Several hours later, Robert awoke again, this time to find Calista watching him closely. Although her eyes seemed guarded, she smiled up at him, gently stroking his cheek, and said “good morning.” He felt such a tightness in his chest that tears welled up in his eyes.

“God, she is so beautiful, and she’s all mine,” he thought, as he pulled her close and began to kiss her. His arms tightened around her as he deepened the kiss.

I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I watch the sunlight dance across your face and I’ve
Never been this swept away
All my thoughts seem to settle on the breeze
When I’m lying wrapped up in your arms
The whole world just fades away
The only thing I hear
Is the beating of your heart

“Calista,” he said, pulling away for a moment, “I want to be sure that you’re sure, that you’re not having any regrets about last night, about any of this,” as he looked at her questioningly. “I really need to know, now, cause I don’t think I’ll be able to stop, if we get started again.”

“Oh, Robert, you’ve had my heart from the moment I met you. I’m sorry that I ever gave you any reason to doubt that. And last night was . . . incredible. You are an amazing man;” she said, again gently stroking his cheek. “You are,” and she gently pulled him toward her, and softly whispered against his lips, “an amazing lover.” And she initiated a kiss that quickly became much more. The fire was raging again and the only way to put it out was to satisfy each other. Robert turned her onto her back and began kissing her again, and her face and her neck, working his way down her body as she became more and more aroused.

‘Cause I can feel you breathe
It’s washing over me
Suddenly I’m melting into you
There’s nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn’t that the way that love’s supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe

Just when Calista thought she couldn’t stand it any more, Robert rolled over onto his back, pulling Calista up on top of him, giving her free reign to his body. She sat up, straddling his body and smiled down at him. She leaned down and kissed him deeply, caressing the inside of his mouth and letting him taste the sweetness of hers.

“Now I’ve got you where I want you,” she said and she began to return the pleasure, making her way down his body, torturously slow, causing Robert to moan aloud. As she reached for him, Robert felt a shudder run through his body and he had to grit his teeth to keep from letting go then. He tried to let himself enjoy the pleasure she was giving him, but he was too close to the edge. He gently grabbed her wrists, and pulled her back up. He kissed her again, and smoothly turned her onto her back. He positioned himself between her legs, propping himself up with his arms on either side of her head. He looked down at her questioningly, as if to say, “I can’t wait any longer.” She simply pulled him down to her, adjusting her hips to meet him, thrust for thrust.

In a way I know my heart is waking up
As all the walls come tumbling down
I’m closer than I’ve ever felt before
And I know
And you know
There’s no need for words right now

‘Cause I can feel you breathe
It’s washing over me
Suddenly I’m melting into you
There’s nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn’t that the way that love’s supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe

Afterwards, as they lay together, she enclosed in his arms wrapped around her body with his hands lightly on her stomach, Calista felt as if her world couldn’t get any better.

“I could lie here all day,” she said softly, gently pressing her body back into his, making her intentions very clear, and smiling broadly when she felt his instantaneous reaction.

“Uh . . . me too,” Robert said, pulling away from her, “ but Cal, do you realize we’ve got exactly 45 minutes until we’re supposed to be at the studio?”

“Oh my God!” Calista leaped out of bed, pulling the sheet with her in the process and leaving Robert lying there naked. He turned over on his side, propping his head up on his hand, watching her, completely at ease in his nakedness. “What are we going to do? We never even finished rehearsing last night! And I need to take a shower and, what are you doing, still lying there. Robert, come on. You know David expects us to be on time.”

“Ok, ok, I’m getting up. I was just enjoying the sight, that’s all,” he said, rising from the bed and helping Calista pick up their clothes that were strewn all over the floor. Calista was hunting through her bag, trying to find her clothes for today when Robert caught sight of the negligee that she had packed. He snagged the strap on his index finger, pulling it out and holding it up to look at it. “And what have we here, Miss? Did you come here with intentions of seducing me?” and he looked up at her with a mischievous look on his face. “And all this time I thought I had swept you off your feet with my charm and good looks. Did you have me fooled!”

“Robert,” she said, blushing and snatching the silk out of his hands and thrusting it back into her bag, “I don’t know how that ended up in there. But we don’t have time to discuss. Which way to the shower?”

“Ok, you win this time, but don’t think we’re not going to revisit this topic of discussion. Go right through there,” he said pointing a finger to the adjoining bathroom. “Guess I won’t join you though,” he said regretfully. “If I did, I don’t think we’d ever get to the studio. I’ll just go down the hall. Meet you back here in 10 minutes, ok?” And he gathered some things from his dresser, pulled on his boxers and left the room.

Just 20 minutes later, they were on their way to the studio. Robert was driving as Calista read over the script again. “I sure hope we’ll be able to get through this smoothly,” she said.

“Well there were really just those two last scenes at Ally’s apartment, weren’t there -- the dancing scene and then in bed?” Robert questioned. “And I would say we got plenty of rehearsal in last night and this morning for the final scene of the episode, wouldn’t you? Just do what you did then and I think David will be more than happy with the take,” he said with a grin.

“Yeah, right, Robert! Too bad David just didn’t have the tape rolling last night, huh?”

“Well, actually,” Robert replied with a serious look on his face, reaching over to caress her face with one hand, keeping the other on the wheel, “I don’t think I’m quite ready to share all of you and what we have with the rest of the world, although I’m sure there are some obsessed fans out there who would just kill to have seen that! Let’s just give David enough to satisfy him today and save the really good stuff for just the two of us, what do you say? And, by the way, Miss Flockhart, have I told you this morning just how much I love you?”

“Oh, Robert,” Calista said, reaching up and capturing Robert’s hand in her own, “I love you too, more than I think you’ll ever know.”

“There is something we need to discuss, though, Cal,” Robert said. “What are we going to tell everyone, and when? Cause I don’t think this is something that we’ll be able to hide, despite our best efforts to do so, especially from the cast and crew. And quite honestly, I don’t even know if I want to keep it a secret any longer. I think I want everyone to know just how much I love you; I want every guy around to know you’re off the market!”

Laughing, Calista replied, “Well, Robert, not that there was a long line of guys waiting to take me out, but I appreciate your feelings. And actually, I’m really feeling the same way -- I don’t know, just kind of feeling a little possessive of you now. But, back to your question, I really don’t know what to tell everyone. Let’s think on it a little and maybe we’ll come up with something. We’ve got to get through this final taping first and then we’ll decide what to do.”

“Ok, whatever you say, sweetie,” Robert replied, giving her hand a squeeze.

They drove the rest of the way, in silence, but with their hands intertwined.