Catch Me If You Can

Chapter 21 Lie

 
A/N: decided to publish this one a little early since so many people like this story. Enjoy!

"Kass.. say something love." Rogers said, he had broken away from the kiss and Kassidy was staring at him like a deer in the headlights.
"I.. that.." Kassidy stuttered out.
"I'm sorry I've been wanting to do that for weeks, maybe I should have wait-" Rogers couldn't even get the full sentence out before Kassidy tugged him back to her lips by the lapels of his jacket. She pulled away breathlessly.
"I'm..kind of bad with words." She said. Rogers smiled.
"Can we go in now?" He asked.
"You wuss." Kassidy laughed and took his hand walking up to the front door with him.
"Hey, some of us are not used to spending hours at a time in cold weather."
"And to think I used to do it with shorts." Kassidy smirked. Rogers unlocked the door and opened it leading her inside.
"I'm going to make some tea, would you like some?" Rogers asked.
"Yeah, sure. Just let me go get into something more comfortable." Kassidy smiled and walked into her room.

Kassidy returned to the living room in her favorite pair of lounge pants and a tee shirt.
"Better?" Rogers asked from the couch.
"God yes, I thought my eyes were going to bug out those jeans were squeezing me so tight." She said and plopped down on the couch next to him and leaned forward picking up her mug of tea. She leaned back and tucked her legs under her and sipped at her tea.
"So.." Rogers said as he set his mug down on the coffee table and leaned back.
"So..what?" Kassidy asked.
"Where do we go from here?" Rogers asked.
"Where do you want to go?"
"I would like to see where this goes but only if you want that to."
"I do." Kassidy replied and smiled nervously.
"You seem nervous." Rogers observed.
"I..well, I am." Kassidy said and put her mug on the coffee table next to his and pulled her legs to her chest and rested her chin on them.
"Why are you nervous?" Rogers asked.
"You just seem like a very nice guy. You know..stable, with your head on your shoulders and..that is everything I'm not. I mean.. I used to sleep with people just to piss of my Dad, My first real relationship came out of making out with Will in the back of a cop car, for christ sake." Kassidy sighed. "Everything with Will was chaos. We never had this conversation we just kind of exploded into a relationship, and for a couple years it was me and him against the world and then all of a sudden he was here one day gone the next and I want someone like you, someone who I know is coming home at the end of the day but.. You are way too good for me James. You deserve better than some used up, homeless girl." Kassidy said and looked down.
"Hey.. you are not just some used up homeless girl Kass."
"Then what would you call me?" Kassidy asked.
"You're beautiful, you're incredible, You are funny and you have just the right amount of crazy, You don't give damn what anyone thinks of you and you march to the beat of a different drum and those are just some of the things I love about you." Rogers smiled and leaned forward wiping a tear from Kassidy's cheek.
"I'm a flight risk James.." Kassidy warned.
"You just need someone who can keep you grounded." Rogers replied.
"And you think that's you?" Kassidy asked.
"Well, I did say I like a challenge." Rogers chuckled. "I know you have every reason to get up and leave, to run because it's what you know, but if there is one thing inside of you telling you to stay. Please..listen to it. I promise you, you will never have to worry about whether or not I am going to be here when you wake up. Well.. maybe, I mean you do sleep until noon sometimes and I do have to work." Rogers said and cracked a smile. Kassidy laughed a little and pushed his shoulder.
"So you really want to do this?" Kassidy asked. "The cop and the criminal?"
"Yes, I do want to do this and I see criminals every day Kass you are not a criminal." Rogers smirked. "A chaotic little mischief maker, but not a criminal."
Kassidy gave him a sly smile.
"That was not an open invitation to become a criminal." Rogers said. "I don't want to have to arrest you, again."
"Are you sure detective?" Kassidy asked and quirked a brow and bit her lip. Rogers cursed under his breath as he felt his cheeks heat up. Why did she always have to say something to make him blush?
"Relax detective, I was kidding. Unless kinky handcuff play is your thing." Kassidy quipped.
"It's not, unless you ask nicely." Rogers fired back this time making Kassidy blush.
"Payback." He chuckled.
"You are learning." Kassidy smiled. "So what happens now?" She asked.
"Right now? I think I'm about to head to bed." Rogers said. "I have an early shift tomorrow."
"Bed? Now?" Kassidy asked almost confused she wasn't used to this. Usually nights like this ended with sex, however Rogers was unlike anyone she had ever been with. Rogers looked at her worried expression.
"Oh..were you.. You were expecting.."
Kassidy nodded.
"No.. no. It may not be your first time, but it will be your first time with me, and I want it to be perfect. I'm not a one and done kind of guy." Rogers smiled. "I want to show you, how you should have been treated."
Kassidy felt herself blushing again. She looked up at him and smiled.
"Okay." She said softly. "Goodnight then?"
Rogers leaned in and pecked her on the lips.
"Goodnight love."