As promised here is chapter 2 of this story. For everyone who was asking OOC means out of character. I hope you guys like it! Read on.

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Chapter 2

Gail was thinking it can't be, could it? Here she was practically sprinting her way home to be able to text the person who she thinks is in that car, parked in front of her apartment.

Gail kept walking. Pulse racing, she fixed her eyes on the wind shield to try and see who was in the driver's seat. A silhouette of a woman with long hair, it was dark in the car.

As she got nearer, a goofy grin started planting itself on her face. She knew it.

It was Holly in the car. She stopped at the passenger side window and knocked on it. Holly hadn't seen her coming. The brunette had her head resting on the steering wheel, staring at the phone on her lap. She jumped at the sound of the knocking on the window.

Gail gave her a quizzical look as the window rolled down. "What are you doing here? Stalking a police officer is not a smart hobby, I thought you had like an M.D. or a Ph. D. or some sort of D."

Holly fought a smile. "Not to toot my own horn but I am both an MD and I have a PhD."

Gail rolled her eyes. "Whatever, I didn't need you to state that. I already knew you were a nerd. Again, what are you doing here?" she said the last phrase slowly, like when an adult addresses a child.

Holly couldn't keep her face straight as she said "I had asked you a question; you said you needed compensation, so here I am."

"Please don't tell me you're the compensation? You may not know what compensation means." Gail said sarcastically.

"Of course not I brought Pizza." Holly said as she ducked towards the passenger seat and picked up a box of pizza. She then proceeded to get out of the car. "I sent you a text that I was coming over." Holly said as she fell beside Gail as they walked up the house.

"Oh, did you? " Gail then took out her phone and started reading the text.

"What is that?! Why did you name me 'Her Nerdness'" Holly exclaimed, she can't help but see Gail's screen. The phone was angled towards her.

Ooppss.. Gail thought. "Because that's what you are. You are a nerd. You might be the biggest nerd of them all." She told Holly pocketing her phone again. She didn't get to finish the text. She wanted to get it away from Holly before the other woman tried to wrestle it from her.

They stopped by the door. Gail fished out her keys, opened the door and waited for Holly to go in first. "I'm not sure if I should find you giving me a nickname endearing or insulting." Holly said as she stood just inside the door.

"Friends give each other nicknames all the time why would you be insulted?" Gail said as she undid her coat and hung it by the door. She took the pizza box from Holly and went to the kitchen.

"You may want to get comfortable. Chris is on night shift and Dov is most probably at the hospital." Gail hollered from the kitchen as she put the pizza box on the table.

Holly took off her coat and hung it beside Gail's. She went into the kitchen and took the beer Gail was holding out to her. Gail noticed that Holly had a baseball shirt on and jeans that fit perfectly. "How are they, Sam and Chloe?" Holly asked her as she opened her beer.

"No change actually, Chloe's husband is still refusing to agree to the surgery. Sam is still in the ICU. He hasn't woken up yet." Gail said somberly.

"It's really weird to hear you say Chloe's husband. Up to three days ago she was all too happy sitting on Dov's lap answering trivia questions. Now she's married, and not to Dov."

Gail shrugged. "Yeah I know. That's why it's really hard to believe people these days. They show you a side of them that they know you would like, when actually they're someone else completely."

"Whoa, it's just 7pm and you're already all grave and serious." Holly said trying to lighten the mood. She took a slice of pizza from the box she brought and took a bite.

"Hey! Who said you can take a slice? That's my pizza remember."

"It's my pizza actually; you haven't even helped me yet!" Holly said in between bites.

"What were you asking me anyway?" Gail said indignantly.

"So let me just give you a brief background." Holly said polishing off the pizza and rubbing her hands on her jeans.

Gail absent mindedly followed Holly's hands with her eyes. She watched as her hands did a few rounds on the curves of her hips as they made an effort to clear off the crumbs. She didn't know how hypnotizing it was to see someone do that. Or maybe it depends on the person doing the hand rubbing.

Gail was brought back to reality when Holly cleared her throat.

Gail slowly brought her eyes up to Holly's face. She saw Holly pointedly staring at her above the frame of her glasses. She felt herself redden. The heat started rising from her shoulder blades up her neck and ended at the tip of her ears.

"So do you think I can still press charges for the theft of my jersey?" Holly asked Gail smiling.

"I'm sorry. I didn't hear your story. I am complete out of it today. I think it's because I'm tired and I already had a few drinks at the penny with Traci." Gail apologized.

"Oh… okay. I think that's my cue then. I don't want to bother you anymore than I have. I shouldn't have come without waiting for your reply anyway." Holly said pushing off the counter and heading for the door.

This caught Gail by surprise. She didn't want Holly to leave. She followed Holly out the kitchen. "No… no.. that's not what I meant." Gail said flailing her arms as she watched the other woman put on her coat.

"I really don't want to impose my company on you anyway." Holly said finishing buttoning her coat and turning to face Gail.

Both of them realized at the exact same moment that they were standing too close; after Holly turned around they were almost nose to nose.

This was when Gail's Jiminy Cricket raised the alarm bells in her head. It was telling her to do all sorts of untold things. Gail fought off the urge. She didn't want to fall victim to her urges again. Not until she's sure. She just got out of a relationship that broke her heart for Pete's sake. And Holly didn't deserve to be a rebound, or worse, an experiment.

So despite all of the protests of her mom's voice in her head, Gail stepped back. This seemed to take Holly out of the moment. At least she wasn't the only one affected by their nearness, Gail thought.

"Thanks for coming over and bringing food. I didn't notice I hadn't eaten anything until I smelled pizza." Gail said as she stepped around Holly to open the door for her.

"You're welcome. Just don't let it go to waste ok?" Holly said with a full on smile.

She stepped towards Gail and gave her peck on the cheek and said "Goodnight, Gail."

Gail just watched on as Holly got in her car and drove away. Thinking of how much trouble she's in now. It's been three minutes and her cheek was still tingling from that kiss.

And here lies the rub. We all want them to get together but we have to remember Gail was straight before all this friendship started. So I am writing this as realistically as possible. Thanks for reading give a review pretty, pretty please.