I don't own these characters just a fan wanting to tell a story. Hope you enjoy


Danny walked up the steps to his house, he was surprised to see Baez car in his parked outside his house. He opened the door, quietly and heard something that surprised him.

"Okay when balancing equations you just have to remember to cross multiply and that will get the number you need for the other side of the equations." Baez was saying, "So if you have two oxygen on this side but on this side, you only have on H2O which means you only have one O on the right side what would you do?"

"Put a 2 in front of the H2O," Sean's voice replied,

"Exactly," Baez said lightly. "Now when working with charges it the same thing and just remember that Leo the Lion says GER and you will do fine

Danny came into the kitchen and saw Baez sitting next to sean at the kitchen table, there were books on the table and they were both poring over a piece of paper.

"Dad you home early," Sean said, startled that his father was home this early.

"Is that a bad thing?" Danny asked, setting the bag of groceries on the counter.

"No," Sean answered.

"What are you doing here?" Danny questioned Baez, not displeased but confused slightly.

"I came to drop off the files for the Brown case and Sean was working on chemistry and was having trouble understanding how to balance equations with charges," Baez answered, motioning to some files on the table.

"Well, thanks," Danny said, feeling a slight pain that Baez had to help Sean with homework because Linda wasn't there to do it.

"It's my pleasure," Baez said with a smile, "I should get going though."

"Why don't you stay for supper, I'm making chicken Alfredo," Danny suggested, knowing that she was probably going to order Chinese and eat it at home alone.

"I would love to, but I do have dinner plans," Baez explained, getting up and putting her suit coat back on.

"Okay, some other time," Danny replied, he noticed that Sean was staying quiet, just watching the exchange.

"If you need any more help with chemistry just let me know," Baez said, turning back to Sean and handing him her business card, "Use the number on the back," and she was gone.

"I didn't know you having problems with chemistry," Danny said, once she was gone, turning back to Sean.

Sean looked down, "I wasn't just balancing equations are hard and they take forever. She said she aced chemistry in high school so she was teaching me the tips and tricks she knows." Sean explained.

"Okay, now help me get supper ready," Danny said, starting to put groceries away.

He couldn't explain it but he was irritated, the fact that Baez was going out tonight bugged him more then he cared to admit.

Maria Baez started the engine to her car and sighed. Why had she lied and said she had dinner plans, he had offered for her to stay. Why had she panicked, she had been there to drop off the file and Sean had asked for help. Why did she feel guilty, for being at his house? She left the street curve and started to drive home. It was a little while before she got home, but when was did she went straight for the shower, she let the hot water pour over her. His voice, his eyes, his heartbreak. She started to shampoo her hair as she thought about his empty house, Sean would be heading off to college in a few years, what would he do then, would he just pour all of himself into his work. Damn it! Why did she always have to fall for men who were married? She felt for Sean, he didn't have a mom anymore, and something in her wanted to try and fill the void that Linda had left behind. She got out of the shower and changed into her comfy clothes, which consisted of a T-shirt and leggings. She turned on the TV and got ice cream out of the freezer, it was rocky road her favorite. She grabbed a spoon and pulled her blanket around her and scrolled through her Netflix and decide on a cheesy chick flick. She at the ice-cream straight out of the container roughing up her wet hair. She laughed at how stupid the plot for this story was it was simple boy meets girl, boy and girl fight, boy and girl make up.

"That' not how romance works," She sighed when the movie ended, she picked up her phone and saw she had a missed message from Sean.

Sean: "Hey, did you also ace algebra 2?"

Maria: "Yes, I did, but shouldn't ask your dad if could help not me?" Baez reluctantly responded,

She wanted to say "Yes I will help in any way I can," but she didn't want to take Danny's place in his son's life.

Sean: Dad doesn't really know how to do the content, but he said he was willing to pay for a tutor, but I would prefer working with you over someone I don't know.

Maria: Yeah, I can help, I'll look at my schedule and see when I free.

Sean: Thanks,

Maria set her phone down, maybe this would help Sean, but something she did know was that it was going to be hard to brush up her school skills to help Sean. Digging up some the skills she had long since buried under her detective skills. She spent the rest of the evening reading through some old math textbooks realizing she had lost more than she thought.


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