Hi, Heres another - short but following quickly on the heels I hope you will agree - should be more quite soon ...my TV has died!!!!!

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Reynolds, Loker and Torres

They sat in silence. Torres and Loker engrossed in their own way of trying to take in what Reynolds had just told them.

Ben had chosen a quiet, little known coffee house to bring them together. He needed a place that wasn't 'The Office' or someone's home.

This place with its secluded horseshoe shaped booths and no blaring music machine fitted the bill perfectly.

"So..what I want from you two is help. Opinions, ideas, options – anything really. We need to sort this pile of crap out."

Torres cleared her throat – more for effect than anything else.

"So you're saying that Foster TOLD you that her and Lightman 'slept together'?

"Yeah"

"And then, the next day they both felt real – awkward bout it.. and then Foster felt that Lightman was…'backing off' her big time..soooo she tried to talk to him about it, which ended in an argument and another argument and shit… but then there was this one BIG argument that started this whole thing off …But she won't tell you what the 'BIG' argument was about?"

"You got it. Now you know as much as I do"

"Coool, this sounds like real fun…" Loker had started to grin, but stopped very quickly when he felt the heat of his companions two sets of eyes turn on him.

"Well, not fun exactly..I I didn't mean it like that.. I just.."

"SHUT UP LOKER" the command was in complete unison.

More silence.

Loker decided to risk it.

"Well the first part is a no brainer really isn't it"

Those eyes – again…

"Ah cum on you guys…They sleep together, next day they both are wondering if that should have.

Foster wants 'talk' bout it- coz that's what women always want to do right?... Lightman wants time to 'think' about it not talk…coz that's what men do yeah..and so you get the little arguments…that's kinda 'testing the waters' but…instead of just heading back to the bedroom, which is where it should have gone – Something..came along that threw the proverbial spanner in the works and caused a HUGE argument.. And THAT is the part we gotta work out"

He finished with a triumphant wave of his hand.

"Did I just hear right Torres? Was that LOKER that actually came up with something that actually made a whole lotta sense?"

"Yeah…I think he did. Ben- do they serve alcohol in here as well as coffee?"

Ben summoned their waitress over.

After pushing around a few ideas and possible scenarios, some a little more weird than others, they had made their way through a bottle of wine and more than a few more coffees.

"Zoe" Torres almost spat out the word.

"What … how did you? Why would you?..."

Loker was looking as surprised as Reynolds

"It has to be. You said yourself Loker, those two should have been able to sort it all out. Something, or someone, got in the way. Now it wouldn't have been Emily – I think we can agree on thatso the only one other person that still seems to be able to have such a…big influence on Lightman, is that bitch Zoe. She is mixed up in this somewhere I just know it"

"OK, assuming you're right Torres, where does that leave us?"

Ben was still a bit uncertain, but was tending towards Rias take on things.

"We could just go round and beat it out of her- Ria'd be up for that I'm sure" Loker grinned at his friend

"Damn straight! Just give me the word…"

"I don't think I can really condone that course of action guys. No – what we need is to come up with a plan…."

They ordered another bottle of wine and coffee for Loker.