A/N: HELLO! I'm here with another chapter.I'm going to say thank you to my only (sweet) reviewer LacytheDemonicDuck and to tell everyone else who read this story to get their asses in gear! Thank you though!
Oh by the way, 145787 (anonymous reviewer) keep your comments to yourself and if this confuses you stop reading!!!
Sorry about my ranting! Carry on!
Disclaimer: You want a disclaimer? GO READ THE FIRST CHAPTER!
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Karin woke up in the early hours of the morning, curled into Don Flack's sleeping form.
"Donnie?" She asked, prodding his t-shirted chest.
"Jess?" He asked, his eyes still closed.
"No Donnie, it's Karin. What happened last night?" She asked, pulling herself from his grasp and sitting up.
"Karin? Oh, yeah. I woke up at like 2 last night and you were crying. You said he was going to get you. Who?" He asked sitting himself up next to her, his black hair sticking out wildly.
"Dater. Dater's gonna find me and kill me like he did my whole family." She said as she stared off towards Chips' sleeping form at the edge of her bed. The darkness from her blackout blinds did just that, blinded them. Don couldn't see anything but Karin and the outline of the guinea pig in the darkness.
"No he's not." He said firmly and swept her up into a tight hug as the tears came again. "I'm not gonna let him find you." He whispered into her hair that now smelled like her fabric softener and chocolate ice cream.
She sniffed as she sat up again. "You're right. He's not. The past needs to be put behind me." She looked in to his sea blue eyes and she stroked his cheek softly. "Well, not all of it." She said.
"Good. Now, we both need a shower because we both have to be at the crime lab at 10." He said as he got out of the bed.
"Where you goin' ?" She asked.
"I'm going to get us both breakfast."
"Okay, I'll grab a shower." She said as he left. "God dammit Karin! There is no way in hell he'll take you after what happened with Jess! You know that! You're mentally scarred! And physically!" She yelled at herself. Little did she know was that Don could hear her.
"You are perfect. But Jess is there somehow. Somehow." He murmured as he walked down the stairs to her kitchen.
While he busied himself with cooking her a real breakfast, she was taking a shower, trying as she might to get out all the knots in her back. But after 15 minutes of no success she gave up and stepped out of the shower, wrapping herself in a towel and going to put her work clothes on.
She walked downstairs, heels in hand, to find Don in the kitchen finishing breakfast. "Don! You could feed an army!!" She exclaimed at the spread on her table.
"Ma taught me how to cook, just like she did Sam. Speaking of Sam, she called me after I didn't answer my house phone. She wanted to know where I was. She's going to be at the Lab today with Hawkes." He said staring back at the pot in his hand.
"Great." Karin said sarcastically.
"She won't eat you. Maybe. You should know that she became an alcoholic. She met Hawkes at a party after she got out of AA." He said as they sat down to eat.
"How do we even have time to eat?!" She asked looking at the clock over her stove. "Oh, because I live 20 minutes away from the lab and it's only 7!"
"And traffic isn't nearly as bad here as it is in other places." Flack finished.
"That too." She finished cracking a signature smile. "Don't you need a shower mister?" She asked trying to break the always awkward silence.
"Yeah." He stated.
"Get your butt upstairs!" She said smiling.
"Okay mom." He smiled, dimpling and Karin could've sworn she almost fainted. She followed his ass with her eyes up the stairs.
"Damn!" She said under her breath.
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As they pulled up, side by side in their own cars, they noticed the absence of all but two company cars.
"Now why on earth would Adam and Hawkes be the only ones here this morning? And us not get called?" Karin asked.
"They probably called Scagnetti. You need to meet the guys down in my area. The pit has got to be one of the oddest places this time of day!" Flack said. The two went down to the pit, ignoring the fact that none of the higher up lab rats were there.
"Hey guys! We got a newbie upstairs! Meet Karin Davenport!" Flack said seeing the normal people in the pit. "Karin, these goofs are Thatcher, Lafferty, Parker, Scagnetti, Jackal, and Mulligan." He said pointing to each of the detectives.
"Hey!" The men said in unison.
"Nice to meet you guys." She said.
Flack stuck his head into his Lieutenant's closet office. "Loo? He isn't in there."
"No, he isn't. Mac came down with Messers one and two and Stella. They all left, out of the blue. Said Flack and Karin needed to go upstairs with Adam, Sarah, Sheldon and Sam." Thatcher said.
"Okay. We'll go upstairs. Sid home?" Flack asked as they walked out.
"Yup!" Parker said as the doors closed.
"I'll bet that the four upstairs know what the hell's going on." Flack said as they ran up the stairs.
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A/N: See, I'm doing good!! Next chappie you'll learn what's going on. I put Sam in here because she's cool! And Sarah is me. YAY!!
Kissies
~Sarah~
