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Even though her sister Nikki had suggested a short dress, Max declined and opted for shorts and a t-shirt.

"Are you trying to scare the boys away", Nikki said after looking her little sister over.

"You're wearing the same thing I am", Max sighed.

"No, I have a tank top on", Nikki pointed out.

"And no bra", Brie said.

Nikki rolled her eyes. Max stood and grabbed her keys and sunglasses.

"Are we ready or are we going to keep judging each others clothes?", Max asked.

"Are you sure these guys are cute?", Nikki asked as they walked down to their car.

Max nodded. She hit the button to unlock her car. They climbed in.

"Do you have one in mind or are they all fair game?", Brie asked with a knowing smile.

She looked over at her sister.

"They're all fair game", Max said.

"Bullshit, you like one of them or else you wouldn't have accepted going", she said.

"Maybe I want to start making friends", Max suggested.

"With men? Sexy police men?", Nikki pointed out and smirked.

Brie nodded and Max shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"You two are unbelievable", Max mumbled.

"I say we stop and get wine", Nikki suggested.

"These are guys Nik, they don't drink it unless it's to be romantic. We can take them a case of beer", Brie said.

"I don't know what kind they like", Max said.

Brie shrugged.

"Just take the kind you like, it's beer, they'll drink it", Brie said.

Max nodded and stopped at the store to get a case. Getting to the address Dean wrote down. She parked and they walked up to the door. Brie knocked and they heard someone walk towards the door. It opened and Roman looked surprised to see her.

She blushed and looked away. Her sisters noticed and smirked.

"Hey, what are you doing here?", he asked.

She met his eyes again.

"Dean invited me, us. These are my twin sisters, Brie and Nikki", Max said.

"We brought beer", Brie said, lifting the case.

Roman didn't know what to say. Dean appeared.

"Hey you made it, welcome", Dean said, letting them in.

Roman stood back and watched the girls walk in.

"Just making friends huh", Brie whispered to Max.

"These are my sisters, Brie and Nikki", Max said, ignoring her sister and introducing them to Dean.

Dean couldn't take his eyes off Brie. He took the case of beer from her.

"Let me help", he said, as his fingers brushed hers.

"Thanks", she said.

He nodded. He looked at Roman.

"Don't be rude Rome, show them to the back", Dean said.

Roman cleared his throat and nodded. He gestured for the girls to follow him. They did, there were more people Max recognized from the station, either with their wives or girlfriends.

Seth walked over.

"Hey Max", he said, hugging her.

"Hey, these are my sisters, Nikki and Brie", Max said.

Seth sent them a nod and smiled.

"Excuse me, I'm going to see if Dean needs any help", Roman said, leaving them.

Max felt like he didn't want them here, well more her. She watched him walk inside.

"I'm going to go help them", Seth said.

Max nodded. Sami walked over and hugged her too.

"Come and sit, mingle", Sami said.

"Oh our little sister doesn't know how to do that. She's antisocial", Nikki said.

Max nudged her. Nikki and Brie aways did that when they went out just to mess with her.

"Its true, that's why you don't have friends", Nikki said.

"I have friends", Max mumbled.

"Oh wow, Baron, that's like one and it's only because he's your partner.", Nikki said.

Sami chuckled.


Roman walked into the kitchen. Its not that it bothered him, but a little warning might have been nice.

"You invited her", he almost shouted.

Dean shrugged and nodded.

"Yeah, why not", he said.

"Because Dean, we work with her", he said.

"I work with you and you asked me to move in. You didn't want me to invite her because you're attracted to her. You don't want temptation, because you're "Married", but here's the thing you aren't anymore.", Dean said.

Roman looked out the kitchen window at Max. Her sisters seemed to be getting along with everyone, while she sat at the table drinking a beer.

"Hey, what's going on? I think, they think, you don't want them here.", Seth said.

Roman sighed.

"Roman's tempted", Dean said, picking up the plastic container full of meat for the grill.

"I knew it, Sami did too", Seth said smiling.

"See, your friends like her. We didn't like Eva, at all", Dean said.

Seth nodded, agreeing with Dean.

"We like Max for you, she seems pretty cool. I wouldn't have invited her if I didn't think she was perfect for you", Dean said.

"We hardly know her", Roman mumbled.

"As soon as you introduced me to Eva, there was something about her I didn't like and I was right about her.", Dean said.

Roman looked back out at Max.

"We aren't asking you to have sex with her, at least not now. We are asking to give her a chance and see where it goes", Seth said.

Roman swallowed.

"I'll try", Roman said softly.

His friends nodded before walking out. That answer was good enough for them.

"I've got the grill, you always burn the food", Roman said to Dean.

Dean rolled his eyes and set down the meat before going outside and making his way to Max.

"Hey, having fun?", he asked.

Max smiled.

"Yeah, everyone's nice", she said.

He looked around.

"What are you doing sitting here alone? Your sisters seem to be making friends fast", he said.

She took a peek at her sisters, who were laughing with everyone. She looked back at Dean.

"I sometimes forget how to interact with people when I'm not working. Downfalls of the job", she said.

He nodded.

"You don't get much time to hang?", he asked.

She shook her head no.

"That sucks", he said.

"Sometimes", she said.

Sami came over smiling.

"Your sisters are hilarious", Sami said, before grabbing another beer and going back to the group.

Brie came over and smiled at Dean.

"Max, come on, putting yourself in a corner isn't going to make you friends", Brie said.

Dean looked from Brie to Maxine.

"Oh, she doesn't have friends and no, Baron doesn't count before you use him as an excuse", Brie said.

Dean raised a brow.

"Actually, is the food ready?", Max asked.

Dean was going to shake his head no.

"Good, I'll go serve myself", Max said standing and walking over to the table.

Dean watched Max put chips and dip on her plate.

"She works a lot and when she's home she's usually with us. Then she's off to work again, when she's home it's hard for her to go out and enjoy herself.", Brie said to Dean.

"You said she doesn't have friends", he said.

"Which is true. We've tried helping her but the women look at her weird and when it comes to men, she's even worse. Guys don't usually like hearing about her job, especially when it's better than theirs", she said.

Dean nodded and looked at Brie.

"And what is it that you do?", he asked.

"I'm a vet", she said.

"Really?", he asked.

She nodded.

"I've always loved animals and I knew that's what I wanted to do since I was nine. And you? Did you always want to be a cop?", she asked.

"I didn't really know what I wanted to do, as I got older and close to graduating, I looked at all my options. With my grades there was no way of getting into a good university. I looked at the Army and Marines. Finally I decided on becoming a cop", he said.

She nodded.

"Max use to be in the Marines", she said.

"Really? I didn't know that", Dean said.

Brie nodded.

"So is it just you three or do you girls have more siblings?", he asked.

"Its just us, although I think sometimes my dad wished they had tried for one more in hopes of a boy", she said.

Dean laughed.

"I'm sure your dad is completely content with his girls", he said.

"Of course, he loves us even though we get on his nerves sometimes", she said.

Dean laughed again. He found himself wanting to converse with her more, to be around her was refreshing from the type of women he always had around him.