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A little warning – there's some smut in the chapter, not really graphic, but don't say I didn't warn you : )

Nick watched Amanda as she entered the room. She headed straight to her desk. He could see she took something out of her pocket and put it in one of the drawers, it was a piece of paper. She took a deep breath and got to work.

Nick had a moment alone with Fin when he went to the bathroom "I've got to ask you something Fin" he said.

"What is it?"

"It's about Rollins"

Fin smiled "you have a tendency to ask me questions about Rollins in the bathroom, you know that?"

"Well, last time I was right so maybe you should listen now" Nick said it with a smile, he didn't want to upset Fin.

"Ok man, what is it now?"

"Yesterday this man came here looking for her, she looked like she'd seen a ghost, and this morning she was talking with someone out side the building, some guy in a suite. I don't know what's going on Fin, but…"

"I'll talk to her" he said and Nick nodded.

It was a busy day, but Fin did get a chance to ask Amanda about it.

"So listen Amanda" he said, they were going to the hospital to interview a victim "I have to ask you something"

"What is it?"

"Is everything ok?"

"Yes" she gave him a puzzled look "why?"

"I don't know what's going on, but Amaro wanted me to make sure, he saw you talking to someone and…"

"Oh, I see" she nodded and looked away.

"Look, Amanda, you know I love you and I've got your back, whatever it is. I just don't want you to get into trouble" she looked at him "you know that I trust you, so if you have something to tell me that's cool, but if you promise me everything is fine, really fine, I won't bug you about it. But I need to know you're okay"

She smiled at him "thanks Fin, it's fine, it really is"

"As long as you know I'm here for you"

"Thanks Fin, and I love you too, you know"

"Of course you do, how can you not?" they both laughed.

Nick felt better after Fin reassured him she was fine. But he still couldn't let it go. He couldn't stop thinking about her, not even about if anything was going on, he just though about her. After work he tried to get his mind off of her, but it was hard. Why was he doing this? Why can't he just talk to her?

After a while he decided not to wait any longer.

Amanda was washing the dishes after she ate something. She was still thinking about the situation with her dad. Why did she lie to the Marshal? He gave her his card if she heard something, maybe she should call him, tell him the truth. But she couldn't. Something stopped her, maybe she did believe her father. But why? He left her. But what if he wasn't lying?

She heard a knock on the door, she wondered if it was the Marshal, maybe he knew she lied and came to see her. But it was Nick. She wasn't sure it was the better option, Fin told her he asked questions about her. Why can't he let it go?

"Hey" she opened the door but didn't let him in.

"Can we talk?" he asked, she looked so beautiful to him, wearing a pair of jeans and a button-down shirt. He could tell she was thinking about it but she moved and let him inside. He saw Frannie on the floor, chewing on one of her toys.

"Look Nick" she sounded a bit tired "whatever you think is going on, I don't want to talk about it"

"Neither do I" he said and she was a bit surprised "look Amanda" he looked straight into her eyes "you don't need to tell me anything, it's your choice, it's my business only if you want it to be" he stopped for a moment "I'm not here because of that" he moved closer to her as he was talking "I'm here because I miss you, I really miss you" he was so close to her, just looking into her eyes. She didn't say anything but her lips turned into a soft smile "yeah?" it was barely a whisper but he nodded and didn't wait any longer to kiss her.

He wanted to go slow but he was way too excited to feel her lips under his. She didn't seem to mind when his hands pulled her closer and ran all over her back. She did the same with her hands, but she let them travel lower and they ended up resting on his butt.

It got him even more excited and he pushed her back gently, towards her bedroom. She pulled away and just looked at him for a moment.

"I'm sorry" he said "I thought maybe you wanted this..."he wasn't sure how to call what the had so he just went with this "maybe you wanted this to end"

"No" she shook her head and gave him a shy smile "I like this"

"Yeah?" he asked, resting his hands on her waist. He didn't wait for her reply and kissed her.

They made their way to the bedroom and got on top of the bed. Even though Nick wasn't sure he could be patient, he wanted to take things slow. He missed her and wanted to feel every part of her under his fingers and under his lips.

He was laying on top of her, he slowly left her lips and moved on to her neck. His fingers unbuttoned the blouse slowly and after the first two his mouth followed. She played with his hair, didn't mind that he was going slow. She liked feeling his lips on her body.

He reached the last button and took his time kissing her stomach. His fingers moved to her jeans and he slowly unzipped the fly. She licked her lips and moaned a little as he pushed her pants down, together with her underwear, and she felt his mouth on her. She had a sudden urge to kiss him "Nick" she whispered, he moved only his eyes so he could look at her. She could feel he was smiling and it made her moan again "come here" she said. He obeyed with a curious look. "Yes?" he asked once he could look into her eyes. She smiled at him and lifted her head so she could kiss him. He wasn't opposed to kissing. He opened his lips and let her tongue in.

While his mouth was busy he let his fingers wander down her body until they reached between her legs. She moaned and it made him smile a bit. He loved hearing that sound coming from her lips so he had to make sure he'd get her to do it again and again.

It didn't take long until his fingers achieved their goal, and Nick moved to her neck for a while. When she relaxed a bit she lifted herself up enough so she could take off her shirt while he did the same with his, but he reached for her bra before she did. He took it off and ran his fingertips on her breasts slowly. She caressed his chick with the back of her hand and they just looked at each other for a while.

He kissed her again and she let her hand drop to his pants. She tried to unzip his pants but the way he was sitting made it somewhat difficult. He let her go so he could take them off. She did the same to her clothes and he lay on top of her again. He knew he planned on going slow, but waiting became too much for him as he wanted nothing more than to be inside of her. It felt like she wanted the same thing as she spread her legs and he wasn't going to make her wait any longer.

He moved slowly at first, but soon he wanted more, and started moving faster, she didn't object, she met his now frantic thrusts and soon neither could hold on.

He lay on top of her, panting. He missed this, why did he wait so long to tell her? All that time wasted.

At least he came to his senses. He could feel her relax underneath him and rolled off of her.

She turned her head at him, her eyes were closed but she was smiling.

"I'm glad you're here" she whispered and looked at him.

"I'm happy to be here" he smiled "you ok?" he could see she had some trouble keeping her eyes open.

"I'm just tired" she whispered and turned to the side, her back towards Nick.

He watched her as she turned and than kissed her left shoulder. Going to sleep seemed like a good idea. He covered her with the blanket and got under it too. He wrapped his arms around her waist and followed her to sleep.

I didn't want to keep them apart for too long : )