AN: I have intentions of continuing this story but only if the desire exists, so leave me reviews if you want more! Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoy!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Lie to Me or any of the characters :-(
Katie pulled her gray sweater over her black and white stripped, button down shirt. She straightened her cherry red pencil skirt and adjusted the black belt around her slender waist. As Katie stared at her hair and make-up insuring that everything was absolutely perfect for her first day at her new job, her eyes became fixed upon the picture of her and her favorite cousin, Gillian. Everyone always told them they looked enough like one another to be sisters. Katie had never seen it before, but as she stared at her 'professional' self in the mirror, she saw the uncanny resemblance. An unknowing stranger could have easily mistaken them for sisters. Being an only child, Gillian had been the closest thing Katie had to a sister. She had been there every step of Katie's childhood, and in practically every picture and memory Katie possessed. Katie sat back on her bed and pulled the stack of childhood pictures out of her bedside table. She glanced at each of them, reminiscing the past for a moment, before she realized that she was going to be late for work if she didn't get moving. Katie glanced in the mirror one last time before she left. Gillian was going to love this surprise!
Cal was pacing back and forth in his office. Where was she??? Katie was supposed to get to work early. She and Cal had agreed on it, but she was already ten minutes late. Cal had worked long and hard to prepare this surprise for Gillian, and it would be bloody awful if it was ruined now. Gillian had been begging Cal to hire someone else, as their case load was absolutely overwhelming and they could use the man or woman power. The moment she had asked he knew who he wanted to hire, and it was absolutely necessary that he keep it a secret from Gillian. She had a favorite cousin named Katie who came to the office with Gillian from time to time when she was a child. Katie had been reading people since she was ten years old plus she had pursued a degree in Cal's science and Gillian's psychology. To Cal, she possessed the perfect mix of genuine talent and desire to know why. She was sort of the all too perfect balance of Cal and Gillian's best traits: compassion and cynicism. She was working for a small town police force and prison unit in a small town in Maryland, but talent like hers deserved much higher regard. Therefore Cal called her immediately following Gillian's request for another employee. Katie was more than enthusiastic about the job offer and accepted without hesitation. Cal had one request: that Katie keeps it a secret from Gillian. This time Katie was hesitant but eventually agreed. Surely Katie wouldn't ruin it now. Would she? Gillian deserved this surprise especially after the divorce had materialized. Just as Cal checked his watch for the umpteenth time, Katie burst through the door in her and Gillian's usual bubbly fashion.
"Where the bloody hell have you been?" demanded Cal, "You're fifteen minutes late, and Gillian is going to be here any minute now!"
"Calm down Dr. Lightman. She isn't here, is she? I didn't think so. Where do you want me to hide, so you can pull off your little charade?" Katie asked.
"Go sit in the tech room and help Loker go through the footage from our latest case. I'll be in with Gillian sooner than I had planned." Cal stated with a hint of resentment hanging on his final words.
"Allrighty Dr. Lightman, but is it okay if I take my pudding in there?" Katie smirked.
"Goodness, you are just like her, Katie. Yes you can. Now go!!!" Katie flitted out of the room, and Cal was struck by how much she reminded him of Gillian, practically everything about them was identical.
Almost twenty minutes later, and much later than Cal expected, Gillian came dancing through the door and poked her head in Cal's office.
"Good morning Cal!" she chirped in the sweetest, most nonchalant voice ever.
"Nice of you to show up this morning." Cal responded, rolling his eyes.
"Good morning Gillian. Nice to see you." Gillian teased in her best British accent. "What's on the agenda for the morning? Has Loker made any progress on the tapes?" Cal was more than pleased with her question. Everything was falling into place.
"Haven't talked to Loker this morning. He annoys me, so I thought I'd leave checking with him to you!" Cal said as a 'don't hit me' smile grew across his face.
"Ugh. Whatever pleases you Cal Lightman." Gillian retorted, slightly annoyed, as she left the office and headed down the hallway to the tech room. Cal followed her, leaving just enough distance between them that she didn't become suspicious.
Gillian walked into the tech room in her usual manner and sat down next to who she thought was Loker. As she turned to face 'him,' she screamed and all but left her chair, alarmed at the sight of Katie.
"What are you doing here, Katie?!? You've knocked at least ten years off my life from that scare!" Gillian spoke forcefully. At that moment Cal cut in.
"Gillian, love, I've hired Katie as the addition to the office that you've been so desperately begging me for. Isn't it fabulous?!?"
"It's just lovely Cal… Can I speak with you in the hallway? Now!" Gillian demanded. Cal obliged and stepped out into the hallway with Gillian. "She cannot, I repeat, cannot work here!!! Why didn't you talk to me about this first??? Cal! She can't, I can't have her work here. I can't see her every day!"
"But Gillian, I thought you two were thick as thieves? Do you not get along anymore? I'm sorry love. This was supposed to be a happy surprise…" Cal responded as he shrunk with embarrassment.
"It's not that Cal. I love Katie with all of my heart, and that in itself is the entirety of the problem." As Gillian spoke, her eyes diverted to the right, and she brought her hand to her forehead. Cal didn't miss the intense expression of shame as it flashed across Gillian's face.