Author's Note:

Hey guys, this is my 1st White Collar story, its AU, before the series and deals with some of what happened early in season 1, but its totally different. I hope you will like it-really hope you will-so please give it a shot and let me know if I should continue.

It happens before Neal meets Kate, and he is with another woman,Umm, I will shut up now and let you read it ;)

Flashback, few years back.

"Sarah," Neal called making her raise her head-which she was resting on his chest-to look at him questioning. "I've something to tell you." He informed.

"Can't that thing wait till tomorrow?" Sarah asked with a smile looking in Neal's beautiful blue eyes that she always loved.

"No, it can't!" Neal huffed making her worried.

Sarah straightened up in her seat looking at him with a worried look. "Is everything ok? Neal, don't scare me!" He looked away from her hazel eyes scaring her.

"I've to leave," Neal said. "I can't stay with you, there is that girl and,"

"A girl!" Sarah cut him off snapping. "What do you mean a girl Neal? Huh, a girl? Are you serious?" She said standing up from the bed they were laying on wrapping the sheet around her naked body.

"Just calm down and I will explain everything!" Neal told her trying also climbing of the bed walked towards her.

"Let go of me!" Sarah snapped taking her arm away as he tried to hold her. "Don't touch me Neal! Just stay away!" she yelled at him.

"Fine, okay I will stay away!" He said waving her off with his hands. "Can I talk now?"

"And what you are going to say?" Sarah asked smiling bitterly. "Neal," she paused huffing, trying to control her temper-which wasn't really working. "You don't need to say anything after saying 'leave' and 'girl' in once sentence. I could be called lots of things but stupid is not one of them!"

"Sarah, just listen to me, please!" Neal said getting closer to her trying again to hold her but she took a step back from his touch. "I can't fool you, not you of all people,"

"Yeah Neal, you can't fool me because I taught you a lot of your scams, remember?" Sarah snapped angrily at Neal pushing him away.

He huffed glaring at her. "I do remember that!" Neal said. "I meant I can't be with you while I'm falling for another girl Sarah, that's what I meant when I said I can't fool you, I can't fool you that way!"

"Really?" Sarah said with a sarcastic tone. "Because I think you just DID!" she yelled at him.

"Sarah, please let me explain!" Neal pleaded but deep down he knew it was useless, Sarah was and always been stubborn and never listens to anyone.

"No," She said firmly. "Get out Neal!" Sarah said shocking Neal, he didn't see that one coming. "I said get out, and not only from this house, get out of my life, I won't let you screw me over, not me, ME!" she yelled at him.

"I don't like for things to end between us like that, please!" Neal said trying to calm her down.

"Like this," Sarah laughed bitterly. "Are you kidding me? Half an hour ago you were screwing me there on that bed, and now you're breaking up with me, how that could be good? You tell me Mr. Caffrey because I don't get it; you don't have sex with a girl and break up with her few minutes later. I'm not your whore, I'm your girlfriend!"

"You didn't give me a chance not to do this," Neal said, and even with the tense situation he had to pull this off. "You were too horny that you jumped at me once I crossed this door!" He said pointing at the room's door, he joked.

"Well, I was!" Sarah laughed a little. "Both of us are so messed up!" she muttered talking to herself while Neal nodded simply and shrugged.

"Can we be friends?" Neal asked playing with the last card.

"Friends?" Sarah snapped again. "Fuck you Neal, how is that for friends?"

"Not so much I'm afraid!" Once again Neal smirked.

"Get out, I don't want to be your friend, and I certainly don't want to see you again!" Sarah said shockingly calm.

"I'm sorry!" Neal said wearing his shirt.

"No you're not!" Sarah told him sitting on her bed tossing him his tie. "One question before you leave!" Neal turned to look at her. "What's that girl's name?"

"Kate, her name is Kate!" Neal said before getting out of the room.

End of flashback.

...

Now,

"So, you're saying this woman is the only one that can help us with this?" Peter wondered sitting on his chair.

"Well, not only the only one but also the best!" Neal stated. "I learned some tricks from her!"

"She thought you some tricks?" Peter chuckled.

"Yeah, laugh," Neal glared at Peter then rolled his eye. "Laugh again and I won't tell you anything, and let your FBI instinct help you with this case!" He said annoyed standing up.

Peter laughed again making Neal to huff and head for the door. "Okay, okay, just come in! Don't be a child!" Peter said and Neal glared at him for a second before he went and sat on the chair facing Peter. "Since when you get such sensitive like that Neal?"

Neal huffed one more time. "Nothing!" He said. "But if you want her help you can't say you came from my side, at all!"

"Wow, Neal Caffrey is afraid of a woman! That's a first!" Peter Mocked. "I need to see her!"

"Funny Peter, really!" Neal muttered. "She... she, we used to be um, close," He stuttered.

"Close, how close?" Peter wondered but Neal gave his cheeky smile. "Oh no, you used to sleep with her!"

Neal shrugged with a smile. "She was my girlfriend, one day before Kate!" he told Peter.

"Why I didn't hear of her before then?" Peter asked.

"Ask yourself Mr. FBI!" Neal smirked. Peter was about snap. "Okay, she just knows how to stay off the radar, plus she knows all the tricks but she never got her hands dirty!"

"And how is that even possible?" Peter asked in 'yeah right' tone.

Neal rolled his eyes and sighed. "She is not into all this, she learned because she had to, not because she wanted to," Neal told Peter who wasn't convinced. "Her father was the man that taught her everything, and I worked for him for a while when I saw her and we, you know!" he finished.

"And?" Peter questioned.

"And what?" Neal asked with raised eyebrow.

"And how we going to ask her to help us then?"

"Do I have to do everything?" Neal teased.

"Neal, this woman knows you and she won't work with us because of you, and you're saying she is clean so we can't hold anything against her to make her help and I don't think she will volunteer either, so what is in your head genius?" Peter said crossing her arms against his chest.

"Oh, I didn't think of that!" Neal frowned talking to himself, and then he looked at Peter with a smile.

"You have something right?" Peter said hopefully.

"Uh, no!" Neal said still smiling.

"Why the smile then?" Peter asked.

"Nothing I just remembered Sarah!" Neal said simply.

"Get out!" Peter said.

"What?" Neal exclaimed.

"Get out and when you think of something to get this woman let me know!" Peter said.

Neal shrugged walking towards the door but suddenly he turned around in a half circle. "I can do it myself!" He stated to the surprised Peter. Neal said he didn't want anything to do with this and now he took his word. "Okay, I take that back!" Neal said turning to walk away again.

"Wait!" Peter called stopping his from leaving. "What you're going to do?" He asked and Neal smiled mysteriously.

"You will see."

So, was it a good start, hopefully, I'm dying over here so please let me know what you guys think and if I should go further. Thanks for reading it. Please review!

Asya :D