~Lassiter's POV~

It was around two in the morning when we Dominique and I finally stopped having sex. It's been so long for since I have sex with anyone, I actually forgot how amazing it feels. Each round was better than the last. As I laid in bed, I was staring up at the ceiling and I thank God himself for this night. After a minutes, my harsh breathing finally returned to normal. That's when I realized how thirsty I was.

"Hey, Sweetie, I'm going to grab a drink. Would you like one?"

I waited for an answer. Nothing.

"Sweetie?"

I looked over at Dominique. She was fast asleep. I couldn't help but smile. I leaned over and kissed her on the forehead. Then I rolled off of the bed. Once I grabbed a clean pair of boxers, I got up to go to the kitchen. Before I left the room, I stopped to look at Dominique, my princess, one more time. She is so beautiful when she's asleep. Her long, brown hair is messy and spread out everywhere. She was laying on her back but she then rolled over and hugged my pillow. That's fine, though. She can have it.

"I'll be right back, my princess."

This was the happiest night of my life! I hummed the whole way to the kitchen. I opened the fridge, grabbed my drink, and took a long slow drink of the cold and bitter liquid.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

"Lassie! Lassie! Are you ok? Speak to me Lassie, bark if you have to!"

Spencer, what the hell? The violent knocking continued until I ran to the front door. I only prayed that Dominique didn't wake up. Once there, I nearly ripped the door open to see,..

"Spencer! Guster! O'Hara? Henry!? McNab!? What the hell are you guys doing here!?"

Everyone stopped, whatever they was doing, to eye my nearly nude body up and down.

"Wow. That is a lot more of Lassie than I ever wanted to see. Gus, make an appointment for an eye doctor because, I desperately need my eyes cut out."

Suddenly Henry pushed past me along with the others, making their way into my living room. I shut the door and rushed in to find everyone was looking around my house.

"Spencer, what the hell are all of you doing in my house?"

I forced myself to whisper as I shouted at the group of people intruding in my house and life. Suddenly, they all looked at me once more, except for O'Hara who tried to look anywhere but me. The older Spencer walked closer to me with his hands up, as if he was trying to comfort me.

"Carlton, listen to me. The station got a call from a scared couple who heard the sounds of a woman screaming in this house."

"So naturally, we thought of you", Spencer interrupted.

"Shut it Shawn! Now Lassiter, we need to know, did something happen here with that Dominique girl?"

I could feel my face flush, not just because I knew what happened to Dominique but, I was the one that was doing it to her.

"I-I, well we um, I don't have to explain myself to you! Now get out!"

I turned on my heels and made my way to the front door to let these idiots, plus O'Hara, out of my house.

"Carlton, what the happened to you back", O'Hara yelled.

I turned to looked at O'Hara who was covering her mouth. Fear was clear in her eyes. I tried to look at my back but I ended up spinning in a circle a couple of times without success.

"What's wrong with my back", I was confused.

"Dude, it's looks like you got attacked by a savage raccoon. That or a new undiscovered mafia made of kittens used your back as a scratching post. Most of your back is covered in blood."

I stared at the group in disbelief as they stared back. O'Hara then pulls out her gun.

"Nobody attacks my partner and gets away with it. Search the house!"

"Wait a second", I yelled.

No one was listening to me as they spread out. I watched as McNab stayed in the living room to look around, Spencer and Gus went straight for my kitchen, O'Hara took the bathroom, and Henry was heading for my bedroom.

"Henry, stop!"

It was too late. Once I yelled out that sentence, everyone rushed to my room. Once they was inside of my bedroom, all eyes fell on my sleeping, beautiful princess. There she was on her side and was cuddling my big white pillow. The pillow was just barely big enough to covered her chest. There was only one sheet that was left on the bed and it was the only sheet that covered Dominique's lower bikini area. Looking at her again, I finally notice that she was laying next to the a large, dried up blood stain on the sheets. When the hell did that happen? I looked over at my princess as I watch her begin to spur in her sleep but never opening her eyes.

"Dominique", Henry nearly yelled.

"Carlton", Dominique began to spur.

"Dominique, this is Henry Spencer. I'm a retired cop and I'm here to help. Are you alright?"

Everyone leaned in closer as she spoke in such a gentle voice, it almost couldn't be heard.

"No, not again, Love. I'm too tired to have sex again; seven times is enough. Sleepy bye now."

She pulled the pillow closer and nuzzled her face into it such a cute way before falling back into a deeper sleep. I smiled at the angel on my bed. She is the cutest thing that I've ever seen.

"Ok, Princess. You go sleepy bye while I get these nasty, noisy, people out of my house", I made sure to speak softly to her.

Though she was asleep, I blew Dominique a kiss as I push everyone else out of my bedroom and into my living room.

"There, as you can see I'm fine and so is Dominique. And before you say anything, yes, we had sex. And it was fantastic to. So you can let all those pervy eavesdroppers know that the screaming they heard was in fact the beautiful music of love making."

"Love making? Lassiter, the last time I did love making, the bed room didn't look like a crime scene", Henry pointed out.

Gus leaned in closer, "And correct me if I'm wrong but did she say seven times in a row?"

I felt my blush returning once more.

"Yeah, so what? I'm out of practice so don't judge me! It's been awhile for me and despite what you all may think, I don't get a lot of action."

"Oh Lassie, we think a lot of unpleasant things about you. But never that knowing about your sex life was something that I was completely happy with. I want to smash my head in with a rock just so I can forgot everything, ever", Spencer said.

"Wow Sir, six times? Can you let me in on your secret because my anniversary is coming up and I really want to make my wife happy."

"Get out of my house McNab. Everyone, get out!"

To my relief, no one said a thing as they marched out of my front door. I went back into the kitchen, finished my beer, and went back into my room. I could see Dominique was still asleep, only now, she was laying on her other side, still cuddling that big white pillow. I flipped the lights off and walked over to the bed without making a noise and climbed in. I pulled the sheet up and covered both of us. I slid my arm up and under Dominique's neck as I wrapped my other arm around her waist and held her body firmly against mine. I then closed my eyes to inhaled deeply the sweet mixed scent of sweat and lavender that came from Dominique's hair.

"Thank you."

My eyes suddenly opened after Dominique spoke in her sleep again.

"For what?"

"For making me the happiness woman on Earth."

She's thanking me? No. I need to be thanking her. 24 hours ago I believed that all romance was doomed to die in travesty, like a brand new, cherry red, Lamborghini that gets blown up to bits all because of some ass hole decides to lite a cigarette at the gas station. However, after being with Dominique, the scene in my mind was changing. Now I can actually imagine the Lamborghini making a clean get away right before the gas station and everyone there gets blown up. Now I finally imagine me driving that Lamborghini and there's Dominique at my side. We drive off into the sunset, hand in hand. Yes, I can imagine it all. I began to feel this unusual pull in my heart, something I've felt only once before; not with Barbara, Lucinda, not even Victoria. This feeling was much different with Dominique than it was with any of my past lovers. It felt much stronger. It felt a lot warmer. It made me feel so safe yet, at the same time, I felt really scared. I held Dominique a little tighter as this new emotion began to progress. I'd give anything to make time freeze right now, just so I can hold Dominique in my arms forever, just so I could keep this feeling like forever.

"Thank you, Dominique."

"For what, Love?"

"For making me fall in love."

She didn't say anything. She turned her head long enough to kiss me. Then, she turned back around and snuggled closer to me. I know that she's sleep talking, and sleep kissing. I also know that she won't remember any of this when she wakes up and if the guys know what's good for them, they won't tell her either. But above all else, this is the woman that I want to spend the rest of my life with.