Disclaimer: It may be up for grabs but I don't think I could afford Cold case.
Chapter 7: Ray returns
Lilly didn't get anything more from Jane that would be useful she didn't seem to know anyone that hated her mother. As they left Lilly noticed the smile on his face.
"What?" she asked curiously
"Timmy just told me something that might be useful" He said cryptically
"Well are you gonna share or am I gonna have to prise it out of you" she replied
"Sounds good" he teased and she slapped his arm "He said that Maude and Harold argued a lot and that Maude cut him out of her Will" He grinned down at her.
"Good work, now we have a reason to question Harold" and she stood up on tiptoes and kissed his lips.
They made their way back to the PPD and Scotty practically bounced in pleased with himself.
"Congratulations Valens, next time we have a four year old murder suspect we'll let you interrogate him" Kat replied teasingly and Lilly giggled making Scotty pout and storm off to the break room . She followed him in closing the door behind her.
"Don't let Kat get you down, I think you did good" and she wrapped her arms around him and kissed the back of his neck.
"Let's leave early and you can start making it up to me now" he said turning in her arms and she giggled, looking around to see no one was comming she placed a soft kiss on his lips.
"Sounds good but we can't leave now" she wrapped her arms around his neck
"I guess, but you just wait till I get you home"
Five hours later and they had hit a wall, Harold was proving hard to locate and now Greg had disappeared.
"Well I guess we can't do anything till morning" Kat said picking up her jacket and yawning "I've gotta take Veronica to friend's party"
"See you tomorrow" Lilly called out as Kat left. Lilly picked up her phone and sent Scotty a quick text.
Scotty,
You leave first and I meet you at my place in an hour
Lil
Scotty looked up and her and smiled, standing up he grabbed his coat "Well I might as well call it a night as well"
Scotty had parked on the street that day and as he walked out into the cool Philly night he noticed out of the corner of his eye someone leaning against a motorbike and he felt the anger well up in his chest.
"What the hell are you doing here Ray?" Scotty asked
"Scotty, right?" He said holding out a hand for Scotty to shake
"I asked you a question" he repeated still staring directly into Ray's eyes
"I am waiting for Lil, thought I'd take her for... a ride"
Scotty felt the anger rise in his chest and he clenched his fist "She ain't interested Ray" He said angrily.
"How would you know?" Ray said
"Cause she's with me" he said moving in closer to Ray as if daring him to try anything
"She's good, hey" Ray said and Scotty snapped throwing a punch into Ray's jaw and he stumbled before returning the punch. The two men fought until Vera and Jefferies came running over to separate them.
"I think you should go Ray" Vera said still holding on to Scotty
"I was just leaving" Ray wrenched his arms free of Will's grip and moved towards his motorcycle speeding off into the night.
"What the hell was that about?" Vera asked releasing his grip on Scotty.
"It was nothin" Scotty wiped his bleeding jaw on his sleeve
"Doesn't look like nothin" Nick looked at his friend "Why the hell are you gettin in a fight with Lil's ex" He asked
"He just said something bout her that pissed me off" he said
"So you punch him" Will said
"Look I don't need this I am leaving" and Scotty stormed off into the night towards his car. When he got home he looked at himself in the mirror noticing the darking bruise on his jaw. "Crap" he ran his fingers over it wincing slightly.
"How the hell am I gonna explain this to Lil" he murmured before throwing on a clean shirt and leaving to pick up Lilly.
"What the hell happened to your face" she cried running her hand over his cut lip.
"I kinda ran into Ray" he said sheepishly
"What and he just punched you?" she questioned
"Well no, he said something I didn't like and I hit him" He said
"Well, what did he say exactly" she asked starting to get annoyed
"It's not important" he said "I am hungry lets go eat" he held out his hand to her and she took it cautiously still not believing that he was telling her everything.
They ate in silence not really looking at each other, Lilly was pissed off that Scotty once again used his fists to settle an argument. When they got back to her apartment she stormed inside before he had a chance to stop her sighing he followed her up the stairs half expecting the door to be locked.
"Lil, I think we need to talk"
"About what Scotty" She yelled moving off to the kitchen
"I am sorry about Ray; he just rubbed me the wrong way"
"That's what you always do when someone pisses you off Scotty, you can't go around hitting everyone that pisses you off"
"I know Lil, please I am sorry" He pleaded moving around to her and trying to pull her into a hug but she shoved him away.
"You can't just think that you can say sorry and that all it takes" she turned her back on him and headed off to her bedroom and slammed the door and he winched. He sank onto the couch and sighed he'd really stuffed up now.
Lilly awoke the next morning and moved towards the kitchen stopping in her tracks when she saw him asleep on the couch. She sighed and lent against the back of the couch looking down at her boyfriend and the darkening bruise on his jaw. His eyes opened slowly and noticed her looking down at him.
"I am really, really sorry Lil"
"I know" she ran her fingers through his hair "I'll get you some ice for that" she said moving off to the freezer. He followed her and sank down at the kitchen table, she handed him a cloth she had wrapped the ice in and he smiled at her placing it on his jaw.
"Thanks" she kissed his forehead and sat across from him.
"I was an idiot Lil" he said reaching out for her hand and caressing it with his thumb.
"I know you were" She replied
"Have you forgiven me" he asked tentatively. She got up and sat on his lap placing a kiss on his lips moving her hands behind his head.
"Yes" she whispered against his lips.
"Thank God" he replied.