Present day

"Was this the first time you had sex with DI Fleming. Ever do it when you were partners?".

"It was our first time," Steve admitted.

"Why didn't you use a condom?".

"We forgot," Steve replied, flushing.

"Was that by mutual agreement? It seems a little strange that two sensible people would forget something like that with a new partner,".

"We got a little carried away and only realised after," Steve admitted, embarrassed.

"You mean you forced yourself on her. Gave her no choice,".

"No!" replied Steve defiantly. "It was not like that. I would never do anything like that to Kate. It was consensual. She was a willing partner. You've seen the picture of the love bite she gave me, I presume?" Steve replied, pointing to the bruise on his neck that had been photographed earlier.

"Or she could have just been biting you. To get you to stop whatever it was you were doing to her," James argued.

"No! I would never hurt Kate! How many times do I have to say?" Steve asked, getting angry.

"Was it just the once?".

"I've only got one bite mark, you work it out,".

"I meant the sex," James clarified.

"No," Steve confessed.

"How many times?".

"Three,".

"All without protection?" James asked incredulously. Once he could believe but not forgetting three times.

"Kate said she was going to get the morning after pill but I don't know if she did or not," Steve admitted.

Flash back

Wrapping a towel around his waist, Steve headed in to the bedroom. He had just had a shower as he had to leave imminently to play in a five-a-side football match with his team.

Kate was still fast asleep in his bed, lying on her front whilst cuddling a pillow. Steve took a great sense of male pride that he had managed to wear her out so thoroughly with the three times they had had sex. Their night together had also benefitted him as well. It had done wonders for his confidence between the sheets, something that had been lacking since he thought he was impotent. Steve loved playing football but for the first time in his life, he was seriously contemplating phoning in sick and jumping back in bed with Kate.

His sense of duty stopped him however. He would never let his team down at such short notice before a match. They would never be able to find a substitute with less than an hour before the game started.

Walking over to Kate's side of the bed, Steve gently perched on the mattress. The sheet covering her only went as high as the small of her back, displaying the soft skin of her back for Steve to admire. He reached out and delicately ran his hand up her spine before gently touching her shoulder. "Kate?" He said quietly, hoping to rouse her easily.

It worked and Kate opened her eyes. She caught sight of Steve beside her in his towel. She smiled. "Hi," she said as she stretched and rolled on to her side to face him, displaying her breasts to him as she did so. She didn't seem to mind however as she made no move to cover herself up.

"You off?" she asked, knowing he was playing football that afternoon.

"Shortly," Steve replied. "What're you going to do today?". Kate shrugged her shoulders. "Stay in bed as long as you like," Steve suggested. "I don't mind if you're still here when I get back!" He teased.

"You fancy a roast dinner tonight?" Kate asked. "Was thinking of popping to the shops to get something. Roast chicken, maybe?".

"Sounds good," Steve agreed. He liked roast dinners but rarely made them for himself.

"I'll pop to the chemist whilst I'm out as well," Kate added. "We ..err...forgot to use any protection last night so I should probably take the Morning after pill just to be safe,". She had been reminded of that fact when she had felt Steve's semen running down her thighs at one point during the night.

"Shit! Sorry, Kate," Steve apologised. "I should have remembered. I've got condoms right there," he said, pointing to his bedside table. He'd never forgotten about contraception before and he was mortified he had with Kate. "Just haven't had to wear one for a while,".

"It's ok," Kate said. "It's as much my fault as yours,".

"Ok," Steve said as he started to move to get dressed before a question occurred to him that he really wanted to ask. "Hey, Kate?" he asked as he resumed his seat on the edge of the bed.

"Yeah?".

"You know last night?".

"Yes,".

"Was it a one night thing or... something else?" He asked. Deep down he wanted it to be the latter.

"I don't know," Kate replied honestly. "Maybe we talk about it over dinner tonight?" she suggested.

"Ok," Steve agreed, a little apprehensively. He hoped they were both on the same page.

He finally moved to get dressed but Kate caught one of his hands and pulled him back towards her on the bed. Sitting up quickly, she took Steve's lips in a lazy kiss. She'd caught his apprehension and was trying to reassure him that the talk would be easy. Like him, she wanted to try a relationship. If last night was anything to go by, they would be quite good at it, she reckoned.

"What was that for?" Steve asked huskily as the kiss ended and he reluctantly pulled away.

"Good luck for the game," Kate replied.

"I'm going to miss it if you keep doing that," Steve said as he succeeded in getting up and finding his kit.

Kate watched him get dressed from her spot on the bed, her breasts still on display as the sheet was pooled on her lap. "Does this mean I'm a football WAG now?" she teased.

"A Sunday five-a-side football league WAG I suppose," Steve replied. It looked as though they had skipped their talk and started their relationship regardless.

"Is that better than a normal WAG?".

"Much better," Steve replied, "because you're with me,". Finishing getting dressed Steve made a detour back to Kate and gave her a brief kiss on the lips. "I love you," he told her for the first time before exiting the room, leaving Kate no chance to admit the same.

End of flash back

Steve remembered the last words he had spoken to Kate that fateful day. Would she remember them when she was out of her coma Steve wondered?

He didn't know what he wanted the answer to that question to be. It would make him very happy if she did, but that would mean she would probably be able to recall all the details of her attack as well. Maybe it would be best for Kate if she didn't.

"And this was about 11am?" James asked, bringing Steve out of his reverie.

"Yes," Steve replied.

"You played football after all that exercise?" Booth asked suspiciously. There was no way he would be able to play football after three rounds of lovemaking and hardly any sleep.

"It wasn't my best performance," Steve admitted. "I was a bit lethargic apparently," he continued, quoting his captain in the half time team talk.

"I have to ask," Booth said bringing them back to topic," "but was it just regular sex you had with DI Fleming that night?".

"I don't understand," Steve replied.

"Your penis in her vagina," James clarified. Working in VCU he had pretty much seen it all. Steve was reticent in replying and it was noted immediately. "DI Arnott?".

"Umm there might have been some...umm...oral sex for both me and Kate," he admitted, mortified. He'd skipped over describing exactly what he and Kate had got up to, but it looked as though James was wanting to know everything.

James let that admission go. He had been after something a bit less vanilla. Time to push this suspect a bit harder.

"At any time did you have one of her breasts in your mouth?".

Steve looked at James. "You're enjoying this aren't you?" he asked. He was sure James was getting some weird sense of satisfaction at asking Steve such personal questions.

"Did you?" James repeated.

"Yes," Steve confessed.

"And what did you do?".

Steve snorted. "Are you after tips to improve your sex technique or something?".

"Answer the question, DI Arnott,".

"What you usually do during sex. I...licked her nipples," he admitted as he remembered running his tongue over the rosy buds. "Sucked on them," he admitted shyly.

"Bite them?".

"Playful nip maybe,".

"Draw blood?".

"What? No!" Steve retorted amazed at the sudden change of mood.

"Any bondage?" James asked as the victim had been found with her hands bound.

"No!" Steve replied forcefully.

"You just got your kicks from watching afterwards," James said snidely.

"What?" Steve asked, not understanding what James was talking about.

He didn't get clarification from James because at that moment the door to the interview room opened and in walked DCI Wheeler. "For the tape," Derek said as he entered the room, "DCI Wheeler has entered the room," he said. He looked and sounded very pissed off. "Interview terminated at 13:42," he said before reaching over and turning the tape off.