Charlie is in her office with her head buried in paperwork, detesting every single minute of it! But her office and the station in general, is up to date and organized, her colleagues are calling her the Energizer Bunny, due to the fact that as soon as she walks through the door she gets to work and doesn't stop till it's time to go home. She'll take an hour lunch break and head out to the beach to eat and stare out to sea, she'll dial Joey's number, it has become part of her routine.

Today she has to go with Watson and ask some questions in regards to an ongoing investigation. She likes this part of her job, except that the awkward silence in the patrol car with Watson is very uncomfortable. She kind of wishes that Watson would just go ahead and ask her questions or talk about the weather or better yet if she could remove the stick she has up her ass. Before the "Joey discovery" they would always have a good laugh and talk freely about anything, now there is nothing but silence and if there is talking it's about the case they are working on. Watson is herself, only if there are colleagues around or within a hearing distance from other colleagues. Maybe Watson is paranoid that Charlie might fancy her or some stupid nonsense. She would prefer to take Lurch, but he's busy working on another case. Charlie knew that the forty minute drive would seem endless if she didn't start some kind of a conversation, but to her surprise Watson took the initiative.

"How are you holding up Senior Constable Buckton?"

"What?" Charlie couldn't believe her ears!

"With everything you've been through...I just wanted to know how you are doing."

"I'm do okay. Thanks, for asking."

"I'm sorry, I've been a little distant. It's just that everything went down without warning. It took me by surprise, it took all of us at the station by surprise. But I can see the sadness that's in your eyes and the way you've been keeping yourself busy to avoid talking to any of us...it's kind of sad that you though you couldn't trust any of us."

"It's not that I don't trust you, it's just that at the time I didn't understand what was happening to me. I fell in love with Joey and all of the sudden I didn't know who I was anymore. I got scared and I was ashamed of letting others know about it. I was scared of being judged and labeled...I wanted to come out, on my own terms. Not with the word QUEER graffitied on my car! It was literally a day from hell and..."

"I have no problems with you being gay, non of us really care who you're sleeping with. Except that a few blokes are heart broken all their little fantasy bursted like a bubble, well maybe not, maybe their fantasies have increase a bit more!"

They both broke out in laughter at the thought of their male collegues fantasizing about Charlie and another woman. It was nice to hear Watson talk to her and be herself again, like before.

"That is funny and a bit scary, though! But the real reason you've notice the sadness in my eyes is because Joey has left me. And it's been really painful for me, I feel like half of me left with her. I've been keeping myself occupied as much as I can, that way I don't go crazy thinking about her constantly."

"I'm sorry to hear that. If you guys are still in love, what is the problem?"

"Well for starters, she's on a boat, away for three months and when she comes back I'll know if she has forgiven me or not. In the mean time I'm dealing with all the issues that come with the gay territory."

"I'm sure things will work out for the two of you. I'll tell you one thing...Joey loves you very much. The day I interrogated her, I could tell how much love she has for you. Every time I mentioned your name her eyes would light up and she kept defending you like your life depended on it."

"I love her so much that I don't think that I ever have been in love before, not until she walked into my life, because I've never felt like this before!"

Charlie was flabbergasted at how much she was able to open up to Watson. It felt good to let go of all the tension she's had towards Watson. This is the Watson of old and she wasn't cold and distant because of Charlie being gay, but because Charlie shut everyone out and avoided talking to all her colleagues.

"I'm glad we are able to talk freely about this I just thought that you were a big time homophobe!"

"Really? My cousin is gay and he is one of the nicest people I know in the world and I love him to bits!"

"It just shows how important communication is, if people don't communicate then there will never be true understanding!"

"You can say that again!"

Charlie starts to laugh and chuckle to herself, to Watson's amusement, she asks Charlie.

"What's so funny?"

"Before our lovely conversation today, I thought you were afraid to be left alone with me as though you thought I was checking you out or something!"

"Ha ha ha! That is funny!"

"It's hilarious, I know!"

They reached their destination and Charlie kind of wished that the drive was a bit longer. She was having a pretty good time with Watson and was looking forward to the return trip back to the station and to another lighthearted conversation with Watson.