"I'm never doing that again," Lewis moaned as he leaned on the bar and held his ribcage.

"I tried to warn you, " Bobby shook his head.

"I was only joking!" Lewis replied.

"Yeah, well that is the hilarious part, so was she! If she really wanted to hurt you, trust me, you would be a lot worse off than this!" Bobby laughed.

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Earlier in the day, Bobby and Alex had gone to Lewis for information.
As they were leaving the garage, Bobby and Lewis made plans to meet later that night.

When their dinner meeting with Regan ran late, Bobby called Lewis and told him to meet him at the restaurant.

Lewis showed up just as the meeting was breaking up.

"I need to become a detective," Lewis said. "If it means I get to have dinner with two beautiful women like these! I might even wear a suit for that."

Bobby laughed. "Lewis, this is Regan Stabler, and, uh, you know Alex."

"Yeeessss, I doooo.. hi Detective Alex." As an afterthought, he turned to Regan,"Oh and hi, I'm sorry.."

Regan smiled. "Regan," she shook his hand and looked at Bobby. Now this should be interesting, she thought. Seeing Bobby interact with an old friend could yield some useful information.

"Hey, why don't you ladies come with us?" Lewis asked.

"Where are you going?" Regan was bored with her hotel room.

"Come along and you will see," Lewis saw an opening...

Bobby winked at Alex and said, "Come on, we could use the break."

"An adult arcade?" Alex asked as they walked in the door. It reminded her of the place they had gone to arrest Kevin Donovan; only cleaner, full of adults, and more expensive.

" Well Lewis,"
she said jokingly, "get all the action you can on these video games, because it is the only action you will see."

Regan laughed. She liked Alex more and more all the time.

A few beers later, in spite of all the virtual reality around them, the foursome found themselves parked at skee ball. A guys vs. girls competition began. The girls won game after game.

Alex was amused as she watched Bobby having a really good time, but still not being able to drop his competitive edge. The only thing Lewis was taking seriously was openly flirting with Alex; no matter how many times she jokingly told him to back off.

Lewis understood that Alex wasn't into him, but he continued to tease her by reminding her what a unique woman she was, and trying to convince her that he was a friend of Bobby's, so he couldn't be all bad.
In fun, Alex informed Lewis that being a friend of Bobby's could only hurt his case.

Things took a turn after the women won 3 games in a row, and they weren't being quiet about it.

Lewis began to tease Alex more, by trying to distract her as she threw.

"Lewis, I'm warning you, keep your hands off me!" She mocked.

When it came down to her last ball, Lewis grabbed her around the waist causing her to lose control of the ball and score zero. Bobby's eyes grew wide. He put his chin in his hand, leaned over and whispered to Regan, "Hold on, this ought to be good."

Alex smiled at Bobby and gave Lewis an elbow to the ribs, causing him to release his hold on her. She then grabbed Lewis' arm, twisted it behind his back, and pointed him to the bar.

"You owe me a drink," Alex smirked.

"OUCH," he said. " Detective Alex, are you trying to seduce me?

"No, see... I tried to be subtle, but now I will just say it- DOWN BOY."

"I think I'm in love," Lewis groaned.