A/N : Well here it is! I just hope it lives up to everyone's expectations. ;-) Please review and let me know one way or the other. Oh yeah, SMUT Warning! Rain (Jackie)

RPOV

Starting the day in the gym, as usual, I pick up the pace on the treadmill I am running on. Burning off steam with the Morelli and Ramirez situations. One is a good cop and even better at laying low and hiding out, the other is a local boxing hero, psychotic yes, but a local hero none the less. I think I may have to make a visit to him later to see if he was hiding anything, with Steph not along for the ride, I can use more obvious means of persuasion rather than the subtle means I was using before.

My thoughts get away from me. I am in what Steph calls my zone. I did not notice Les had climbed on the treadmill next to me and had started to speak to me.

"Hey cuz, what's up? You look like you're a million miles away. What's her name?"

"Not thinking of her Santos, was thinking about Morelli and maybe paying Ramirez a little visit later today." I tell him.

"Want a tag along then?" He asks.

"If you insist." I scoff.

I look down at my treadmill's read-out screen and see that I have already been running for over 7 miles. I slow the machine down to start my cool down period. After 10 minutes of walking, I step off of the machine and turn to Les.

"Give me 15 to shower and change then meet me in the garage. We'll pay Ramirez a visit and apply some pressure." I inform Les.

"You got it, cuz." Les nods.

I make my way to the elevator and fob my way into my apartment on 7. I enter the apartment and head straight for the shower. Stripping out of my clothes I climb under the hot spray.

I finish my shower and get dressed in the changing room. It has been 13 minutes so I head down to the garage to meet Les.

When I arrive at the garage Les is already waiting on me leaning on his company SUV. I shake my head at him as I tell him.

"I don't think so. First of all you ain't driving. We're taking my truck, so climb in. I'm driving."

"You're no fun, cuz."

I swear I think I sighed as I ducked into my truck. "Shut up and buckle up!" I glare at him.

I drive over to Stark street, planning out what I am going to say to Ramirez as I go. I've heard around that he is not so nice with women. He has quite a reputation. And he had the nerve to speak to Steph. That's another reason she is not going with me today. I can not stomach him leering at her. I try to pull myself back in control as I pull up to the Stark street gym.

Les and I get out of the truck and amble into the gym. It is just as filthy as before. We head up the rickety stairs and enter the work-out area. I glance around and see the object of my ire. I nod over towards him so Les can see who I am here to see.

Les nod his understanding and steps up even with me to present a united front. I call out to Ramirez.

"Yo, Benito, a word."

"What you back for? I told you all I know last time." He replies.

"I thought maybe you might have remembered something." I tell him.

"No, but I do remember that hot piece of ass you were with last time. The Champ definitely liked her. Where is she? I might be persuaded to remember more if she was here." He utters.

I am immediately seeing red. I straighten up my back and look into his demented eyes as I reply.

"Leave her out of this. This is between us. I know you know something. What is it?"

"Told you, don't know nothing. Bring that hot ass little girl of yours back and I might talk, oh yeah, I will talk. But only to her. The Champ has a way with the ladies, you know." He grins.

I reach out with my right arm and slam him against the wall. Les stands between us to keep his boys back. I apply pressure with my forearm to his throat as I growl out.

"I told you before, she's mine! Keep your ogling eyes and nasty comments to yourself. Or I will fuck you up!"

I keep applying pressure to his throat as his eyes begin to bulge out and his breathing becomes labored. I hear Les whisper in my ear.

"That's enough, too many witnesses."

I finally release my hold on him and turn to leave, but not before I give him one last warning.

"I will be back, and I won't be alone. We will not be so gentle next time. I will see you again, Benito."

I huff my way down the stairs and back out the door with Les on my heels. We get back into the truck and head back to Haywood. I pull into the underground garage coming to a screeching halt.

"Damn man! You got precious cargo here, me! Want to tell me why you're trying to kill us both?" Les wonders.

"Not now." I say as I climb out of the truck.

"Yeah, well do us all a favor and go to the gym and work off some of that aggression." Les pouts as he walks away.

I groan as I realize he's right. I make my way up to the gym. I spend the next hour pummeling the hanging bag there, wishing it was a certain Champ getting the brunt of my punishment.

SPOV

I have been awake for over two hours now. It is after 11:30 a.m. I have been thinking about Ric's plan to lure Morelli here. It has to work. The most brilliant part of the plan is where we hid the distributor cap. I buried it behind the azalea bushes on the back of the parking lot, about 6 inches deep. Then I covered it with that mulch stuff they have around the bushes. Morelli will never find it.

Now what do I eat for breakfast, not much here. I know, I know, Ric got me some food, but I don't want any of that. I want something greasy and fattening. I want Cluck-in-a-Bucket chicken with all the fixings. So I head down to my loaner car and hit the road.

I get myself a two piece dinner with coleslaw, mashed potatoes and gravy, and a biscuit with a chocolate shake for dessert. Meal of kings! I sit down at a table inside to enjoy my lunch.

When I get done it's after 1:00, so I decide to return to Stark street to see if I can dig up any more information. I know it's stupid to go alone so I call for reinforcements. I hear him pick up the phone and answer with his usual greeting.

"Yo."

"Yo, yourself, I was thinking about doing a little snooping on Stark. Want to ride with?" I ask Ric.

"You know I'm not letting you go anywhere near that area without me. Head home and I'll pick you up in 10." He says before he hangs up without saying Good-bye. What in the hell harm would it do him to actually say Good-bye? Good grief!

I point my loaner SUV towards St. James street and back to my humble abode. I pull into the parking lot and smile as I see that Morelli's truck is still sitting in the middle and hasn't been touched.

I look over to my right as I hear another vehicle pull in. It is Ric's truck. I climb out of my car and head over to his.

"Let's get this show on the road." I tell him as I get in and buckle up.

"We can question the residents of Stark. Nothing new at the gym. Les and I went there this morning and talked to Ramirez. Maybe someone else saw something or has heard something." He says.

"I'm down for whatever you want to do Ric. I'm still learning remember and you are my Higgins teacher." I laugh.

"Well, Eliza, let's see what the residents of Stark have to tell us." He grins back at me.

We spend the next four hours hanging out on Stark and asking around about Morelli and Ramirez. Two of the Stark street "ladies", Lula and Jackie, seemed to be the most helpful.

Lula told me that she has seen Morelli around a week or so ago, but not lately. She said she saw him hanging around the gym trying to talk to Ramirez and that Ramirez was not a nice guy. She heard that he liked to beat and hurt women. I cringe at the thought.

I shudder even more when I looked up at the gym when we were talking to them and see Ramirez's face in the window watching us. I also notice that Ric saw him, too.

"I need to go back to my place and get ready for dinner at my parent's house. My Mom is expecting me." I tell Ric after we leave and are on the way back.

"You want some back-up?" He asks. I can hear the tremor in his voice. I laugh and tell him.

"You sure you want to subject yourself to my grandmother again. She can't stop talking about you or your package." I giggle.

"You know I'll do anything for you, babe. Even get groped by your granny. We are together. We have to be there for each other." He says tenderly.

"Awwwwwww, so sweet honey, I'll go it alone this time. I'll let your perfect package rest till then. I'm sure my grandmother will be highly disappointed though." I smile.

I see Ric expel a breath he was holding. "OK, if you say so." He answers.

He drops me off at my apartment and I get changed for dinner. I crawl into the shower first. I let the hot water rinse my cares away then I get out and get dressed. It is nearly 6 p.m. I only have 10 minutes to make it to my parents house.

I arrive with 3 minutes to spare. My mother and grandmother are both waiting for me at the door as I pull up. After I get out of the vehicle I hear my grandmother ask.

"Who's car is that? What happened to your car?"

"My car died yesterday morning at the bakery. I borrowed this one from Ric." I tell them.

I enter the house and greet my Dad in the living room. He grunts his response as Mom tells us dinner is ready.

I sit through dinner with little to no ribbing from my Mom, amazing. My grandmother does ask me where that fine bounty hunter with the great package is though. I tell her he had to work and will join us next time. She seemed disappointed, I knew she would be.

I stuff myself with meatloaf and all the trimmings and 3 large pieces of chocolate cake for dessert. I moan after dessert and discretely unsnap my jeans as I tell my family.

"That was great Mom. I better get home and get some rest. I have a full day of work tomorrow."

My dad grunts his good-bye and my mom and grandmother both give me hugs on the way out the door. I crawl into my SUV and barely keep awake on the way back to my apartment. I pull into the lot and make my way upstairs. I notice as I pass by that Morelli's truck is still sitting there. I grin to myself.

Then I start to wonder why it's taking him so long to come and get it. I make my way into my apartment and grab a bottle of water out of the fridge after I drop some Cheerios and a baby carrot into Rex's food dish.

I walk over to the window in the living room and look down into the parking lot. Nothing. Oh, well.

I decide to watch "Ghostbusters" for the millionth time. Hey! So what! I love that movie. It's a classic. I drop the DVD into the player and grab the remote as I crash onto the couch. I hit the "play" button and settle back.

I am startled awake by a loud beeping coming up from the parking lot. I rush over to the window and look down. I am disappointed to see that it is not Morelli, but his cousin Mooch. Mooch kicks the tire of the truck, slams the hood back down, and screeches tires out of the parking lot in his Trans-am.

I reach into my purse and turn the alarm off. I stuff my feet in my shoes and go downstairs to reset the alarm. When I get down there, I realize that I don't know what in the hell I am doing. I go back upstairs and call Ric. I get his voice-mail. Humphhhh!

I look over to the clock on the DVD player and see that it is after 1 a.m. That must be why he is not answering, duh! I may as well go take a shower and try to get some sleep.

I drop my clothes into the hamper and step under the warm spray. I wash my body and clean my hair. I rinse the soap out of my hair and put in my conditioner. After 3 minutes I rinse it out as well. I have just reached down and turned the water off when the shower curtain is pulled open and ripped down.

I am shocked to see a livid Morelli staring back at me.

"Where is my fucking distributor cap? What did you do with it?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." I stutter.

"I know you did this! Now where did you hide it?!" Joe screams.

"I told you I don't know what you're talking about." I tense up.

He reaches behind his back and pulls out a pair of cuffs. Before I can utter a word, he has my right arm in one of the bracelets and the other one clamped to the shower curtain rod.

"I know it's here somewhere, Cupcake! Stay here while I have a look around." He yells.

He starts by dumping all of my clothes out of my hamper and looking through them. He then lifts the lid off of my toilet tank and checks there.

"I told you I don't have it!" I scream at him. "Let me out of these cuffs Morelli!"

"NO! Not until I finish. Just hang around for a while, I don't want you to get in the way while I search." He tells me before he stalks out of the bathroom.

I hear him toss everything in my bedroom as he continues his search. I wiggle and pull my arm trying to get out of the cuffs. I jerk down on the shower rod thinking maybe I can pull it off the wall. It does not budge, stupid piece of shit 70's bathroom, made to last!

I hear him tear apart the rest of my apartment, living room, dining area, and kitchen in that order. After about 30 minutes he saunters back into the bathroom asking again.

"Where is it? It's not in this apartment, but I know you have it."

"Fuck off, Morelli!" I screech back. I am so pissed off now I can hardly see.

"Fine! Be that way. I'll just leave you here so you can think about things. See you around, Cupcake." He tells me as he walks out the door.

"Morelli! Get back here and let me out of these cuffs! You're scum, Morelli, scum!" I yell at his back.

I hear my front door close and lock. I feel the steam coming off of my ears as I think about what I'm going to do to him when I see him again. He is going down!

I look at the sink and notice that he has left my cordless phone lying there. I stretch my arm and body as far as I can and pick it up. I press the "talk" button relieved to hear a dial tone.

Now who do I call? There's only one person that I can tolerate seeing me in this situation. I just hope he hasn't gone to bed yet. I hope I don't get his voice-mail again. I dial the number, trembling from the cold and partly from my anger.

It rings three times before I hear his voice in my ear finally.

"Yo." I hear him say in a voice half filled with sleep.

"Ric, I need you. That fucking asshole Morelli handcuffed me to my shower rod!" I tell him.

"What are you talking about, babe?" He responds.

"Joe fucking Morelli happened. He handcuffed me to my shower rod. He came by looking for his damn distributor cap. He tore my apartment apart looking. Left me handcuffed to the shower rod, naked!" I scream.

"On my way, babe. Give me 10." I hear him chuckle before he hangs up.

So I just hang her until I hear the front door of my apartment click open. It was locked! What the hell?!

RPOV

I am lying in my bed about to doze off when the ringing of my cell phone rouses me. It is my Babe and she sounds hysterical. She is telling me that Morelli just handcuffed her to her shower rod. I grin as she tells me she is naked. I tell her to give me 10 and I will be there to rescue her.

I roll out of bed, get dressed, pull on my boots and head to the door. I make my way down to the garage and climb into my truck. It only takes 7 minutes to get to her apartment. And even less to pick the lock to get in. I wish she would get better security.

I walk through the apartment to the bathroom in the rear. I walk through the door to the bathroom and am floored by what I see.

My Babe is indeed handcuffed to her shower rod. She is naked, her nipples are hard as pebbles, and she is livid!

"Babe."

"Please, Ric, just get me down from here. My arm is numb." She whines.

"I will if you let me rub the feeling back in for you. For your entire body." I grin.

"Whatever, just get me down. Please?" She groans.

I reach into my pocket and pull out my universal handcuff key. I relieve her from her predicament easily.

"Do I get my reward now?" I ask her with my wolf-grin.

She just sighs up at me as she rubs her wrist and forearm.

"Here, let me." I volunteer.

I take her arm gently in mine and begin to rub the circulation back into it. I rub her wrist and lower arm, working my way up to her upper arm. I pull her close to me.

"Does that feel better?" I ask her.

"Hmmmmmmm... " She answers.

I rub my hands up and down her back. I can not help myself as my hands work their way down to her ass. I squeeze and cup her tenderly.

I lean down and take her lips. She moans into my mouth. My cock responds. I pick her up and she wraps her legs around my waist.

I turn around and walk out of the bathroom towards her bedroom. The whole time I am still exploring her mouth with my own.

I sit down on the edge of the bed with her in my lap. I pull myself away from her mouth so I can speak.

"Do you want this, babe?"

She looks up at me with dark lust-filled eyes as she tells me.

"I have been wanting this for days now, Ric. Please, take me." She purrs.

That is all the persuasion I need. I growl as I attack her lips again with a rough, passionate kiss. I feel her hands stroking up and down my chest. When she reaches the bottom of my shirt, she starts trying to pull it out of my pants.

I break the kiss long enough to pull my shirt up and off of my body for her. She begins to grind her hips against my erection. I stand up and lie her down on the bed gently.

I then start to unbutton and remove my cargo pants. As I bring them completely off my body and bear my nakedness to her, I see her eyes darken more. I swear I think I see her drool.

She scurries up to her knees and wraps her hand around my dick. I growl low in my chest as she begins to stroke up and down lightly. When she flicks her tongue across the slit, I close my eyes, throw my head back, and moan loudly.

She then takes me into her mouth and begins the real torture. After a couple of minutes of this divine torture, I grab her head by a handful of hair and pull her back.

"Enough of that for now, babe. Lay back, it's my turn." I tell her.

She follows my instructions willingly. I poise my body over hers and kiss her passionately again. Meanwhile I begin to rub my hands up and down her gorgeous body.

The sounds she is making from my exploration are driving me crazy. All I want to do is drive into her and make her mine completely, in the most primal way. But she is worth more than that to me. She deserves better.

I force myself to regain control so I can please her. I break away from her lips and start kissing my way down her body. I place open mouth kisses across her chest, stopping only to take a nipple in my mouth and suckle lightly. Her responding moans are encouragement enough for me to continue my way downward.

I make my way past her stomach and abs pausing briefly to flick my tongue around her belly button. She is jerking beneath me.

As I reach my destination I breath in the heady scent of her arousal. I look up to her to see that her head is thrown back and her eyes are closed. Her eyes jerk open when I run my tongue from the bottom of her slit to the top and flick it across her clit.

I grin up at her before I return to my feast on her juices. It doesn't take long before she is screaming my name with her first orgasm. I slowly lick to bring her back down.

I reach over the side of the bed to my pants pocket to retrieve a condom. I roll it on as I make my way back over her body. I lean down to kiss her passionately again. When I pick my head up again, I speak.

"Last chance to back out, after I get inside you I will not be able to stop, babe." I tell her.

"Please Ric, I need you." She responds.

I lean down and kiss her again as I slowly ease my way inside her. Dios, she is just as tight and wet as I remember. When I am fully sheathed inside her, I pause to regain control and allow her to relax enough to accomodate my size.

With gently urging from her hips I begin to slowly move my hips. Her body's tight fit is pure Heaven. Her moans and gasps of pleasure soon take my infamous control away. I hear her voice cut through my thoughts.

"I won't break Ric, now fuck me hard!" She cries.

Who am I to deny her? I lift her right leg over my shoulder to change the angle of my penetration and start to pound into her. My hips are working like pistons in and out of her body.

Soon I hear her scream my name again as her body convulses around me. Another two strokes and I am spilling my seed inside of her as I growl out with my own release.

After we have a chance to come down from our high, I collapse on top of her being careful not to crush her with my weight. I roll over onto my side bringing her with me.

I open my eyes when I hear her voice.

"Now I know why I called you to free me. That was amazing."

"And just think, you can have that anytime you want. I'm all yours, babe." I reply.

"Definite perks of our relationship. Why did we wait so long to do that again?" She giggles.

"Temporary insanity, I guess. But I guarantee you I will be taking you time and time again, as long as you will let me." I tell her honestly.

"Sounds good to me." She purrs as she rolls over and straddles my waist.

"What are you doing, babe?"

"Can't you tell?" She responds as she wiggles her ass against me.

"Playing with fire babe ... " #################

A/N : Well that's it. Please review and let me know if it lived up to your expectations. Let me know either way if you liked it or not. So I'll know how to improve how I write. I do this all for you. Rain (Jackie)