I don't own Crossing Lines! My native language is Dutch and I'm dyslectic so sorry for any mistakes.

Looks like I can't let go of this story just yet. I'm not ready to let these characters go, as we know we will have to miss them in season 3 :(

So this is the sequel to Teaghlaigh and Remember Your Family. It might be wise to read those stories before reading this one.

This one is going to be a lot shorter than the two before, but I hope you all still like it!

Chapter 1

Tommy had done extensive research. He had to be sure it was all going to work out as he had planned in his head. This was important. He had been a little afraid when the weather forecast spoke about rain, because that was not something that could happen. That would make the situation critical. So Tommy had been keeping a close eye on his phone and the weather forecast.

'Tommy, again on your phone?' Eva asked and she sounded a little annoyed. Tommy put it down right away and pulled Eva on his lap to give her a kiss. Things had finally calmed down around them. Tommy was healing nicely, with the help of Eva, and he was no longer getting looks on the street when they went out. Not that he could blame the people. He would probably have stared as well. The bruises didn't look too pretty and had shown all the colors of the rainbow. But now the swelling had gone down and the colors had faded.

'Good morning,' he greeted her and he took the coffee she was offering. 'Thank you.'

'Really, Tommy, what are you doing on your phone all the time?' Eva asked between sips of her own coffee. 'I thought real men didn't have Facebook?' Tommy laughed mockingly, but loved that she had remembered that. He placed his mug on the table and looked at her.

'I thought...with all that has happened lately...we could do something fun today,' he said. A smile appeared on Eva's face.

'Tommy McConnel, are you asking me out on a date?' she asked and Tommy was relieved to hear the excitement in her voice. He nodded. 'I would love to,' she said, leaning down to kissed him. 'What are we going to do?'

'Well it is winter,' Tommy said and they both glanced outside, where the sun was shining. 'Sort of. And we're in the Netherlands...so I thought we could go ice skating. You also said you wanted to go to Amsterdam, which is why I looked for places to go ice skating in Amsterdam.' A big smile appeared on Eva's face.

'That sounds great, Tommy!' she said excitedly. 'I would love to go ice skating with you!'

'We can leave right after breakfast,' Tommy said. 'The weather will stay good for at least the morning...also a reason I was checking my phone. Weather man predicted rain for today.'


'This is perfect, Tommy!' Eva exclaimed when they stood on the Museumplein and she leaned in to kiss him one more time. The ice skating ring had a little bridge crossing over it and there were several kids already ice skating. Tommy pointed at the rental place and they got their skates. They sat down to put them on and while Eva got up to go to the ice, Tommy sat on the bench, staring at the people on the ice.

'Is there something wrong?' Eva asked him.

'Well I have never ice skated before,' Tommy admitted and Eva started to laugh.

'Then why did you take me here?'

'You told me once you wanted to go ice skating; the Netherlands is the place to be for ice skating and you wanted to see Amsterdam without having to be there for a case...so that's why we're here. I might have neglected to mention I never stood on ice ever before in my life.' Eva walked back and took his hand.

'I will teach you,' she told him and she pulled him along to the ice. 'Just hold on tightly.' Very carefully Tommy placed his feet on the ice and right away he struggled. Eva grabbed him tightly so he wouldn't fall.

'You're going to be alright,' Eva promised him and she had a big smile on her face. Clearly she found out Tommy's fear of ice skating hilarious.

'I warn you: not a word about this to the others!' he said and Eva nodded. 'I mean it!' Eva chuckled and gave him a kiss.

'Not a word,' she promised him. 'Come on, time to do some real skating. Just hold on to my hand and it will be okay.' Tommy immediately tightened his grip on her hand and Eva gently started to pull him over the ice. 'Now just follow my movements and it will be alright.' She started to pull him more into the ring but Tommy stopped, causing them to slip and fall on the ice. Tommy winced as he landed on his hip and Eva on top of him.

'Oww!' he said while rubbing his hip.

'You okay?' Eva asked, but her tone wasn't too worried. He could see she was trying to hold back her laughter. 'Come on, we should get up.' Eva managed to get back standing on the ice and extended her hand to help him up. He shook his head.

'I think I'm fine here on the floor,' Tommy answered. 'Why don't you show off some of your moves, I will definitely stare, and then you can come back to try again. I will be just here, trying to get my feet back underneath my body.'

'Are you sure?' Eva asked. 'We could leave the ice and get warm drinks. We can do other things in Amsterdam besides ice skating.' Tommy shook his head.

'No I promised you ice skating, so go,' he told her. 'I just need to find my dignity back after that fall and then we can try again. Just go and show me some of those spectacular moves. Like one of those twirly things.'

'A pirouette you mean?' Eva asked smiling. Tommy waved his hand vaguely. Whatever it was called. He just wanted to see Eva do one. 'And you are sure you don't need help getting up?'

'Oh no, there is a nice railing just over there willing to help me,' he answered. 'Go do your thing!' Eva looked one more time at him before skating off.


Eva made a stop and took several deep breaths. She was feeling very warm and a little tired, but most of all happy. It had been a great idea of Tommy to come here for their date. Their first real date now that Eva thought about it. They had never really gotten the chance before. Work always seemed to be interfering...or family. She turned around to see if Tommy was okay over by the railing. When she saw him she smiled. He was holding the hand of a little girl, who couldn't be older than seven, and helping her to skate around in the ring. He no longer seemed to have any problem with ice skating. Eva skated over to them.

'Seems like you're a quick learner,' she said and Tommy turned his head to her, a little startled.

'Yeah, I have this great teacher,' he replied with a cheeky smile at her. 'A very beautiful one.' Eva laughed and looked at the girl.

'And who is this little girl?' she asked, crouching down to the girl's height. She gave the girl a little wave.

'This is Tessa,' Tommy answered. 'And Tessa insisted on going skating with me, as I was lying on the ice. I have no clue about the rest as there is some language barrier.'

'Hey Tessa,' Eva greeted the girl and she pointed at herself. 'My name is Eva.' Tessa smiled and then pulled Tommy's hand, pointing forward.

'Ah, our journey needs to be continued,' he said to Eva. 'Will you skate along with us?' He then turned to Tessa, trying to ask her if she was okay with Eva skating along with them. He pointed at Eva and then in the direction Tessa had pointed at. The girl nodded and she grabbed Eva's hand as well. The tree of them slowly skated towards a woman standing at the side, who was probably Tessa's mother as she was waving and smiling at them. When they reached to woman, she started to speak with Tessa, giving Eva the chance to turn to Tommy.

'So you never stood on ice before?' Eva asked him and Tommy turned to her with a big grin on his face.

'I might have twisted the truth a little bit,' he answered. 'You are an excellent teacher though: holding my hand, reassuring me. Very good and very sexy.' He pulled her towards him and kissed her. Eva hit him on his chest.

'You could have just said you knew how to skate.'

'Well then you wouldn't have had the chance to show off your amazing ice skating skills,' he smiled. 'Those pirouettes were great. And those are something I can't do.' Tessa's mother stepped towards them.

'Thank you for helping my daughter, Tommy' she said to them. 'She had a great time. Can I offer you some hot chocolate? Tessa wanted me to ask you to come with us?' Tommy glanced at Eva, who gave him a nod. It was getting colder and a warm drink sounded good.


'Thank you for this amazing day,' Eva said once they had gotten home and seated themselves on Tommy's couch. 'It was perfect! The Vondelpark was beautiful and the dinner was delicious... I loved it.' She kissed Tommy again and he happily returned the kiss.

'You're very welcome,' he told her. 'I loved spending an entire day with just you and no work interruptions.' He was glad she had enjoyed herself on this day and he had done the same. A relaxing day like today was what they both needed after the weeks they had. Just one day filled with laughter and fun. For once no dead bodies or missing persons to interrupt them. It was just them two.

'So what do you want to do now?' he asked her.

'I'm fine with just lying here,' Eva answered and she rested her head on his chest. He held her a little tighter and placed a kiss on the top of her head. He was fine with that as well. But as perfect as their day had been, their moment was interrupted by the ringing of his phone. Tommy wanted to ignore it but noticed it was Shey calling him.

'I'm sorry, but I got to take this,' he apologized to Eva. 'It's Shey.' Eva sat up and Tommy got himself from the couch. He walked into the kitchen and answered the phone.

'Hey Tommy, I hope I'm not interrupting anything...but I had to call you...'

'Yeah no problem, Shey. Is everything okay? Eileen and the kids okay?' Suddenly something began to dawn on Tommy. 'Is mah okay?' It stayed silent on the other side of the line and Tommy got nervous. He couldn't help but start pacing.

TBC.

So that was chapter one, in which my sister discovered she was a cultural barbarian, not knowing her own country is the land of ice skating xD