"It's kind of a long story... you sure you want to hear it?"

Rachel put her hands on her hips. "Jill, you heard me... explain, now..."

Jill kept her eyes on the ground. "Rachel, I... I..."

"You what?! Jill, I told you to tell him off."

"I just couldn't. He was just so happy to see me when I walked in. I really did go in there to do what you said, but I couldn't." Jill sighed and frowned. "There were all those people there, ya know other cops and I didn't want to embarrass him in front of all those guys."

Rachel shook her head. "I should have gone with you. I knew this would happen. Sometimes you act too kind, Jill."

"But, what if I had told him off, and I ran into him again and...it would be weird..."

"Don't you remember what we talked about earlier?"

Jill got a sad look on her face and nodded. "I do, but when I got there... something I didn't expect, I mean, I found out something that makes this whole thing really complicated."

Rachel's face became concerned looking. "Jill? What are you hiding."

"He's... he's... the son of the head of the department." She glanced up at her friend slightly. "How could I tell him off after I found that out?"

Rachel flinched slight at the words. "Oh crap..."

Jill made a nervous face. "Are you mad at me?"

"I don't know." Rachel said glancing at Sai for a moment. She looked him over. She could see it now. Saici...damn it...things just got worst. She took a breath. She suddenly felt a little sick. "Ok..." She put her hand on Jill's shoulder. "Ok Jill...please, just walk me though everything. What happened when you arrived at the police station?"

Jill nodded slowly and looked back at the ground again. "Well, I walked in and Sai was sitting at the front desk. Did ever tell you his name? I don't think I did... it's Sai. Well, I was about to turn around and walk out and just call him on the phone, but he saw me. So I turned around, and we just started talking."

Rachel listened carefully and held her tongue till Jill finished.

"I kept waiting for the right time to say what I was there for, but the longer I waited, the harder it was. Then the next thing I knew it, we were sitting in the station rec. room, where the officers hang during their breaks. That's when I found out. The chief walked in, looking for the guy who was suppose to be out front. Then he said, 'Sorry Dad.'" Jill made a face and shifted the weight on her feet. "I felt sick, there was no way I could say anything after that... I'm sorry Rachel."

Rachel listened and then took a breath. "I think I will kill you," Rachel said looking at Jill.

Jill looked up at her with wide eyes.

Rachel raised a hand and made a fist but then gave a deep sigh and turn to look at the boys. They were eyeing them oddly which caused both girls to grin and waving at them.

"We're so screwed if he finds out." Rachel said between her teeth.

Jill made an even cheeseier grin. "Don't need to tell me heh heh..."

Sai began to grin slightly and then waved back.

"Why are we waving?" George asked as he too began to wave.

Sai only shrugged. "It must be a girl thing."

"Holy crap, we got to get out of here..." Rachel turned to look at Jill.

"Are you Rachel?"

Rachel's body stiffened some. "You told him my name?"

Jill made a face. "Yeah..."

Rachel's teeth began to grind against each other but she turn to look at Sai. "Yeah! And you're Sai? Right?"

He nodded. "Yeah, hi!" He put his hand out. Rachel looked at it for a long moment and then shook it.

"Nice to meet you..." Rachel replied.

Jill laughed lightly and looked over at George. "Rachel, why don't you introduce me to your friend." She laughed nervously, hoping to change the subject.

Rachel shot a glare at her. "Well, why... not. Jill, this is George. You turned his wallet in at the police station." She stressed her words, like she was speaking through her teeth.

"Nice to meet you... uh, George." Jill reached out quickly and shook his hand roughly.

George raised a brow at the girls. Something was going on between them. "Maybe I should go, there seems to be some tension here, I don't want to interfere."

Rachel shook her head lightly, he could tell something was wrong. "No, no... um there's no problem here is there, Jill?... Jill?" She looked around only to notice that Jill was trying to sneak off, dragging Sai with her.

"Hold it! Get back her, Jill!"

Looking back over her shoulder, Jill smiled nervously. "Uh... we were just going to get um... ice cream."

Rachel shouted at Jill once more before the girl ran off dragging a very confused officer with her. A vein formed on Rachel's forehead as her hand went back into a fist. "JILL!!!" It was too late however, the girl was gone. Before Rachel could do anything, she heard a small chuckle behind her. She turned to look at George, who had moved in a little closer to her.

He looked down at her with a smile.

She made a nervous face and then grinned a little.

"Young love." He said.

"A little too young..."She replied.

He chuckled at her comment. "Well..."

"Well indeed..." Rachel said looking around.

"The day is still young..."

She looked at the path in front of her then back at George. She gave a sigh and began to walk along with him.

***

The ice cream had begun to melt into a puddle in the dish as Jill swirled her spoon around in it. She wasn't that hungry, after eating most of her large lunch and the two milkshakes, but the ice cream trip was an easy way to get away from Rachel. She glanced up at Sai who seemed to be looking at her oddly. Straightening up in her chair she smiled. "Is there something wrong?"

Sai blinked and shook his head lightly. "No, no... it's just you were being really quiet. That and you've turned your ice cream into mush..."

Jill looked down at the table. She couldn't shake the guilty and nervous feeling causing her stomach to do summersaults. "Oh, I was just thinking. I guess I'm just kind of worried about work." As the last word escaped her lips, she bit down on her tongue. 'Stupid! Why did I say that?!'

"Work? You have a job? What do you do?" Sai smiled, trying to strike up a conversation. "Oh, and if you're not going to eat that... can I have it?"

Jill suddenly felt as if the room was on fire. What could she say? There was no way in hell she could tell him about her "job." Smiling she slid her dish of sloppy melted ice cream over to him. "Go ahead... better then having it go to waste. Anyway, my job huh? Well, I, um... I work for, uh, I um..." She glanced around nervously trying to think of a good cover. "I guess you could call it business. I help scout out places of interest for my boss, and then help close the deals. It's a lot of work for me, but it keeps me busy."

Sai's eyes widened at the description she gave of her work. "You do all that?! WOW! I mean, I didn't know you could get a job like that at our age. So, what company is it? I mean, it sounds like a company thing."

Jill slid down in her chair some. Company? Business? Her little cover story was turning out to be a much more elaborate one. She glanced toward the window and the park in the distance. Suddenly she wished Rachel were there. She would know what to say to get out of this situation. Subconsciously she leaned back in her chair and in the mitts of her window gazing Jill toppled over.

Sai jumped up and looked across the table and down at her. "Are you alright? You kind of zoned out there."

With cheeks a bright shade of red, Jill slowly set her chair back up and then got up herself. "Yeah, I'm okay... heh heh heh. Clumsy me. So what were we talking about again?"

Sitting back down and returning to eating what remained of Jill's ice cream Sai smiled. "Oh, I wanted to know what company you work for."

"Oh, yeah... right. The company, um, well it's very small right now. Well, maybe small isn't a good word, more like, underground. You know an up and coming corporation. They deal with art and rare items. Though, I'm not really suppose to be talking about it. My boss wants to keep a low profile until his company makes its first big sale."

Sai gave her a confused look. She seemed to be really nervous and stumbling over her words. "Oh, I see. I guess it's going to be hard to get any business after the robbery last night."

"Oh yeah, funny thing about that too. I was actually just at the museum early yesterday afternoon, um, meeting with an associate of mine." Jill made a face and quickly covered it with a smile. 'What am I talking about? Associate? Man, I sound like an old businessman. I hope he's buying it.'

"Really? You seem very busy. How is it that you're able to spend the whole day hanging out with me then?" Sai scraped the bottom of the ice cream bowl with his spoon.

Jill's eyes got wide, she had to change the subject. "Well, um... I..." She glanced around then it came to her. "Shouldn't you be back at the station? I mean, being that your dad's the chief in all. How is it that you are able to spend the day out with me?"

They both stared at each other for a moment. It seemed that they had boxed one another into a corner. Neither one of them had a good explanation for how they were able to be out wasting time, yet neither Sai nor Jill could come up with anything else to say. Slowly a smile came to Jill's face and she started to laugh, which in turn caused Sai to do so as well. Through the sudden fit of laughter the content of the previous conversation disappeared into the past.

As the two teens sat enjoying each other's company, a pair of not so friendly eyes saw taking in every detail. From an alleyway a member of Wong's gang of mobsters sat silently. He hadn't set out to spy on Jill or Rachel for that matter, however, while spending his time on the streets, he had come across an interesting situation. He smiled wickedly; the boss would be very interested in a story like this. Slinking his way from the alley, he turned and quickly made his way toward the run down part of the city.