For lunch, they went to a cafe near the edge of town and sat down to eat, but the two Rays wouldn't stop talking. "Did you see how Hazel looked at me?" Ray Vecchio said, grinning as he unwrapped a straw from its wrapper.

"Ray, do ya ever not think about girls? I mean can't we enjoy a meal here and talk about somethin' else...like how Cassie was acting around me." They all started laughing a little but the Rays were being serious!

Meanwhile, the girls drove up to the cafe in Hazel's car. At first sight of the group inside the restaurant Cassie grabbed hand and squatted behind the Riv. "What are you doing?" Hazel asked, not liking being thrown behind a car for no apparent reason.

"Hiding, do you want them to think we're spying on them?" Cassie said, peering above the car then back to Hazel.

"We have to talk to them eventually, Cass?"

"I know, I just...give me some time OK?" That wasn't her best answer but it was all she had. She couldn't explain why she was nervous but she was anyway.

"You know" Hazel started with a grin. "Ray kept staring at me. I wonder if he likes me? What do you think Cassie?"

"What?"

"Isn't that what you want me to say?"

"Why would I want you to say that?" Cassie growled.

"Well I didn't say which Ray!" Suddenly a customer opened the door of the restaurant and the bell rang. Both the girls were startled and jumped up to see who it was. Realizing it was just a customer they slid back down the to the asphalt with a sigh.

"I think you talk to much. Now be quiet or they will come out here and wonder what we're doing." Cassie said.

Hazel was sneering at how Cassie was only watching Ray Kowalski eat a sandwhich. "Cassie, why don't we go in and eat with them?" Hazel asked. She was not prepared to sit behind a car and spy on their co-workers during their lunch break.

"Well, because, ugh. Hazel, you sure know how to ruin a good secret mission! Alright fine! Let's go in and ask them if we can eat with them."

"Now you're talking! Why would they say no?"

"Why would they say yes either?" Cassie corrected her with a smirk and nudged Hazel in the side. Hazel and Cassie had been friends since they met in L.A. at the police academy. They would do everything together, even if that meant spying on a bunch of cops. They walked inside but, no one noticed them yet. "Well, what are you going to say, Hazel? Cassie asked. She was not prepared to speak to anyone at that table.

"What? Are you crazy? I am not going to say a thing! You are!" Hazel said. She always thought of good plans but never had the guts to see them through... that's what Cassie was for. This was their system.

"This was your idea!" At that moment Cassie realized she was nearly yelling at her friend. "Don't yell! They'll hear us!"

"You're the one who's yelling!" Hazel whispered.

Fraser then saw them come in and said, "Look, Hazel and Cassie just walked in!" The Rays turned their heads so fast, to see if thy were actually there, that they nearly broke their necks.

"Girls, would you care to sit with us?" Meg shouted lightly from the table.

"No! Don't ask them!" Vecchio said in a fast whisper.

"What are we supposed to say to 'em?" Kowalski added.

"Ray," Fraser did a double take at both of the Rays. "Uh, both of you. Just relax, they're people."

"No they're women, it's completely different, Benny."

Cassie walked over to the table and Hazel followed a way behind. "Oh, I didn't realize y'all were here? Yeah sure." Hazel stood there and smiled at them while her friend made the seating arrangements.

"Hi." Hazel mumbled nervously sitting across from Ray Vecchio.

"Hi, Hazel." Ray cleared his throat. "So, um, tell me, why did you move from L.A. to the windy city?" Ray asked, trying to spark a conversation.

"Oh, well, Cassie and I didn't really get along very well with our co-workers and all of our families live in Chicago anyway. Seemed like a reasonable transfer."

"Can I get the two of you some drinks?" Fraser stood up from his seat, realizing the girls hadn't ordered yet.

"Sure, I'll have some tea." Cassie answered.

"Water for me." Hazel added.

Kowalski jumped up in front of the Mountie. "Why don't I get it for ya?"

"Very well, Ray." Fraser sat back down, half pleased his partner did that.

They were making good impressions on one another but Cassie and Hazel shot each other a look, remembering simultaneously they were lying to the group. Outside the cafe, a car drove by with two men in it. "Stop the car." The passenger in the car shouted and pointed inside the restaurant.

"There they are." One of the men said.

"Hmm, eating at the cafe are they?" The other man said. "They actually think they can hide from us!" The men started laughing as they drove away speedily.

"Hey, are you alright, Cassie?" Ray asked her, returning with their drinks. She was staring out the window as if she just saw a ghost.

"Yes, um, thanks for the drinks, Stanley."

Ray rolled his eyes. "It's Ray."

"Oh, both of you?"

"You'll get used to it." Thatcher said.

Cassie smiled at the group quickly and sprang up from her seat. "Hazel we need to talk, follow me." Hazel looked puzzled but did as her partner asked. They walked into a corner of the cafe near the restroom.

"Cassie, you're breathing kind of hard, what's wrong?" She laid a hand on her friend's shoulder.

"It's them. They found us." Cassie said to Hazel.

"What? Where?" Hazel said, looking worried as she scanned the restaurant briefly.

"They just drove by the cafe."

"You sure they saw us?"

Cassie gulped then she nodded. "They were pointing even."

"What are we going to tell them, Cassie?" Hazel asked, worried that she would have to move away from her new friends again thanks to their own bad decisions.

"Nothing." Cassie's voice cracked a little. "Nothing." She looked back at the group and back to Hazel who was nodding sadly in agreement.

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