A/N Well, I've completed the first set of prompts, so they are all ready and waiting to be posted. Thanks for all the continuing support! I really appreciate it. Now, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Cold Case. I do, however, own Patrick, because CBS has NEVER EVER EVER said ANYTHING about him AT ALL! :)

Lilly had told Patrick that she would never forgive him.

He had scrambled out of bed, their bed, leaving Christina naked and blushing behind him.

"Lilly, wait..." he pleaded. She had shaken her head, still unable to speak. Patrick reached for her arm, scrambling into his boxer shorts and saying her name over and over again in the hopes of making this no more than a nightmare.

"Lilly, wait. I love you," he begged, seeing her backing down the corridor. Lilly tried not to notice the pink lipstick stains on his face, neck, chest...

"Come on, Lil, we can work this out, right? This meant nothing. Please forgive me."

Lilly turned sharply, tearing her arm from his grip.

"Two things, Patrick," she said coldly, "never tell me that sleeping with my sister means nothing, especially when she's sitting right behind you. And no. I won't forgive you."

She wouldn't cry. Slowly removed her ring, dropped it on the sideboard.

Then Christina spoke for the first time.

"Lilly..." she whispered. The older blonde gave her a look that was equal parts rage, betrayal, hurt and disgust.

"Either of you."

Now here she was, nine years later, in a situation similar yet completely different, saying the same thing to Scotty without ever actually speaking the words.

Elissa was gone, Christina was a temporary replacement that was just...wrong, and she was the one constant in his life that he continuously overlooked.

So Lilly pulled the usual tricks, pushed him away, pretended to be more upset about him and Christina than she actually was.

Scotty was certain that he had lost her friendship for good, convinced that this was one mistake he couldn't fix. He should have known that his enigmatic partner was never wrong.

But it wasn't really Scotty's fault, because he didn't know that sometime over the past two years, against her better judgement, defying every barrier she had ever built, he had made Lilly fall helplessly in love with him.

That was what she couldn't forgive him for.

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