A Vegas Life

Disclaimer: Do not own any of the characters mentioned in the story below, except for Ashley Johnson, as she is my
creation. Possible spoilers for all episodes...
Rated M for sexual content and harsh language.

Summary: A new quest arrives, which means a lot of tension for Ashley and the rest of the crew. Then, some unexpected
things happen and it forces them to make some decisions.

Alternative Universe: I made a few changes, main change is that Ed and Jillian are no longer married, they have been divorced for a
year now.

Please r&r!

Chapter 5 Heart's desire

She reached the office without any of her collegues passing her by. She took a deep breath, before knocking on the office door.

When Ed didn't answer, Ashley slowly opened the door, then walked into the office. Ed was sitting at his desk, his eyes almost glued to the screen of his computer. Obviously he hadn't heard the knock on his door. Ashley took a few more steps, standing still in the middle of the room. She started playing with the hem of her dress, starting to get a little nervous. Still Ed hadn't noticed her. Ashley suddenly got the feeling he was either ignoring her or he really hadn't heard her coming in. She silently drank in the sight in front of her, her breath speeding up, the heat flaring through her body once again. All of sudden, following her heart, seemed the worst idea she had ever had. If something didn't happen soon, she would go crazy.

She took a few deep breaths before she decided to speak up.

"Ed", she said softly, barely recognizing her own voice as it sounded rough and full of passion.

When Ed heard her voice, he suddenly turned around it his chair and looked up at her. A small smile found his lips.

"You look as I feel", he said, never taking his eyes of her. He slowly looked her up and down, meanwhile trying to steady his breath. He was glad he was still behind his desk, so Ashley wouldn't see the effect she had on him.

"Thanks", Ashley managed to shot back. She slowly walked over to Ed, standing still in front of his desk. She slowly moved her hands over her body, trying to release some of the tension building up inside of her. Ed slowly stood up out of his chair, walking around the desk and standing still in front of her. All of his muscles were tensed up completely and he was breathing rappidly.

Thankfull for the fact that Ed was standing in front of her, Ashley slowly ran her hands up and down his arms, feeling the muscles contract under her touch. She closed the space that was left between them as one of her hands slowly roamed his back, while her other hand was running up and down his stomac. Ed responded by wrapping one strong arm around her back, pulling her tightly to him so she could feel what she was doing to him. His other hand was inside her hair, pulling her face closer to his.

"What are you doing?", Ed asked, his voice raw with passion.

Ashley reached up, slowly touching his lips with hers.

"I'm finishing what we started", she whispered to his lips, before pulling his head down, attacking his lips.

Ed responded immediately, wrapping both of his arms around her, trying to pull her closer than she already was. His tongue slowly licking her lips, almost begging for entrance. Without a doubt Ashley opened her mouth, allowing him in. Their tongues met, as they kissed each other passionately, hungrily and ready for more. Ashley's hands fought with the buttons of his shirt.

"Damn it Ed, next time wear something with a zipper will ya", Ashley cursed.

Ed chuckled. His hands were freely roaming her body, his mouth leaving a hot trace from her jawline towards her shoulder and up again.

"Patience my dear", he whispered.

"Patience my ass. The shirt. Needs. To. Come. Of.", Ashley mumbled, meanwhile capturing his mouth with hers, kissing him hungrily.

Meanwhile at the craps pit, Mr Johnson was on a winning streak. The crowd was cheering him on, yelling for him to win just another time. Mr Johnson looked around cockily, spending more of his money that he wasn't going to miss. When he noticed Sam walking by, he called for her.

"Ms Marquez, so good to see you", he said.

Sam gently smiled at him. "It's good to see you too sir, anything I can do for you?", she asked.

"As a mather of fact Sam, there is. I want Ashley to come down here and party with me", Johnson replied, his eyes giving away he was hoping for more than just partying.

"Well, I think she is in the middle of something", Sam said.

"In the middle of what? Doesn't she know that quests are the most important? She'll just have to cancel whatever it is she's doing.", Johnson stated.

"Well, she's likely in a meeting with Mr Deline and I would hate it if I have to disturb them", Sam tried, really not wanting to call Ashley.

"I do not care, Ms Marquez! Just get her here or it's your job that's on the line!", Mr Johnson treathened. His voice giving away he had way too much to drink.

"Of course Mr Johnson, I'll try and reach her", Sam politely replied. "I'll get back to you when I've reached her", and with that she quickly turned around and headed for the elevators.

When she entered the elevators, she reached for her cellphone, calling Ashley's number.

Ashley was leaning against one of the walls of Ed's office, kissing Ed like there was no tomorrow. When they stopped to breath, Ed looked at her, then chuckled.

"What?", Ashley said, before trying to kiss him again.

Ed backed away a little, before pointing at her cellphone, that was buzzing on Ed's desk.

"Think somebody wants to reach you", Ed said, meanwhile buttoning up his shirt.

"Damn it!", Ashley muttered, meanwhile straightening her clothes.

In a few steps she had reached his desk and reached for her cell phone.

"This better be important".

TBC!

Author's note: I'm having writers block and I hate it! Everything I come up with is either extremely corny or doesn't make sense at all. So I'm just gonna take it slow, see if my spirit comes back to me. Next update can be a little bit delayed...