I wasn't sure if this was brave or just insane, but either way I found myself in this situation. I had broken into Josephina Lupo's home. It was late at night and after leaving Café Diem, I had wandered about Eureka. It had taken a while for me to wrap my mind around the idea that I had proposed to Lupo in another lifetime. Hell, it had taken me longer to accept that concept than to believe I had survived a little unplanned space trip with Fargo.

Regardless of my unnerved state, I found myself in Lupo's house. Instead of wandering home, I had somehow, while lost in thought, broken into her house. I smirked a bit at that. I was good, so good in fact that I could break in without thinking. Of course, Jo might not find that a good thing. If I was going to try and start something with her, well, I supposed I would just have to mend my ways. Yeah right, I might be able to lay off the explosions and cut back on the snarking, but I would never be a complete goody two shoes. That would be too boring for me. Speaking of being a goody two shoes, well, I was in Jo's house now; I might as well look around. I explored downstairs, not finding anything interesting, before heading up the stairs as quietly as I could manage.

Again, there wasn't much. A guest bedroom on one side, bathroom on the other, and at the end of the hall, I guessed, was Jo's room. Curiosity overriding survival instinct, I slowly opened the door. Wow, Jo had good taste. The bedroom was huge; a walk in closet was still open on one side of the room, a dresser covered in pictures next to it. The opposite wall had classical French doors leading onto a small balcony, the glass doors allowing the moonlight to spill into the room. The light from outside illuminated the queen sized, four poster bed in front of me, Josephina Lupo curled up in the middle of it, sound asleep. Never, in any of my most vivid fantasies about her, had I imagined how beautiful she would look, sleeping peacefully. Her hair was down (which I had never seen) and spilling across her pillow, the black silky strands in sharp contrast to the creamy sheets. The sheets were kicked down and twisted about her legs, revealing that the woman I had always thought was smokin' hot, was beyond that. She was a goddess. Jo slept in nothing but a pair of tight pajama shorts and a tank top, clinging to her curves and showing more caramel skin than I ever thought she would expose.

"Damn," the word slipped out of my mouth before I could think better of it, but I couldn't help it, damn she was perfect. Of course, as my luck would have it, the breath of a word woke the ex-Special Forces soldier. I watched with growing horror, as if in slow motion, as she stirred, rolled onto her side, blinked open her eyes, and looked right at me. What I did not expect was for her to give me a sleepy smile, stretch out, and shift to the side. My mouth went dry at the silent invite to join her in bed.

"You were working late," Jo commented, half asleep. She was acting like this was normal, me being in her room in the middle of the night. I don't know, maybe it was in the other timeline.

"Um, yeah. Big project," I mumbled, unsure. Lupo yawned, and shifted onto her back, closing her eyes again.

"You must be tired. We'll talk in the morning. You have to stop pulling these stupid all-nighters. I want some time with you too you know," she mumbled, voice trailing off as she drifted back into sleep. Ok, so was I going to be incredibly stupid again, or was I going to do the smart thing and go home? Curiosity over self-preservation? Well, even a genius had his stupid, insane moments. Trying to stop second guessing myself, I stripped down to my boxers (typical sleep wear) and climbed into bed with Jo. I really hoped she wouldn't wake up and kill me for this. For a little while I wanted to pretend we had a life together, one where she wore my Grandmother's ring. With thoughts of the incident that had dropped this Jo into my life, I drifted to sleep.

A/N: ok, so this is something i've had bouncing around in my head for a while. I'm not sure how long in will be but i'm sure the rating will change. Reviews are appreciated (especially if you want me to continue with the story ;) so yeah, i hope you like what i have so far)