Chapter Six:
Chapter Six:
Ground Rules
"Nice job, everybody" Cheryl commended her team. Matt and Emily and the rest of the team had just spend nine extremely long hours trying to talk down two bank robbers who ended up taken hostages once their robbery went wrong. Matt was able to get fifteen of the twenty hostages released but HRT had to be sent in, in order to get the last five hostages out safely. Frank had shot the two robbers but he only wounded them, they were being treated by the medics before being taken into custody. "I need a detailed log of the incident" Cheryl told her two negotiators
"Yeah sure" Emily said
"Can it at least wait until morning?" Matt asked. All he wanted to do now was head home, maybe crack open a beer and if he was lucky he be getting Emily out of those jeans. It had been three days since they had hooked up in the office and neither had a chance to process or discuss it because since than they had been out in the field. In the past three days they had talked down four HT's not including this case. It seems like the vocation was over.
" Yeah and Cheryl, can I assume that if another wrack job decides to take a gun to someone's head you'll be calling in Temple and Binder's team and giving us a break." Frank said
"Is that code for you are hitting Sloans and getting intoxicated so put someone else on duty?" Emily asked Frank rolling her eyes at him. Emily was secretly hoping that Cheryl would officially take them of duty. She loved field work but after basically being in the field for the last three days, she was now exhausted and just wanted to go home and take a hot bubble bath, order take out, crash and not worry that at any second her phone could ring.
Cheryl laughed at her team, "Yes the log can wait until morning Matt and yes Frank all of you are officially off duty. But I want that log as soon as possible tomorrow morning not 5:00 tomorrow evening. Wrap up here and you guys can take off" she told them.
"So are you going to go to Sloans?" Lia asked Emily as they began packing away their equipment.
Emily thought for a moment before answering her friend's question, she looked over towards where Matt was standing talking to Frank. She realized that Sloans wasn't want she wanted to do tonight, she had a better idea. "No I don't think I'm going to bother tonight" She replied.
On the other side of the bus Frank and Matt were having a similar conversation. "Flannery are you coming to Sloans?" Normally Matt wouldn't have had to think about the question whenever the team went to Sloans; Matt was there but not tonight. He looked over at Emily who was chatting with Lia; he had better plans to make tonight.
"Not tonight Rogers" He said. Matt finished what he was doing than he walked over to his partner. "Hey, Lehman you about done here? Matt asked "I'll give you a ride back to your car." This wasn't anything unusual for them; they rode to the scene together so no one would suspect anything.
"Yeah I'm done, let’s go." She answered. "Cheryl, Flannery and I are gone" she called back letting her boss know that they were leaving.
"Night than. See you two in the morning" Cheryl said.
Emily put her kit in the back seat of Matt's Mustang sled into the front seat. "So what are your plans tonight, going to Sloans?" Emily asked as Matt drove off towards headquarters so she could get her car.
"Nah, I have different plans." Matt said
"Oh ok" Emily replied. She was disappointed that he already had plans.
"Yeah with you." he said as he pulled into the underground parking where Emily's car was parked. "Go home, relax for a bit, and pack an overnight bad. I'll txt you with the information in about an hour" he told her
"Sounds great" Emily said as she jumped out of his car and went over to her car and drove home.
An hour later Emily received a txt from Matt saying "Marriot, # 801". Emily grabbed her overnight bag that she had packed earlier and her keys. She got into her car and drove off to the hotel, she couldn't wait to be with Matt again but she also known that they had to have a serious talk about what they were doing here before they both got in over their heads.
Two hours later, Matt and Emily lay holding each other after expressing themselves physically. Matt was just about to fall asleep when Emily plopped herself up and the pillow. "Matt" She whispered
"What?" Matt asked
"I think if we're going to keep doing this than we need to set some ground rules" Emily replied.
"Ok that's very logically of you" he laughed at her. He pulled Emily close to him. "What did you have in mind?
"Rule 1: I like the idea of meeting at hotels instead of each others' place" She said. Emily thought for a second "rule 2: we don't tell anyone."
"Guys don't talk like chicks, I won't say a word, I promise" He said crossing his heart and grinning at her.
"Don't mock me, I'm being serious" Emily said
"Ok sorry continue" Matt said
"Rule 3: No more sex in the office, too risky and we have to act natural. Rule 4: we keep it causal. I think that's it unless you can think of anything?"
"Nope, sounds good to me. Kiss on it" Matt said as he pulled Emily down into a kiss. Shortly afterwards the couple fall asleep holding each other.