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A/N Hopefully this chapter will unconfuse anyone confused by the last chapter. It started out as all one chapter but was getting way to long. Really only one more chapter.

They sat on the couch to eat Alex was turned sideways leaning against the armrest with her feet tucked up under her. Bobby was sitting with his legs stretched out and feet propped on the coffee table.

Alex stabbed a meatball off her plate and pointed it at Bobby.

"OK Ace, start explaining."

"I called Mike and asked him to call me tonight and ignore whatever I said."
"Why?"

"My excuse was going to be that he was upset or drunk or something like that. Anyways I would then have an excuse to leave late at night."
"I see... If you needed time away from me you should have said so." Alex tried hard to keep the hurt out of her voice but she knew some had slipped through. She could feel tears threating to fall. Dammit She thought , I am not going to do this. I am not going to be a crying, clinging shrew that needs her mans attention 24/7. I've never been like that before. I am not going to start now. "There's no need to come up with phony excuses, I'm a big girl."

"Time away from you? Alex, don't you know that I want to be with you every minute of every day?"

"Bobby!!What is going on!!" Alex was getting frustrated and confused.

Bobby sighed, put his plate down and moved over next to Alex. He took her plate as well and put it on the table next to his. Reaching over to tuck her hair behind her ear he said simply.

"Your nightmare."

"What about it? I haven't had one in close to two months."

"You also haven't slept alone during that time."

Realization dawned on Alex. "I do see now. You were going to go out and leave me to go to bed alone to test whether or not I will have the nightmare so you can be forgiven."

"In a nut shell? Yeah. Not one of my more brilliant plans I know."

Alex moved to sit on his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him tenderly.

"I love you Bobby"

"I.." She kissed him again to silence him.

"Let me finish. I don't care anymore about the nightmare. You promised me that the situation won't happen again. I believe you and more importantly I trust you. If you really want me to go to bed alone I will. Think about this though Mr Genius, if I go to bed thinking about will I or won't I have the nightmare, won't that just increase the likelihood that I will?"

"You are probably right which is why you weren't supposed to know that, that was why I really went out."

"What if I just tell you right now that I have forgiven you completely."

"I guess I would have to wonder if you really had or if you were just saying that so that I would stop worrying about it."

"How about some trust here Goren."

"I do trust you Eames. I trust you with my heart and my life. Having said that, I also trust you to take my feelings into consideration and maybe tell me what I want to hear even if it's not the whole truth."

Alex didn't know why but she felt tears welling up in her eyes again. "Bobby, please, I have forgiven you for everything. I didn't say so before because I've been so happy since this started that I honestly haven't given any real thought to the nightmare or why it came about. The only thing I have thought about is being with you." Tears started slipping down her cheeks. "The only way I can stay professional at work is by knowing that we can be together like this at the end of the day."

"I'm truly forgiven then?" He asked as he wiped the tears way with his thumb.

Alex had a lump in her throat and was afraid that she would really start bawling is she said anything so she just nodded.

"Honey, why are you crying?" Bobby asked softly, concern filling his voice.

"I don't know, but I can't seem to help it."

"Well can you tell me if they are happy tears or sad tears?"

"Before, when you were telling me about having an excuse to leave, if I had allowed them to fall they would have been mad and scared tears. Now I guess they're sorta like I love you so much tears."

"So they're good tears right now then."

"If any tears can be, then I guess so."

"Good" Bobby lifted her off his lap and set her on the couch. "Stay here a minute. Please"

Bobby went into the bedroom and returned within seconds. He came around the end of the couch and knelt in front of Alex.

"Alex, you are my life. I love you more than anyone or anything ever." He took hold of her and and produced a ring. "Will you marry me?"

She was speechless. The lump that was in her throat was now boulder sized. All she could think was Thank you God for giving me this amazing man. Alex pulled her hand out of his and lunged at him knocking him backwards to the floor. She kissed him with a passion beyond anything in the past.

"Is that a yes?" Bobby asked when they came up for air.

"That's a yes (kiss) absolutely (kiss) positively (kiss) just you try to take it back yes."

Bobby rolled over and pinned Alex beneath him. He gave her a quick kiss and then said, "This floors too hard for an old man." He stood up and reached down to help her up. They walked to the bedroom hand in hand, turning off lights as they went.

Later as they laid in each others arms, Bobby asked her, "How soon?"

"Hmm?"

"How soon do you want to get married."

"Is yesterday to soon?"

Morning arrived much to early for Alex, but then it always did. Bobby was already up and ready for work. She would never understand how he got along on such little sleep. Rolling over so she could see the clock Alex felt her stomach turn. That's the last time I eat meatballs late at night, she thought. When she stood up, it really hit her. She made it to the bathroom just in time. Bobby came in just as she finished throwing up.

"Alex, what's wrong? Are you OK?"

"Peachy"

"Are you sick? Maybe you should go back to bed."

"No, I don't think I'm sick. I just got nauseous."

"Um, Alex? You were crying last night and you're sick this morning. Do you think?"

Alex did some quick calculating in her head, counting how many weeks is had been since her period.

"Now that you ask and I think about it? Oh yeah, I definitely think."