Hey,

I've been working with Mac a lot lately. Don't get me wrong it's not that I mind, but I could have sworn for a time there last year that he was intentionally avoiding me, now all of a sudden I'm okay? I try not to dwell on it, cause that's just pathetic, but I can't help but wonder if he's ever going to fully trust me again. I also tend to wonder why the hell I care.

My day was going surprisingly well, Mac and I were working on a cold case that he'd had on his desk for awhile, since the only new case we had was being worked by Hawkes, Montana and Kaile.

Ah Kaile that was a fun little 'thing' we had awhile back, not sure why it ended, most likely my fault, I couldn't deal well with her being shot and all.

I ran into Hawkes when he came back to the lab to talk autopsy with Hammerback. He gave me a smile that made me want to head 'er on back to Mac's office and pretend I couldn't find trace. I winced, "What?"

He just smirked, "You're paranoid Danny, I didn't say anything."

"You're working with her, Hawkes, don't even pretend you aren't going to say something."

He shrugged, "I couldn't begin to know what you are talking about, although she's learning Chinese phrases from Kaile, it's cute."

I rolled my eyes, "You gave me that look cause she did something cute? I'm not having this conversation with you."

I went to keep walking but he had yet another comment, "So why don't we talk Cindy then."

I froze and raised an eyebrow at him, "What? So you and her are best friends now?"

He shook his head, "I see her at the same coffee joint every morning, apparently she and Lindsay have more than wanting you in common."

I sighed, "Shut up, and find your point Hawkes."

"They hang out." Did the world just spin off it's axis?

I stared at him as though he had just grown a new head that looked like Stella, "I'm sorry what?"

He gets way too much enjoyment out of making me squirm, "Lindsay and Cindy are becoming fast friends, she's gonna call Lindsay later, apparently she really thinks you're cheating on her."

I think my brain was solely working on telling the blood to rush through my system.

"How the hell do you know all this?" I managed to ask.

He shrugged, "People trust me," he grinned, "It's my welcoming face."

I don't think I heard him; how the hell did Cindy hear about Jenn? I just met the woman on the subway a few days ago and wait a minute I'm not WITH Cindy, didn't we break up? I can't be cheating then can I? We only hooked up a couple of times after I stopped answering her calls. Does that mean we were back together? Damn, Jenn was, well, sweet and smart too.

It's official there are too many damn women in my life. I didn't realize Hawkes was gone till Adam taped my shoulder, "Are you expecting the trace to walk it's own way over to me?" He asked reaching for the bag I had. I just stared at him and walked away, all of a sudden I have a headache.

Cindy hanging out with Lindsay? What the hell do they have in common besides, well, me I guess? Oh this headache is gonna take awhile to go away.

I need a good stiff drink, in fact I need many. Why me?