The Test of the Kat

I don't own Cold Case if I did all those ass-fucks would be in jail.

"She's been moping again," Vera sniffed, "I wonder what it is this time junkie, kid tryin to come clean, or some matter of the heart. Women, well mostly her in particular no offense Lil, but she is the most unpredictable woman I've ever met. One day happy, the next snippy and bite your head off, or days like this when she just sits in the case room and just sits. Doesn't talk don't say hi doesn't give the unwelcome morning smart remark no nothing. What the hell is it with her?"

He took his seat at the edge of Scotty's desk waiting for the answer everybody wanted to know. Kat had been there for what, three to going on four years and still nobody knew a great deal about her. If it wasn't for cases that hit home they really wouldn't know anything but her name and that she had daughter. Today though well past few weeks she'd been more distant than normal and it was staring to make working with her like seem like working with dead women instead of a human being with a pulse.

"Well you know she might be going through some lady issues you never know with her. I wonder what it is today; do we have any jobs today you know something to I guess some to lift her spirits cause she's killin mine." Scotty asked?

"Nope, no one came in today maybe one of you could go up their and find a case that sticks out and while you up their cheer up Miller if you can. She's really making working with a dead person look more and more appealing everyday she's in a funk." Boss answered.

"Well, I ain't going! All three men shouted at the same time. That only left Lily who might not know how to play the make happy game but it had to better than listing to them down about her attitude every five seconds but without second thought she waltz out of the room without even being noticed. So now here she was looking for the object of everyone's misery an including he own with a chair pulled up to a wall of boxes but she was starring at one in particular. Lost in her thoughts Lily came to that conclusion because you couldn't just walk on Kat like without her noticing by now. Just as she was about to get within three feet of her Kat held her hand out with a "Don't come any closer" to back it up. Lily stops dead in her tracks to give her space. Kat got up from her chair and place it back at table Lil could've sworn wasn't there before, but who was she assume that she had brought it up here just sit the chair somewhere so it wouldn't out of place with just one chair on the aisle that had the most unsolved cases their.

"Why are you up here I mean I know why you're up here but tell me why here?" Kat inquired. Damn she hated when she made words not sound like words but still using the words in the same context. Her way of saying get the hell away if you value your life. She knew this was the start and if Lil couldn't redirect conversion by the end of it she'd be in tears. Might as well just come out and say it the forward approach was best when she was in this type of mood.

"Just came to see if you were alright you've been up here all morning just thought you needed the company." oh yes Lily lied but she prayed it worked but the expression on the other woman's face answered question before she even had time to finish. "So, okay… ohm… why am I here… uhm… I guess the guy were getting to me and all…

"Uhm, oh sorry I wasn't listing what did you say. I was just thinking you came go on now." Kat hoped she got the message and just let her sit here and stare at the name she hadn't been able to say in what was it ten years now. Yep that's right it's been ten years today. Today was worst day of the year for her well second if count their birthday as something that's worth hurting over and to her it was. And that's all she wanted was to hurt, morn, cry, scream and beat the basturd's ass that took them away from her. But now is not the time nor the place to all unwrapped so she took a deep breath released and turned down the hall so she couldn't be seen with tear stained eyes.

"Is everything alright, Miller, if want to talk you know I'm right here if need anything, anything at all." walking to put a comforting hand on her shoulder but rejected instantly. "Is their anything any of us can do to help you don't hesitate to ask?" The way Kat laughed Lily thought she must have said something funny as hell or she finally snipe or both.

"Can any you bring back the dead," she mumbled.

"What I didn't hear you?" she heard she just wanted to make sure she hadn't lost her mind just yet.

"Lily you're a terrible liar but since you want to know so badly I said 'CAN ANY OF YOU BRING BACK THE DEAD' the deceased lifeless corpses in graveyards that rot in the dirt." she finished so calmly she almost scared herself but quickly she caught herself with "That's all I wanted to know.