A/N: Sorry for any misspelling or grammar mistake.I'm not a native english speaker so my use of words might be weird sometimes :P but thank you for the comments!And I'm glad that you enjoyed it! This is the last chapter of this story,enjoy!And feel free to leave comments or suggestions :)Thanks!

It wasn't long before she found herself in Hardison's balcony. She peeked inside and saw that he had just walked into the place and started to take off clothes and headed towards the shower.

She quickly turned away, with slight redness filling up upon her cheeks. She was never embarrassed by a man's naked body. But if it's Hardison, then it's with him was the same. Everything she did with him was a new experience for her. She didn't know she could feel jealousy. Actually, she didn't know she could , it wasn't until they'd kissed for the first time during a a con for a cover did she know that her heart could beat that fast!

So she turned away and looked over at the beautiful night view of Boston. Now that she had seen him, she should go. Or else, what would she say if he sees her here? But she was awe-struck by the view in front of her. Parker was never awe-struck. Not if it includes a whole warehouse of non-sequential hundred dollar bills. Guess that was the good side of living near the river in a 12-story building. She sat down on a chair he had set there, and started to appreciate the satisfying scene. She even closed her eyes to feel the night wind breeze through her blond hair. She could never rested her mind in a place instead of her own or Nate's. But she could sense her muscles relaxing and her eye lids grew heavy.

A soft crack came from inside the apartment and Parker's eyes opened instantly. She stood up and hid herself from the window as stealth as she can be, as if she was on a con and Hardison was her moved a little so that she could see him and found out that he was dancing. She couldn't help but laughed lightly, which could be ok if Hardison hadn't been dancing so near the balcony. And before she knew it, Hardison was taken aback by her appearance and yelped.

"Damn, girl! You almost gave me an heart attack!"

"Didn't mean to." She really didn't. But still, she felt just the same as Hardison when he saw her there. She was caught completely unawared. She didn't mean to get caught. She never got caught. And now Hardison saw her, she would have to come up with a reason why she was here in the middle of the night. She hated to make up answers when she knew the real one. She wasn't very good at lying, especially to Hardison.

She climbed into the apartment as soon as Hardison opened the windows to the house fully. And she found it...really...Hardison. She smiled as she took in the whole environment. She liked this place instantly.

Hardison's voice came through her ears again, this time, with more calmness as he seemed to perceive the fact that she was in his apartment.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

She stopped and she could feel her heart beating faster already. But she acted as normal as she could and said the answer that logically would come out of her mouth when being asked this kind of questions.

"Bored." She shrugged, and then continued to walk and found the kitchen. She could feel Hardison following her, and the edge of her lips curled upward just a little bit.

"And?"

She ignored him as usual. She still hadn't manage to think of a suitable reason and wasn't ready to give up the real answer. That would mean that she had to really tell him about what she had figured out earlier. And she didn't want to do that. So she started to wander into the kitchen and desperately trying to find something that could change the subject. Thankfully, she saw the cereal box that was on the kitchen counter and ran towards it without a second thought.

"My favorite!"

Hardison came up to her side as she opened the box and handed her a bowl and a spoon. She filled the bowl with cereal. Cause now that she'd seen him, she didn't want to leave. She should just stay for the night.

"Um...yeah, I was going to bring it to you tomorrow cause I saw it on sale on my way back home and..."

She turned and took a mouthful of cereal into her mouth when she realized what Hardison was doing. The edge of her mouth shifted up just a little. He had bought this box especially for her, without even knowing if she'll ever visit his place.

"So you want to tell me why you're doing here?" He asked again, apparently trying to avoid the awkwardness he had made (and which Parker chose to ignore intentionally).

"I was bored." Her voice sounded higher, but thankfully Hardison barely noticed.

"Girl, after the day we had, you should be exhausted." He said with a incredulous expression.

"You should be too." She questioned back. Typically Parker-like.

A moment of silence hanged in the air as Hardison tried to figure out the right response. Parker studied his face as his expression changed, from painful to relieve and then to worry. Was he playing what happened today in his head all over again? Parker frowned, but too slight that Hardison rarely noticed. He was deep in his own thoughts.

She didn't mean to cause him somehow, she seemed to have the ability to hurt people in a way without knowing it.

Before she could think of a way to apologize, he spoke,

"I kind of want to celebrate 'not dying at the age of 24'." His tone sounded a bit overplayed, but instead of rolling her eyes as usual, she laughed gently. Because she completely agreed that not dying at an age of 24 was totally worth celebrating.

"Congratulations, then." She knocked the bowl slightly against his bottle of soda, as if they were beer bottles.

Parker's brow slightly frowned. This wasn't her. Normally she'll just roll her eyes at the comment. But she said something nice, like, real nice this time. And she didn't try to hide it. She was afraid that Hardison might notice.

So she looked up and met Hardison's eyes,but found that he seemed to be deep in even if he did, he seemed to hide his feelings rather well, which was NOT normal for Hardison.

Was he still in shock?Or was it some kind of post-trauma symptom?

"Hardison?" She couldn't hide her concern in her voice and asked.

Her voice seemed to snapped Hardison back to reality. He looked at the girl in front of her, a bit bewildered.

"Yeah?"

"Are you ok?" She sounded as if he would disappear any minute again.

"Yeah, I'm fine, girl. Never been better." And then he gave her that smile which was always able to comfort her when she was at her most desperate times. And then as if a thought suddenly hit him, his eyes went wide open. "You're here to check up on me?"

Parker looked down, avoiding his eyes, afraid that her face would betray her. Her hands started to fidget with unease.

She needed to come up with something real quick. She couldn't let him know, not after she'd showed so many of her emotions today. That would be way outside of her comfort zone.

"Well, just to make sure you're asleep...Who'd thought you would still want to have a relaxing night with your soda..."

"Wait, wait...how long have you been here,exactly?" He seemed to be more nervous than she was, though Parker couldn't figure out why.

"Hmm? Well, I was here way before you came home." She replied as if it was no big deal. She was glad that Hardison changed the subject. But this topic seemed to make him even more nervous than the previous one.

"So...emm..."

Parker realized why, then tried to comfort him, in a …...well, Parker way.

"Don't worry, I didn't see a thing when you started to take off your clothes. But I must admit, you're pretty well-built."

"Well, as you can see, I'm fine." He leaned back a bit, as if he were afraid to invade her personal space. But she leaned forward. She liked his presence next to her. His warm, living body. His shoulders brushing slightly against hers. She could still feel his breath on her cheek from the kiss earlier, and she would very much like to feel that again.

"Glad to hear that." She smiled, reminiscing all the times they'd kissed in cons, and the real kiss that just happened.

"So...ugh...you want to go home now?Maybe take some time to rest?" Hardison asked, unsure what to do Parker didn't want to just got her Hardison back and she was sure she won't be able to sleep even if she go back now. She wanted to stay here, with him, she shook her head.

"I couldn't sleep. I don't know why. Maybe it was because of the adrenaline rush earlier this day. So I was thinking about stealing something. And then I got out of my home, and headed for the nearest museum. But somehow, I ended up here." She shrugged and ate another mouthful of her cereal.

"I'm glad you ended up here." Hardison said sincerely, and covered his hand on hers. She was both surprised and glad when he did that, and when he noticed she didn't pull away, he squeezed just a little just to let her know how happy and grateful he was.

They stared at each other for a while, and when the silence lasted a bit too long for comfort, she stood up and walked towards the living room.

"So what were you planning to do before you notice I was there?"

"Star Trek marathon."

"Of course you were." She rolled her eyes. Geeks and their movies.

"Hey,woman. Don't you dare insult the soothing ability that Star Trek has on a geek." Hardison pointed his finger at Parker as he followed her to the living room. She raised both her hands and silently surrendered as she looked back at him.

"Well, since I wasn't able to sleep anyway, you think I can stay here for the night?" She sat down at the sofa so naturally as if it were at her own sat down at the spot where she usually sat when they were at Nate's, in the middle of the couch, where Elliot and Hardison would sit next to him. Where Hardison would be next to him.

"Um...yeah sure, girl. Whatever you want."

And as if remembering something, Parker turned around and looked at Hardison as he came near her,

"Oh, and Hardison?"

"Yeah,mama?"

"I want pretzels." Parker couldn't help but smiled widely as she mentioned the she could tell Hardison got it, which he always do.

Hardison smiled back.

"You got it, girl."

The End.