Jo entered Julia's lab, armed and ready.

"You are so going down, Girl!" Jo proclaimed.

"Don't be so sure about that, Sister. I've been preparing."

"You ready to go to the mat?"

"You bet!"

They went into a small office where there was a scrabble board on a small mat.

"You know, I could bring a small card table in here." Jo offered.

"I highly doubt it would fit. Anyway, the running score is you: 349, me 334. But I am so catching up today."

"Yeah, right."

"You forget, Girl: I know all kinds scientific terms that you don't. So there." Julia stuck her tongue out.

"So why am I ahead?"

Later on….

"You so did not!"

"I swear, my first crush was on Commander Data." Julia said as they both continued cackling. "What about you? Who was your first crush?"

Jo blushed. "Promise not to tell anyone?" Jo asked.

"Okay, I promise."

Jo gave Julia a doubtful look at first. "I mean, this is top secret. Zane doesn't even know."

"Okay, cross my heart and hope to die." Julia said, making the appropriate gestures.

Jo took a deep breath. "Okay, up until I was about fourteen, I was obsessed with my older cousin. He was eighteen years older than me. He was a cop." Jo started to trail off, having a very nostalgic look on her face.

"Is that when you decided to go into law enforcement?" Julia asked,.

Jo nodded. "I'd listen to the stories he told about the field. It seemed so cool and exciting." Jo kept smiling. Then, she slowly came out of it. "So, what made you want to go into science?"

Julia took a deep breath, as she too was about to reveal something very private and personal about herself. Then, she decided against it. "It was my favorite subject in school." She said with a shrug.

Jo was slightly confused at Julia's response. But before she could say anything, Julia decided to change the subject.

"Hey, I've finished developing your wedding present." Julia said enthusiastically as she got a small piece of cloth out of a drawer and handed it to Jo.

"Um, thanks?" Jo said taking the piece of cloth. She looked at it curiously. "So, uh?"

Julia laughed. "It's a special cloth. You see-" She continued giggling.

"Well?" Jo asked, bewildered at Julia's mirth.

Finally, Julia calmed herself down a little. "Okay, well, it's special fabric." She gulped. "You see, when a person is um," she let out another little giggle, "sexually aroused, the body releases pheromones. The fibers in the cloth dissolve when in contact with these pheromones."

Jo smirked. "This is really going to be popular with the guys. When did you come up with it?"

"The first time that Fargo and I-" Julia couldn't finish the sentence. She looked as though she was going to cry. After a couple seconds, she recovered. "Anyway, if you want to just bring me a design, I'll make your dress. I'm actually a pretty good seamstress."

"Thanks." Jo smiled.

Later on, at Café Diem, Julia was sipping a smoothie when Joe walked in with a great big smile on her face.

Julia got up and headed toward the back corner, taking her drink with her and nodding for Jo to follow. Thankfully, it was rather late in the afternoon, so Café Diem was rather empty. Jo ordered a smoothie and then followed Julia. They found a nice little booth and sat down, both of them scanning to room to make sure that no one was paying attention.

"So, did it work?" Julia asked eagerly.

"Oh, yeah." Jo replied as she took a sip. "There was a bit of a tingling sensation as it melted. It threw me off balance, and I kinda…."

"What?" Julia asked, both confused and curious.

"Well, I sorta, accidentally knocked Zane in the groin."

"Ewwww." Julia said as both women started laughing. "You do realize that you're going to need that stuff for the wedding night, don't you?"

"Yeah, but I couldn't-" Jo suddenly stopped talking as she saw Julia's face fall. The deputy followed the lab tech's gaze.

"Aprez-vous, m'lady." Fargo said as he held the door open for Claudia.

"Merci, Miseur." Claudia said as she stepped in.

Julia looked down at her naked wrist. "Oh, no! I gotta run. I'm late for um, a meeting. Yep, a meeting. Bye." She gathered up her stuff and ran out the door.

Jo rolled her eyes as picked up her drink and headed out herself.

"Hey, Deputy Loop-de-loop!" Claudia greeted her.

Jo gritted her teeth. "Hi, Claudia." was all Jo could muster while still fighting the urge to take the little punk out. One more snide remark, and thirty to life just might be worth it.