October

"Bowling? Really? Who came up with that? I look awful in bowling shoes." Andrea said.

"Oh, hush girl. It'll be fun. The sheriff set it up as a way to boost morale and to welcome Deanna back to the county. They go way back. Deanna was here when the D.A.'s office first opened 30 years ago. With the shake up of attorneys and judges going on right now, they are welcoming her back with open arms. " said Sasha.

"Yeah ladies, it's just one night. Best 3 out of 5, the paper takes a picture of the winning team with a cheap trophy and you don't have to do it again for a year.

"Thank you Glen, for trying to talk some sense into them. What's the big deal? Would it kill us to meet the people we'll be working so closely with everyday? Just put on your big girl panties and bowl." Michonne sighed and chuckled at the same time mused at the conversation.

"Whatever. Glen won't even be there. When is it anyway? Andrea asked

"Saturday night. 7pm. Don't be late. We have 3 days to come up with a team name and get some cute shirts." Michonne said

"Oh, I'll handle the shirts. Glen can come up with a name right, since you wont be joining the team? "

"Sure thing, Andrea."

Where are you going to be anyways? Asked Sasha.

Away, doing manly things. Can't a guy get some time away from all the estrogen he's surrounded by everyday? Glen cheekily asked.

All the women rolled their eyes and shook their heads.

Deanna stood in front of the attorneys at the Friday meeting.

"Good morning all, I just wanted to brief you all on what will be happening here at the office in the next couple of weeks. Firstly the bowling tournament will be tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to it, as is the whole county. The local paper had a write up about it this morning. Sherriff Tanner said he would send over the deputies that will be playing against you today so that you can say hello and introduce yourselves."

Secondly with us setting up this new office in town, there will be a lot of boxes being delivered and needing to be unpacked. Unfortunately we have to unbox and file everything ourselves. That means some late nights and a lot of hard work to get this place just the way we want it. Lucky for us, we are across the street from the sheriffs office, and he said we can borrow a few deputies for any heavy lifting we don't want to do" Deanna said with a chuckle and a wink.

Lastly, I just wanted to say how excited I am to have such a talented group with me in King's County trying to fight the good fight. I know what all of you are capable of and there's no other people I would have chosen to be with me to get this office up and running."

With that Deanna walked out of the conference room and into her office just as the first of hundreds of boxes and a multitude of furniture began arriving.

"Come on guys, let's get this over with. Sheriff says we gotta go across the way and introduce ourselves to the attorneys setting up the new D.A. office." T-Dog said to Daryl, Shane and Rick

"One of them better be hot!" Shane announced

"It's and introduction and bowling tomorrow, Shane. Not a hook up." Daryl rasped

"Yeah, yeah. Say what you want, but is it too much to ask for some eye candy while I throw strikes all night?"

"Let's go." Rick said ignoring Shanes' comments.

The 4 walked across the street and opened the door to the new D.A.'s office only to be greeted by movers, furniture boxes and file boxes stacked too high for their liking.

"Do ya'll see anybody that looks like an attorney?" Shane asked

"No. There's gotta be an office somewhere. Lets try down here." T-Dog said

They make it to the first office only to find it full of boxes the next two offices were much of the same.

"Are you sure they're even here at the office" Shane asked annoyed

"The sheriff sent us over here to meet them, they must be here somewhere." Rick said

Just then they heard laughter coming from the office 2 doors down. They followed the sound to find the attorneys gathered around a conference room eating pizza and sipping drinks. At the sound of a knock at the door, the attorneys looked up the see the 4 deputies standing at the door.

"Well, hello, ladies. Shane said with a quirk of his eyebrow. We were looking for the new attorneys. The sheriff sent us over to introduce ourselves."

"Oh, yes, we were told to expect you." Sasha said getting up to shake hands with the deputies. I'm Sasha Williams this is Maggie, Andrea, and Michonne."

The women waved as their names were mentioned.

A male voice from behind them cleared his throat. They turned to see Glen standing behind them trying to enter the room.

"And this is Glen." Sasha added

"Hey" Glen said to the men. Waving napkins in the air " I found a whole stack in the break room."

T-Dog nudged Shane, who seemed to be at a lose for words for the first time in his life.

"Umm, I'm Theodore, but everyone calls me T-Dog. This is Daryl, Rick and Shane."

"Yeah, I'm Shane." Finally able to move after the shock of setting eyes on such lovely women, he moved into the room and shook hands with everyone. His hand lingered a bit longer on Andreas than it did with anyone else. The other deputies followed suit and everyone was formally introduced.

Michonne spoke up for the group.

" It's so nice to meet you all. I hope we can continue this friendly tone after tomorrow when we beat you at bowling.

Rick quickly noticed her confidence as well as her beauty, but unlike the other two mesmerized deputies, he kept his cool. He smiled at her and nodded slightly when their eyes met.

Chucking, T-Dog looked Michonne up and down before speaking.

"Care to make a friendly wager on it?"

"What do you have in mind?" Michonne asked, cautiously, having noticed him looking her up and down.

"Losing team feeds the winning team for a week."

Michonne looked around at the others in her group, who all smiled and nodded at the friendly beat.

She stuck out her hand for the shake.

"Deal."