A/N: Some chapters will be longer, some will be shorter, some might even be a bit smutty. I'll probably aim for weekly updates. Kicking off with what might have happened after S04E07
"Oh, I mean I hate people." Holly doesn't even try to hold back her smile as Gail walks out of the lab. The officer had spent the whole day and most of the night with her, although she is positive the blonde could have left hours ago. She can feel Gail's eyes on her, studying her as she locks the door. "How are you getting home?"
The question takes her off guard, but she replies anyway. "Bus, the stops only five minutes up the road."
Gail just sighs and gently shakes her head. "I'm giving you a ride, it's late and I don't want to be called in early tomorrow to attend your homicide, I mean how are you going to do the lab work on your own murder case if you're dead?" Without waiting for a response Gail starts walking, leaving Holly to call out behind her that she is heading the wrong way, she realises that for the whole day the officer must have been taking the longest route to get out the building. She hears Gail muttering under her breath about "ridiculous underground labyrinths" as she walks back the other way.
As they come to the main foyer Holly can see the blondes mouth open and close in disbelief. "Really? Your lab is this close to the exit? Do you know how many times I've walked around this whole building to get here? I'll tell you Holly, six times." Holly finds herself smiling because of Gail for what feels like hundredth time that day. She watches Gail from the exit as she walks over to the main desk to sign out. She really is very beautiful, her striking blue eyes, the blonde hair and she can only think of one outfit that would be hotter than the police uniform and it didn't involve many clothes... She only realises that she's zoned out when Gail suddenly appears in front of her with her mobile in hand. "Give me your number, you did a good job today if we get more cases like this I'll send the work your way."
"You know I don't get commission for this right?"
"Yeah, but if I have to work with someone who spends all their time underground, I would rather it was you than the creep of a guy I normally get."
"Uhuh, you also know that being the lesbian in our new relationship, it should be me asking for your number? And that I have an office on the first floor, that was just my lab." Gail just smiles at her and makes a quip about being a better lesbian than she is, this girls insane, but she gives her the number anyway.
The walk through the parking lot is in silence. When they reach the squad Gail opens the door for her, there is a strange tension, so she tries to pick up the early conversation. "About the creepy guy."
She watches Gail slide into the drivers sit "Hmmm?"
The car starts pulling away towards the exit, she knows from the tone of the other woman's response that she doesn't really have any interest in the subject. "Is he called Dr. Spence?"
"Yeah him, always tells me the same story about cracking a case based on a shard of glass he found in some dead drug dealers eye." Holly watches as the blonde rolls her eyes, and she can't help but smile, it's the same story he's been telling everyone for the past two years.
"It wasn't him."
"Huh?" The car comes to a stop at the junction onto the road and Gail's blue eyes are looking into hers, her interest finally pipped.
"There was a med student doing a placement with him. We all know it was him that found the glass, Dr Spence just took all the credit." The rest of the drive is filled of Dr. Spence's ridiculous stories and Gail's laughter, it was a sound she could get used to.
A/N: I'm still confused about the time this episode spanned... It seemed like early morning till early in the night... But then Sam was at his old TA's house the next morning? Then Gail left Holly's lab? Did they sleep there? I wish...
