Chapter 2~Betray Your Partner Day

The rustling of sheets disturbed Bobby's drowsy state, where he was in between the dream world and waking world. Cracking open his eyes, he glanced to his right at the source of the movement.

Alex slowly slid from the bed, stretching with a smile on her lips as she met his appraising eyes.

"I need to get back before the new Captain fires me...I'll be home soon," she said, leaning over and kissing him quickly on the lips. Before she could pull away, Bobby grabbed her hip with his right hand and brought her face back to his with his left. He gave her a sound kiss that wouldn't be forgotten throughout the rest of her workday. With the satisfaction that knowledge gave him, he let her go.

"Alright. Hurry back," Bobby smirked, settling back in the bed.

"You tease," Alex accused as she quickly got dressed into her work clothes. Once her clothing was straightened out, she grabbed her shoes from the floor and left the room.

Bobby could hear her in the kitchen, grabbing her keys and her purse and shuffling at the door trying to get her shoes on as quickly as possible.

"I love you!" she called, opening the door.

"Love you," came Bobby's reply, to which she smiled brightly. It was still surprising to hear those words from his lips, even after all the time they had been together. Her lips adorned with the foolish smile, she closed the door and left his apartment.

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Nichols sat at his desk, leaning back in his wheeled chair with his right leg propped up on his left and a file laying open in his lap as he scanned over one in his hands.

The files revealed nothing to him, and he had neither Goren nor Eames to discuss them with. Boy, was Eames going to get it when she got back to OnePP. Nichols shook his head, letting out a loud sigh.

The sound of the heels made its way into Nichols distracted mind, and he looked up just in time to see Eames walk into the bullpen. She looked relaxed, so that must mean Bobby was well. Nichols studied the pretty blonde woman for a few more moments.

He watched as she shed her coat, laying it on the back of her chair. She didn't sit though, instead she walked around her desk and stopped at Bobby's. That is where she chose to sit, in his crumby chair.

Not only did Eames look relaxed, she looked satisfied. Nichols furrowed his brows, putting his filed down on his desk.

"Eames," he called, standing from his own chair and making his way towards her. She looked up at him, all business-like sitting up straight in her—no, Bobby's chair, with a file half way open.

"Yeah?" she asked, her mood seeming to slip a little.

"Well, don't I feel special...I seem to be the only one besides Goren to make your mood change that quickly..." he muttered, standing in front of her with his hands on his hips.

"Did you want something, Nichols?" she asked, straight to the point.

"Uh...I just wanted to know how Bobby was doing, and to let you know that the Captain is looking for you," Nichols said with a shrug, watching as Eames quickly shifted her gaze from his eyes and towards the files in front of her.

"Bobby's fine, and tell the Captain that she can find me at my desk, solving my case..." Eames said, shuffling through papers in the case file.

"I won't need to, here she comes...See ya, Eames," he said, sincerely sympathetic towards her. Eames sighed quietly, burying herself in the file as he left her.

"Detective Eames?" Stevens asked.

"Yes?" Eames answered respectfully, looking up at the woman.

"Is your partner well?"

Eames raised her brows.

"He's fine..." she answered, almost warily.

"Good because I need you and Nichols to have your full attention on this case, and I don't want your partner anywhere near it. For his sake, and the departments..." Stevens said, trying to let the woman before her know through her eyes that she did care about the situation.

"We will get this solved, but I..." Eames stopped when the phone on her desk started ringing. Quickly, she reached for it and brought it to her ear.

"Eames."

Stevens heard a voice answer on the other end, but couldn't make out any words.

"What?...We will be right there...yes, thank you..." Eames hung up and set the phone on its cradle. She sighed as she met the other woman's eyes.

"The man we were looking at as a suspect, he was found dead in his office," she said, standing and going for her coat.

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Alex stood in the doorway of a lavishly decorated office, where a body lay sprawled on the desk. She stood grim faced and stone cold as she thought of the new evidence found. The same caliber used to kill her Captain was used to kill this man, and most likely the same gun. Bitterly, she glared at the corpse and cursed the soul that had inhibited it.

In an odd way, she felt that this snake was not worthy to be killed as the honorable Major Case Captain had been.

"Eames," Nichols voice interrupted her thoughts of hatred for the man that lay before her. She looked up at the dark detective, and raised a brow. He looked defeated-no, like he was bracing himself for a hit of nearly twenty hurricane Katrinas.

"We need to know where Goren was," he stated, knowing that she knew he had to ask that question but that she would be mad anyway. He was right, except she hit with a force of forty hurricanes.

"No. You are not asking me to do that," she said furiously, using all her will power to not let loose the many things she truly wanted to say on the matter. With that she walked out the door and down the hall, but he wouldn't give up that easily.

"Eames, someone's going to have to do it. Why don't you?" Nichols asked, his voice striving to let her see reason in his proposal. Eames kept walking, straight into the CSU crowd who were still investigating the rooms. There stood Stevens, who turned her head as the two detectives entered the room.

"You're his partner, he trusts you and will tell you the truth."

"You're asking me to do something that is against my code pertaining to my partner. You're asking me to betray my partner," Eames nearly growled at him, wanting him to understand how strongly she felt against it.

"It's for his own good, Detective Eames," Stevens quipped in, her eyes studying the furious blonde. Eames' kindling brown eyes shot to her new captain, then back to Nichols.

"His last meeting with him, Goren was out of it. He was very aggressive towards him. We need to know where he was during this man's time of death," Nichols said calmly, trying to reach the woman detective's logical side hiding behind a curtain of protectiveness and loyalty, and not completely known to anyone else: love.

"It's either you do it, or the Feds," Stevens added, knowing that was the last straw before she would give in. Eames sighed, and numbly nodded her head before answering verbally.

"Fine," she said, glaring at Nichols. "But don't you ever ask me to betray my partner again. What is this? Betray your partner day?"

With that she walked away from the other two police, and out the door.

"Well, that went well. The crime scene is still in tact, and I didn't lose any limbs..." Nichols said monotonously, his arms folded over his chest. He looked over at his captain with a slight smile. "I'd say we were successful, Captain..."

Stevens shook her head, a hint of a smile playing on the corner of her lips.

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Alex left the crime scene with a tormented mind. She knew Bobby was innocent, and she was his alibi. Two bourse before, also the TOD, she had been in bed with him.

The son of a bitch that was doing this was going to get what was coming to him. He would be begging for the jail cell once she got at him. But for the sake of her human nature and professionalism, she wouldn't lay a finger on the bastard.

It was nearly an hour later when Eames found herself sitting in her SUV, staring at the front door to Bobby's apartment building.

"Here it goes..." she muttered under her breath, turning off the car and stepping onto the sidewalk.

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As soon as Alex had left, Bobby had gotten out of bed and dressed. He immediately took his file of the case and used a wall in his kitchen as a drawing board. He hung up the pictures and connected any found relations with strings of yarn.

He was now fully engulfed in his work, he didn't even hear to front door open.

"Bobby?" a soft voice called. Bobby glanced up from his file to see Alex enter the kitchen, a bit warily it seemed. What happened...?

"Alex? What's wrong?"

With a sigh, Alex took a few steps closer to her partner and lover.

"Bobby, where did you go as soon as I left?" she asked, her voice calm and apologetic.

Bobby immediately understood what was going on, and he couldn't stop the shot of anger that hit him. He was a detective after all, did she really think he wouldn't understand what was going on. For her sake and their relationship's, he reigned in his anger.

"What happened?" he asked, his voice void of emotion, for which he was pretty proud of.

Alex sighed in defeat, and he could see that this was hurting her. She believed that he didn't do what ever had 1PP questioning their best detective.

"I'm not supposed to share an ongoing investigation, but you know that...I will tell you however, that we lost our only suspect the same way we lost our captain. I will bring the file home tonight," she promised, even if it was against the rules.

"Alright, thank you...I love you, Alex," Bobby said, trying to tell her that he wasn't mad at her. At these words, Alex smiled and nodded.

"I love you, too," she answered. With two steps closer, she was able to stand on her tippy toes and deliver a kiss to his warm lips. "I'll be home soon. This will all be over before we know it. You'll be by my side at work, and have your badge back. I know it. Love you," she finished with one last kiss before backing away and going towards the door.

"I really hope you're right. Bye," he waved slightly as she slowly closed the door behind her.

A/N: Just a short kinda bittersweet chapter. The past few weeks have been hectic, what with basketball tournaments, final exams, and the holidays. I will update again soon, and by then I hope to get some reviews to let me know how this story is looking so far. I really hope you guys are enjoying it, and any criticism is welcome as long as it isn't rude and obnoxious i would love to hear what you have to say about this.:)

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