Author's Note: Wow guys, I'm so sorry. It was a very rough school year. So here's a whole story to hopefully make up for my time away. This is my explanation as to why we never saw Lt. Walker in season 5. I would also like to note again that I am not a professional of any means, so please excuse any errors. Hope you enjoy! Don't own Numb3rs.
"So, is the rumor true?" Liz asked, walking into the bullpen Monday morning where David and Megan were sitting.
"Yeah," Megan grinned.
"Never figured you two as matchmakers."
"Ah, they were together already, we just gave them a shove in the right direction," David responded.
"So have you heard anything?"
Megan and David exchanged looks.
"Bad? Good? What?" Liz asked excitedly.
"I think no matter what we can call it a win," Megan assured her.
"'No matter what'? Something off?"
"Well, we set them up at the Emerald Room…."
"Oh! I love that place," Liz smiled.
"So do we, but apparently they hated it," David said. "Colby sent me a text that said something like 'thanks for trying, heading to a sports bar'."
The three agents laughed.
"You never know until you try, I guess," Liz said. "So nothing after that?"
"Not a word."
Liz checked her watch and frowned.
"You don't think we should call them though? If they're not here in ten minutes they'll be late."
"I'll call when they're late," Megan said. "Kailey's always on time, even if it's down to the last second. If they don't come sprinting in, then I'll worry."
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Megan sighed as her call went to Kailey's voicemail again. No matter what, it wasn't like Kailey to be dead to the world; she was almost as bad as Don when it came to her commitment work. She looked at David who shook his head, hanging up his phone too. Liz looked between them, clearly as confused as they were.
"You don't think something went wrong?'" Liz asked. Megan shook her head.
"Even if it did, Kailey wouldn't skip work."
"Don wouldn't allow it," David added.
"I did," Liz shrugged. "He didn't like it, but he understood, obviously. Maybe he'd do the same."
"He did warn us not to set them up," David said, looking at Megan. She shrugged.
"I don't know, something doesn't feel right here. There's got to be another reason."
The three sat in silence for a few minutes before Don walked into the bullpen.
"Hey guys," he said, dropping a large stack of paper on his desk. "We've got some catching up to do, and we're going to be shorthanded for a while," he said, casting a dark look over at Kailey's desk. Megan looked at David out of the corner of her eye. This is bad, she thought as she saw the expression on his face. Liz caught her eye and gave an apologetic look. This is really bad.