It was a rainy Wednesday night, Penhall and Jessica were busy preparing their reports for Captain Fuller.

Penhall cleared his throat. "So... how'd your first case go?"

Jessica looked up from her typewriter. "Oh... it went ok. I guess. I could have done better a lot better, but oh well." She sighed.

Penhall looked at her. "Don't be so hard on your self. You'll do better next time."

Jessica smiled. "I guess." She went back to her report.

Penhall got up, and walked towards Jessica. "Uh... Jess... can I ask you something?"

Jessica looked up. "Sure. What is it?"

Penhall looked down, he was nervously fixing his shirt. "Um... would you go out to dinner with me sometime?"

What could she do? Tom was obviously more interested in Amy.

Maybe I should give Penhall a chance. I mean, he is really cute.

Jessica looked up. "I'd love to Doug." She smiled.

Penhall's face lit up. "Really? Great! How's tomorrow night? After work?"

Jessica laughed. "Sure Doug, sounds great."

"You're kidding... Tom really did that? On his first time out?" Jessica said, laughing.

"Yup, he sure did, it was priceless... he bought stinky socks rather than coke, and totally blew his cover..."

Jessica was having a really good time... no awkward moments, talking to Doug was so easy. He made her want to talk more.

Penhall cleared his throat. "But seriously, he's come a long way since then. He's great to work with. Every now and then he has a must-go-by-the-book moment, but they're usually few and far between."

They reached the door to Jessica's apartment. "Well, this is my stop." She looked down at the ground, and then up at Penhall... he was looking straight in to her eyes.

"I had a great time tonight." he said smiling.

"So did I." Jessica said.

All of a sudden she felt a force moving her towards him... not that she wanted to stop it. Next thing she knew, she was in his arms... he was such a good kisser.

Then they parted. Jessica cleared her throat. "Uh, Doug... I don't usually do this on the first date... but would you like to come in with me?"

Penhall looked a her. "Are you sure?"

She pulled him close, and kissed him. "Does that answer your question?"

Penhall smiled. The two walked in hand in hand.

The next morning, Jessica woke up in Penhall's arms. It felt good. She rolled over to face him. He was already awake.

He smiled. "Hi you."

"Hi" Jessica giggled. She stared deep into his eyes. She felt happy... but something was missing. Tom. As much as she liked Penhall... She still wished she was with Tom instead. She looked at the clock. It was 6:50! They had to be at the station for 7:30!

Penhall leaped up, and started dressing. "Shoot! Fuller is going to kill us."

Once they were finished getting ready, they raced out of Jessica's apartment.

"I'll drive." Jessica said.

The two jumped into Jessica's Honda.