Slowly opening my eyes to the sunlight that streamed into my room with a groan, I rolled over onto my side. Two strong arms trapped me in a strong grasp. I gasped before turning round to my captor and placing a kiss on his perfect lips.

"Morning honey" I smiled lazily at him

"Morning love" he murmured as he placed feather light kisses on my neck.

I moaned in satisfaction and hissed in pleasure as the kisses got lower and lower. Soon I was on my back and my legs were spread wide. I lifted myself up onto my elbows and looked down at my lover who was situated between my thighs. His head raised up and I looked into his green eyes.

"I love you Edward" I whispered

Beep Beep

Beep Beep

Beep Beep

I shot up in bed and held a hand to my rapidly beating heart. It panted as my heartbeat fought to get back to normal.

Oh shit!! I did not have a sex dream about Edward. Did I?

"Baby, what's wrong?" James muttered sleepily from beside me.

"Nothing, just a bad dream I guess" I lied.

I lay back down and turned to look at James. I reached a hand out and traced his face with my fingers, going over his perfect full lips and his long eyelashes.

"You were groaning a lot, and tossing and turning for a while" he said

"Really, I can't remember" I swallowed the sick that was rising in my throat.

I hated lying to James. We had always said that our relationship would be truthful and this wasn't supporting that cause. I rolled over and looked at the clock on my bedside.

"Oh Fuck!!!!" I screamed.

I jumped out of the bed and grabbed the clothes that were lying on my bedside chair. I ran into the bathroom and quickly scrubbed my face and gave my body a quick wash. Shoving my legs into the grey pinstripe bootleg trousers and tossing on a black cami and a victorian style white top. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and brushed my teeth quickly.

I strolled back into the bedroom to find James lying against the bed with an amused grin on his face. I pulled my big black and white beads off of the table and grabbed my briefcase from under my bed.

"Have fun at work love. Try and catch those criminals" he smirked up at me.

I sarcastically laughed at him and leaned over to peck him on his lips. He tried to go for tongue action which was quickly denied. No way was I ruining my fresh breath for his morning breath.

I waved him goodbye and ran into the living room. Looking over at the couch I noticed Tanya and Edward laying on it with a blanket thrown over them. My breath hitched and my stomach felt as if it had stabbing pains.

Both looked over at me and smiled at the same time.

"Bells, Where you heading to" Edward looked over at me with confusion.

"Work. I agreed to fill in for Griffen today. There is a huge lead at the moment."

I knew that they hated me doing overtime and thought that I spent too much time at the office. They thought that I needed to stop and relax for once. I slyly grabbed Edwards car keys from the table.

Both Tanya and Edward with their faces tensed nodded and I noticed that as Tanya lay back Edward wrapped his arm around her shoulder and tickled her neck. I couldn't look for some reason. Probably because it was a really private moment and I didn't want to stare.

Is that really the reason. Or are you so fucking jealous that you can't see straight

No that wasn't it. I had seen Edward and Tanya in this position lots of times. It was probably just because of that stupid dream. I had no idea where it had come from and never wanted it to happen again.

I ran down the flight of stairs and unlocked Edwards car before jumping in. I turned on the radio and smiled at the song that came on. Manic Monday by the bangles. I turned the key in the ignition and pulled out of the car park.

20 minutes later

I ran into the office and apologised for being 5 minutes late. The rest of my team were already at the desk.

There were seven of us in total. The team leader was called Brittney and was the loveliest person that you could ever meet. She was tall and had white blonde hair and sparkling blue eyes. She was in charge of all our investigations and reported to the big bosses. Brittney was the Supervisory Special Agent in our department

"That's fine Bella. Next time try and tell James not to keep you up all night though" she smirked.

Next came Katie, who had jet black hair that was poker straight. Her eyes were green and had a depth in them. Katie was also a Supervisory Special Agent and profiler but let Brittney take the lead in the cases. Katie was the type that preferred to remain quiet until she had something that she felt was important. She was the type that thought before she spoke. Katie shared very little of her personal life and remained professional at all times.

Then there was Jasmine. What could you say about Jasmine. She had dyed black hair that was always done up in a crazy hairstyle and work dark make up. She reminded me a bit of Coreen from Blood Ties. She always wore punk band shirts and dressed in the cutest clothes. Jasmine was the Technical Analyst and was as crazy as they came. She would be the one that everyone would turn to for their problems. I loved Jasmine, she was the one that I was probably closest to out of the team.

KK or Karen came next and she was a special agent and profiler. KK was the same rank as me. She had shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes that were a little darker that Brittney's. KK was a loud and outspoken girl who believed in physical means to get an unsub. She was the protector of the team and god help anyone who tried to fuck with us.

Then we had the two men that made the rest of our team up.

First there was Ryan who was a Special Agent and a profiler. He had the typical police look about him and was uncannily similar to that guy who was in CSI with the southern accent. Nick something or other I think his name is. Anyway he was the big brother to me and the office player. At the moment he was seeing KK and it looked as if he was changing his ways for her.

Last member to my team was Parker. Parker was African american and had a shaved head. His attitude was like KK but worse. He had a no shit tolerance and would call you on your bullshit. He was my favourite sometimes because of the way he acted. It was funny to wind him up and watch him go.

With the exception of Jasmine all the team were profilers and our job was to identify the type of person a killer or criminal was. It was a job that I loved and the most recent case that we had taken on board was the most exciting one. I felt a personal connection to the case that I couldn't explain.

"Ok so let's get started" Brittney lead the meeting

I decided to start first and report what I had found

"I was looking over some of the crime scene photos and looking at the victims. The UNSUB isn't stupid. He knows what he's doing and is clearly trying to bring attention to himself. He wants to play games. If you look at where each body has been left you'll notice that each women has been left in an open environment where he knows that she is going to be found. I'd say he is local."

KK and Katie nodded their heads in agreement and wrote down what I had been saying. I decided to carry on.

"I also decided to look into the victims background and I think that I may have found a small connection. All the women that the UNSUB has killed have all had the same hair colour, height, weight and eye colour. I looked into previous photos and childhood backgrounds trying to find a link and this was all I could find.

Everyones heads snapped in my direction and I could see the look in their faces as their minds processed what I had been saying.

"Well, that would mean that the attacks aren't random and that the UNSUB is targeting specific women. It may be that he has come out of a bad relationship with someone and sees the victim as a representation of the person. This changes a lot, the UNSUB is an organised offender." Britney gasped with wide eyes.

They all had the look in their eyes that I had had yesterday when I put the pieces together. This would mean that offender was smarter than we realised. He had chosen specific women despite the fact that half of them had changed appearance.

As we all sat and though over the findings the door burst open and Reynolds ran in the door panting.

"The last Vic of the Williamsburg killer had DNA on her neck. It matched to a record found in the CODIS. Name came up Thomas G. Jewrin. He was convicted of sexual assault 5 years back. The guy had no credit cards or birth Certificate on him so police had no choice but to take that this was his name. I'll go and dig out the files on him and see if I can get his picture"

We all nodded, finally glad to have a lead on the case.

9 hours later

I had arrived back at the house after god knows how many hours at work. As I unlocked the door I could smell curry being cooked and wandered into the kitchen to find Edward sitting at the table with a small smile on his face.

"What's all this?" I asked

"I thought that since you had a hard day I would cook you a nice meal. Then you and I can site down and watch re runs of criminal minds. Where I can listen to you tell me how they are doing it all wrong."

My heart melted and I wanted nothing more than to run into his arms and snuggle into his chest

No bad Bella. Don't think that

"Thanks. Have I ever told you how much I love you?"

Edward froze at that and looked at me with wide eyes.

"I mean as a friend" I corrected although a part of me was hurt that he felt so repulsed by the idea of me as a lover.

Understanding flickered across his face and he motioned for me to sit down and eat my dinner.

Later on that night as we were watching telly I found myself leaning closer into his body and my eyelids closing from exhaustion. I couldn't help but think of how comfortable I was and how I never wanted to leave.

Before I could even question this thought. Sleep overtook me and I fell into a peaceful dream.

A.N ok so what does everyone think and can anyone guess the reason for the sub plot. I think it's fairly obvious but maybe that's just me. Anyway I loved all your reviews and please please keep them coming.

Oh before I forget to say I am heading off to Florida for 2 weeks early next week so I will try and have another chapter uploaded for you before I leave as a parting gift until I get back.

So as a going away present I would love for more reviews from everyone.

Take it easy

Stace