AN- Response to a challenge from earlier this month. More chapters coming soon.

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"Hey Sara" Nick said as he walked into the break room.

Sara was sitting at the table consumed in the file she was reading. She didn't look up at Nicks greeting.

"Sara?" He asked

She still didn't look up.

Nick looked over his shoulder to see if anyone was walking in, walked over to Sara and put his hand on her head like he always did and started stroking her hair.

"Don't pet me!" She yelled and jumped up away from her seat.

"Woah Sara! Tough case?" Nick held up his hands in surrender.

"Nick! I'm sorry! I thought you were Greg." Sara said walking back over to him.

"Greg pets you?" He tried to ask this without smiling, but failed.

"Yeah, its some new thing he's started doing." Rolling her eyes she sat back down "He'll just go up to people and pet them. "

"Randomly?" Nick asked

"Randomly." She confirmed like it was an everyday occurrence "So watch out"

"Ill keep that in mind."

"Keep what in mind?" Greg asked as he walked through the door and headed for the coffee.

Nick backed away as far as he could and Sara sank down in her chair.

Greg grabbed a mug, filled it with coffee, and walked over behind Sara. Nick didn't know it was possible, but he thought he saw her sink down in the chair a little more. Greg looked over her shoulder at the file that was sitting on the table as he took a sip. Then he left.

"…Okay…" Sara said as she sat back up.

Nick took the seat across from her "He didn't pet me!" he said with a huge smile on his face

"Just wait"

His smile faded. She hated that.

"So what's your case about?" He asked

"Some redneck and his neighbor got in a fight. "

"Redneck?"

"This is what makes them redneck…their weapons were a plunger and a rake. "

"Nice. "

"Don't you have a case to be working on?"

"No, we closed it. I actually came in here to ask you something, but I forgot what it was. "

"Blame it on Greg."

Nick chuckled at that. He got up and walked over to get himself a cup of coffee.

"Oh, I remember what I was going to ask you." He said when he sat back down. "Where do you want to go for dinner tonight?"

"You can come over, I'll cook or we could order something."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah. You can come over at around 7. "

"Okay. See you then." Nick got up and left the break room and Sara went back to reviewing her case.

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