#promtion

They land and are greeted by ladies with leais and cheek kisses. The pr lady, Jan, drives them out to their hotel. Kate, sitting in the back with Sean, is to nervous to even enjoy the view. Her hands are clinged in her lap and, out of the corner of her eye, she can see his are the same. She wonders if he was fighting the urge to touch her as much as she was fighting not to touch him.

" We reserved you ajoining hotel rooms. We wanted to make it easy for you to be together." Jan is saying from the front where she rode with the driver.

" To be together!"

" Oh not like that...unless you want Sean. I meant to get ready and be ready at the same time. The schedule is tight."

" Oh." He looks over and sees the flush working up Kate's neck. Her neck where he knows she likes to be kissed. Crips! Unless we wish indeed. He wills his penis to behave.

" Here we are. Rooms 605 and 606. I will be back to get you at seven sharp tomorrow. So don't stay up to late." She winks at them both before leaving them in front of their doors.

" Do you want 606 or 5?" Her voice is shy and reserved. He feels a jolt of love fot her deep in his heart.

" It doesn't matter. Ladies choice."

" I will take 605 then." He hands her the key card and their hands glance. She feels a spark even stronger than the first time. She fumbles and drops the card. They both bend down to pick it up and their eyes meet. And hold.

" I should.. We should..ahhhh." She has never wanted anther human being so badly. She can see his pulse in his neck. Can feel the heat coming off him and knows he feels the same.

" Kate.." Her name a whisper that carresses her lips and makes her knees weak.

" Sean we can't."

" Oh we can." They have stood back up and Kate clinges the key card tight in her hand.

" Yes but we shouldn't. Andy and Alex remember."

He does now. Andy was so worried about just this thing. He would lay odds Alex feels the same.

" Oh right. See you in the morning Kate."

" Hey guys. The network wants you guys to go to Hawaii to the Con there to do PR for Secrets and Lies." Ronald informs them a week later.

".No problem." Sean says.

" And they want just you two. No others. No distractions."

" But.." Kate stambers out.

" Sorry Kate. Not my rule. I wouldn't care. I know you both have SO's."

" How long and when?"

" A week and you leave tomorrow. Hey could be worse. You are going to Hawaii."

And he is right, of course. But a week with just Kate when he still wakes up, even beside Andy, aching for her; was a huge thing. He wonders if Kate is feeling the same way. He doesn't know what to hope for.

A week. A week alone wirh Sean. Without Alex or even Andy. Andy, how she both hates and is thankful for her. Conflicted doesn't cover what he feels about her. She sighs as she continues to pack.

They fly out the next morning. They sit a row apart with the assigned PR lady as a buffer. She had informed them that they have to at least act like the in love couple they will be portraying.