After episode 9 from season 3, Rebound
Hi everyone, I've been away for a very long time. Still working on the last chapter of my Lie to me long story. But came up with this one when I watched Lie to me again on Netflix. It's centered in the third season mostly. And everything that happened there.
Lie to me is not mine sadly enough, otherwise there would have been a season 4!
This happens after episode 9 where Cal and Gillian help the rich woman to investigate her boyfriend who married a lot of woman for the money. Gillian traps him into a fake date with her. I love those scenes...
HERE WE GO:
Gillian stared at her computer as Cal came barging in.
'Oy.' He mumbled. 'Just wanne show you sometin'.'
Gillian straightened her back. It had been a long day and she was getting tired.
She watched as Cal put his laptop on her desk and put a finger up at her. 'Hold that thought.' He said as he practically ran out of her office and came back with a bottle of liquor.
She smiled. This was going to be a good ending of the day after all.
'No pinot luv. I'm cheap, I am… As you know.' Cal said as he put his laptop in front of her and invaded her space as he logged in again. 'Just a few professional questions yeah?' Cal said as he looked up at her.
'Okay.' Gillian said surprised as she waited patiently for Cal to let her see whatever he wanted to show her.
'See this..' Cal began as he opened a video and enlarged it on his screen.
Gillian sighed inwardly and felt irritation boiling up in her stomach. 'Cal really?' She asked slightly annoyed as she shook her head.
'Yeah yeah, just a question.'
They'd already had a conversation about this earlier on the day when he'd been insulted about the whole Isabelle thing. She was tired of it now and the subject was closed if it was up to her. Gillian looked at the screen of the video that was taken yesterday afternoon when she was on her fake date with the psychopath.
'Couldn't let the Isabelle thing go could you?' She quipped as she shook her head and decided to just give him a little bit of time because she was curious what he was up to now.
'Yeah…' Cal said as he looked up at her, both hands on her desk. 'That was kind of a low blow..' He quipped. 'But this….' He put the volume on.
"Cal has sexual adhd..' She heard herself say on the video.
'You see that luv?' Cal asked as he pointed at her facial expression on the screen. He walked around her desk and plopped down on the chair in front of her.
She looked from the screen up at him. 'Your point being…?' She asked clueless.
'Really?' Cal asked as he bended forward in her chair. He pointed at the laptop. 'Nothing to add have you?'
'Cal, what's this about? I was playing a role.' Gillian asked tiredly as she began to clean her desk. She wanted to go home.
'You enjoyed it.' He stated.
Gillian froze and looked up at him with a question in her eyes. Then she casually shrugged her shoulders. She thought about that for a moment. 'Yes… Partly… Ofcourse. I liked being able to play him while he thought he was playing me. It's interesting. He was an interesting subject.' And quite attractive. She looked at him. 'And that pinot was very…. I mean VERY lovely.' She said as she thought back of the taste on her tongue. 'It was like an angel-'
'-Yeah yeah.' Cal cut her off impatiently as he put up his hands. 'I get the picture.' He tried to read her. Stared at her blue eyes but couldn't quite get past that wall of hers. 'But half of it wasn't played. You kept half of it close to the truth.' He said as he eyed her every micro expression.
'Yes Cal.' Gillian said as she sighed. 'You know as well as I do that that helps to lie better.' She said as she poured herself the liquor and him. If she was going to be here for ten more minutes, she could at least enjoy the drink.
'So sexual adhd it is then?' Cal said as he slumped back in her chair. 'Made Torres laugh off her ass. Not literally of course.'
'Is that the problem Cal? I said you had sexual Adhd?' She asked as she leaned back in her chair and took a swig of the whisky.
'Yeah well.. ' He said as he shrugged. 'You weren't lying there.' He bended towards her.
'You were never good at reading me Cal.' Gillian noted as she took another nip from the whisky and shook her head while she smiled tiredly.
'Not this one.'
Gillian sighed hard. Trying to let the tension of the day go. 'I'm tired Cal. What do you want?'
O there were a lot of things he wanted. He eyed her up and down. But he kept that to himself for now. ' An explanation.' Cal said as he leaned back.
'Really Cal?' Gillian shook her head.
'Yeah. Do the shrinkage thing.'
She rolled her eyes and leaned over her desk towards him. She looked him deep in the eye. 'Are you really sure Cal? Because I don't think you're ready for this.'
Cal leaned towards her too. 'Ready as ever.' He said as he showed her his teeth and eyed her. 'Come on luv. Let me have it.' He said as he gestured towards her.
Gillian shook her head again and stood up to close her office door.
'That serious ey.' Cal joked as he watched her walk back and eyed her beautiful calve muscles.
'Do I need to lock that door Cal?' Gillian asked as she pointed at the now closed door.
'Why would ya?'
Because you run whenever you hear the truth, whenever you are confronted, whenever you hear something you don't want to hear… 'You don't want the truth. Do you?'
Cal gulped the whisky in a few swigs up and put the glass with a loud clang on her desk. 'Ready as ever.' He said as he stared at her again as if he was beginning a competition.
'Yes, I wasn't lying.' Gillian began as she leaned back in her chair and didn't break eye contact. 'I really think you have sexual adhd.'
'Because I look at other woman?' Cal asked incredulous. That was a natural thing lot's of men did...
'You do more then look Cal.' Gillian answered matter of factly as she took a gulp of her drink.
'And?'
'And what?'
'There's something else on your tongue.'
Gillian closed her eyes shortly and shook her head again. 'I think you know'.
'You're the one with the words, so use them.'
'It's none of my business.' Gillian stated.
'Nope, it isn't. Still I'm asking you.'
'Why Cal?'
'Is it making you uncomfortable? Talking about my sex life?' He enjoyed pushing her. And turning the tables so she would be the one revealing things about herself and not him.
Gillian let out a frustrated laugh. 'I can talk about anything Cal. I'm more worried about you.'
'And still….' He said as he leaned forward and pointed at her face. 'I see fear.'
'Of course Cal.' Gillian said with force behind her tone as she put her drink down angrily. 'Because if I say something that you don't like. How will you react? You just love to lash out don't you?' She said as she stood up and stared angrily at him.
Cal eyed her surprised. The anger she was radiating at him right now was something he hadn't expected. Not today anyway...
'Your name is on the wall? This place is built on your sweat and blood and what the ever hell? No Cats and mouse? And my favorite?' She summed up all the things he had told her or barked at her these last months.
Gillian grabbed the bottle from her desk and drank straight from it now.
Cal's mouth hung open slightly and he was glued to her face. He knew what was coming now and he didn't want to hear it.
'If I ever touch YOUR finances again, WE ARE THROUGH?' She snapped hurt as she took another swig of the whisky and put the flask down angrily. 'Really CAL?! We are through?' She came around the desk stalking at him. 'I'm still some sort of employee to you aren't I? You're never going to see me as your full partner are you?' She snapped at him as her blue eyes spit fire at him. An angry blush came up from her neck and made it's way over to her cheeks.
Cal sighed as he sat up straighter. 'You do know that's deflecting you're doing right now?' He stated, knowing that it'll only add fire upon her anger. And although he hadn't come here to wind her up or make her angry, somehow he had and he couldn't stop himself from making it worse. He knew she was right, but somehow he couldn't show that to her. Like he needed to protect himself for some reason he didn't quite know.
'You talk about deflecting while all you do is running away for your responsibilities and whatever doesn't suit you. So yes Cal. If I say something that I've seen for such a long time what the hell will you do next? Are there even worse things you can do to me I wonder?' Gillian fumed as she put her hands up dramatically.
'Are you drunk already?' Cal asked as he got up from his chair.
'O yes sure. Because I could never be right about that could I? You just think you can hurt me over and over again.' She said as she pushed against his shoulder.
He looked from his shoulder back at her. This wasn't the Gillian he knew. Well, sure. He knew angry Gillian, fuming Gillian, annoyed Gillian. But this was… Different…. Like something that had been build up for months was coming out now.
'And this all because of the sexual ADHD? Cuz I look at other woman then?' He pushed her.
'Yes Cal! Of course this is all about you!' She snapped angrily. 'Maybe for ONCE you could just LISTEN. I already told you what this is about.'
Cal averted his gaze as he felt guilt running through him.
'Yes.' She said as she pointed at his face now. 'That's it. Exactly that.'
He shifted his face and had trouble looking at her. Sometimes he had the idea that she could look right through him. He wasn't used to that. Almost no one could do that.
'I'm tired. I don't know where this is coming from.' Gillian suddenly raved as she walked back to her desk and began packing her back. As she shook her head. The liquor must have gone to her head to quickly. She hadn't eaten much today either. She was losing her temper too quickly. This was not like her.
'Yeah you do.' Cal said as he put his hands in his pockets. 'Been bottling things up have you?' He tried to sound nice. And not act angrily to protect himself.
'Yes Cal. I have.' She said she looked up at him. 'But no reason to stoop even lower then you and act like this.'
'Why not? Cuz that's not you? It's not the civil thing to do?' He pushed. He couldn't stop himself, but that last remark made anger flare up from his stomach to his throat right out of his mouth.
Gillian looked up at him. 'O you just love to push me away wouldn't you!?'
'Oy... You are pushing me away luv, lost time I checked.'
'Yes, keep telling yourself that.' She said as she shook her head and took her coat from her chair.
'Oy, talk to me Gill.'
Gillian shook her head. 'For such a smart man you can really be daft at times Cal.' She snapped as she buttoned her coat up and grabbed her phone.
'How can you not call this pushing me away?' Call asked in a sweet tone now as he walked over to her. His eyes pleaded her to stay.
'You push me away Cal, before I can say something that is truthful but will probably hurt you.' She said as she let her phone slip in her purse.
Cal tried not to swallow. And he instantly knew she was right. 'So what's so bad about sexual ADHD then?'
'You're afraid to commit to long relationships Cal.' She took a step towards him. 'You're afraid to let a woman close. Real close. You don't know what it is to make love to a woman. You just shag them and run off. Easy and quick. Safe.' She closed her purse and backed away to walk around her desk towards the door.
'So you would know yeah?' He asked to her retreating back. He walked along the desk too now and tried to get to her before she could reach the door. 'Cuz you were there with me, in my bed, I was shagging you then?' He confronted her.
Gillian sighed as she turned around on her high heels. 'I just had to read it off you, that's all. Maybe you can ask Wallowski.'
Cal angrily put his hand against the door so she couldn't leave. Then he put his back against the door to block her way out.
'Really? Why would I?' Cal asked.
'You slept with her too didn't you? I don't care. Do whatever you like. And move away from the door Cal.'
'Of course you don't care. You're clean-Gillian.'
'O that again.' Gillian sighed as she remembered him saying that a month ago. 'I'm not going to fight with you anymore. I'm too tired. And frankly, I'm not interested.' She said as she waved him away.
He grabbed her pulse. 'Really? Cuz what else I saw on the screen was lust.'
Gillian narrowed her eyes. 'Really Cal? You just had to analyze that video? The man was attractive, yes it might have been lust.' 'For him.' She quickly added.
'Nah nah nah… I'm not talking about that psycho-plonker. I'm talking 'bout me. When you were telling him about me. '
'Why are you doing this Cal? ' She shook her head again. 'What is happening to you?'
'What do you mean?' Cal asked as he stepped in her personal space and looked up at her.
'You've changed somehow.' She said as she searched his eyes. 'These last months. And I can't figure out why. It's like you've lost track. You insult people, Loker… Ria… Even more. Even me. You lash out at me. And it's…..' He could see tears forming in her eyes. 'It's like you enjoy it. You enjoy pushing me away.'
Cal took a step back as he tried to stop his nostrils from flaring. 'You should know why I did that.' He half accused her as he stared at her.
Gillian tried to read him and then shook her head. 'I don't. How can I? If you don't let me read you?'
'You're too sweet. Too everything.' Cal suddenly spat out in a low tone.
Gillian moved her head away not understanding. 'Too sweet? Really Cal? And that's a bad thing?'
'Burns wasn't just in it for the sex. He really fancied you.' Cal said as he put his hands in his pockets.
She gave him a surprised and confused look. 'Dave? You're making no sense Cal.' She couldn't follow his train of thought.
'You're in it for the long haul aren't you? With men? You cling to them and do your thing…' He said as he turned away and put his hands in the air. 'The smothering, mothering, cuddling, caring and what the ever hell more.'
'I don't even know if that's an insult or not.' Gillian said angrily as she looked at him. 'It did sound like an insult.' She concluded as she stared at the ground shortly. Cal was making no sense to her again. 'What does that have to do with you behaving like a British ass these last months?' Gillian stabbed at him as she looked up again.
'Wow bingo. She does know how to slap.' Cal walked towards her with his hands in his pockets. 'Your boyfriend- FORMER boyfriend said I couldn't say the word 'love'. Any idea how he got that idea?' Did she tell him this? Did she tell Burns about him, about what an ass he could be? About how he had sexual adhd? About how he wasn't good enough for her? Did she reassure Burns that he had nothing to worry about: he didn't have to be afraid that Cal would ever make a chance with her?
'I don't even know what you're talking about.' Gillian answered confused.
Cal's lip twitched. 'The hospital. I was there before you, remember?' The last time Gillian would ever see her lover Dave Burns or what the hell his real name was. He'd been there. After the man almost died, after he himself had almost died.
'What did you say to him?' Gillian asked annoyed.
'If he was in it just for the sex.' Cal said as he stepped in her personal space.
'Like I wouldn't have noticed that if he were.' Gillian said angrily as she looked down on Cal from her high heels. How could he have asked Dave such a thing?! She wasn't totally incapable of reading men… At least… That was what she hoped… Her track record for men lately wasn't that great…
'Like you wouldn't have noticed that your hubby was sleeping with another woman.' Cal accused her. It was a mean stab and he knew it. It would hurt her. It would touch her. It would go over her bloody line.
The slap hit him so hard in his face that his cheek burned instantly. He hadn't even seen her move, all he felt was the pain in his face. And he saw the hurt in her eyes, the raw anger. He was far over the line this time.
'Now I'm through with you!' Gillian snapped as she turned on her heels.
He held his hand against his cheek. Felt pain inside of his heart. But this is what he did. What he always did. The pushing away. The lashing out. And although she had warned him for it. He'd still done it. This is why he wouldn't be good for her. She was clean and pure, sweet- too sweet. And he just ruined everything good, all the time. Many a times...It was only sometimes that he had his good moments. And that's why he hated himself.
'I love ya.' He said softly as she opened the door.
'What?' Gillian uttered annoyed as she turned around. She could feel her hand tingling from the hard slap she'd given her business partner and supposed 'best friend.'
'I LOVE YOU' Cal practically spelled out for her as he put his hands in his pockets. He could still feel his cheek burning and the pain in his heart. Cal saw Gillian's eyes watering and he didn't understand why.
'Sure you can say that now.' Gillian said as she looked at him fiercely. 'When you've pushed again.' She turned away from him. 'You didn't mean that.' She snapped against the door as she dragged it open with a lot of force.
'Yes I do.' Cal shouted at her back as he ran through the door now behind her. 'Surprised ey? Surprised that the ex-criminal can actually love?' He ran towards her and began stalking next to her. 'I love you. There I said it again. It relieves me.'
'I'm so glad you're relieved.' She spat at him as she kept walking.
'You think I'm joking?'
Gillian stopped abruptly. 'Well you MUST be.' She snapped. 'Throwing something like that at me like this.'
'Should I fall on my knees for you then?'
'You're being an ass again.'
'No, I mean it.'
'I mean it too!' Gillian snapped. 'And stop following me.'
'Afraid that I want to shag you too? Afraid that you'll disappoint me in the sack?' He called angrily at her back.
That made her turn around. He could see her nostrils flare as she stalked back at him. 'I don't shag!' Gillian snapped as she walked in on him. He had to look up at her in her high heels and could feel her warm breath against his cheeks and mouth. 'What I do to my men is none of your business. And frankly, I'm sure you'd disappoint ME in the sack!' She barked at him. He smelled the whisky on her breath and the heat of her anger radiating angrily towards him.
His mouth fell open and before he could come up with a clever retort she was already on the other side of the hallway. He swallowed.
'I would be in it for the long haul too… With you. I'd never just shag you…' He said weakly to her retreating back. But she was too far away. And probably didn't hear him. She was too important to him. The woman had his heart and could twist and turn it however she wanted. She just didn't know.
Hope you liked it. Let me know if you like. Next chapter will be coming soon!