Disclaimer: No I still don't own cold case

Chapter 2: Avoidance if at all possible

Lilly didn't sleep well that night she kept thinking about Scotty, had he kissed her, or did she just imagine it. She arrived at the PPD the next morning wearing copious amounts of foundation to hide the bags under her eyes. She was drinking her second cup of coffee for that morning and as she walked around the corner she ran straight into Scotty.

"Hey" she said sheepishly

"Hi" he replied they both were suddenly nervous around each other "Err, you get your car sorted out?" He asked

"Yeah, I called a tow truck this morning there gonna call me when they've fixed it" Lilly said shifting uncomfortably

"Good, Lil bout last night..."

"I have to go, Boss wanted to see me this morning" as she left before he could finish his sentence

"Crap" He murmured to himself, he knew as soon as he kissed her that it would be a mistake but he couldn't help it. He had fantasised about kissing her and last night, being so tired his self control was barely existent. Now she hates me He thought way to go Valens.

Lilly on the other hand had ran to the bathroom and slumped down against the cooling tiled wall. Her mind kept wondering back to that kiss, what did it mean? Was it a friendly goodnight kiss? Or was it something more? Either way she had to find out.

"Are you alright Lil?" Lilly's eyes snapped open and found Kat staring at her.

"Yeah just tired" she smiled at got off the floor, Kat still giving her a worried look "I am okay, really" she assured her friend as she splashed some water on her face.

"Okay, well Boss is looking for you and Scotty, have you seen him this morning?" Lilly felt her cheeks turn bright red which did not go unmissed by Kat.

"I'll be right there, last time I saw Scotty he was heading for the break room" Lilly said and she made her way out of the bathroom with Kat close behind her.

Stillman was sitting behind his desk when Lilly entered with Scotty sitting down on one of the seats opposite.

"Morning Lil" Stillman said cheerfully

"Morning Boss" she replied sitting down next to Scotty, determinately not meeting his gaze

"We got a new case for you" he handed her the file "Maude Hickson, found dead in her apartment two years ago, death was ruled natural causes at first but now some new evidence has come to light and we are re-opening the case"

"What new evidence?" Scotty asked

"Seems a new life insurance policy was taken out on her by her daughter for a million dollars a month before she died"

"How old was she Boss?" Lilly asked looking curiously at the ME report

"Eighty seven" Stillman replied

"The insurance company wanted to do an autopsy of the body before the money was paid out, ME found nothing suspicious at first but they were doing a review last week of some of the evidence and they found something" He handed across to Scotty a copy of the report

"Elevated levels of potassium" Scotty read "Thought that was a good thing though" He asked handing the report to Lilly

"Yes, but not at these levels and this would be enough to cause a heart attack faking natural causes" he replied

"So you want us to interview her daughter Boss?" Lilly asked

"Yes, see if she knows anything" Stillman said and Lilly stood to leave with Scotty right behind her. When they reached his car Lilly hopped into the passenger's seat and waited for him to start the car.

"Lil, I wanted to talk to you bout last night" he began "I am sorry I really don't know why I kissed you, I guess I was just tired"

"Oh" well looks like she got her answer "That's fine, I hadn't really thought much about it" Liar she told herself

"Right, well no problem then" She noticed he sounded a little disappointed and she looked at him.

"Scotty, are you alright?" she asked

"Fine, never better" he lied and cleared his throat before backing out of the car park.

The weather was unseasonably warm and Lilly soon had the aircon flowing but she could still feel the heat in her body which something inside told her had nothing to do with the weather and more to do with the other person in the car.

"Hey Scotty, I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner with me tonight?" she asked before she could stop herself. Did I just ask him out? she thought

"Err, are you sure?" he asked cautiously trying not to get his hopes up.

"Yeah were friends aren't we?" she asked trying to keep it as casual as possible.

"Course we are, um yeah I love to" He said

"Good"

"Great"

This is not at all awkward she thought sarcastically as they pulled up to their destination.

A/n not sure where I am going with this so it will be interesting for both of us as the story unfolds