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Liv suddenly jumped out of her chair and grabbed her jacket. With barely a goodbye she was out the door. One by one, Elliot, Munch and Fin followed her out. They watched down the street as a Liv walked towards a car. They recognized Kate when she got out, and watched the passenger struggle with his seatbelt before finally emerging to the street. Elliot laughed as he watched the kid look back and forth between Liv and Kate.

"I'm right there with you, buddy." Elliot said.

"Yeah, that girl is one dead-ringer for Liv." Fin said, "Lucky boy."

"Wish I could be there when he finds out she's a cop. See the look on his face." Munch said. They watched as Liv played up her authority

"He's gonna shit his pants if she keeps that up." Fin said. Just then she lightened up, changing her stance. Elliot knew that her voice had just changed too; everything about her had just softened. He was always impressed how she could do that, go from threatening to friendly so quickly. The kid seemed to relax, and they headed down the street shortly after, the kid trailing a bit behind.

"Show's over."

"Too bad she didn't frisk him." Munch said as they headed back in.

"That woulda made your day, wouldn't it?" Fin responded.

Elliot watched the three disappear around the corner before joining Munch and Fin inside.

Jon's nervousness about meeting his girlfriend's mom didn't get a chance to rise smoothly to comfortable panic. Before he knew it she was right there, sizing him up. The handshake was very firm, and for a second he thought she was going to push him up against the car and frisk him. Her very authoritative "Nice to meet you, Jon." didn't help things either. He gulped. Kate laughed,

"Liv, stop it. You're freaking him out." Liv smiled. Jon tried to relax.

"It's nice to meet you too." Jon finally managed.

"Wow, you've managed to fluster Jonathan Fields. Congratulations are in order." Kate patted Liv on the shoulder. Liv looked at him apologetically.

"Sorry, we seem to have gotten off on the wrong foot. I'm Olivia." This time she smiled.

"Jon."

"Right. Well, Kate seems to be quite taken with you. So I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, for now. Besides, your background check came back clean."

"Liv!"

Liv held her hands up defensively. Jon gave a meek laugh and followed them down the street to the café.

Liv observed Kate and Jon over their food. Things were going pretty well so far, and Jon was letting Kate and Liv do most of the talking. The biggest stumble happened when Jon asked what Liv did for a living.

"I'm a cop."

"Oh."

"A sex cop." added Kate.

"Are you trying to kill me?" Jon grabbed his chest in mock-pain. Liv looked upset for a moment, but quickly glossed it over when she realized he was joking. The other two didn't seem to notice.

TBC