"Oh my god, trust me, as much as I like shopping, buying for four men," Emma sat down on one of the sofas in the penthouse, "it's not enjoyable. At all." She concluded. The boys still looked at her expectantly and she sighed, leaning forward and searching through the bags until she had distributed the correct item to each person. Emma was pulling out Mickey's new tie when she remembered the only decent part of 'man shopping'.

"Although, that nice guy who worked at the shop made things less boring." Emma handed the tie to Mickey.

"You met a guy whilst shopping?" Sean asked his older sister. "Only you Emma, only you." Sean chuckled, looking at the socks his sister had bought him. Mickey was looking at Emma, and she knew the look.

"It wasn't like that Sean," she was still looking at Mickey as she explained the situation. "He was a retail assistant and he was just asking what I was buying and for who, that's all." Emma placed her hand on Mickey's forearm, making him calm slightly, the Neanderthal Side he kept deep inside raising its head at the idea of another man talking to Emma, touching Emma, kissing Emma. Making love to Emma.

"Anyways, I only have time for you guys. What more could a girl want eh?"

Mickey smiled as Emma stood and walked to her room with the bags of the shopping she had gotten for herself. Ash was smirking; he had seen the entire interaction between Emma and Mickey and thought it had been a long time coming.

"So Mick, how do you feel about someone talking to our Ems then?" Ash asked the leading grifter.

Mickey looked back at his best friend. "I'm sorry?" Mickey chuckled, or tried to. Sean looked between the two.

"Well, you don't seem best pleased that another man had talked to her." Ash replied, looking at the goods Emma had given him.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Ash." Mickey stood up holding the shirt and tie. "I need to ask Emma if she has the receipt, the collar size is too small on the shirt." He made his feeble excuse and walked to Emma's room.

He knocked on her bedroom door and entered when he heard her call. She looked up at him as she was placing items in her dresser and her wardrobe.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Emma asked.

"This, guy, he didn't come onto you or anything right?" Mickey asked the blonde before him.

Emma looked at him with disbelief. "No, of course not." She put the dress she was holding on the rail and walked over to Mickey, holding his face in her hands. "Even if he were, I only have eyes for you." She kissed him slowly and smiled when he kissed her back. She pulled back and went back to sorting through her new purchases; Mickey sat on the edge of her bed and watched her work.

Sean looked at Emma's door, "Mick's been in there a long time."

Albert looked up from the racing results he was reading. "Maybe Emma can't find the receipt in the large number of shopping bags she has."

"Yeah, maybe, I'm gonna ask if she needs anything, she normally like a cup of tea after a shopping trip." Sean stood and walked in the direction of Emma's room.

Emma placed the last shirt she had bought into her dresser and looked over at Mickey who was still sitting on her bed, deep in thought. She folded up the bags from the shopping and placed them in a drawer she had set aside specially. Once her room was back to how it was before hand, she stood in front of Mickey and placed her hands on his shoulders. His hands instinctively came around her legs and held her thighs, pulling her closer until his forehead rested on her stomach.

"Michael, talk to me." Emma whispered.

"The idea, of another man leering over you." Mickey gripped her thighs tighter, "It makes me want to hunt him down." Emma knelt on her knees, making her slightly shorter than he was in his sitting position.

"Hey," she looked into his eyes, "I may be partial to a bit of Neanderthal, but, I won't have you in prison again," her hands wrapped around his neck, "is that understood?" she asked him. He nodded and she kissed his lips lightly, sealing their semi-deal. Mickey grasped the back of Emma's head, kissing her harder.

Sean chose that moment to open the door to Emma's bedroom.