Song inspiration: Name by Goo Goo Dolls
Just a little fluffy friendship I dont know. Down own anything. Download the song, Really Worth It!

He had been thinking about it for a while now, he knew he made her laugh. She was always happy around him, that had to count for something.

But this was it, one last time, he would ask her out and if she said no, then he was moving on. It wasn't fair to him if he kept a childish crush on her. She didn't want him, told him so on numerous occasions and yet, he went to bed thinking about her every morning.

She was the last one here, always was, always working a case that needed one more test done, one more look through in case she missed something. He'd been afraid to this for quite some time, but the truth was, neither of them was getting any younger. He was tired of putting his love life on the back burner while he tried his hardest to make her see him.

He hadn't been far behind her, she walked into the locker room only minutes before him. It was funny how an hour ago, he found his eyes drooping shut and now they were wide awake, not even the slightest indication they had been tired a mere sixty minutes ago.

The swish of the door, was the only sound he heard, the rest of the lab stood quiet waiting for him to get his answer, not really but that's what he would like to think. He rounded the corner ready to speak but stopped short.

Her back was turned to him but he could tell she was crying. The way her shoulders were sagged and her arm brought up to her face to be placed in front of her mouth, covering the sobs that racked her body.

Part of him wanted to find out what was wrong while the other, wanted to find the person who made her cry and beat him to an inch of their life. She was an amazing woman who shouldn't be crying, she should be laughing, earning laugh lines instead of worry ones.

He always knew that it was impolite to ask what was wrong, with her anyways. He played it cool.

"You finally going home?" he kept his tone light and cheery, while inside it was killing him, he vision stayed to the ground as she wiped away the tears, playing oblivious really worked sometimes.

"Ya the Johnson's case needed one more test done on it" she smiled but somehow it looked forced, even for her, it hadn't quite reached her eyes.

"You want to go grab a cup of coffee, talk about it?" this wasn't the date question, this was a concerned friend asking to be let in, to find out all the secrets.

"Talk about what?" she asked confused

"Why you were crying as I walked in" he really didn't feel like doing anything but crawling into bed, but this wasn't about him.

"I wasn't crying" she once again forced her crooked smile but it seemed foreign. A tear slipped down her cheek, calling her a liar.

"Please don't shut me out" he didn't think he could handle it if she did.

"It's nothing really, honest" she moved to grab her coat, turning her attention to the coat.

"If its nothing then why are you crying?" he stepped closer, she turned to him, fresh tears on her face.

"I just don't understand, why he doesn't want me" and there was the reason why nothing had ever worked out between them. She was in love with their boss. He moved closer still until his arms were around her, she resisted at first but soon relaxed bringing her arms to encircle his waist and cry into the crook of his neck.

"I don't have that answer" he smoothed down her hair, as she cried, looking up at the ceiling cursing himself for thinking how good, how right this felt. How right it felt that their bodies fit together like a jigsaw puzzle.

Her cries had calmed a little while ago, but she hadn't moved, dare he say that she liked to be in his arms? She pulled away after that thought, as if she heard him, she dried her eyes and didn't look like she had been crying, the only evidence was the little dampened spot on his shirt.

"Come on" he held out his hand for her to take

"Where?"

"Somewhere I go to think"

"What would you have to think about?"

"You'd be surprised" she took his hand, leading her out they were on their way to his special spot, that no one knew about.