Finally they were all alone in the locker room. It had been a hot day, and an even hotter night, the heat pressing down on the city, making everyone restless. They were talking about their day. He knew that if he didn't ask now, he never would.
"So, how about coming for a drink with me tonight?" He asked, not quite making eye contact with her.
"I'm sorry, I can't, I have to, I have to go..." Her words trailed off into the empty room, landing heavily in the silence. She picked up her bag. "I'll see you tomorrow then" She said, as she walked out the door, looking over her shoulder as she went.
He knew he couldn't face another night going home to his empty apartment, so he decided to go for a drink anyway.


There were a few people in the bar, mostly other cops, but he couldn't face talking to them. He chose a table in the corner. Tonight he wanted to be alone with his thoughts.
They had worked together for years now, but it was only recently that he had felt this way. There was something in her smile, in her laugh, in her eyes, that he could just not get out of his brain, or his heart. He was sure from the looks in her eyes that she felt the same way too. But there was too much holding her back.
He didn't know how he could face her tomorrow. Would he ignore it, make a joke, make it out to seem like nothing. But it wasn't nothing, it was something. Her blue eyes burned into his soul.