A/N- Well hey, guess who's back! I know, I know, I'm a terrible author for promising you new chapters almost a year ago now and then not delivering, but all good things come to those who wait! (At least I hope this is a good thing) And I have no shitty life to get in the way this time, because life is pretty goddamn fantastic atm (I've probably just jinxed it, haven't I?) So here it is, your chapter 5. Chapter 6 is in the works and, I'm not going to lie, there's probably not much more to go after that. As usual, enjoy! Hannah x

Roses

The ring of a phone woke Colleen with a start. She slowly sat up and pushed her hair out of her face. Still half asleep, she reached for her mobile on the bed side table, glancing at the clock as she did. '7.45'. Great. She let out a sigh as she pressed the answer button.

"Hello?" She asked, drowsily.

"Spill!" Laura shouted down the phone.

"Jesus Christ Laura! It's not even 8 o'clock! You could have waited!"

"Hey! I could have called last night!" Laura defended.

"That's true." Colleen laughed as she got up and threw on her dressing gown.

"So..."

"So what?" Colleen laughed once more as she shuffled to the kitchen.

"How did it go!?"

"I don't kiss and tell! You should know that!" Colleen teased, grabbing a cup and beginning to make herself a coffee.

"Come on! You can tell your best friend!"

"Not when my best friend is the biggest gossip in London!"

"Come on! I'll keep this one between the two of us!"

"No you won't."

"Okay, maybe I won't. But I promise I'll try!"

"Okay, okay! It was..." She searched for a word, "Nice."

"Just nice!?" Laura pushed.

"No, it was better than that. But nice is all you're getting!" Colleen laughed.

"Fine!" Laura huffed. "But did you...y'know?"

"NO!" Colleen screamed. "What kind of a girl do you take me for!?"

"Alright! Calm down! I was just wondering!"

"We're not all like you." Colleen joked.

"OI!" Laura gasped. "Cheeky bitch! Well what did you do then?"

"We had a coffee and then went to the cinema."

"Wow. Original."

"Hey! It was fun!" Colleen laughed, taking a sip of her coffee.

"Oh so now we've moved from 'nice' to 'fun'? We're making progress!"

Colleen was about to respond when she heard a knock on her door. "Hang on, there's someone at the door, I'm gonna have to call you back!"

"Okay but make sure you do!" Laura shouted as Colleen hung up.

She giggled to herself as she headed towards the door, pulling her dressing gown tighter around herself as she went. Her smile instantly dropped when she saw the man behind the door.

"Oh my god!" She gasped. Standing there was Richard Brook, in a suit with a bouquet of roses. "Richard!"

"Morning" He smiled.

"Hi." She managed to push out, still in shock.

"May I come in?"

"Errm, sure." She finally replied, moving back to allow him past. He placed a light kiss on her cheek as he walked in and headed to the kitchen. Colleen slowly shut the door as she processed what just happened. Finally she managed to shout down the hallway-"Make yourself at home, I'll just go get dressed".

When Colleen returned from her room a few minutes later she found Richard sat at her breakfast bar sipping a cup of coffee. "Don't worry, I made two." He smiled and gestured to the mug sat in front of him. Colleen hoped up onto the chair next to Richard and began slowly sipping her drink.

After a few moments of silence Colleen piped up the courage to begin a conversation. "I didn't expect to see you this early! Or at all today if I'm honest!"

"What can I say? I like to surprise people!" He chuckled.

"It was definitely a surprise!" Colleen giggled.

"A nice surprise I hope!"

"Of course." Colleen smiled as she reached over and took Richards hand. He began to toy with Colleen's fingers as their eyes locked together. Richard knew he could easily get lost for hours in those beautiful emerald eyes. He studied her face carefully, her cute button nose and full lips, that were currently painted red. He very nearly leaned across and placed his own lips on hers, but he knew that one kiss from Colleen Docherty would never be enough and he did not have time at the moment to get caught up. Instead, he guided the delicate hand to his lips and placed a light kiss there. "Unfortunately, my beautiful lady," he began, "This will only be a fleeting visit as I have a meeting with a director at 9"

"Ah, that is a shame." Colleen purred. "But if you wait a few minutes, I'll get ready to go and we can walk down to the cafe together."

"That sounds like a fantastic idea." Richard smiled.

"Great" Colleen beamed as she jumped up, leant forward and left a lingering kiss on Richard's lips. He watched her hips sway, mesmerised, as she headed off to her room to gather her things. When he was finally alone, he sighed and dropped his head into his hands.

What was he doing? He knew all this had to stop before he fell any further but he just couldn't bring himself to. He couldn't stay away from her. He hadn't even intend to be there now, but when he had walked past a florist and saw the bright red roses on display he couldn't stop himself from bringing them to her. Feelings that he thought he'd never experience again were suddenly thrown to the surface. He was Jim Moriarty. He didn't get feelings like this for women. He felt lust. Nothing more. One night of passion and then he was gone. But not with Colleen. Something about her brought out the good man in him. He didn't want to hurt her. For the first time in a long time he had found someone he didn't want to hurt. And now a small part of him was terrified to lose her.

"Hey," his head shot up at the sound of her soft voice. "Are you okay?" She asked as she placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

He rested his hand on hers and revelled in the warmth of her touch. After a small moment of silence he finally replied. "Yeah. Just tired." He downed the last of his coffee and stood to face her. "Come on, we can't have you being late for work."