"Chief Carr wants to see you in his office," Jake said as he sat down across from Rose at their desk.

Rose looked up, "Did he seem pissed?" she asked, unsure of whether or not this would be a good visit or a bad visit.

Jake shrugged, "Couldn't tell. Just go now before he does get pissed waiting," he smiled.

Rose nodded as she locked her computer and began her walk to her boss' office. She knocked.

"Come in," she heard Carr's voice through the door. As she entered, he said, "Take a seat, Agent Locke. I have a new assignment for you. It seems recently an anonymous tip came through of 86 bodies that tie to Raymond Reddington. I know you were on the task force with Julian Gale and Donald Ressler to find Reddington 4 years ago and I think you should meet up with them."

"Sir, there haven't been any leads on him in years," she replied, not wanting to reveal why she didn't want the assignment, "I highly doubt there is anything to truly tie him him to the bodies."

"Regardless, I think it's important that you follow up," Carr ordered, "Head there now and there is no limit to how long you need to be there. Come back when you confirm that there are no leads or you can get him."

Rose nodded, "Yes sir," she agreed as she left his office, walked to her desk, grabbed her coat and headed to the address given by the tip where the bodies were.

She drove there, slowly, very unsure of this new mission. She'd been on this task force 4 years ago and before they'd been disbanded, she'd been engaged to her partner. When they were told to stop hunting Reddington, he'd gone off the deep end and she joined another team.

Rose pulled up to the ice rink after a 45 minute drive, turned off her car and took deep breath before she got up and walked in. She entered at the far side and saw that no one was in there except Gale. As she stepped onto the ice, he turned to see her, still wearing sunglasses.

"Do my eyes decieve me or is that Rose Locke standing before me?"

Rose nodded, "Hey Julian, how have you been?" she asked, remaining casual.

He got up and made his way to her, embracing her tightly within his arms once he reached her. His smell brought her mind back to a very different time in her life as she tried to shake the memory and do anything to hurry up this case and move on.

"I have been ok," he replied as he released her, keeping his hands on her arms, "I was away for a bit but now I'm back and ready to finally nail this son of a bitch. You've been a busy girl for the Bureau, haven't you?"

"I guess so," she answered, simply, "Anything come from these bodies yet?" she quickly changed subject.

"You're as icy as this place," he snapped, "I have a few identified a few bodies so far but nothing that will get him locked up yet. Have you seen Donnie since we disbanded?"

Rose shook her head, "I'm surprised he's not here. My boss sent me right over."

"I called for him but I haven't reached him yet. Let me try again," he replied, "Take a look and see if you can find anything," he offered as he walked away.

'An ice rink full of bodies,' she said outloud to herself, 'My dream come true.' Rose began unzipping body bags and checking for anything that might be useful as Julian returned to her side, placing his hand on her back once he kneeled next to her.

"Did you find anything?" he asked before adding, "You're very tense, doesn't have anything to do with me, does it?"

Rose turned to him, almost losing her balance on the ice as she did, causing him to grasp her arm to stabilize her, "I am trying to be a professional. I didn't want to come here and help with this and I had hoped I wouldn't see you again because I was afraid I'd want you again and you'd lose it just like before causing me the same pain I felt all over again," she confessed, frustrated at her feelings and her quick loss of professionalism, "Sorry, I just want to get the work done."

Julian pulled off his sunglasses and looked down at her, moving his hand from her forearm to her face, "I never wanted you to leave. I just got lost in my failure with Reddington but I am better now. I called you here to help and also because I was hoping you were available for a second chance," he admitted, his tone tender.

"We're surrounded by dead bodies," Rose replied, "This is not the time." She got up and walked away from him and began inspecting bodies across the room to get the space she needed. Her mind knew what she needed to do but her heart was weak.

Julian wasn't surprised by her reaction to his proposal but he also wasn't discouraged and he'd get her later. He continued to look through the bags as well and as Donald arrived, Julian found an interesting corpse.

"Rose!" he shouted causing her to get up and make her way to him.

"What did you find?" she asked as she reached him.

"This might be the body of Diane Fowler. Get the team in here to do more research," he requested to which she walked away to do what he wanted.

When Rose walked back in with a team to examine the find, she saw Donald and Gale together again.

"Ressler?" she said, her voice surprised.

Donald looked over at her and his lips curled into a smile, "Rose Locke, it has been a very long time. I really thought you two would have been married by now. You couldn't keep your hands off of each other back then," he said with a laugh as he walked forward to hug her.

"Some things change," she said simply, "So, what has the FBI had you up to? Anything interesting?"

Ressler shrugged off her inquiry as they walked over to the possible remains of Diane Fowler.

"You're uncharacteristically quiet," Rose replied.

"Is it her?" Julian asked the guys who had taken the body for a closer investigation.

They nodded, "Yes, she died of a single gunshot to the abdomen."

"She makes this a lot more interesting," Julian replied, "Donnie, I am going to reconstruct her living room from the night she was shot. The FBI keeps their leaders things well preserved. Meet me there later today. Rose, you and I have some things to attend to," he stated.

"Donald, are you sure you don't think you should stay and make sure everything is being handled correctly?" Rose begged, knowing if Julian got her alone, her strength would waver.

Donald shook his head, "I have a few things to get to. You two have fun catching up," he finished with a wink as he turned to leave.

"Would you join me for a cup of coffee?" Julian asked Rose once Donald had exited the rink.

"You might miss something important if you leave," she replied, hopefully.

"Nonsense," he answered, offering his arm, "Let me show you that I'm the man you once loved."

Rose closed her eyes and took a deep breath before accepting his arm, "I will always love you, Agent Gale. I just don't know if it's safe for me to go down that road again but coffee is an innocent enough start."

He put his sunglasses back on as he smiled brightly, walking her across the street to one of the thousand Starbucks in the area.