A beautiful, rich, dead woman. Normally Reese would find this case fascinating. Actually she wouldn't. Crews would find it interesting and then she would have to pretend that she wasn't interested by the fact Crews found it interesting. She didn't even have to pretend that she didn't care, all that she could think about was the kiss Crews had given her earlier that mourning.

Later when they got back to the station, and filled Tidwell in on what was going on Reese nearly jumped out of her skin when Tidwell asked her to stay for a moment.

"I want to talk to you about the kiss" he said. She stared at him blankly.

"What kiss?" she asked, sounding as innocent as possible. SHIT!! What kiss is he talking about? The one with him or the one with Crews... wait how would he know about the one with Crews?

"You know," Tidwell said, "Yesterday after the... never mind." And with a wave of his hand Reese was dismissed from the room.

Two days later the case was solved. Reese was just finishing up paperwork when her phone rang.

"Reese," she answered. And that was when her mother delivered the bad news. For the first time in a long time Dani felt herself crying. Dani Reese had been to a different murder almost everyday for over a year, and not once had she cried. But finding out that after twenty years of marriage her father had just walked out on her mother, that made her cry. As she said goodbye to her mother she heard gentle footfalls behind her.

"After twenty years of marriage my father just walked out on my mother" she said.

"I'm sorry to hear that." said Tidwell. SHIT!!! Dani wiped the tears from her face.

"I'm sorry I thought you were someone else." she said quickly. Like my partner.

Tidwell began to say something about knowing a bit about divorce and offering to take her out to dinner when her phone rang again.

"Reese"

"Detective Reese? This is Rachel." said a timid voice from the other end.

"Yes you were the girl I met a few days ago."

"Yes... um Uncle Charlie and Ted have gone out for the night, and I was wondering if you'd like to spend a girls night with me."

"Don't you have friends?" Reese asked.

"I live with Charlie." came Rachel's dry response, "And I don't think my friends are really what I need what now."

"I'm sorry, but what do you need right now?" Reese asked a little impatient.

"Well I've had a bad night, I was wondering if you liked chocolate." Reese could feel a small smile beginning at the corner of her mouth.

"What time do you want me over?" she asked.

"A soon as possible."

"Anything I should bring?"

"You got any whipped cream?" Dani muttered an affirmative.

"I have one last question," said Reese, "How did you get my number?" The answer came to her just as Rachel responded

"Charlie"

Dani walked into Crews house for the second time in as many days. However, this was the first time she really saw it. Not only was there no table, there was no sofa, no chairs, and there was no television. Must be a Zen thing. she thought as Rachel lead her down hall towards the kitchen. When Reese got to the kitchen she saw a huge surprise waiting for her.

On the counter there was three different kinds of ice cream, and almost every topping imaginable, except for wiped cream, which Dani placed on the counter following her inspection of the food.

"Where did you get all this?" she asked Rachel.

"It was already here."

"It's Crews'?" she asked.

"Yeah, when I asked him about it he just muttered something about prison and Christmas"

"So, can I ask you a question?" asked Rachel.

"Sure" Reese felt oddly comfortable around the teenager.

"The night you were over at the house... did you and Charlie... sleep together?" If Reese had had anything in her mouth,she probably would have spit it out.

"No!" she replied quickly. "What gave you that idea?"

"Well I heard someone knock on the door, and then when I went to see who it was,I saw Charlie carrying you upstairs. I just wasn't sure." Rachel paused for a second. "Although, that does explain why Ted was putting away an inflatable bed the next mourning."

Crews didn't get home till two in the mourning. As he walked upstairs he heard the sound of dishes clinking coming from Rachel's room. She was still awake. Crews walked over to her open door, there was no light, but he could make out Rachel's body lying on her bed, and another body moving around her room. Quickly he pulled out his gun.

"You have three seconds to get out of there or I shoot." he said, his voice low and threatening.

"Crews you idiot! It's me!" he heard Reese whisper back. Charlie re-holstered his gun.

"What are you doing here Reese?" he asked as she quietly made her way out of Rachel's room.

"Rachel called and wanted to know if I could come over, I did." Crews looked Dani up and down. He knew that there was an underlying reason Reese would choose to spend an evening with a sixteen-year-old.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Nothing"

Charlie reached out and cupped her face with his hand and stared straight into her eyes.

"What happened?" he asked again.

The whole story came spilling out of Dani, she could feel tears threatening to spill from her eyes again as she told Charlie everything, from asking her father if he had helped put Crews in jail, to her father leaving her mother. When she was done she felt exhausted, she slumped, and Crews quickly grabbed her, holding her steady.

"You should stay tonight." He said to her.

"No Crews, I'll be fine." she moved to leave, but Crews wouldn't let her go.

"It's two in the mourning Reese, you shouldn't be driving."

"I'll be fine" she repeated she managed to slip from his grasp and moved towards the stairs to leave.

"Dani," he whispered. Reese froze at the sound of her first name coming from Charlie's lips again. She turned to face him. "Please stay."

"I'll stay," she said, "On one condition. I get the blow up bed."

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