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It had been a week since the incident when Jake had heard Lou and Catherine's antics in the hallway, the following morning had seen Jake find it highly amusing to tease the lovers about it. It all started when he walked into the kitchen to find his dad and Catherine drinking coffee, when Cath had sighed after taking a sip he couldn't help himself and asked

'did that hit the spot Cath?'

Catherine not having a clue what he was talking about sighed again, nodding before she mumbled 'mmm yea, soooo good'

When Jake burst into laughter Catherine looked at Lou confused, hoping to get some answers. Lou on the other hand was busy shooting death glares in his sons direction, he had picked up on Jakes little remark as soon as it had left his mouth. Calming down Jake had upped the anti and asked 'is it enough to make you scream?'

Catherine looked at Jake for a moment, her face scrunched as she tried to figure out what he meant. When her brain finally clicked into place she dropped her head as a pink tint came to her cheeks, seeing Catherine blush always made Lou fall a little more in love with her each time it happened. Just as he was about to step in and end her embarrassment she looked up meeting Jakes eyes as she said 'no, your father is the only one that can bring me that kind of pleasure'

It was Lou's turn to laugh as Jake's face first showed shock then disgust at what Catherine had said 'you shouldn't mess with my woman Jake' Lou chuckled.

Jake composed himself 'two can play at this game' he mumbled.

The joking continued for the next half hour, both trying to embarrass the other more. When Jake made a particularly embarrassing statement Catherine brought out the big guns 'ya know Jake, you really shouldn't try to embarrass a former exotic dancer' when Jake's jaw dropped open Catherine couldn't help the smug grin that had spread across her face thus ending their battle.

'Catherine 1 - Jake 0'

Catherine chuckled as she realised Lou was gunna be getting quizzed that night about her former job.

Tonight, a week later Catherine was standing in her bedroom scrutinising her appearance in the full length mirror with a disgusted look on her face while fidgeting with the outfit she was wearing when Lindsey ran into the room.

'mommy stop pulling at it' Lindsey imitated her mother by putting her hands on her hips and began tapping her foot.

'but' Catherine began but shut up as soon as she saw the disappointment flash over Lindsey's face.

'you promised mommy'

Catherine groaned 'I know' she pulled at the hem of the skirt once again trying in vain to get it to cover a little more than it already was.

It was Halloween night and Lindsey had made Catherine dress up as a fairy to match her costume, insisting that they wear matching pink tutus and wings. The outfit was the result of Catherine letting Lindsey choose what they would wear this year, as soon as the young girl had set eyes on the ensemble she had fell in love with it, Catherine however was not too pleased.

'I look like a complete and utter twat but it's for Lindsey so suck it up Willows, besides I've worn worse'

Once Lindsey had grabbed her bag for the candy she took hold of Catherine's hand and dragged the reluctant woman from the house for a night of trick or treating, Lindsey had been looking forward to Halloween for weeks now and had talked none stop about all the candy she was sure she would get. Lou had been unfortunate and forced into working tonight but Catherine had made it clear since Lindsey was a baby that family holidays were to be exactly that family holidays and she would not be working, although Lou was working he had been involved in decorating Catherine's house with all sorts of scary looking decorations a couple of nights before.

That had been a fun night, while they hung the ghosts and spider webs along with a multitude of other cliché Halloween paraphernalia they had been listening to a c.d specially made for Halloween, it contained numerous cheesy monster songs and scary sounds. Lou had not been able to contain his laughter as the monster mash came on and Lindsey and Catherine had started dancing like lunatics around the house while singing along in butch voices. The night had ended with them all completely exhausted, Lindsey had curled up on the chair while Catherine spread out on the sofa moaning about eating too much pizza, Lou had taken a seat on the floor next to Catherine's head. He was running his fingers through her soft hair and chuckling to her pleas of 'I'm gunna explode' and 'why did I eat so much'

Tonight though was the actual night so that meant lots of walking in the horrendous outfit as Lindsey rang bells and asked for candy. They had been walking from house to house for the past hour and Catherine was feeling more uncomfortable by the second, especially when the fathers that answered the doors would leer at her.

'one more house Lindsey' Catherine called after her daughter as she ran up to the next door, Catherine opted to wait for Lindsey by the gate this time.

'I swear if one more sweaty, overweight man looks down my top again I am gunna rip their eyes out and shove them down their throats , slimy bastards'

When Lindsey bolted back down the garden she very nearly collided with her mother but managed to stop herself just in time.

'look mommy, they gave me loads and some for you too' she opened the bag thrusting it upwards so Catherine could see inside.

'they really did give her loads, looks like someone's gunna have stomach ache tonight. I might hide some of it so she doesn't go overboard'

'wow sweetie that is a lot, come on now let's go'

'but mommy it's still early' Lindsey whined.

'Lindsey, you have enough candy to feed an army' Catherine said as she took hold of her daughters hands and started to make her way back home, trying her hardest to avoid punching the slime balls that kept looking at her. They were just approaching the house, Lindsey sulking alongside her mother when a thought crossed her mind that she knew her mom could not refuse.

'mommy can we go and see uncle Greg, auntie Sara and everyone, we might even see Lou'

Catherine's face cracked into the biggest smile at the thought of seeing Lou, if they went that would mean that they got to see each other and that was always a good thing.

'sure sweetheart, why don't we go now'

Catherine quickly nipped into the house to grab her car keys before they climbed into the car and headed off to the lab. When they arrived Catherine helped Lindsey climb out of the car and took her hand in hers as they made their way into the lab, as they began to walk through the corridors in the direction of the break room Catherine noticed heads turning and eyes following them.

'what are they looking at?'

When they got to the break room Catherine wondered why everyone was sitting there but her eyes were drawn to one person in particular. Lou. He was standing by the coffee machine engrossed in a conversation with Warrick.

'uncle Greg' Lindsey squealed as she ran off to jump in his arms.

'hey Lindsey, nice costume Cath'

Catherine brought her eyes away form Lou to look at Greg before her eyes dropped to her attire.

'shit! that's why everyone was looking at me. I should of gotten changed before we came'

When she raised her head she noticed Lou's eyes were glued to her body trailing up and down appreciatively before she faced Greg again explaining why she was wearing such a thing.

As soon as Lou had heard Lindsey's girlish squeal he had looked up and immediately spotted Cath in the tiny fairy costume, his jaw dropped open and he was pretty certain that if it hadn't been attached it would be rolling across the floor right about now. Catherine turned her head back to look at Lou with a shy smile gracing her features.

'so to what do we owe the pleasure of seeing you beautiful girls tonight' Warrick piped up.

Lou turned his head to glare at Warrick as he heard the blatant flirting tone in his voice.

'flirt with my girl again man and you will not be seeing anything, got that'

Lou mentally threatened Warrick for a few minutes causing him to miss out on parts of the conversation.

'just because he doesn't know about us doesn't mean he can look at her like that'

Lou's battle was stopped when Catherine walked up and hugged Warrick briefly before turning and offering him a small smile, the rest of the team had turned their attention back to whatever they had been doing previously which meant that Nick and Greg were battling it out on the 360 while Sara read some forensic journal. The only person in the room that was paying any attention to Catherine and Lou was Lindsey, and she was confused.

'why aren't you kissing?'

Lou froze at Lindsey's words, quickly scanning the room to make sure no one had heard he was relieved to see that it appeared only Catherine and Sara had heard her and both were wearing the same shocked expression.

'Lind's baby why don't we go to my office for a little bit'

Lindsey was getting more confused by the second, she couldn't understand why Lou had not kissed her mom seeing as though that's what they usually did when they saw each other.

Catherine lead Lindsey down the hallway to her office shutting the door behind them before she began pacing, worried that the secret may have just come out before they had decided how to tell the team.

'mommy?' Lindsey's worried voice brought Cath back to reality.

'sorry sweetie, mommy's just thinking'

'did I do something wrong?' she seemed worried that her mom may be angry at her for some reason she couldn't understand.

Catherine walked over to Lindsey picking her up and seating them both on the sofa, she gave the little girl a cuddle before she began to explain that no one else knew about her and Lou and that they wanted to tell them themselves. When Catherine had finished her explanation Lindsey had promised not to tell anyone, sealing the deal by zipping her lips before she pretended to lock them and throw away the key. Catherine chuckled at her daughter before scooping the little girl into a bone crushing hug that was interrupted by someone entering the room.

'oh thank god Lou, she's trying to squeeze me to death' Lindsey squealed running over to the tall detective and taking cover behind him. Lou chuckled before replying

'I know the feeling kid'

Catherine glared at Lou as Lindsey stuck her head round from behind Lou's legs to poke her tongue out at her mother. Once Catherine had admitted defeat Lindsey came from her hiding place and took up her earlier pose of hand on hip.

'so you can kiss now' she said as she moved her hands from her hips to cross them over her chest.

'I didn't think you liked to see us kiss' Catherine asked.

'I don't but you two do, even though its icky' Lindsey's face turned into one of disgust before she continued 'so just kiss, that way mommy will be in a good mood and maybe let me stay up longer to watch a movie with her'

Lou glanced at Lindsey before looking at Catherine and shrugging.

'cant argue with the kid' he made his way over to Cath who was now standing with her arms draped across her stomach. Once Lou was directly in front of her she unfolded her arms and wrapped them around his body before leaning in to kiss him softly on the lips. Lindsey had turned around and jammed her fingers in her ears as soon as they had embraced, even though she was happy for her mom she didn't want to see them being all mushy.

Catherine broke the kiss, pulling back slightly she whispered against his lips

'trick or treat'

Lou ran his hands down her back as he hummed 'treat, most definitely treat'

He glanced to the side quickly to see if Lindsey was otherwise engaged, happy to see that she was not paying any attention whatsoever to them he slipped his hands down and under Catherine's skirt to cup her butt through the little shorts she was wearing under the tutu. Catherine moaned her appreciation before she moved her hands down to his.

'behave yourself mister' she murmured moving his hands to rest on her back just above the edge of her skirt.

'keep them there and no lower' she whispered before kissing him again.

This time the kiss was broken by someone opening the door and entering, the pair jumped apart as if they had been burnt.

'whoa! it's a good job I came and not Nick or Warrick' Greg chuckled as he saw the flushed couple.

'hey Lind's' Greg said getting no response from her.

'Lindsey' Greg shouted while tugging on the child's hands.

'are they done?' she asked back without turning round.

'yea they're done, I think I interrupted them' he whispered loud enough so that Catherine and Lou could hear, causing Cath to roll her eyes. 'why don't me and you go and do some trick or treating around the lab while this loved up pair get back to smooching' Lindsey nodded eagerly in reply and took off dragging Greg along behind her, as he left he turned his head to wink at the lovers.

Alone once again Catherine leant in to place a quick kiss to Lou's lips before she moved over to the couch, sitting on it she patted the space next to her. Lou took the hint and sat down in the space, once he was comfy Catherine rested her head against his chest and brought her legs up to rest across his lap.

'I missed you tonight, I really wish you could of come with us' Catherine said as she nuzzled further into his chest.

'mmm me too babe' Lou lowered his head to place a quick kiss on her head.

The room descended into silence for a while after that until Lou broke it by asking

'so did you girls have fun'

'Lindsey did, I would have had a good time if it wasn't for all those creepy fathers trying to catch a look'

'they what!'

'yea they kept sneaking glances down my top, all the time Lindsey was there. They didn't even seem bothered that their own wives were stood behind them and one guy even made some comment about being a good boy and getting a special treat while he ogled my boobs' Catherine rambled not noticing the anger in Lou's voice.

'where does he live?' he snarled.

This time she noticed his anger 'relax baby, it's over. Ya know thinking about it I'm glad you didn't come'

'what, why?'

'well from the steam coming out of your ears now I can only imagine that you would be spending the night in a jail cell if you had been there'

Lou mumbled some sort of reply and then the room became quite once more. After spending 15 minutes just holding and caressing each other Catherine pulled herself up so she was sat on the edge of the sofa.

'I better let you get back to work and get Lindsey home to bed'

She was just about to stand up when Lou wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her back into his lap.

'five more minutes' he whispered while he peppered her neck with kisses.

'you sound just like Lindsey' Catherine mumbled, she was attempting to keep her thoughts pure but was finding it difficult while he was doing that. When his hand began to rub the soft skin on the back of her thighs she jumped up.

'pack that in mister' she wagged her finger at him.

'what?' he tried the innocent look but the smirk gave him away.

'I know what your game is, you know what that does to me'

Catherine proceeded to straighten out her clothes before she walked to the office door, just before she opened it she turned around and blew a kiss in Lou's direction. As she made to leave yet again Lou's voice made her turn around.

'by the way Cath, you look very cute tonight' with that he walked out of the office and in the direction of the exit intent on heading back to the police department, leaving behind a blushing strawberry blonde.

When Lou reached his car he climbed in and waited.

'just to make sure they leave ok'

He tried to reason with himself, if he was being honest that was only part of the reason the other was that he wanted to see Catherine in that little barely there skirt again. He got his wish a couple of minutes later when Catherine walked out of the lab carrying a very sleepy blonde child. He watched as she walked up to her car, unlocked it and placed the sleeping child on the backseat securing her in for the journey back home. When she turned around her eyes immediately met his, he gave her a small smile before she winked at him, got in the car and drove off.

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