A/N Ed's.. yeah.. little OOC.

"Mom, I'm going over to Ange's" She had left her new clothes in her car, so she wouldn't have to sneak them out. She was now wearing jeans and a shirt, she would go to Angela's change there and Ed would pick her up. It was Angela's idea and she couldn't say it was a bad one.

"Okay, have fun. Are you coming home or can I lock up after Greg leaves?"

Veronica walked into the living room. "No, your boyfriend can stay over. Pretty sure it's getting late and there might be alcohol, so no driving for me."

"Okay, see you tomorrow then."

"See you tomorrow."

…

"Hey, Veronica's just about ready. Come on in." Angela said smiling as she opened the door for Ed.

He smiled at her and stepped inside. "Thanks."

"So, where are you going?"

"Don't know yet, thought we could figure it out together."

Angela's brow furrowed. "Have you at least checked what places are open? Because that ain't much on a Monday.."

"Uuh.. no.. I figured we'd just pick one."

Angela shook her head but Veronica walked in, so she couldn't say anything.

"Hey."

He turned around when he heard her and froze, looking her up and down thoroughly, his eyes lingering on her chest. "Hey." He smiled at her and kissed her cheek. "You look beautiful."

"You look kinda handsome yourself." She smiled at him.

'Kinda handsome' would be an understatement. But she didn't think saying: 'So, let's just get right upstairs because I can't wait to rip that shirt off of you.' would go over to well. He was wearing black jeans and a black button down shirt with a leather jacket.

"Ready to go?" He smiled and extended his hand. She took it and interlaced their fingers.

"Yeah." She waved at Angela before leaving.

…

"So apparently I screwed up already." He joked when he got into the car beside her.

"How's that? You were on time, you opened the car door for me and you look good."

"I didn't make any reservations at a place, your friend seems to think that's bad."

"Yeah, well Angela is a little obsessive with my love-life lately.."

He smiled at her and drove off towards the boardwalk. "How's that?"

"She needs to get laid." She clasped her hands in front of her mouth when she heard Ed laugh, she didn't mean to say that out loud. "O my god. You didn't hear that.. I never said that."

"We all need to get laid every now and then, Miss Mancini." He smiled at her, a glint in his eyes.

"I'm aware, Constable Lane." She smiled at him before looking outside. "So, where are we going?"

"I figured we'd check out what's open on the boardwalk."

"Sounds like a plan."

He pulled into the parking lot at the boardwalk. He put his arm around her shoulders and they walked up the stairs. Ed stopped in his tracks, making Veronica stop as well.

"Something wrong?"

"SRU's here.." He pointed up front. "If you want to keep me your dirty little secret, we better turn around."

"Greg's not on shift.."

"No, but if anyone sees me with you they'll start asking questions. Your choice, V. What do you want?"

She thought for a second, dirty little secret sounded good to her. "Chinese? There's a good place on Broadway?"

"Sounds good to me."

…

She pulled Ed behind a plant at the Chinese restaurant. "What the.." He looked surprised at her. "What are you doing?"

"This is not our day.." Veronica pointed to the take-out counter. "Greg.."

"Shit, let's get out of here." He took her hand and they practically ran outside. Veronica was about to get into the car when she heard Ed. "Duck." She did as he said when she saw Greg approach the car.

"Hey, Eddie. Going for take-out?"

"I was going to, but when I got here I wasn't in the mood for Chinese anymore."

Greg smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I know what that's like."

"What about you? Going over to Jessie and Veronica?"

"Veronica's staying at a friend's, so we've got the place to ourselves."

Ed nodded. "Nice."

"You got any company?" Greg asked, peering into the car. "Or is there someone waiting for you at home as well?"

"No, no one. Just me.." He looked down for a second, he didn't like lying to his best friend. "Anyway, shouldn't you get going? Food's getting cold."

"Yeah, have a good night buddy."

"Night, Greg." He got into the car and waited until Greg's car was out of sight before opening Veronica's door.

She got inside and looked over at him, she didn't have a chance to say anything because his lips were on hers. She gasped out of surprise, giving him a chance to slip his tongue inside. She gripped his jacket, trying to pull him closer. He moved his seat all the way back and pulled her over the console on top of him. Her mind shot to the backseat, damn Angela. His hand slid from her neck down her back to her ass. She ground into him, making him groan. He pulled back, they were both completely out of breath.

"What did I do to deserve that?" Veronica joked, but her smile faded when she saw his face. "What's wrong?" She gently touched his cheek.

"Nothing." He kissed her again. "How long are we going to run around like this?"

"Like what?"

"I couldn't pick you up at your place, you had to change at Angela's, I'm not going to be able to drop you off at your place. We have to avoid anyone in SRU, your mother.."

"I know.. but I like you too much to have my mom kill you." She smiled again. "That what this is about?"

"I just lied to my best friend."

She nodded and gently kissed him. "I know, I promise you won't have to do that forever.. I just want to give us a fair shot."

"By hiding for everyone?"

"By not starting with death threats." She took a breath. "How about we go to your place? Cook something, watch a movie, eat popcorn?"

"Do I get to kiss you?"

"Definitely."

He helped her back to her seat. "Okay, we have to do some shopping first though.. and I'm cooking."

She smiled at him and nodded. "Sounds like a plan."