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Neal walked into the White Collar division and smiled at the blonde receptionist. She giggled and fluttered her eyelashes. Neal was used to her flirting and kept walking.

As he entered the office he saw Peter in his office talking and laughing with a tall brunette in a black tapered pantsuit. Neal set his hat on his desk and walked up to Peter's office.

"Peter, I think you forgot to introduce me to someone." He flashed his brilliant smile at the girl. She smiled back, but she knew not to fall for him.

"Right." Peter wished he didn't have to do this now. "Neal, this is Lauren. Lauren, this is,"

"Neal Caffery, supposedly one of the best con man ever, but you got caught." She smiled after finishing Peter's sentence.

"I guess I'm more famous than I thought." Neal looked at her with his blue eyes and she had to fall for him now. "But you said, one of? I could've sworn I was the best."

"Not quite."

"She's transferring to white collar. The newest case that we're going to work, she's on it too." Peter looked at both of them and waved his hand in front of Neal's face.

"What?" Neal asked while he still looked at Lauren.

Peter huffed and walked out of his office and into the conference room. Lauren and Neal followed him. Neal pulled a chair out for Lauren, he grinned and sat in the chair. The empty seat next to her was conveniently taken by Neal, who turned his chair and looked at her profile until he received a glare from Peter.

"Someone stole a multi-million dollar painting owned by a billionaire. But then we got an anonymous tip. They gave us the location of the painting. It was in the basement of the man who was robbed in the first place."

"So you think that he did it for the publication?" Jones asked. Neal was still focused on Lauren's face. She glanced at him and smiled. Peter caught her and groaned.

"Neal. Lauren. You two are supposed to be on this case. Do either of you have any ideas?" Peter was upset now and wanted answers.

"The guy didn't rob himself. No one who did something for the press would be so careless in leaving the painting in an easy to find spot. It's pointless. And sloppy." Lauren looked at Peter and Neal shifted his eyes to Peter.

"That's a good point,"

Peter wanted to throw Neal back in jail now. He dismissed the meeting and kept Neal from following Lauren to her desk.

Neal sighed and rolled his eyes. "What?"

"I need you to focus on this case, not Lauren."

"Why do you think that I'm focusing on Lauren, I just met her."

"Exactly. Neal, focus on the case." Peter seemed concerned about where the conman was keeping his priorities, but by now, they seemed pretty sorted out.

"Fine, but I'm not going to ignore her, if that's what you want."

"I'm warning you, Caffery," Peter shook his head.

"It's not like you're her dad or anything." Peter stiffened. "I'm just having fun." He grinned and walked down to his desk, which was next to Lauren's. Peter immediately went to spying on them from his office. He shook his head and groaned as he saw Lauren laugh at something Neal said.


What do you think? I'm excited to have finally written a good portion of it. Please review! I have a couple more chapters and I really would love to hear what you have to say. (Also, does anyone know how to spell the Burke's dog's name? I know what it is, but I'm not spelling it right!)