They were walking down one of the many pathways of Central Park, Alex and Bobby each holding one of Nathan's hands. Bobby was carrying the basket, Alex had the blankets and Nathan was wearing his back pack of toys.

"When are we going to get there Aunt Lex?"

"When we get over near the playground."

"OK but how much farther is that?"

Bobby chuckled. "In a hurry, isn't he?"

"Yeah but the question is, is he in a hurry because he's hungry, anxious to play or are his little legs tired?"

"I don't know. Are your little legs tired?" He said laughing.

"You're going to pay for that one."

"I'll look forward to it." Bobby said with a mischievous grin.

They found a quiet spot on a hill near the playground to spread out the blankets before taking Nathan to play. For two hours Alex and Bobby played with Nathan. They took turns pushing him on the swings, stood underneath him at the monkey bars, and then Bobby pushed both Alex and Nathan on the Merry-Go-Round. Finally all three of them settled down in sand box with the toys from Nathan's bag. After half an hour of that Nathan said, "I'm hungry. Can we eat soon?"

"Sure thing Sweetie" Alex said. "You and Bobby start gathering up your toys and I will go get it ready."

When Alex got up, she bent down and kissed the top of Nathan's head before turning to Bobby. She reached out with a finger and guided his head around until he faced her. Leaning back down, she tenderly kissed him and then murmured, "Don't be too long."

"EW" Nathan exclaimed.

Alex smiled over at him and then headed back to their blankets and picnic basket to lay out lunch. Bobby turned to watch her go. He felt poking on his shoulder and looked back at Nathan.

"Bobby, that was gross!"

"Doesn't your Mom and Dad kiss?"

"Yeah, but they have to. Their married. It's like a rule or something."

"A rule huh? I'll have to remember that. Let's get these toys picked up so we can go eat the yummy lunch your Aunt made."

"OK"

As Alex was setting out the containers that held lunch, she thought back over the last week. So much had changed in hers' and Bobby relationship in that time. If someone had told her before their trip to Michigan, that in less than a week, she would be in his arms and in his bed, Alex would have laughed at them. That she was in love with her partner was just a fact of her life that she had learned to live with. Alex had suspected that Bobby felt the same. What she would have laughed at was that either of them would ever get up the courage to act on it. Now they just needed to find the courage to tell the Captain on Monday. But for now Ross had said to enjoy the weekend and she intended to do that. Alex looked up from her task just as Bobby and Nathan were walking up.

"There's my favorite guy's." She said. "Lunch is served."

Once lunch was finished, Nathan fell asleep on the blanket between Alex and Bobby. They were both stretched out as well, but they were on their sides. Bobby was leaning up on his elbow, while Alex was just keeping her head propped up. She was running her fingers of her free hand through Nathan's hair, gently so as to not wake him. Bobby could see a sadness creep up into her eyes.

"Alex," he reached over and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not here."

"Ok, later then, but only if you want to."

"Thank you. Do me a favor and give me something else to think about."

"As you wish." Bobby levered himself out a bit more and leaned over to kiss her.

"It's a good thing he's asleep" she said when he pulled back. "I think we grossed him out before."

"Oh we did. He told me so after you walked away."

"I'm sure my sister and her husband kiss in front of him. In fact, I believe, his grandparents did as well at Christmas."

"But, you see, you're talking about married couples. There are evidently rules and kissing each other is one of them."

"So, what's our excuse then?"

"Practice," Bobby replied.

"Is that what you told him?" Alex asked, laughing.

"No. I didn't think of it at the time, so I changed the subject."

"Good call." She said. Alex raised herself up so she could kiss him, but before she could follow through, she caught sight of a couple on the pathway below them. They seemed to be in the middle of an intense argument. The guy grabbed the girl's wrist but she pulled away and pushed him. She then ran off the pathway in Alex and Bobby's direction. The man still standing on the pathway pulled out a gun and fired it at the fleeing girl. Alex dove on top of Nathan and Bobby dove on top of both of them. The man fired two more shots before the girl took shelter behind a nearby tree. When Alex and Bobby were sure the shooting was over, they moved off of Nathan and reached for their off duty guns that they both had in ankle holsters. The shooter had taken off but they could still see him.

"Go " Alex said. "I'll call it in and take care of the girl."

Bobby didn't hesitate. He was up and gone before Alex could even get her cell phone out. All the excitement (not to mention the sound of gun fire, and having his Aunt and her partner pile on top of him) had woken up Nathan.

"What's going on?"

"Hold on a second Sweetie," Alex said before turning her attention to the phone. "Yes, this is Detective Eames, Major Case. We have shots fired in Central Park near Spector Playground. Suspect in on foot heading towards the Reservoir. Detective Goren is in pursuit...Thank you."

Alex had gotten to her feet while making the call. She reached down to take Nathan's hand, keeping the gun, in her other hand, down against her leg so he wouldn't see it. Together they went over to the tree the girl was hiding behind. The girl was sitting on the ground with her knees pulled up to her chest.

"Are you hurt?" Alex asked her.

The girl shook her head. Alex took a quick visual scan of the area before letting go of Nathan's hand and bending down to secure her gun. The girl on the ground cringed back tighter against the tree when she saw the gun.

"Take it easy. I'm not going to hurt you, I'm a Cop." Alex said pulling her badge out of her back pocket.

Within a few minutes, two uniformed officers showed up and Alex turned the girl over to them to get her statement. "Any word on the perp?" She asked them.

"Yes, Ma'am. Detective Goren had him unarmed and restrained when units arrived. She thanked the officer for the information and made sure he had hers and Bobby's contact information.

Turning to Nathan she said, "Let's go back and pack up so we can leave when Bobby gets back"

While they were packing up Nathan tried again to find out why they had jumped on top of him. "Did a bad man try to hurt the pretty girl?"

Alex sat down and pulled him on to her lap. "Yes Sweetie"

"How come?"

"Well the girl said that she didn't want to be his girlfriend any more and it made him mad."

"What did the bad man do?"

"When she ran away from him, he tried to shoot her.""With a gun?"

"Yep"

"So when you guys jumped on me?"

"We were keeping you from getting hurt by the bad mans gun."

"I think the bad man need a time out."

"Don't you worry about it, he will be getting a very long time out." Bobby walked up from behind them and dropped down next to Alex.

"Every body OK here?"

"Yeah, were good. Nathan here just wanted to know why we tried to squish him."

"Did you catch the bad man?" Nathan asked.

"Sure did."

"Cool"

"So are we ready to go?"

"Everything except the blanket we're sitting on."