Author's note:- None episode based but there's likely to be occasional mention of events in the first few series. I love the idea of Grace being given a challenge by her peers that could make things very difficult and if a little, or in this case quite a lot, of smut can get thrown in it can only make it better! Rated for adult themes, sexual content and all the usual stuff. I own nothing.
Ladies who Lunch Ch 10/10
"You realise our guys are going to be insufferable when they realise they were right to leave us alone on Friday night." Grace smiled kissing Boyd as she set coffee and toast down in front of him. Since Friday they'd barely been apart, a short trip home by him for clothes and toiletries the day before being all the separation they could deal with. Now they were both ready for work after yet another early morning when their need for each other had resulted in a burst of love filled passion.
"Yes but you know if we wanted to be cruel we could have a little fun with them." He replied his hand running down her back resting on her ass and pulling her close kissing her again.
"That really would be very cruel."
"Umm, so you want to play with them?"
"Of course, what do you have in mind?"
"Oh I have an idea but rally it depends on how good an actress you think you can be."
"I fooled you into thinking I wasn't in love with you for four years." Grace replied with a playful wink as she sat and listened to what he had in mind.
"What do you think happened after we left?" Mel asked quietly looking at Frankie and Spence as they all sat at the large table in the middle of the squad room.
"I know what should have happened but with them who knows?" Spence replied nodding toward the door as Boyd stormed through it and entered his office slamming the door.
"Oh shit. He doesn't look happy and when was the last time Grace wasn't here before nine?" Frankie asked as he came out again and dropped a pile of files on the table.
"Find us a case." He snapped looking from one to the other keeping his fake anger at its height.
"Shouldn't we wait for Grace? Where is she anyway she's always here by this time." Mel asked immediately wishing she hadn't as he turned to her.
"She's not here that's all you need to know."
"But will she be here?" Frankie asked looking terrified in a way that almost made him feel sorry for her.
"I have no idea but if she thinks I'm waiting around for her she's..."
"She's here." Spence said quietly as Grace entered the unit and went straight into her office and closed the door not saying a word to any of them.
"Yeah well good for her. Get to work find s a case." Boyd snapped storming away from them and into Grace's office.
"He didn't knock. He always knocks if the door's closed unless he's really angry." Mel whispered as they all watched Boyd pace back and forward in front of Graces desk and it was obvious to them they were arguing.
"Well do you think they're fooled?" Grace asked keeping her face straight and her body language irritated as Boyd slammed his hands down on the desk smiling at her knowing his back was now to the others.
"Oh god yeah they're terrified I almost feel sorry for them?"
"Only almost?" Grace asked standing up and marching round the desk poking him in the chest in a way she knew would look almost violent to the others outside. "You...are...a...very...mean...boss."
"I'm mean?" He asked batting her hand away "They were helping you and you're enjoying this every bit as much as I am."
"Just get out!" Grace shouted opening the door of her office with her back to the squad room and mouthing "I love you" as he went through it and she pushed it closed with a loud slam.
"What do we do now?" Spence asked looking at the girls as Mel sighed knowing just like when her friend had been upset on Friday morning she was going to have to be the one to find out why.
"I'll go but if she starts poking me like she did him I expect one of you to come save me."
"We've got your back." Frankie replied with a grimace as Mel got up and moved to Grace's door knocking before opening it seeing the doctor write furiously on a sheet of paper in front of her.
"Grace is everything ok?"
"Not now Mel I'm busy."
"I see that what are you writing?"
"My letter of resignation."
"What? Grace no! What the hell happened when we left on Friday you can't resign."
"Resign?" Frankie gasped moving to the door of the office behind Mel as Spence leapt up too and followed her.
"No Grace you've got to be kidding." He snapped storming the half a dozen steps from her office to Boyd's and flinging the door open. "What the hell have you done to her? I knew I shouldn't have let you go there on Friday you realise she's leaving."
"Yeah of course she is." Boyd muttered suppressing a smile as Spence's anger seemed to only grow. He knew the other man was protective over Grace but he hadn't expected his response to be so instant. "Team talk. Now! That goes for you too Grace!"
"Go to hell!" Grace shouted from her office as the others moved back into the squad room and he entered her office again slamming the door and leaning over the desk.
"Squad room sexy or I will have to punish you later for insubordination."
"Will you indeed?" Grace asked standing up and leaning over the desk too in a move that to anyone watching would look like an all out standoff. "How would you do that?"
"I can be very vindictive if I want and over the weekend I've found all sorts of way to torture you. Care to test me?"
"Yes please."
"Tease!"
"No a tease doesn't follow through." Grace replied her eyes locking with his for a second before she threw her pen down on the desk and stormed past him into the squad room. "Fine but it's the last time you'll tell me what to do!"
"Suits me fine!" Boyd shouted back as they both stormed to the front of the room standing side by side in front of the others who were now staring at them with blind terror in their eyes.
"Oh god your faces. I'm sorry darling I can't do it to them." Grace laughed taking a step closer to him as he put his arm around her waist and rolling his eyes and kissing her softly on top of her head.
"I knew you'd fold first."
"Yeah well it wouldn't be the first time this weekend."
"Now, now doctor, professionalism."
"What the hell?" Spence muttered turning to the girls as Frankie shook her head.
"You two are evil you know that, pure evil...oh my god I'm so happy for you both!" She squealed moving toward them hugging them both tightly as Mel laughed and joined the group.
"So am I but don't ever do that to us again Grace. I really thought you were going to leave that something terrible had happened."
"Spence it's ok." Grace smiled a moment later as he still stood looking slightly confused and she gave him a gentle hug kissing him on the cheek. "We were teasing you but thank you for jumping immediately to my defence."
"You're not leaving? You two don't hate each other?"
"Just the opposite." Boyd smiled. "I'd go into more detail but I think we all shared enough on Friday don't you?"
"Boyd don't keep teasing him. I know you all left on Friday because you could see what we couldn't or were too frightened to. I love you all for it and of course you were right..."
"So things are good between you?" Spence asked.
"Better than good we're going to try to make things work between us but we promise apart from this little teasing this morning we won't let it affect things professionally if that's ok with you all."
"OK with us? We've been waiting for four years for you both to come out about how you obviously felt about each other." Mel laughed as Frankie nodded and Boyd looked at Spence.
"What? Spence you have a problem? You're not her type you know she likes younger men but not as young as you. I know it's heart breaking she's amazing and all that but you missed your..." Boyd began the joking tone stopping instantly as Spence stared at him and all three female members of the team exchanged a concerned glance.
"You love her? What you said the other night you meant it?"
"With all my heart. Stand down sergeant she doesn't need protecting from me. I'll never hurt her and I'll never let anyone else hurt her either."
"Spence I promise I'd not have let this happen if I thought for a second he wasn't serious or if I wasn't." Grace added knowing the younger man was only trying to protect her emotionally if not physically and loving him a little more for it. "I'm in love with him and I know he's in love with me too it's been horrible the last few years pretending I wasn't. What we have now is right, I'd know if it wasn't you realise that don't you?"
"Course I do but you two aren't the only ones who can tease." Spence smiled giving her a tight hug before shaking hands with Boyd. "But if you do hurt her I'll kick your ass ok?"
"Message received and understood." Boyd laughed as he and Spence watched the girls start to chat in a frenzy of excitement that normally he would instantly stop. This morning though he loved every minute of it. For the first time since Grace Foley walked into the building years before he felt like everything he wanted he had and he planned on enjoying it.