Title: Resurfacing Histories
Rating: PG-13 for now, may be upped to R in later chapters
Pairing: Lilly/Kat
Disclaimer: I don't own CC or any of the characters. You have to talk to JB about all that.
Summary: There's a new detective in town, and her and Lilly have a history that she's tried to move past. But can things like that easily be forgotten?
a/n: Title may change. This is femslash, in case you didn't notice. If you don't like it/agree with it, don't read it. Simple as that. Lilly's POV
I shrug off my coat and drape it over the back of my chair. As I go to sit down, I glance into Stillman's office and see him talking to a young, African-American woman with a head of short, curly hair. I can't see her all that well, but she reminds me of someone.
I must be thinking of someone else, I figure, and sit down, picking up the file I had left opened on my desk the previous night. I quickly glance through its contents. I found it hard to focus on what I was supposed to be reading up on. I knew that woman from somewhere. I had definitely seen her before.
Come on, Lilly! Focus I told myself. There were people out there who needed justice brought to them. Just as I find my focus and begin reading up on Emily Stryver, Stillman calls me over.
"Lilly, come here; I've got somewhere here for you to meet," he said, beckoning her to come into his office, where the young, strangely familiar woman was still standing.
"What's up?" I ask casually, even though I know exactly what I'm being called there for. I glance nervously at the woman standing on the other side of the office; I know why she looks so familiar.
Stillman opens his mouth, but doesn't speak upon seeing the looks on our faces.
"Do you two know each other?" he asked, suspecting something of that sort.
"Uh, yeah," I begin, regaining my composure and ability to speak first, "We, uh…"
"We came up through the academy together, Lieutenant," Kat finished for her. She casts a flirtatious glance at me that seemed to go unnoticed by Stillman.
"Okay. Uh, Lilly would you mind showing Kat around her, then?" he asked.
"Um, sure," I answer nervously. It's been a long time since I've seen Kat. And it had come as quite a surprise. I quickly turn to leave the office, feeling slightly out of it. Kat nearly has to run to keep up with me as I make my way across to the lockers on the far side of the floor.
"Hey, come on, Lil!" Kat whispers loudly as she catches up to me.
"What are you doing here?" I ask angrily. I had never wanted to see this woman again.
"Look, I didn't come here to follow you," she said sternly. A small smile crept across her face, "Not that I mind…" She brushes my exposed forearm with her hand as she moves in closer.
I look at Kat's hand caressing my arm with disgust. "What the…? Get off me!" I slap her arm away and storm back to my desk.
What happened had happened, but it was over now. She had no right to do that to me!
"Hey, we had something good going…" Kat said as she, once again, chases me across the squad room. "And you're supposed to be showing me around!"
"Not if you're going to hit on me!" I hiss, glancing around to see if anyone else is watching. I'm relieved to see that Scotty, Nick and Jefferies aren't in yet.
"Lil, what we had…It wasn't nothing," she hisses back. "We really had something there for a while."
"Yeah, but there's a reason we don't anymore," I tell her, attempting to go back to my work.
"And what's that?" she asks, dragging the topic out for far longer than it needs to be.
"I. Am. Straight." I say sternly, trying to get my point across. "J-j-just pretend anything ever happened."
"Lil--" she began. I glance Scotty out of the corner of my eye walking into the squad room. I don't want him to hear what we're discussing.
"Sh!" I hush her. She looks over her shoulder and sees Scotty.
"Oh," she says quietly, "we'll discuss this later, then."
I sigh, and I assume that's enough for her and she walks over to an empty desk far away from mine.
I then turn back to the file and begin working. It takes me a few minutes to regain my focus, but once I'm locked into a case, I'm locked in. I almost forget about Kat until she approaches me after work.
"Lilly, would you like to come over for dinner?" she asks me. Seeing the look on my face, she adds, "To…talk this out. Please?"
I agree to have dinner with her, not knowing what to expect.
TBC…
