AN: Happy CPD Day! So you all get two chapters in one post. I am playing with time a bit. You can assume this story took place some time after the first episode. I just had to use the bet in this. Had to! LOL! Enjoy!

Fettucine Alfredo

Well, my plan had been to find Adam. That turned out to be harder than I thought. The bastard had already left for the day by the time I got up to the bullpen. Seriously? The man claims to love me and doesn't even send me a text message to say "Hey Honey. I'm going to head back to my apartment and get dinner on my own tonight." If the man wanted to be married, he sure as hell wasn't starting off great. I know. I know. I'm over reacting. It wasn't like I was being the loving wife. Ugh. I'm freaking out again.

I push open my door and plan on taking a long bath to try and decompress when I notice the noise. I shut the door and realize that I can hear someone in my kitchen. Right before I go to take my gun out, I look to the table next to the door and I see it. Adam's keys are sitting there with his sunglasses. His boots are shoved underneath the table. I drop my bag next to his boots and make my way to the kitchen. Looking inside, I just shake my head. He already has a bottle of wine open and he is actually cooking. The one thing that he knows how to cook. I can't help but smile. He turns around now and looks at me.

"Welcome home."

"How did you get in here?"

"I took your spare key this morning."

"Why?"

"Well, I needed a way to get in here. I mean we are married and I left my suitcase. You, my beautiful wife, need to come taste this for me. Does it need anything?"

He is holding a spoon now with some of the sauce in it and he is waiting for me. I let out my held breath in submission and walk over to him. I take a taste from the spoon and I swear my eyes want to roll back in my head. He's been working on that recipe. If he is thinking that he can make me keep him this way…. well, I would say that he might be on to something.

"That good?"

I open my eyes and lick the remaining sauce off my lips. I barely have a chance to nod my yes to him before he is kissing me. His arms are wrapping around my waist and I unconsciously have done the same to his neck. What is he doing to me? I can feel him go to lift me up off my feet and my brain finally kicks back in. I pull back and look down at him.

"Wait."

He is already shaking his head.

"Why?"

"We need to talk about things."

"Over dinner."

"Well, you need to finish cooking then."

"It's done. It can be reheated."

"No. Eat. Talk. Now."

Adam narrows his eyes at me and then slowly begins to lower me back down. I swear he is doing it on purpose so I regret my decision. Damn him. I do regret my decision. The man made me dinner. As my feet touch the floor, I pull down on his shoulders to pull his lips back to mine. Apparently, I did not have to encourage him much. He is far from slow and controlled this time. I am immediately up in his arms and he is heading for the door way to the hallway. I am looking back towards the stove and realize that he has left the burner on.

"Stove."

I get no reply, but Adam does back up and turn enough so he can see to turning the burners off. I pull back to go to say something about being glad that we didn't set the apartment on fire, but he doesn't give me a chance to speak. The soft warm touch of his lips on my neck causes any thought to flee my mind. I've missed this. I've missed his touch. I've missed how the world just falls away when we are together. I've missed him. It's one of the things that I've been fighting. One of the things that I haven't wanted to admit. I've missed him. I can't tell him. I don't have the words. I just grasp his shoulder and his hair and hold him to me as he continues to walk us towards the bedroom. Once we reach the room and we are falling back onto the bed, I realize something. I'm still hopelessly in love with him. And there isn't a damn thing I can do about it.

Simply Irresistible

Hmmmm…. I'm so relaxed right now. If I was a cat, I would be purring. I'm lying on my stomach and I begin to stretch some as Adam continues to lightly trace shapes on my back. I turn my head so I look at him and I can't help but smile. He looks so happy right now. He begins to focus his fingers on my tattoo. He traces each bird and then his finger lands on the words. I know exactly where they are since some of the letters hurt like a bitch since they went over the bone. He looks me right in the eye and I know what he wants to know. I look away slightly and then back towards him.

"I got it a month ago."

Adam's forehead pulls together and I know that he can't understand the timing. I pull my pillow to my chest so I can lie on it while I explain.

"After everything that happened. After Roman left. I got it as a reminder."

At Roman's name, I could feel Adam's finger stop and he starts to pull his hand away.

"So I would never make that mistake again."

Adam pauses and goes back to looking me straight in the eye. I take a moment because it is going to take all the courage I have to admit this. To admit how deeply he has my heart.

"I wanted to remind myself that if I was really in love that it would scare me, but make me feel like I was flying. Love should never feel like a bad idea. I wanted to remember you. How I felt with you. So, I got the tattoo and took a vow."

"What vow?"

I shake my head. Nope, he's got to give up something.

"You first. Why the addition? The part about living for today."

Adam swallows and then begins to massage the muscles on my back. I figure he is trying to stay connected to me and buying himself time.

"I got it after Justin died. Seeing what Voight went through. I mean Justin's younger than I am. He left that little boy behind. His wife. He had turned his life around. I stuck my foot in my mouth with Voight, but it just made me realize something. I've been dreaming about this life I want…"

He let the statement die off, but I thought I knew where he was going.

"You needed to remember to live it."

Adam nodded back to me and I felt in that moment that some pieces were finally coming into place. I pushed up off my stomach and leaned into his chest. I lightly kissed his lips and let the soft caress of them against mine ignite that fire between us again. Adam had rolled over on top of me when he pulled back.

"You said something about taking a vow."

My brain was so blissfully blank that it took me a minute to process what he had said. Then I could feel my cheeks redden.

"Um… I kind of swore off men."

Adam cocked an eyebrow at me.

"Oh really?"

"For six months."

Adam starts laughing.

"Well, Darlin' you have failed miserably then."

I am now biting at my lip as I realize something.

"Yeah. I owe Tay a hundred bucks."

"What?"

"She bet I couldn't last thirty days."

Adam is smiling now. A full on ear to ear smile.

"I'm glad I was the one to make you break…"

I'm just rolling my eyes now. Smug bastard.

"I guess I should pay for half of it then. Since it was my fault…"

Now I'm the one raising the eyebrow.

"Since I'm so irresistible."

Oh, that's it. I try to shove Adam off of me, but he just starts to tickle my sides. I'm laughing so hard, he has absolutely no trouble getting his lips right next to my ear. On that spot that drives me crazy. Oh, I don't think we are going to be eating dinner tonight.