A/N Hope I didn't make too many spelling mistakes. Read it a couple of times so I should've fixed most of them. Just one more chapter after this.

She softly pushed him away, trying not to get everyone's attention. "What the hell are you doing?" She stepped away and pulled him just off the dancefloor. She glanced back at Ed to see Spike and Wordy holding him down on his seat, trying to make it seem casual.

"I was kissing you.. or I wanted to."

She shook her head at him. "Are you crazy?"

He looked confused. "Not that I know?"

"I'm with Ed."

"Ed?!" His eyes grew in shock and he looked at his teamleader who was looking very angry. "I had no idea." He raised both of his hands. "I didn't know you were dating anyone, I swear.. I saw you dancing with Sam, Wordy, Spike and Ed.. so I figured.."

She touched his arm, trying to keep him from panicking. "That's okay, don't worry." He nodded, still slightly panicked for Ed's reaction. "Just stay away from Ed until he cools down, he's a little possessive sometimes."

"He should be." He smiled before realizing how that sounded. "Okay, that didn't sound like I meant it. I didn't mean to make it sound so flirtatious.."

She smiled at him. "Don't worry, Nathan. If you don't mind, I'm going to enjoy desert."

"Sure, yes.. thank you for the dance."

She smiled and touched his upper arm. "You're welcome." She walked back to Ed and he got up as she approached.

"You okay?" He touched her cheek and gently kissed her.

She smiled and nodded. "Yeah, are you?"

He glanced over at Nathan. "Yeah."

"Liar. Come on, let's sit down and enjoy desert G-man."

He took her hand and they sat down, he looked at Nathan. "He kissed you.."

"And I told him I was dating you, trust me, he didn't know."

He hadn't turned back to her. "How can you be sure?"

"Because he almost peed his pants when I told him."

He smiled, still looking at Nathan. "Really?"

"Yes, now can you look at me instead of the blond man across the room?"

He turned towards her and kissed her. "Of course."

She pulled her hand loose to grab her fork. She felt his hand on her knee, she glanced over and shook her head in amusement.

…

She took a sip of her champagne but stopped to glare at Ed.

"What?"

"That hand of yours."

He smiled innocently. "What's wrong with it?"

"First it was on my knee and nothing was wrong."

He smiled and nodded, feeling like a teenager. "And now it's a little higher."

"You've reached my underwear, that's not a little higher."

He leaned in closer. "Are you saying you don't like it?" He raised his eyebrows, daring her to lie to him.

"I'm saying if you want to keep it, you should at least lower it a little."

He lowered it until it was at her knee again. "Better?"

"Yes." She finished her dessert. "Come, everyone's standing over there. Let's join them."

"But I like sitting here with you."

She got up and pulled him up too. "Come on, let's socialize."

"Fine, but just so you know. After I drive you home.."

"Yeah yeah, you're going to take me in a manly fashion."

He smiled and nodded. "Hey guys." He smiled at the group as he and Veronica walked up to them.

Wordy smiled at him. "Hey Ed, Veronica. Want a drink?"

"One coke, one diet."

Wordy nodded and handed them their drinks.

"Hey Nathan." Veronica smiled at him as he approached, he was clearly a little afraid of Ed.

"Hey, Veronica." He then smiled at Ed. "Hey, Ed."

Ed just nodded at Nathan and put his arm around Veronica's shoulder, glaring at the younger man.

She smiled at this very jealous and possessive display of affection. "Did you like dinner, Nathan?" That earned her a glare from Ed. "What, I'm not allowed to ask him if he liked dinner?"

He lowered his voice so that Nathan couldn't hear him. "He tried to kiss you..'

"And I'm sure the fact that I'm dating you put the fear of god in him." She turned back to Nathan. "So, how was dinner?"

Nathan glanced at Ed, who looked back impassively. "It was good."

"Good, so are all of you looking forward to your vacation?" She asked, looking around the group. "Just two more weeks."

"Yeah, me and Lew are going to Barbados." Spike smiled at her. "Jules and Sam are going to some cabin in the woods. Sarge is taking his honeymoon, what about you guys?"

Veronica smiled. "Oh, we're.." She stopped when Ed squeezed her shoulder. "Not telling?" She looked Ed who shook his head. "We're not telling." She told Spike.

"Ah, come on.."

Greg walked up to them to say goodnight.

"Sarge, where are Veronica and Ed going on vacation?"

"They're not." Greg said, not noticing the look he was getting from Ed. "They're moving in together, so they need to do some stuff."

Veronica laughed and Greg turned around to see Ed's face.

"Oh, was that some kind of secret?"

Veronica shook her head. "It's fine, Greg. Just for some reason I wasn't allowed to tell."

"You're moving in together?" Jules asked excited.

Veronica and Ed nodded, Veronica smiled at the look on Ed's face.

"That's great!"

"Yeah Ed," Wordy was already smiling at his own joke. "Glad you finally found someone who can stand to be around for more than a day." He looked at Veronica. "We can't do it."

Veronica kept smiling at the look on Ed's face. "I sure hope he'll be around for more than a day." She squeezed his hand, making him look at her before quickly kissing him. "Just make sure he doesn't get shot again, or you'll have to answer to me."

"Trust me." Jules said. "You don't want that, she'll call or text you every 5 minutes."

Greg looked at her. "You knew?" He then looked at Ed.

Veronica nodded. "She caught us, making out. So.. yeah.. kinda obvious. And then he got shot.." She shook her head, not wanting to think about it. "Anyway, don't let him get shot again. I'll have each and every one of your heads."

…

Veronica was in the kitchen, getting everything ready for dinner. Her team usually didn't get there until half an hour before opening, but she'd always liked to be early.

"Hey Maria!" Veronica yelled as she saw her walk through the front door. She walked from the kitchen. "How are you doing today?"

"Good, you're earlier than usual."

"I know, but Ed had to work so I was home by myself.. thought I could get some stuff done here."

Maria smiled. "Yeah, how's that working out? Living together with the cop? What is it, two weeks now?"

"Yeah, almost three. It's good," She smiled brightly. "Now I know I'll see him every day, no matter how late either of us get's out of work."

Maria nodded."That's good. Maybe you should stay a little less late sometimes. Now you've got someone to go home to."

Veronica laughed. "Yeah, probably."

A man entered. Maria turned towards him. "Oh, sir, we're not open yet."

"I just need to talk to Jennifer."

"I'm afraid she's not here."

"Where is she?"

Maria shook her head. "I don't know."

He pulled a gun. "I said, where is she?" He pointed the gun at Veronica.