Do I?

Carter smiled, "Oh and whose yer friend Mr. DiBiase?"

Nolee took Jace's hand as he parked the car and led him into her home. "It ain't much.."

"John lives right down the street. He's one of my best friends. He loves this place as much as I do," Ted replied with a soft smile.

Jace looked around. "It's nice, though. I like it," he said.

Carter smiled and leaned over to give Ted a quick peck to the cheek.

Nolee smiled, "I worked hard for all of it. Five years in the FBI...."

Ted smiled. "Let's go inside," he said, getting out of the car and waiting for Carter.

Jace smiled. "Well, work ethic is always good..." he trailed off.

Carter smiled, getting out of the car and opening Ted's door for him. Nolee smiled, "There more to that statement?"

Ted chuckled. "Southern charm. Ah, how I missed it," he chuckled and got out of the car.

"I don't really have a work ethic," he said.

Carter smirked, "I ain't the only country boy yeh dated am I?"

Nolee smiled, "Of course you do. Everyone has a work ethic."

"Well, I dated a few. But I grew up in Mississippi, so I grew up around southern charm," Ted smiled, unlocking the door and walking inside, flicking on the lights.

"This is the first job I've ever had. Well, second. But my first was in the same business," Jace said.

Carter smiled, "Mississippi. I'm a Tennessee man myself." Nolee smiled, "I was FBI for four years. I've been anywhere you can name on a map, and some places that aren't even on maps."

Ted smiled. ""Been to Tennessee quite a few times. Nice place."

Jace smiled. "That's awesome," he said, looking at her with a soft expression.

"Sis and I were Nashville born and raised. She went to NYU and then the FBI academy. I went to my fathers shop to help him keep it alive." Carter nodded. Nolee smiled, "So...um..."

Ted chuckled. "Yeah, I joined the family business. Since I was young, my Dad trained me for this job," he said.

Jace leaned forward, gently kissing Nolee.

"Yeah but yer fathers family business and my fathers family business are two totally different things. Yer father went into a life where he could have fame and glory, my dad was a mechanic," Carter softly said.

Shyly, almost with hesitation, Nolee kissed him back.

"There's nothin' wrong with bein' a mechanic, Carter. My father is a selfish person, and he's not exactly a good person, either," Ted replied.

Jace cupped her face, closing his eyes and deepening the kiss.

Carter nodded, "I guess it's okay. I just...I feel like all my life I've lost every chance I could have had to be something great and I've given it to my sister."

Nolee smiled, pulling him closer and wrapping her arms around his neck.

Ted frowned. "Why do you say that?" he asked, heading up to his room.

Jace smiled, gently leading her to her room, not breaking the kiss.

"This job at the FBI...it was supposed to be mine," Carter sighed as he ran his hand through his hair, following him up the stairs.

Nolee had her arms wrapped around his neck, kissing him roughly, "Jace...what are we doing?"

"It was? Why'd you give it up to her?" Ted asked, turning on the lights in the bedroom.

Jace looked at her. "What does it look like we're doing? We're listening to our bodies, about what we want. Our instincts."

"She deserved it," Carter sighed, sitting down on the edge of the bed. "Dad needed my help, I couldn't abandon my family."

Nolee frowned, "What...what about the repercussions? Co-workers can't date..."

Ted nodded, walking over to the closet, stripping out of his clothes on his way. "That has to suck," he said, going in the closet and pulling on a new pair of boxers.

Jace smiled at her. "And why can't co-workers date?"

Carter bit his lower lip as he watched Ted stripping on his way to the closet. He felt himself react but wasn't sure if he should act on what he felt or not.

Nolee tried to catch her breath, he lips still tingling from the intensity of the kiss she and Jace had shared, "Leads...leads to a hostile work place..."

Ted walked back out and looked at Carter with a smile. "Ya okay there, big man?" he teased.

Jace smiled. "Only if we have a bad break up," he informed her.

Carter nodded, leaning forward and capturing Ted's lips with his own. "And this yeh didn't plant in my head," he teased.

Nolee nodded, going back to kissing Jace as she threw her arms around his shoulders.

Ted smiled. "Good," he said and pulled Carter to the bed, pushing him on it and straddling his waist.

Jace places his hands on her hips, kissing her back.

Carter smirked, "Yeh like bein' on top?"

Nolee smiled, kissing him gently. "I...this.."