Erin sighed as she looked up from the file she was reviewing. There was no way that she could ever imagine a time where she didn't have her husband to fall back and on. And now, here she was, alone, and hurting. Her time away from the office had been a blessing, and yet he had still left her.

Getting up, she went to the window and stared out at the rain falling onto the too wet ground. It was too much and she began to cry. There had always been a side to him that she hadn't known, but she had loved that about him as well. Biting her lip, she turned from the window and went back to the desk, sinking to her seat. She buried her face in her arms and let the sobs come. A soft knocking at her door had her gasping and she sat up, hurriedly swiping the tears from her face. "Come in," she said softly, trying to catch her breath.

David Rossi entered moments later and she felt her sorrow turn to anger. He was the cause of all her current problems, that smug, smirking, man. He quietly shut the door and took a seat before her at the desk and folded his hands, staring at her. "Is everything okay, Erin?"

How she longed to say that everything was not fine, that her life was still falling apart at the seams. Instead, she just stared at him, trying to find a way to answer him without flying off the handle. "Everything is perfectly fine, David," she bit out, turning her face from him.

"I know a lie when I hear one, Erin. So spill, bella. What's eating at you?"

"Nothing that I can't handle. Leave it alone."

"No."

"Fine, dammit. How long did you know that he was cheating on me? You were his best friend and stood by while he made a fool out of me. Why would you do that? And force me to rely on Aaron Hotchner for support?" The tears were back, and she let them fall. This was the side to David she had never seen before, as if he had been playing some sort of game with her that she hand't known the rules to.

"I never -"

"Don't even say those words, David. Someone had to have known, and that would be you, as his closest friend. Why did you never say anything? I told you when Rachel was stepping out on you. Couldn't you have given me the same courtesy? No, you just let him continue to fuck her and then come home to me. I hate you!"

"Bella," he said lowly, reaching out to her across the desk. She snatched her hand back from his touch and glared at him.

"What gives you the right to touch me?"

"I was just trying to comfort you. I truly didn't know that he had chosen to live a lie with you." Erin bowed her head, unable to look at him, knowing in her heart of hearts that he spoke the truth. In the short time it took for him to finish his sentence to her next breath, he was at her side, bending and touching her face gently. "Please, believe me when I say that I never knew. And that he's a fool to give you up so easily."

Gasping, she looked up into his eyes, surprised to see the desire that he tried to mask. "What are you saying, David?"

"Like it hasn't been obvious from the very beginning. You were the one that got away. Just because he made you fall in love with him does not mean that there weren't others that wanted you as well."

Erin covered his hand with her own, holding him there. "Don't make a fool out of me once more, David. My heart couldn't take it."

"I won't, Erin, if you give me a chance." He leaned in for a kiss and she met him halfway. The kiss was so tender, so full of longing, that she felt transported to another place. Without realising it, she was standing, wrapped up in his arms. When he let go of her, she found herself staggering without his support, her knees too weak to hold her up. She would have fallen to his feet had he not reached out and grabbed her around the waist.

"I feel like we could set fire to the rain right now."

"So do I, Erin. Would you come home with me?" She looked into his eyes, trying not to cry as she felt her heart lurch a little. Hesitantly, she nodded and he kissed her once more, letting the hunger he'd held at bay shine forth. Again, she felt her knees buckle, and he caught her.

"If we don't go home now, you'll have to have Ms. Garcia erase the tapes of my office, and I already think she's going to raise an eyebrow at these kisses." Her voice was shaky, and he gave her a crooked grin as he nodded.

Together, they exited the office, apart and yet closer than words could say. This was going to be the start of something very interesting, she could feel it in her bones.