Hook and Tinkerbell: A Wish Realm/Hyperion Heights Love Story

Chapter 31: Distractions

The next morning Jade is jarred awake from her first nightmare-less sleep in years by her alarm going off. She attempts to reach over to turn it off but she is trapped by a strong arm holding her close. She carefully looks over her shoulder to see who the arm is attached to - a moment of panic having set in. She sighs when she sees Colin in her bed.

"Are you going to turn that blasted alarm off or not?" he mumbles.

She chuckles softly and says, "Well I would but someone won't let go of me."

"Sorry," he says and loosens his hold on her.

She reaches over and turns off the alarm and once it's silent, he pulls her back to him. He kisses her shoulder and neck several times in a row - hoping she'll turn over so he can kiss her lips. She struggles silently, wanting to give in to her inner desires and turn over and kiss him senseless and so much more, but knowing that they shouldn't. After a few more moments of the sweet torture of his kisses, she gives in and rolls over to face him.

"Thought you were never gonna turn over love," he murmurs against her lips. She sighs as his lips touch hers and she gives in to his kisses. He pulls her body tight against his as he deepens their kiss.

They kissed for several minutes before Jade broke it off and gently pushed Colin back a little. "So shall we go and get our run in?" she asks him.

"You're really dedicated to running aren't you?" he asks, trying desperately to hide his disappointment that she doesn't wish to continue what they had been doing.

"That I am. And if you'll recall, we're taking things slow, remember," she says.

"I do remember, but you can't blame a man for hoping can you," he said to her.

"No I guess I can't," she said, chuckling. "But seriously, I'm getting up for my run. Your choice as to whether or not you join me." She disentangled herself from his arms and the bedsheets and got up and walked into the bathroom.

As she closed the door, he sighed and called out, "I'm going to go get my running gear at my place. Be back in 15." He got up and grabbed his clothes and went to his apartment to get his running clothes on.

When he came back, Jade was in the kitchen starting the coffee machine. "Coffee before running? Doesn't seem like a good idea," he remarks.

She laughed and said, "No. I start it before I run, that way it's ready when I get back."

"Ah that makes more sense," he said, "You ready?"

She nods and they head off on their run. When they get back, they go to their own apartments to get ready for work. Colin, being a guy, is ready before Jade is and heads back to her apartment to wait for her, and steal a cup of coffee.

Jade walks into her kitchen with her empty coffee mug in her hand to find Colin drinking the last of her coffee. He says, "Don't worry I made more. I'm not insane enough to deprive you of coffee."

She nods and walks over to him and says, "You'll just have to share until it's ready then." He hands her the coffee mug and she takes a couple of sips. The fresh coffee is ready a few moments later and they each pour a travel mug of coffee and gather their keys, phones, and guns and head out the door.

Once on the street, Jade looks for her car. Colin chuckles and says, "I drove you home last night, remember. You were too tired to drive. Your car is still parked across from the station."

Embarrassed, Jade says, "Oh yeah. Thanks for that." Then she follows him to his car.

A few minutes later, they arrive at the station and go to their office and start looking at the crime scene photos and forensic reports that came in overnight from the bakery. A short time later, Jade excuses herself to go get more coffee for herself and Rogers.