Me: Salut! Well I'm really sorry for the delay but I had a case of writers block and I just wasn't going to be able to update on Monday as I said I would.

Cal: It really was quite terrible….she just sat there staring at the screen then typing a few words and then deleting them.

Me: But I recovered thanks to lots of Squhugs and talks of Ted from/with my TwitBFFs :D they know who they are!

Cal:…Right well as usual the author does not own me, Gillian or anything to do with LTM or Fox. And so it goes….

Me:… :D

When Gillian woke up it was to an unfamiliar pressure on her right breast, something poking at her bottom and warm breath tickling the back of her neck. As she slowly became more aware of where she was she realized that the pressure on her breast was Cal's hand cupping her possessively, the warm breath tickling her neck obviously belonged to Cal and even more obvious was Cal's hard cock prodding her bottom. Gillian carefully turned around so that she could see Cal's face without waking him. In sleep he looked so peaceful; gone were all of the lines of worry that were etched upon his face in the waking hours. Gillian caressed the side of his face and he instinctively nuzzled her palm in his sleep. Gillian looked down and noticed Cal's cock at full attention and smiled before grinding her hips against him. Cal's eyes flew open and he smiled when he saw Gillian. He could've sworn last night had been just a dream but he was happy to see that Gillian was at his side.

"Good morning luv."

"It's about to get better."

Cal's eyebrows shot up at that and he waggled them suggestively.

"Oh really?"

Gillian didn't respond, instead she pushed Cal so that she was straddling his hips, his arousal pressing against her belly. Cal groaned as Gillian ground her hips against him again and then his breath hitched when she lowered herself onto his waiting manhood.

"Fuck Gillian."

Gillian smiled then began moving up and down his shaft. Cal's hands went to her hips to help her move then he smiled when Gillian gasped as he flipped them so that he was towering over her. He quickly established his own rhythm that pleased them both and Gillian's fingers were clutching his muscular biceps as he drove her higher towards her peak. Then Cal brought one of her knees up and over his shoulder. He nearly completely withdrew from her before he slammed back into her, deeper than before. Cal brought one of his hands to her neck, palming her jaw and caressing her cheek with his thumb. He stroked her cheek in time with his thrusts and soon Gillian was gasping for air. Her inner muscles clutched and stroked him higher. After one more deep stroke Gillian tumbled over the edge, calling his name.

"Cal!"

Then Cal felt his control slip and he was following her over the edge.

"Fuck!"

He emptied himself inside of her then fell to the side.

"Bloody hell luv, that's a hell of a way to wake a man. I could get used to this."

Cal chuckled and Gillian relished in the fact that, for the first time she not only heard him chuckle (a sound she loved) but felt it as well.

"Cal?"

"Yes luv?"

"I don't want to get up."

Cal laughed again and looked at Gillian with love and admiration in his eyes.

"I'll make you a deal luv, we take a shower then I'll make breakfast."

Gillian put a pillow on top of her head.

"Whjumkinferbrkfs?"

Cal tired to decipher what he thought was gibberish but must have been an actual sentence.

"What was that luv?"

Gillian moved the pillow slightly.

"What are you making for breakfast?"

"Well usually when Emily's home I make pancakes or waffles for…"

"Pancakes?"

Cal looked at Gillian to find her wide awake and almost already at the bathroom door.

"I take it you like pancakes?"

"I love pancakes Cal, especially…"

"Let me guess, especially chocolate chip pancakes."

She gave him a childish smile the stuck her tongue out at him.

"Y'know luv, I can think of better uses for that tongue of yours."

Gillian retracted her tongue and licked her lips then went into the bathroom and closed the door. Cal lay on his back for a few more minutes while he heard the water turn on and the shower door open then close. After a few more seconds he got up then followed Gillian into the bathroom. He opened the shower door and stepped in and under the water.

"Hey"

"Hey yourself luv."

Silently Gillian poured a dollop of shampoo onto her palm then began lathering his hair, massaging his scalp with her nails.

"Mmmmm, that feels good luv."

Gillian smiled and continued running her fingers through his hair. Cal closed his eyes to savor the sensation for a moment then he opened them and began rubbing vanilla scented body wash over her perfect skin. When she was done with his hair she turned them around so that he was now under the spray. Cal rinsed his hair then went on to do Gillian's hair. A soft moan escaped her lips as his fingers massaged her scalp. Gillian sighed as they turned around again, this time so that she was under the spray. Cal smiled at her and Gillian's breath caught at the sight of his happy smile. Then Cal leaned in and kissed her, except unlike any of their previous kisses this one was not only full of the passion he felt for her but the love and adoration. He was tender yet dominating, sweet yet passionate and Gillian was lost in him. There was nothing sexual about this kiss but Gillian felt a warmth spreading from her heart throughout her body that she had never felt before and she smiled into their kiss as she knew without a doubt that she loved Cal Lightman with all of her heart. Cal broke the kiss and rested his forehead against hers.

"Luv, I'm sorry to say that we have to get a move on. We're already going to be late for work."

"Oh my God Cal! What is the office going to think? Not only will we be walking in late but we'll be together!"

Cal smiled and kissed her chastely.

"Gillian, luv, we're the bosses we can do whatever the hell we want. How's this, we were investigating a potential case? It'll explain why were late and since you drove here you can just drive back in your car so no one will be suspicious."

"Sounds wonderful Cal but you're forgetting that we work with people that detect lies for a living."

Cal turned the water off and grabbed a towel to dry themselves off.

"I wouldn't worry about it luv, they won't ask us directly about where we were; that'd be subordination. No, we'll walk in and talk about this 'case' while we head to our offices, making sure to be just loud enough so that they hear."

Gillian shook her head as they made their way back to his room then she stopped with realization.

"Cal, I actually need to stop at my apartment first."

Cal looked up from putting on his boxer-briefs.

"I didn't bring any other clothes."

"Of course luv, we'll eat first then we'll head over to your place."

Gillian nodded then wandered over to his closet and put on one of his polo shirts. Cal finished buttoning his shirt and ran a hand through his hair then took a minute to admire Gillian standing there in one of his shirts.

"Alright, what do you say to getting some pancakes eh?"

Gillian's lit up and she raced downstairs leaving Cal to follow in her wake. When he got to the kitchen he immediately started working on the pancakes. They ate breakfast in a companionable silence then Cal lent Gillian some sweatpants and they headed out towards her apartment. Gillian went in and got changed then they headed to the office. When they got to the office Cal gave her a small smile then launched into their charade.

"You know luv, I told you that case was a bad idea."

"It was not a bad idea Cal, we need the money! Besides all we had to do was have a meeting with him there were no resources lost. We would have been dumb not going and checking it out."

Ria looked up from her conversation with Loker as their bosses passed them. On the outside there was nothing different, just their normal back and forth little arguments about cases; probably a cheating spouse case. However, her gut told her that something was different, and it had been her gut that had gotten her this job so she was inclined to trust it. She watched as Dr. Lightman and Dr. Foster disappeared into his office to finish discussing whatever case they had been talking about then turned back to Eli.

"Did you notice anything different about them this morning?"

"Nope, seemed pretty normal to me."

Ria sighed then shrugged, whatever it was it was probably best not to stick her nose it…for now at least.

The moment the door was closed Cal turned and smiled at Gillian.

"See? What did I tell you luv? Barely a second glance."

"I don't know Cal, Torres looked a little suspicious."

Cal waved his hand dismissively then made his way to his chair.

"Yeah, but she knows better than to say something. If anything she's suspicious but she doesn't know what she's suspicious about."

Gillian sat down on one of the chairs in front of his desk with a sigh.

"I know we weren't ready to say anything today but eventually we'll have to say something. Otherwise the rumor mill will start turning and I'd rather just tell them than try to hide it."

Cal shrugged then laced his fingers behind his head.

"That's up to you luv. If it was up to me I'd tell 'em now."

Gillian was just about to respond when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Heidi poked her head into the office.

"There's a call for you Dr. Lightman on line 2."

"Alright thanks Heidi."

Heidi nodded then left the office and Cal picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

Gillian watched Cal as curiosity, happiness then sadness played across his features.

"What? Wh-When? Are you sure?"

Cal scrubbed his face with his free hand as he listened into the receiver.

"Fuck, alright…aw shit. When is it going to be?"

He fumbled with a pen and grabbed a clean piece of paper then jotted a few notes.

"Alright, thank you. I'll get there as soon as I can."

Cal hung up and stared at the ceiling for a bit before returning his attention back to Gillian.

"I have to go to London in two weeks. Someone I was very close to died. His funeral is in two weeks."

Gillian got up and went over to Cal to rub his shoulders.

"I'm sorry Cal."

"I'd appreciate it if you came with me luv."

"Me? Are you sure Cal? It won't be awkward? I mean will they be ok with me being there?"

"They'll be fine, believe me luv."

"Then I'd be happy to be there for you Cal."

Cal nodded then kissed Gillian.

"Thank you luv."

She nodded then patted Cal on the shoulder.

"Do you need anything?"

"Nah, I'll be fine. Come on, I think Loker wanted to show us something in the Lab."

The rest of the day went by without incident, although Gillian noticed that Cal seemed a bit off but she attributed that to the recent loss of his friend. At 5:45 Cal swaggered into Gillian's office.

"Hey."

"Hey Cal."

"Are you ready to go home luv?"

Gillian smiled as she got up and Cal helped her put on her jacket. It felt so right calling Cal's place home even though they'd only just taken their relationship to the next step.

"Yep, let me just shut down my computer then we can go."

With everything shut down and all of the lights turned off Cal and Gillian walked out of the door arm and arm.

A/N Oh really? *Tim's voice* lol *sigh* hahaha….anyhoo so what did you think? Love? Hate? Just let me know! Go on hit the button plz…I'd like to thank all of the people who have reviewed…it means a lot to me. Thanks! Oh and by the way I didn't just randomly have someone die…it's actually important and I thought that this would be the best way to introduce this part of the story. Next chappie will include more smut..maybe… and a bit of a surprise for Cal and Gillian.