A/N: Sadly, I don't own a thing. Except the urge to ship an insane pairing.
"How old is he, again?"
"Twenty-seven."
"You do realize that the relationship is totally illegal, right?"
"We're not in a relationship," the redhead muttered as she rolled her eyes.
"Right," Kate nodded. "You keep telling yourself this and I'll keep letting you sleep in denial."
"I'm serious. We're just really good friends. We've known each other for years now."
"That boy loves you," the brunette supplied easily.
"As a friend," Alexis sighed.
"Oh no. He loves you."
"Are you sure we're not talking about you and dad here?"
"Ah ah, no ma'am." Kate shook her finger at the younger girl, twirling a fry in the melting strawberry shake in front of her.
"Right, off limits." Alexis rolled her eyes again as she sipped at her chocolate shake. "I don't see why that is off limits, yet you get to pick on me about Spence every time."
"I'm not picking on you. I'm simply saying. You're still seventeen. He's twenty-seven." The older woman shrugged as she popped the fry in her mouth. "I bet he asks you out on your birthday."
"Dad would have a cow," the girl smirked as she leaned back in the booth. "He used to try to keep us from talking, but when I ran up Paige's cell phone bill that one time.. He realized I'd just find other ways."
"I still can't believe you two met while he was here on a case."
"I still can't believe he's still around," Alexis bit the inside of her lip, swirling the straw around in her shake. "Dad gave him hell when he realized he was still hanging around. Grams thought it was cute."
"Martha still thinks it's cute," Kate informed the girl with a smile. "And your dad just wants you to be happy, though I'm sure he'll still remind you of the age gap every change he gets."
"It doesn't bother me," she shrugged as she licked the tip of her finger that had slipped into the cup. "I know that he's older and that creeps some people out but.. It doesn't matter to me. He's a really good friend and he's been there for me when no one else was."
"He's the one you called when I got shot," Kate remembered.
"Yeah. Dad came home to find me asleep on Spence's lap. He was so tired, though, he just walked to his room and didn't say a word."
"He was glad you had someone there for you." The brunette popped another fry in her mouth, chewing it slowly before speaking again. "I'm glad you had someone there for you, even if it was your 'just-a-friend-twenty-seven-year-old'."
"You're incorrigible." Alexis rolled her eyes, wiping the condensation off the glass and flicking it across the table.