Tara turned away from Bobby, self consious about how loudly she had said Stanley's name. Hearing his voice sent a wave of fear through her and she wasn't sure why.

"Tara? Are you still there?"

"Oh, um yes."

"How are you?"

I was doing fine, She thought but instead said, "I'm okay. How about you?"

"I'm doing good. Really good."

"Good."

"Tara.. I think we need to talk."

"Can we do this some other time? I have company."

"Oh, Yes, I'm sorry I should have asked. Tara, just wait one moment. I'm coming to Washington and I need to speak to you about something."

"You're coming here?" She asked, an odd squeak to her voice. Bobby, who was recklessly pacing in the front hallway stopped suddenly and looked at Tara.

"Yes. Is there a problem with that?"

"No Its just.. Are you being sent here?"

"No. I'm coming on my vacation. Like I said, we need to talk."

"Ya, I guess we do."

"Okay."

"Okay."

"Then I'll see you tomorrow."

"You're coming tomorrow?!" She asked again, and this time Bobby stepped forward, fully prepared to grab the phone away from her.

"Tara, please.."

"Okay, I'm sorry. Alright, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay."

"Bye."

"Bye." Tara practically threw the phone down and rested on her arms and released a long sigh. Bobby felt so sorry for her, though he wasn't sure why.

"So Stan the Man's coming down?" She nodded, though she didn't look up. "Oh. Well maybe I should go." Instead of denying it, Tara nodded, her shoulders shaking from the emotions that were welling within her. Bobby turned to go but decided not to. Instead he walked to her and pulled her into his arms. She cried against his chest as she clung to him. He wasn't sure what had made his love so upset but he was going to get to the bottom of it.

Tracy - I just caught up and this is awesome!!!!!!

I can't wait for more!!!!

Em

His love? How sweet...
Uh-oh. Stan the Man could be in trouble...

Ornella

After Tara had dried her tears, Bobby told her that she should stay home. He would go back to the bullpen. But, of course, being Tara she refused.

"What's wrong?" He asked, sitting her down upon the couch. She shrugged.

"I don't know. I just.. I feel alone."

"Alone? But I'm right here." She smiled.

"That's not really what I mean. I don't even know what I mean."

"Sure you do." He said, quietly coaxing the words out of her as he rubbed her cheek with his thumb. Her breath came out as a shiver as she started.

"Bobby, you know me. Why don't men like me?" He almost choked.

"Ahem, what?"

"You know. Why don't men.. why don't they find me attractive?"

"Tara, you are one of the most beautiful woman I have ever met. You are kind and gentle and you're simply amazing. Any man who would pass you up must be insane." She gave a smile at his confessions.

"Is that how you feel Bobby?" She asked going out on a limb. Bobby stared at her in silence. Her cheek was burning from his touch, yet the begged him to not stop. After a moment of staring into her eyes, he nodded slowly. Tara let out the breath she hadn't realized she had been holding.

"Tara, I.. I think you're an amazing woman." Idiot, he thought to himself for not saying I love you.

"You're an amazing man Agent Manning." The way in which she said his name pierced his heart. He would have liked nothing more then to pull her to him and take captive her lips with his but instead, he dropped his hand.

"I should get back." He said quietly.

"Ya, me too."

"Are you sure?" She nodded and he knew nothing would stop Tara Williams from doing anything so he didn't even attempt to. He simple smiled as she made her way to the bathroom.

ACK! Bobby, you're turning into a Jack!

Ornella

Two great posts to catch up on!



Feeling the same way.



Ok, so he's taken a page out of Jack's guide to beating around the bush! Well, he didn't come right out and declare his love for her, but I'd still say it was progress!

Grrr....come on they were so close again... I am in this mode until you give me a fuzzie that doesnt go sour!

These FBI guys are all frustrating!!!

Joy

Has Bobby been taking Jack-lessons?

I'm enjoying this story. Love "Joseph" LOL

Ugh! FBI guys are impossible. First Jack, now Bobby? Whose next? Myles? Is that even possible?

caught up again taras lovely
bobby your getting very much like jack,and why does tara
get this weird feeling about stanley more soon please Lin

Bobby had his eyes trained on Tara everytime she made any type of move. He would glance up from his paperwork and see her staring at her computer screen as if nothing had happened back at her apartment.. but something did happen. He shook his head, trying to get rid of the feelings that were clouding his thoughts. She moved again, he glanced up.

"You planning on getting that report done or are you just going to keep staring at the door?" Myles asked, being kind enough not to say 'staring at Tara'. Tara glanced up and smiled then turned back to her own papers.

"Jack?" She suddenly said, breaking through the silence. Jack looked up.

"Ya?"

"We've got new information."

"Shoot."

"Mr. Taylor is gone."

"What do you mean gone?" Bobby asked, looking directly at her without an excuse.

"Exactly what it sounds like. Neighbours say he was packing up his car this morning and then left around 10."

"What time is it now?" Sue asked, looking to Jack.

"11. Did S.O.G. say anything?"

"Ya, they just sent me a video. Here." An image appeared on the screen. "This is of him earlier. Packing." Jack shook his head.

"Now why in the world would he want to skip town?"

"Unless he had something to hide." Bobby volunteered and Jack nodded.

Very interesting!!!

Joy

Hmmm... I wonder what that guy is up to!



That was actually nice of Myles!

- Not a post -

I just wanted to send out an apology for if I ever make a mistake and mix my cases together.. I have currently two cases going on in "Take Your Sweet Time" and then this one so if I suddenly say something about the kidnapping in Take Your Sweet Time or something about terrorism or druggies in this one, I apologize

Thankyou for reading and Im sorry all my stories are in a slump right now

Tracy

First... Bobby!!!!!

Second... What is this guy up to?

More please!

Em

Don't worry, Tracy. You're doing a great job! Well... three great jobs!

Ornella

I thankyou all so much for reading and leaving such wonderful comments.. I feel I owe it to all of you to give you a fuzzy.. any objections?

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Bobby and Tara walked silently to her house. It felt like deja-vu; going to her house, having Stanley call, waiting for the chance to tell her his feelings. The memories of earlier that day flooded his mind and he frowned.

"Are you okay?" She asked, noticing his frown. He immediately lifted his brow.

"Ya, I'm fine."

"You don't seem like it. You've been tense all day."

'That's a good sign,' He thought to himself. 'That means she's been looking at me.'

"No I haven't."

"Yes you have. I saw you.."

"Me what?" He asked, stopping her in her tracks when he stood infront of her. She stopped and looked up into his eyes.

"Bobby.." She glanced down then back up. "Would you like to come in? It's cold." She pointed to her door and gave a weak smile. He nodded as she turned to unlock her door then allowed them in. She immediately turned on the light, put her keys on the counter, then shrugged off her coat and scarf. "Can I take that for you?" She asked, motioning to his jacket.

"Oh, no I'm fine."

"Are you sure?" He nodded.

"Okay." She hung up her coat then turned back to him.

"You wanna talk?" He asked, attempting to keep the oncoming frown off his face. She nodded slowly then walked to the couch with him following behind.

"I just.. I don't know. I feel so tired of being me."

"Why?" Bobby asked, careful not to be to intent of she might just spill everything about the female mind - and that was not on his agenda.

"I don't know. I feel like as soon as me and Stanley got close, we drifted apart. That's happened so many times that.. I just feel like I can't do it anymore. Maybe I should just stop."

"Stop what?"

"Dating. Throwing myself into the deepend when I'm not sure if I can swim." Bobby moved himself closer beside her.

"Tara, listen to me. You're beautiful. Any man that tosses you aside doesn't know what he's doing. I think any man would be lucky to have you by his side. I know I would be." She nodded slowly, erasing a tear that was attempting to fall.

"Then why can't everyone be like you?"

"Not everyone is and sometimes thats just reality." He hated the fact that she didn't say thankyou for being you but instead 'why cant everyone be like me.' He sighed.

"I don't like reality." She shrugged and smiled.

"You wanna know something?" She looked up to him as he laid an arm behind her. "When I was younger, there was this woman I loved but I never knew if she loved me. She was very beautiful, very bouncy.. An all around fun woman to be around." Tara nodded as she leaned her head against his chest. "One day, I got really close to telling that woman how I felt but then, her ex-boyfriend called. You wanna talk about not knowing what to say." She nodded again, though this time it was slower as if she was trying to figure out what time period this was in. "Finally, I had her right where I wanted her. In my arms; comforting, consoling. And you know what?" She shook her head and looked up. "I loved her but I was so stupid that I didn't tell her. Instead, I told her a cheesy story." She smiled but it quickly turned into a frown.

"Bobby.. You just.. that's us." She looked utterly confused as he shook his head, clarifying her thoughts. "Are you serious?" He shrugged.

"Well, if I knew the woman liked me back I might not have to say so many cheesy stories." She giggled then turned away.

"Bobby, I really like you too."

"Really?" She nodded.

"I always wanted to tell you that you were a great friend but with Darcy around I thought you might take it the wrong way." He shook his head.

"But Darcy's been gone for a long time." She shrugged.

"I always used that as my excuse." She smiled. "Isn't it funny how one second you're talking like we are a story and now.. We're living it." He gave a full dimpled smile.

"Who's complaining." He dipped down and their lips met. Tara closed her eyes and leaned against him, feeling his heart pounding. She loved the sensation a simple brush of his lips felt over hers. Truly magical.

cath

Bobby sure knows how to recover from stupid moments!

Em

That was great! I just loved it!



And no, no objections to fuzzies ..... ever!





Bobby seemed like he was walking a tight-rope with this one.


That was just the cutest, sweetest thing! How can anyone not love Bobby?!

Jack was walking along side Sue in the park on the way to her house. She had said one simple phrase but it had set his heart and mind spinning.

"You're a really great guy, Jack Hudson."

She had said it in regards to the fact that he had told her about how a dog he once owned got hurt and he nursed it back to health. A silly story but it felt fitting since Levi was walking with them.

"Jack are you okay?" Sue asked, looking to the handsome man beside her. He glanced up then resumed his position on the ground.

"Ya, I'm fine, why?"

"You just seemed distant."

"Oh. Sorry." He gave a crooked smile and she looked away. Another one of those and she couldn't take this walk without giving him a goodnight kiss. She couldn't believe how foolish she was acting. So absurd, she thought to herself. "Are you okay?" She shrugged.

"I guess so. I'm just thinking."

"Ya, that seems to be a pretty good part of your day." He said with another smile.

'Darn, now I have to kiss him,' She thought and giggled at it. He looked up to her.

"What?"

"Oh nothing, I was just.. thinking about something." She chuckled again but turned away so that he couldn't see her red cheeks. He gently touched her shoulder and she looked back.

"Sue, are you doing anything for Valentine's Day? I mean are you going out with.. Joseph?" She smiled.

"Well for one thing Valentine's Day is about a month away so I haven't really planned it but.. I don't know. And to answer your second question, I'm probably not going to spend my entire Valentine's Day with him. Just a big part of it." He gave a crooked smile only this one was sorrowful. "How about you?" She asked, quickly trying to shift the conversation. He shrugged.

"Same. I haevn't really thought about it. So is this Joseph guy a nice guy?" She smiled again.

"Ya, he's really nice." Jack looked away and Sue wondered if she was pushing him too much - maybe she was pushing him away. "But he's not as nice as some people I know." He looked back and she could have sworn she saw a glimpse of hope in his eyes before he blinked it away.

"Oh?"

"Ya, but he can be kinda whiney and demanding." At that, Levi growled and Sue laughed. Jack chuckled.

"I guess he likes Joseph."

"Oh he likes him more then you could ever imagine." She couldn't help but hold in her laugh at her own humour but Jack wasn't quite as amused.

I'm impressed that Tara caught on to Bobby's story!! A very magical moment!!!

Sue, I think you should give Jack a break and let him know there isn't a Joseph!! He's going to stop trying soon if you don't!!!

Joy

Poor Jack... He has no idea he's being played

Em

Loved Bobby's cheesy story! A little but very effective!

Poor Jack! Sue, you're a cruel woman! But you're right... this is just too funny!

Ornella

Tracy, that was great! I laughed so hard!



What a problem to have!


"

Poor Levi! Is it his fault he has good self-esteem?!

And poor Jack...this is torture.

Poor Jack! I wonder when he's going to see the light?

AAAAAHHH Lin

She is just bainting Jack but for Bobby and Tara!

i'm with joy, i think if she keps this up he'll back off thinking she's happy with joseph

cath

The next morning, Bobby saw Tara walking towards the bullpen and he did a dead stop.

"Woah, hey buddy." He heard from behind him.

"Sorry mate." He said to a random man who had crashed into his large form. The man nodded then walked past him and out of site. Several thoughts were brought to life.

'Should I talk to her about last night? I'm not ashamed of it but.. Am I?' He shook his head, attempting to clear the fog as he started walking from the elevators to the bullpen. He stopped at the entrance and looked in. Jack was sitting at his desk, talking on the phone; smiling. Sue was looking at Jack and Tara was busying herself by organizing a bunch of mixed up papers. He glanced to Myles who was sitting at their desk, impatiently tugging at a pen lid. He smiled at that. Jack glanced up and after seeing Bobby he smiled then stood and grabbed his coat. Bobby walked in.

"You ready to go, Crash?"

"But Sparkyyyy I just got it." He said in an excessively winey tone that caused Tara to chuckle.

"Ha ha very funny." Jack said as he gave him a folder.

"What's this?"

"A picture of Jeff Taylor's truck sitting by an intersection near the highway."

"Alright lets go." Myles said as he stood, gathering his jacket in hand.

"Um, Actually no, Myles you're not coming." Jack said as they stopped at the entrance.

"What? Why?" Myles asked, suddenly looking upset.

"We need you here. Tara's going to go over some of the documents of the divorice. We need something to get Jeff in and keep him in till we find the ex-wife and daughter." Myles threw down his jacket and Bobby had to turn away to hide his smile.

"You just wait, Koala Boy." He said with a glare and Bobby burst out in laughter, turning and following Jack out.

Another great post Tracy!



That's cute!





I'm sure Bobby wouldn't have minded being the one to stay with Tara, but maybe the drive will do him good. He seems to still have some things to sort out.


And to answer Bobby's question .... ...... Yes! Most definitely!

Very cool....I like play catch up when there are lots of posts....

~laura michelle~

I think it's for the best that Bobby think a little more before he says something to Tara that he will regret!!!

Joy

This should play out well....

sue just tell jack who josph is as its really
upsetting him and bobby tell tara as well more soon please tracy
Lin

Myles and Bobby's fun bantering never gets old!

Jack and Bobby immediately saw the car. It was rearended from what it seemed.

"Does it look like an accident?" Jack asked as they slipped on their gloves. Bobby shrugged.

"Could be. But what if its ex-wife extraordinare?" He asked with another dimpled smile. Jack chuckled much to his own dismay then cleared his throat. The two walked to the truck where it sat, completely empty. "Is it possible that someone hijacked him? No offense Jack." Jack looked up to him with a curious look then rolled his eyes with a smile.

"Not from what we can see." A man walked up behind him and Jack and Bobby greated him as Robert Michaels. "From what we can tell, whoever drove this was in quite the hurry. Somone must've rearended him and instead of sticking around, he put whoever had got him in his car and drove off with theirs."

"That doesn't make a whole lot of sense." Jack said, squinting as he looked in the car. Robert shrugged.

"Might be but that's what we're guessing."

"How do you know that he switched people?" Bobby asked as he fingered the marks on the back of the truck.

"Well, we found a 38 year old woman in this car. She had a driver's ID for a car that is the one we've identified as the car that hit this truck." Jack glanced to Bobby.

"So we go from poor daddy, to possibly abusive husband and daddy now what.. Crazy, insane Idiot?"

"So we go from poor daddy, to possibly abusive husband and daddy now what.. Crazy, insane Idiot?"


Like this line...the confusion....

~laura michelle~

This was great....the man is so laid-back. It's like 'Well, the F.B.I. are here, my work is done'.



This is one tough case.

Wonderful job! More soon

Oy! This is case seems to be going well not....

Very, very interesting!!!

Joy

Great couple of posts! Loved the banter in the bullpen and I liked this line very much!



Ornella

Am loving this story.

Can't wait for more.

Cindy, that's hilarious

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Jack and Bobby arrived back at the bullpen in time to see Sue and Lucy walking out.

"Oh," Sue and Jack both said as they collided, dropping the folders Sue was holding. "I'm so sorry." They again repeated. After a few nervous chuckles, Jack collected the folders and gave them to her.

"Thankyou." She signed and he nodded. She then glanced at Lucy who was giving a knowing glance to Bobby. "What happened there?"

"What? Oh, um.."

"From what we could see it looked like our favourite Jeff Taylor took of with someone elses car."

"Was anyone hurt?"

"The woman who hit him is in critical condition and in a coma." Jack said solemnly.

"You think she'll be alright?" Lucy asked, a concerned look on her face.

"We can't tell. But if she comes out of her coma we can ask her some questions." They all nodded, then Lucy turned to Sue.

"Well, we should get going. Randy just asked for some reports so we need to go." The two men nodded and Sue and Lucy walked off quickly.

"Sparky, if you're going to keep 'bumping' in to eachother, you gotta make it less obvious." Jack gave him a swift elbow the chest. "Hey!"

"Jack, Bobby, good you're back."

"Aw you missed us that bad, luv?" Bobby asked with a smile at Tara's wayward look.

"Yes.. I mean no.. I mean.. We found something."

"What is it?" Jack asked, taking Tara's shoulder as his perch.

"This is a picture from customs of Ms. Taylor and her daughter leaving D.C."

"When was this taken?"

"About 15 minutes ago."

"Any chance they kept her?" Tara smiled.

"Need you ask?" She handed Jack a folder. He gave a grateful smile then turned to Myles.

"Hey, Myles." He glanced up. "You're out. Go." Jack threw him the folder as he passed.

"Why me?"

"Cause Koala Boy always wins." Jack said as he sat down. Bobby passed Myles with a grin.

"You just wait." Myles threatend before gathering his coat and leaving with Bobby on his heals.

LOL....LOL....perfect....


~laura michelle~

This is just like something that would happen in the show!



I love that Bobby doesn't know when to stay quiet!



Perfect! So cute and so in character!

Great job Tracy....can't wait for more.

2 fantastic post tracy,just try and
get them to bump into each other when they are alone
miles away from anyonebody more soon please pretty please Lin

cute post, loved bobbys' teasing

cath

I agree with Laura....perfect