Chapter Eleven

I glared up at Matt from the scented water. Now he was sitting on the edge of the tub, looking smug. But then an idea hit me. The bathtub was fairly big. We were both small enough to fit in it.. I smiled sweetly up at him, playing up the innocent, which of course is almost impossible for me. He looked down, confused.

"Why are you smiling lik.." His question was cut off as I hugged my arms around his waist and pulled him in the tub on top of me, smug expression plastered across my face, him now glaring at me. I laughed. He looked so cute. His head went under the water when I pulled him in, so now he had a small patch of bubbles resting on his hair as he glared up at me.

"That's why I was smiling. If I need a bath, then so do you." He glared one last time before sighing and giving in.

"You could have just asked me to join you."

"No.. I think this was more fun." I pulled him up to kiss him. I couldn't help it. He was just so cute all covered in bubbles. He kissed me back, lightly, then laid down on top of me as I laid back onto the edge of the tub. It was nice. Comfortable, just laying there in the hot water with Matt. I played with his hair absentmindedly as my mind wandered elsewhere.

"How long have I been in this apartment now, minus the computer smashing day?" He looked up at me, a little confused by the random question, but answered, not questioning me.

"A little over a month."

"Hmm.." My old cell phone had been destroyed in the blast, but Matt had given me the new one, with his number as the first speed dial. I was now happy that I'd memorized the numbers of my highest ranked subordinates. Unlike Jay and myself, no one else had thought it necessary to memorize when they had a cell phone, or an address book. Morons, in my opinion. Physical items can easily be destroyed, whereas a memory is quite a bit more difficult.

Matt was laying on top of me, his hand trailing across my stomach. I hadn't noticed that he had been staring at me the whole time I was thinking.

"Why so serious all of a sudden?" His hand was still tracing lazy circles on my stomach, his face still looking up at me. I started to realize it was harder and harder to concentrate on work when he was around. -Not that I usually do my work in the bathtub with him on top of me.- Or at least when he was unconsciously being adorable. I smiled, trying not to look so serious, my hand still trailing through his hair. It took me a minute to put my thoughts in order, to figure out how to tell him what I was thinking, without sounding too concerned. I wasn't really, except for Jay.

"I was just thinkng I'm glad I memorized the numbers of my ranked subordinates, two through five. I memorized Jay's, James's, Pete's and Drake's numbers. Good thing, because I'm going to need to get a hold of them soon. I probably should have done that already, see if they're still alive.." I felt a sudden wave of nausea. I hadn't really thought about it until now, but Jay might be dead. And so might the others. I hadn't checked to make sure everyone was out of the building. I silently cursed myself, a little angry that I'd been so careless. "They all probably think I'm dead. If they're still alive, that is." I felt a hand on my face, at my eye.

"Mels, you couldn't have done anything about them getting out before you set that bomb off. If you had, you really would be dead." He turned my face to look at him. His expression was thoughtful, almost soothing. He leaned up and kissed me. It started out light, but grew into something more heated. I licked at his bottom lip, wanting to deepen the kiss, and he parted his lips for me. Slipping my tongue inside, I swirled it around, exploring his mouth. Keeping his mouth on mine, I pulled him up closer to me, on top of me. It felt so good laying with him, kissing him. It felt so right. I deepened the kiss, entwining my tongue with his, running my hands up and down his sides, slick with bubbles and water. I felt him shiver, and I smiled in the kiss. It was amazing to me, still, that I could make him react like that.

I pulled away from the kiss, looking up at him, as he was now above me, straddling me. He looked unbelievably sexy. His eyes were shining, his hands on my chest keeping himself upright, water dripping off of him. It was all I could do just to stay still. He smiled mischievously, looking down at me.

"Like what you see?" I couldn't help but smile back up at him.

"Can't you tell?" He leaned down, kissing me lightly, sliding his hips in the water against my own.

"I can tell..." He whispered against my lips.