When Jess got to the ARC the next morning, the only thing she wanted to do was find Becker. She was over an hour early for her shift and that had been intentional.

Very few people were in the ARC as early as it was, and the sound of Jess' heels echoed as she walked. She poked her head in the armory and saw Becker wasn't there, so she headed to his office.

She found him sitting at his desk, pouring over reports, flipping his pen between his fingers.

"Hi," she said, leaning against the doorframe.

Becker glanced up and gave her a warm smile, "You're early."

She returned the smile and walked over to the desk, perching on the edge beside his chair.

"I had my reasons for that," she said, reaching over and taking his hand.

He turned his hand over and laced their fingers together before bringing her hand up and kissing the top. Jess leaned forward and tentatively pressed her lips against his, unsure if she should be kissing him at the moment, on the off chance someone came in.

His hand came up and cupped her cheek and he returned the kiss. It was different than any kiss she'd ever had, undemanding, gentle.

"I could get used to good mornings like this," he said, smiling against her lips.

"Mm, me too," she said, kissing him again.

They broke apart reluctantly as Jess' phone rang. She saw that it was an IM notification and opened the application.

"It's Stefan, sorry," she said glancing back at Becker.

ExtraBroody: Hey, where are you?

LvlyLtlJess: Work, why?

ExtraBroody: Mind if we come by and say hi later, maybe take you to lunch?

"Not good," she muttered.

"What's wrong?" Becker asked worried.

"Stefan and everybody want to come pick me up for lunch later today," she replied, fingers flying over the keypad.

LvlyLtlJess: How about I meet you somewhere?

ExtraBroody: Actually, we were curious to see where you work

LvlyLtlJess: Government thing, they don't exactly shine on visitors.

ExtraBroody: We won't cause any problems, Jess, promise

She sighed and shifted her position so that she was sitting on Becker's lap. It had been an absentminded reaction, as the desk was getting uncomfortable, and she didn't really realize the proximity she'd put them in until his arms wrapped around her waist.

"What's wrong?" he asked, lips brushing her ear.

"They want to see where I work and I can't seem to get the whole "it can't happen" point across."

"Want me to make it for you?" he offered.

"No, I don't want to upset them," she sighed, turning back to the phone.

LvlyLtlJess: Stefan, if I could I would, but I'd get in major trouble.

ExtraBroody: Alright, alright, how about we meet at the café we went to the day we came in?

LvlyLtlJess: Sounds great (: Say eleven?

ExtraBroody: See you then!

Jess closed her phone and sighed, "That was close."

"Get him to back down?" Becker asked.

"Yeah, we're meeting at that café we went to the day they came in at eleven. Come?"

Becker smiled, "Of course, anything for you Jess."

**Sorry for the wait, been super busy! Next chapter will be the groups lunch get together (: