"Ema..."

The woman jerked awake at the sound of the man's voice whispering her name. Ema blinked and tried to orient herself as she gazed over her surroundings. Something cold on her arm grabbed her attention. She squinted as she inspected the left sleeve of her white lab coat. Groaning, she realized she had slumbered so hard that she drooled. As she wiped the side of her mouth with her fingertips, it dawned on her that she had dozed off at work; something she had never done before. As Ema tried to loosen the kinks in her neck, she spied the time on the clock on the far wall of the lab: 10:54 She blew out a sharp breath and panicked. The time of her last entry was 9:41. She lost so much time already on this case, mulling over every detail trying to find something she missed. 'Thats what caused me to fall asleep in the first place.' Ema thought to herself. Her phone suddenly vibrated in the pocket of her capri pants and she stretched to dig it out.

"Ugh... Klavier," she said aloud to the phone as she saw the number pop up. "What the hell does he want?" She let the phone tumble onto the table and closed her eyes and rubbed her temples. The phone continued its pursuit of pissing Ema off by signaling a voice mail.

"For the love of God..." She cursed as she opened the phone and punched the button to retrieve her voice mail.

"Ema..." The phone tumbled to the table. That voice...she froze as the realization that she had dreamt of Klavier washed over her.

"Ema..." It was closer now as she sat frozen to her seat. She scoped the room with her eyes, to afraid to move her head.

"Fraulein, why are you still here?" Klavier wandered over to Ema and leaned on the table with one hand and placed the other on her shoulder. She tensed. As he tilted his head to look at her, his hair shifted off his shoulder and framed his chiseled features. Emas heart beat faster as she made eye contact with his sparkling ocean blue eyes. She shuffled her paperwork into a manila folder that was sitting off to the side.

"I, uh ... I'm working of course."

Klavier frowned at her and put his hand over hers to stop her fidgeting.

"You work too much."

"Well, I have to make up for someone who doesn't work enough." She turned her head and realized she was nose to nose with the glimmerous fop that irritated her so. She blinked and turned away, feeling her cheeks redden. Klavier chuckled, and grabbed her hands and brought them to his lips before Ema could react.

"Stop, I- theres too much work to do..." His lips were soft on the back of her hand, but she tried to jerk them away anyway, forcing herself to focus. His grip was strong, but he let go, not wanting to startle her. She returned to shuffling her papers. "What do you want, Klavier, besides making my workload that much harder."

"Fraulein, I wanted to try to convince you to relax. This case will always be here tomorrow, ja?"

"Are you kidding? You were lucky to get an extension on this damned case!" Ema scowled at the impossible man and jumped off her stool. "Now, if there isn't anything important that you want to discuss, please leave." She started to gesture to the door, but Klavier grabbed her hand and pulled her close to him. "What..."

"You need to relax." He took her face in his hands. She was too shocked to react. His soft lips were on hers, and as much as her curiosity wanted her to pursue the ending of the kiss, she realized that this was a man that irritated her to no end. Ema put her hands on Klaviers chest and started to push him away, but he abruptly ended the kiss.

"Ahh, you need to brush up on your kissing skills, Frauline." She looked at him incredulously as he chuckled and started to walk away. "You have my number if you ever want to practice."

"Ggggrrr..." Ema crossed her arms and stuck her tongue out at the empty doorway.