A/N: I wrote this while back. But it's my first and only Psych story so far. Reviews are most welcome. Hope you enjoy.


CHAPTER ONE

Lassiter trekked his way through the halls of the familiar precinct. Passing his partner's desk he quickly came back to it. There was a woman sitting on Juliet's desk in a black long sleeve dress that came to her mid-thigh with a small matching black belt. She wore matching black platform heel sandals. Her red hair was pulled up into a messy bun.

Moving in front of her. "I'm detective Carlton Lassiter, head detective here at Santa Barbra P.D."

Looking up from her cell. "Evian." Going back to her phone.

"No thanks, I'm not thirsty." Straightening his tie.

She looked up at Lassiter clearly not amused. "That is my name."

"Evian!" Juliet screamed from behind her partner.

"Juliet!" She hopped off the desk and ran over to her.

The two screamed some more as they hugged. Lassiter covered his ears walking away from the two screaming girls and to his desk.

Pulling away. "What are you doing here?" Juliet asked.

"Gucci needed a new manager here. And since I was being moved up to manager I took it."

Juliet's jaw dropped. "You are working for Gucci!"

"Yup and managers get a sweet discount."

Shawn and Gus approached. "Julies who is your friend and where have you been stashing her?" Shawn said.

"This is my best friend Evian. We've known each other since middle school."

Holding out his hand. "I'm Shawn and this is my amigo in arms Stinky McMasterson."

"Nice to meet you, Shawn and Gus." Shaking both their hands.

"I told her all about you guys," Juliet said.

Gus spoke up. "Why doesn't Evian join us for lunch? The more the merrier." He smiled at her, hitting his nose with his thumb. As he tried to act cool.

"Can you?" Juliet asked excitedly.

Nodding. "That would be great. See you around Carlton. I'll make sure to have some water on me next time." Evian waved at a glaring Lassiter.

Gus positioned himself to sit next to Evian. "So you just moved here?" He asked.

"Actually what Gus and I like to know is do you drink bottle water of yourself? And do you find it awkward in any way when and if you do and when others do as well?" Shawn asked.

Gus shook his head. "I don't think that."

"You don't have to answer that," Juliet said.

Laughing. "Oddly yes I do like to drink Evian water and no it's not awkward when I do or see other people doing it either."

"That would be weird for me." Said Shawn.

Halfway through lunch, Juliet got a call from Lassiter. "Can I come?" Evian asked when she hung up the phone.

"You should stay here," Julie said leaving quickly.

Minutes later Shawn and Gus showed up to the crime scene with Evian. When Lassiter saw them he made a noise.

Making his way over to them. "What are you doing here? And with her?"

"Getting some Evian for Evian." Shawn held up the plastic bottle of water and handing it to her.

"I thought I told you to stay?" Juliet walked up to them.

Biting her bottom lip. "To her defense, she gave a compelling argument," Gus said.

"You gave them puppy dog eyes." Juliet sighed.

Smiling. "And I whimpered. Surprisingly they broke down a lot faster than I would have thought."

"You two out and take her with you." Lassiter shooed them away.

Shawn moved passed the group. "Come on Lassie. She wants to see how the professionals do it."

After Shawn did his thing, he finally agreed to leave and bring Evian with him. Which happened to be when everyone else was leaving. Evian caught up with Juliet at the car.

"Hey, give me a call when this case is over. You and I are due for some shopping at Gucci with the discount." She said.

Lassiter was by the driver side. "This can wait, we have an important case to solve."

"Have some water." Evian tossed him the bottle in her hand. "Call me?" She turned to Juliet.

"Of course." Juliet smiled climbing in the car.

Juliet called Evian a few days later after the case was solved. As she said they went shopping with her discount.

Lassiter was at his desk when he looked up to see Evian standing in front of him. "Have you seen Juliet? I came to surprise her for lunch."

"Shawn came by for her." He mumbled going back to his work.

Going around to sit on the edge of his desk. He couldn't help but notice she smelled of cinnamon. Or see her long legs out of the corner of his eye. When she stood her dress came to her knee as she wore knee-high boots that matched. But sitting on his desk the dress hiked up some exposing some skin on her thigh.

Trying to stay calm, he looked up at her. "Can I help you?"

"It's more like may I help you. It is better English and you sound dignified by saying it like that. And yes you may help me, would you like to join me for lunch?" She asked.

Shocked he leaned back in his chair. "You want to have lunch with me?"

"Why not? Even if I came here to have lunch with Juliet you are my next option. I have reservations at the Three flowers."

Getting up from his desk. "I've always wanted to eat there. It's really hard to get a reservation there, how did you get in? And so soon?"

"I know the owner." Hopping off his desk.

Lassiter looked around the place as they entered the restaurant. "Is that my favorite bottle of water?!" The man came running over.

"Oh my gosh, it's my favorite emo loser!" They gave each other a big hug.

Hitting her in the arm. "I heard you got into town like a week ago and I'm just now seeing you."

"Juliet and I had a lot of catching up to do," Evian explained.

Looking Lassiter up and down. "I don't remember her being so butch, or so tall. And I thought she was blonde."

"Oh geez no this is her partner, Detective Carlton Lassiter. He is the head of something or other. Carlton this is my older brother Mark."

Shaking hands. "She means head detective at SBPD."

Mark leaned towards Evian. "Should you be having lunch with her partner?" His voice was low.

Laughing. "Geez no, you idiot. Juliet is a detective as well, they are partners. He works with her, she works with him. Do you ever listen to me when I call you and tell you things?"

"Oh ok, that is much better. So I have the best seat in the house for you two. Ashley will take you to it." Mark placed a hand on Lassiter's chest stopping him where he was. He waited till his sister was a good distance away. "I don't know what is going on between you and my sister. But if you hurt her in any way, detective or not I will hunt you down and break every bone in your body."

"We're just having lunch since detective O'Hara wasn't there to accompany her," Lassiter said.

Poking him in the chest. "You've been warned." Mark let Lassiter join Evian at there booth.

Shawn and Gus were dropping off Juliet. "I just don't see how it couldn't be possible to have a great white shark as a pet," Shawn spoke climbing out of the car.

"Isn't that your friend Julies?" Gus pointed over by some parked cars.

There was Evian leaning against her car with Lassiter standing in front of her. They watched as she reached up messing with his hair. Shawn and Gus gasped when Lassiter didn't yell at her or fix his hair.

"What is wrong with this picture?" Shawn asked.

Juliet tilted her head. "Evian always did like tall guys."

"But it's Lassiter. Didn't you tell her about him?" Gus asked.

"I did." She answered.

Evian reached up to fiddle with Lassiter's tie but he pushed her hand away. Shawn caught the flirtatious smile that came to her face and wondered if Lassie caught it. There was a real good chance he didn't but deep down Shawn hoped he did. Because making fun of Lassiter about this was going to be sweet and fun.

Juliet made her way over to the two. "Evian, what are you doing here?" Gus and Shawn followed.

"Hey, you guys. I came by earlier to surprise you with reservations to the Three flowers for lunch but you weren't here. So I invited Carlton here to join me instead. I have to go back to work. Thanks for coming along Carlton, I had fun. Oh, Juliet Mark says how you doin?" Evian giggled as she got back in her car and took off.

Shawn looked at Juliet. "Who is Mark and why does he think he is Joey from friends?"

"It's nothing, what I want to know is why Lassiter is having a lunch date with my best friend?" Turning the attention to him now.

Adjusting his tie. "I had a chance to eat at a five-star restaurant." Turning on his heels, Lassiter went back inside the precinct.

Evian was sitting in her office a few days later when one of the sale associates walked in. "Ms. Arlington there is someone up front for you."

Getting up. "Thanks, Trixie." Heading upfront Evian found Gus waiting for her. "Hey, Gus what brings you here?"

"I was wondering if it isn't too presumptuous…" He flustered with the words

Laughing. "You want me to hook you up. You have to promise you are not going to tell anyone that I used my discount for you."

"I promise." Gus quickly said.

Leading him over to the men's wear. "Just one quick question. Are you sure you want to get some things here with you working at Psych and all? Juliet told me some of the cases you have worked on and how dirty you get."

"It's all good."

Smiling as she clapped her hands. "Yay, let's dress you." Grabbing a few shirts. "You know what you're like? You're like my own personal Ken doll. Except for the fact your taller, real and somewhat adorable."

After grabbing a few shirts, Evian handed them to Gus and sent him in the first available changing room. As he tried on shirts she would ask him about working at Psych and the pharmaceutical company.

Coming out in the fourth shirt, Gus stood in front of Evian. "You look good in lavender." She complimented.

Moving to the mirrors Gus checked himself out. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Shoot." Moving next to him she adjusted his shirt some.

Looking at her through the mirror. "Shawn was bugging Jules about Mark till she told him about the guy. I thought you grew up with Juliet."

"I met Juliet the summer before 7th grade. My parents split when I was in 6th grade. Mark went with my mom who moved here and my dad and I moved somewhere else."

Facing her. "I'm sorry to hear about that."

"It's all good. I was mad when I was younger because I just didn't fully understand what was going on. And I didn't get my dad and him being gay even though I have always been really close with him. But now he is happier than ever and he told me every day that he never regretted once that he was with my mom because he got me and my brother Mark. And I am stoked because from him I get my awesome sense of fashion. Like how great you look in lavender and that light salmon shirt. Oh my gosh!"

Startled Gus took a step back. "What?"

"I just thought of a perfect shirt for you. Every guy I have suggested it too and bought it has come back a few days later to thank me. Because it's a chick magnet. And with your dark skin, the color will look perfect on you. Not to mention your adorable boyish looks, you'll definitely get numbers from girls pretty much every time you wear it." Evian rushed to grab the shirt.

When Gus came out with the shirt on, all the sales associates looked his way, including some of the customers in the store. Gus saw one of the girls wink at him.

Evian smiled broadly. "I have a feeling you're going to be walking out of here with a few numbers."

Gus was feeling amazing in the shirt he had on. "This is nice." Checking himself out again in the mirrors.

"Told you. Now come on lets ring you up, I have to get back to work. I've got a massive amount of paperwork to finish."

Lassiter came back from the bathroom to find his partner had been replaced. Evian smiled at him as she listened on her phone. He wondered who she was talking to. Whoever it was, was making her laugh and a lot.

Hanging up the phone, she made her way over to his desk. "Hey what's up?" Sitting on the edge of his desk near him.

"Do you mind?" He said.

Crossing her legs. "Not one bit." Tossing some hair over her right shoulder.

Looking up at her. "What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for Juliet to return from talking with some guy named Mc something."

Shuffling through some papers. "McNab." The faint smell of cinnamon filled his nose.

"What are you doing this weekend?" Evian asked.

Looking up at her. "Why do you ask?"

"Why not? Were friends aren't we?"

Lassiter's eyebrow furrowed. "We are?"

"Any friend of Juliet's is a friend of mine."

"You ready?" Juliet walked up.

Getting up. "For a long awaited girls night, always. Later Carlton."

Lassiter watched the two friends walk away as the smell of cinnamon started to fade. Before he knew it, he caught himself missing that smell.

Lassiter sat outside Evian's work that Sunday afternoon. He had done a background check on her and even found out her work schedule. For someone who seemed to be showing up randomly at the precinct and seemed to have a lot of free time, she worked an awful lot. He watched her through the window laughing at her and another sales associate talked with a customer. He waited till the store closed and Evian locked it up. Reaching for the door handle Lassiter was about to climb out when a motorcycle pulled up. He noticed the man was quite a bit older than her and not even wearing a helmet.

He climbed off his bike before sweeping up an excited Evian into his arms. The mystery man did a few circles before setting her back down. Something must have been said she didn't like because Evian made a sad face and shook her head no. He watched him kiss her cheek before taking off on his bike. Carlton waited before leaving himself.

Lassiter was returning back to his desk to finish some late night paperwork to find Evian sitting in his chair at his desk.

"What are you doing here?" He asked.

Getting up Lassiter gulped. She was wearing even less than he thought. A spaghetti strap shirt, cotton shorts, and sandals.

Making her way to him. "I go home tonight, got ready to take a nice long hot bath after a long day of work. And after I finished drawing my bath I get a call. And you know where from?"

"Why would I know that?" Taking another big gulp.

Placing her hands on her hips. "I got a call to come down to the Santa Barbra Police Department. You want to know why?"

"Why?" Curious to what it was but scared he might not like it.

Pointing behind him Carlton turned around to see the man he arrested a few minutes ago. "You arrested him for driving a motorcycle without a helmet. So thanks for arresting my father and taking away my nice long relaxing bath I was going to take tonight."

Carlton watched her leave the precinct with her father. He couldn't believe that the guy he saw was her father. And he arrested the man.

Juliet caught Lassiter outside of the precinct the next day. "You arrested Evian's father last night?"

"He was riding a motorcycle without a helmet."

Juliet frowned. "He does side work for movies and TV shows and was picked up to do some work for a movie that is around here. He making sure the motorcycles run well every night. The one he was using when you arrested him was for a big budgeted movie. And he was taking it for a ride, nothing big, just to see how it was running after making some minor adjustments when he stopped by to see Evian. Her dad had moved here after she went to college so he would be near Mark, her brother his son, he had been so busy that he didn't get the message till now that his daughter moved here." Juliet spun on her heels and walked away from him.

Lassiter walked through the doors of the Gucci store. Scanning the place he found Evian behind the front desk.

"See you finally decided to come here and add a variety to your wardrobe." She smiled looking up from the computer.

Looking down at his clothes. "You really think that?"

"Dude I've seen that outfit three times since I've moved here. It's so apparent you lack a girlfriend and a variety of clothes. No girlfriend would let you wear the same outfit so much."

Frowning more than usual. "My wardrobe isn't what brought me here. Nor the lack of having a girlfriend." He grumbled.

"Then why did you come?" Leaning on the counter.

When he stared into those hazel eyes he forgot what brought him here. He didn't know what to do or say which seemed to make things worse.

Evian moved around the counter. "Is it about the fact you arrested my dad?" He gave a nod, shocked she even knew why he was here. "It's his own fault. Boy does he hate you thought."

"I get that a lot." Sticking his hands on his pockets.

"Dude if you just added more clothes to your wardrobe and pulled that stick out of your ass people wouldn't say that."

He didn't know what it was about this girl but he didn't scare her or intimidate her as he did with everyone else.

Taking a breath. "Should you be talking to customers like that?"

"You came here to talk with me, not buy clothes. So that makes you not a customer."

Adjusting his tie. "Then I'm buying clothes."

Placing her hand on his arm. "Oh, my word thank you. Because you have some wretched taste in clothes." Pulling him towards the men's section.

"I don't know about these pants." Lassiter walked out of the dressing room.

"They are perfect. They'll go with everything which is nice. Not to mention they won't look the same if you wear them one day with say a light gray jacket. Then a few days later with a dark gray jacket. They will look completely different adding a variety to your clothes without actually having to get a lot of clothes."

Looking in the mirror. "I'm just not sure."

"If you want a girlfriend get the damn pants in a gray and black. And you're going to need at least two jackets too." Going to retrieve some for him.

Following after her after seeing the price of the pants. "I can't afford all these."

"Yes, you can."

"No, I can't."

Evian turned to him. "You don't want to look nice? I know being a detective is tough work an all. But why not look nice while doing it?"

"These pants alone are a months paycheck."

She played with her hair. "Really? Because I always had a thing for detectives. Especially those who know how to dress." She gave him her best flirtatious look.

That look made him cave. "Oh all right."

"Oh my gosh yay! You're going to look so good after this." Evian clapped in joy.

Evian had Lassiter try on one of the suites. Her jaw dropped seeing him step out of the dressing room. She didn't think that the man was all that cute, boy was she wrong. Dead wrong.

So memorized by him Evian didn't hear him ask. "What do you think?" When she didn't answer him he saw her through the mirror before turning to face her. "Evian? You ok?" Waving his hand in front of her face.

"What? Sorry. You, you look good. Why don't you go change and I'll ring you up for the two pants and two jackets." Evian quickly walked away.

After ringing him up she saw Lassiter out. "I'm just going to ask this quick. If you're not doing anything tomorrow night…." He began.

"I would love to go out on a date with you." She answered before he finished his question.


A/N: Reviews would be most welcome. I hope you enjoyed it so far.