Disclaimer: Sadly enough, I don't own anything. This is written for pure enjoyment only and no profit to be gained!

A/N: Ok, so this is getting into the 'adult area.' This chapter is still T, but it will get into rated M in the next chapter (read the end authors note for more details). Thanks and enjoy.

CHAPTER: 29

Bobby woke up early into the morning around 1:00 AM. He felt as though the territory he was in was alien to him, but it was a pleasant abnormal in the respect that he felt calm and at peace. Bobby Goren was never relaxed. Not like this. He was warm inside and out with an equally warm, petite body pressed up against his side.

Bobby didn't need to direct his eyes to the person whom was lying next him. He knew who it was. There was no one else. He shivered in surprised. At first, he allowed himself out of self-pity to feel amazed, possibly shocked that she was still with him…and then he sighed because he knew that she wasn't going anywhere. He knew he had to quit thinking those thoughts. He knew he had to quit thinking that she was going to leave her whack-job partner.

He closed his eyes and curled into her body even further. His eyes then shot back open. Oh my god, I didn't have a nightmare? I actually slept for…like 6 hours?! He tightly shut his eyes.

Alex was pressed into Bobby's left side while her left leg was thrown lightly over his large ones and he took a minute to take in the feeling of her bare legs on his own.

Then he opened his eyes. He was on his back looking directly at the ceiling.

Bobby hesitantly turned his head towards Alex and reached up with his right hand, reaching across his chest, and began to play with her hair that fell in front of her face. It was soft, so soft. He'd always wondered what her hair felt like; though he always knew it would be soft. He loved when she would periodically push it behind her ear. Bobby's hand slide out of her hair and trailed down to her left side. He yieldingly rubbed her side where her tank top had risen up. He physically bit his lip, trying to decide on whether or not to continue to touch her like this. Was he allowed to? He wasn't sure whether she'd let him or not.

Slowly, he removed his hand and laid it back against his side with a loud sigh to follow.

That's when Alex spoke up.

"Why did you stop?" She asked, surprising him in the process.

"Alex? I—I didn't know you were awake. I'm sorry."

"Can you do me a favor?"

"Yes, of course. Anything." He softly murmured.

"Stop apologizing."

"Oh, I'm so—"

Alex rolled her eyes and sighed heavily. She didn't expect anything less of Bobby.

There was a silence that filled the room for a few minutes until Alex spoke up once more.

"Bobby?"

"Yeah?"

"You never answered my question."

Bobby thought hard for a few seconds. Alex swore she could hear him thinking; the gears turning in all which ways to process her easily-answered question. She was about to tell him to forget about it or just let it go when he hesitantly spoke up.

"I just…I didn't know if I should be touching you or not. If that is…I mean, if it's ok with you…" He stopped abruptly.

Alex turned in his left arm so that she was facing him more and reached up with her left hand to stroke the side of his face.

Here goes nothing…

"Is it ok if I touch you like this?" She continued to softly stroke the side of his face. Bobby nodded. "Or if I touch you like this?" Her hand made its way further back, tangling her hand in the messy curls of his salt and pepper hair. He nodded again. "What if I touch you like this, Bobby?" She continued to ask, this time her hand dropped from his curls and cheek, to softly rub his chest through his shirt seductively. Bobby took a little longer to answer this time, but nodded just as eagerly as before. "And this?" She asked, this time rolling completely onto her stomach first as her right hand joined her left as they began to trail under his shirt and up his stomach. He nodded, this time his eyes softly closed, savoring the feeling. "Bobby, open your eyes." His eyes shot open quickly, but passionately. "What about this, Bobby?" She asked as she pulled one hand out from underneath his shirt and softly trailed it over his lips while the other hand toyed with one of his hardening nipples.

"Yes." He finally answered.

Alex looked at him, deeply looked at him. She removed her hand from his lips and laid it on his chest, over his heart and closed her eyes for a brief moment. She didn't want to ever forget this.

She knew she wouldn't.

Bobby saw this and sat up, sitting Alex up in the process. Her hand slipped out of his shirt and settled on his leg.

"Alex…" He began but Alex had other plans. She opened her eyes only to be greeted with his brown pools of concern and uncertainty.

"It's ok, Bobby. It's alright." She said and took the opportunity to slip her tiny hands underneath the hem of his t-shirt.

Oh god, please don't leave me, Alex. I couldn't take it if you did.

"Bobby…" She whispered.

Her hands started to roam higher up his shirt, lifting the shirt up in the process. Once she made her hands slowly, torturously up his torso and passed his chest, he willingly raised his arms above his head to allow her to remove his shirt.

"Alex?" He questioned after the shirt had been removed. This couldn't be happening. He'd always wanted it to but…

Before he could think anymore, her lips came crashing down on his. Softly at first, but then eagerly and more demanding as the seconds passed.

She wanted to taste him. She wanted to feel him. She fucking wanted him.

Alex slipped her tongue out of her mouth to run it over his full, luscious lips that she'd always dreamt about. Getting passed his lips, she briefly ran her tongue over his pearly white teeth until he opened up for her. For the first time in their lives, Bobby and Alex tasted each other. Their tongues dulled for power, for seniority of the other, and for just wanting to be together and not be apart any longer. They both knew there was never any need for seniority in their partnership, their friendship and now, their relationship, but this was different.

They had both waited so long for this. Too long.

Bobby couldn't remember ever feeling so alive. He thought he'd forgotten how it felt…how this felt; being with a woman he truly adored and loved. And then he realized something. He's never felt this way before in his entire life. Never like this. At this moment in time, everything seemed right in his life and there was no other place he'd rather be. At one point in time, he just didn't give a fuck about it anymore, but this changed everything and he knew it.

And now…

Bobby moaned in Alex's mouth as she crawled closer to him and straddled his lap for better access. After a couple minutes, they reluctantly pulled apart for air. Both were panting, not only from lack of oxygen, but from the intensity of the kiss as well.

It was overwhelmingly powerful.

Alex looked down to his chest and couldn't help but run her hands over him, playing with the curls of hair on his chest. It was muscular, more muscular than she had originally thought it would be.

God, I've wanted to do this for so long.

"Alex?" He questioned once more, somewhat self-conscious.

"Bobby?" She responded in return as she leaned forward and wrapped her arms around him.

He eagerly accepted her embrace and held her in return. It felt good holding her and vise versa.

I'd be content to stay in this position for the rest of my life.

Alex wanted more, however, and so did Bobby.

She gazed deep into his eyes, making sure he wanted this and that it was not just her. What she saw shook her to the core. There was so much love in his eyes that she didn't think one person could hold so much within their being. And then she realized that this was Bobby. No one had ever truly loved or cared about him. He had so much love inside of him and no one to share it with, no one who would equally love him back...until now.

Alex reached to the bottom of her shirt and started to lift it over her head when to large paws came down on her hands and stopped her.

She looked at him questioningly.

"I want to." He spoke softly. She shivered at how much affection was in his voice.

She released her shirt from her grip and let Bobby take control.

She continued to straddle his lap, feeling his manhood pressed into her lower half as he raised his hands up over her head, taking her shirt with him. He tossed it on the floor next to his own shirt. When he turned back around to look at her he paused.

She felt him staring at her, his eyes fixed on her, when he looked back up to meet her own eyes. He felt her start to raise her hands over her stomach when he lightly shook his head.

"Don't. You're beautiful, Alex. So beautiful."

She couldn't help but smile.

"Touch me, Bobby." She leaned into his ear and whispered while grabbing his left hand and placing it lightly on her breast. She groaned in response to his delicate touch and licked his ear.

Oh god, she's going to kill me.

A/N: Ok, so I stopped it here for a reason (Smiles). The next chapter is definitely going to be rated M. So, noooo, I am not going to skip the good part. LOL Drives me nuts when it's skipped!

So…on another note, after talking to several people over and over again (you know who you are) I've decided to end this fic. There's going to be a few more chapters, but after all the…well, rated M stuff, I'll add maybe another chapter and then end it there. Like most of you said, I can always do a sequel later where I would basically bring Bobby back to work, see a shrink, etc. I think that's the best way to do it. So yeah. Let me know what you think.

-Snyder-