001 Element of Surpise

Fred's hand gripped his nose, trying to stop the bleeding. "Why did you hit me?" His voice was muffled since he was holding his nose closed.

Kathleen crossed her arms over her chest and frowned at him. "Why did you sneak up on me? You should know that I'm going to hit someone that tries something like that." She grabbed a towel and passed it to him. "Why did you sneak up on me anyway?"

Fred pressed the towel to his nose and moved to lean against the counter in the kitchen. "I was trying to surprise you. You know, be romantic, wrap my arms around you and make a move. I mean, I thought you liked when I took initiative."

Kathleen sighed and motioned to the seat at the table. Fred took a seat and watched as Kathleen grabbed another towel and ran it under some water. She then moved over to Fred and he moved the bloody towel away from his nose. Kathleen dabbed at the blood that was drying on his face. "I do like you showing initiative, but I'd have preferred if you'd announced yourself. At least give me a chance to turn around and face you before you tried to pin me to the counter."

"I was just trying to use the element of surprise. I mean you responded well last night." Fred tilted his head back so that she could clean his face.

"That sounds like a bad sex joke." Kathleen moved to sit down in his lap. She finished cleaning his face and put it to the side. "I'm not saying that I didn't enjoy last night, I did, you just need to remember that I have reflexes. I'm going to hit people that come up behind me." She carefully wrapped her arms around his neck. "Does it still hurt?"

Fred shrugged. "I've had worse. I'm more upset that I couldn't sneak up on you, really." His arms moved around her waist, a smirk creeping onto his face. "Though I'm sure that you could make it feel better."

"I swear, you have a one track mind." Kathleen chuckled.

"Can you blame me when I come home and you're wearing something like that?" Fred's hand slipped up under the thin material of her work out shirt. "At least if you're not going to wear the proper supportive garments."

Kathleen smirked at him. "Well then you should have come home earlier. I just had to change into this since my shirt from earlier was a mess. Had some blood on it." Fred raised an eyebrow. "Let's just say it involved a bat, a base, some chocolate, and a woman that really wanted that chocolate." Fred still seemed confused. "Let me put it this way. That old saying about never getting between a woman and chocolate was proven very true by one of my soldiers."

Fred chuckled, resting his head against her shoulder. "Remind me not to get between you and chocolate." He closed his eyes, pulling her closer to her as he made himself comfortable.

Kathleen smirked, running a hand over his hair. "Maybe some chocolate could get between me and you."

Fred opened his eyes and looked up toward her. "And you think I have a one track mind." He smirked and chuckled as he hugged her tighter.