Summary: Another chapter for everyone who's reading this. Somebody must like it because I've gotten a few alerts about it. I'm glad. Anyways nothing much to say so I'll just let you readers do what you do best-read. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: Didn't have a part in creating neither one of these shows but if the creators want to give me credit for them I will gladly take them. Mama didn't raise no fool, she did however raise a slasher.

Warning: May seem a bit OCC but I tried my best to keep the characters in line but sometimes it just slips out. Also unbeta'd so all mistakes found are no one's fault but mine. And please don't be one of those people who point out the mistakes because I'm not changing anything. I'm to lazy to do that.

Chapter Four

Over the next couple of months, Perry and Lassiter fell into a pattern. They would meet at the bar at least once a week and complain about their lives, which usually kept them at the bar for at least an hour and a half. And as usual, the topic would soon move to jobs to the people they hated the most, J.D and Spencer.

This particular night in June, however, there wasn't much conversation about J.D or Spencer. The main talk of the night was Perry talking about the break-up with his wife, or ex-wife if someone were to get technical.

"So she finally left?" Lassiter asked softly after Perry finished telling his story. "Really,"

"Yup. She packed her things, gathered the kids, and told me she was going to be staying at her mom's for a few days until she got a place of her own. Somewhere close to me so we can have joint custody of the Jack and Jennifer."

"Tell you why."

"Oh yeah she told me. She told me the same thing I've been telling myself repeatedly for the past few months; the love isn't there anymore. She realized that it was time for both of us to move on."

Lassiter heart sunk as he listened to the words, the same words spoken to him when his wife told him that she was leaving. "I'm sorry man."

Perry shrugged, sipping his beer, "It's no one fault really, it just happened. I'm fine, she's fine and we got two beautiful kids together. That makes me one lucky bastard."

"Yeah you are."

"What about you, you ever thought about kids?"

Lassiter sat back, eyes wide. He never had the discussion of children with anyone beside his ex-wife and even then, it was only in passing. "I don't know, not really," he finally answered, "Sometimes I did but with my job, not knowing if I'm going to live to see another day. Let's just say I don't think it would be fair to bring a child in this world only for them to lose their father."

"That's too bad."

"I'm the one who chose to be a cop, I have to live with the consequences of never having children," Lassiter shrugged, "I love my niece and nephew but as for a child of my own, I'm not really sure."

"I know how you feel, before Jack I hated the thought of kids. They're messy, sticky, needy, and hard to interpret."

"What changed?"

"The birth of my son," Perry smiled. "Don't get me wrong; when he was first born I didn't feel anything for because I didn't know he was mine."

"Huh."

"Jordan, she lied. Told me some bellhop in Greece knocker her up but come to find out the kid was mine and she knew about it the whole time. Hell, she even told Shelly before she told me."

"Now that's fucking wrong," Lassiter mumbled. He picked up his beer and took a small sip out of it at the same time thinking what he would have done if that happened to him. All he could say is that it wouldn't have been pretty.

"Hell yeah it was but she had her reasons and I forgave her. She wanted me to be with because I wanted, not out of obligation. I couldn't fault her for that."

Lassiter nodded his head and realized that maybe Perry's ex did have a valid reason but still, she should have told him. "So, when did you realize that you felt something for a kid that you didn't know was yours?"

"When I named him?"

"You named him."

"Yup," Perry smiled, thinking back at the memory. "It was a few days later and she still hadn't come with a name for him so I did. I called him Jack and he smiled, at me of all people and I gotta tell you I fell in love with him at that very moment."

"Must be nice, to have someone to love you when no one else does."

"It is, but sometimes you wish it was more."

"Yeah we do, but wishes don't come true people like us."

"You know," Perry spoke after a few minutes of silence, "It's not to late for you to, ya know, have kids. I mean, if you really want them."

"I guess you're right but still, it's kinda hard when you're a cop and even harder when you have no one to share them with."

Perry simply nodded as him and Lassiter continued to drink their beverages. Neither of them spoke another word for the rest of the night, they simply swallowed their beers and wallowed in their thoughts.

Fourth chapter up and a few more to go. Hoped you enjoyed it and until next time,

Walk a mile in someone else's shoes, especially if they're your size and pretty,

LadyCizzle