Rubbing Off
By: M14Mouse
Summary: Don completes Charlie's mathematician comment in Dark Matter
Disclaimer: Don't own them.
((Don's POV))
"I got you thinking like a mathematician."
I remember my mouth dropped a little during our conversation. I would be lying if I wasn't put off by the comment. It isn't everyday that my brother throw a comment like that at me. I don't think there is anything mathematic about trying to track the students' movement during the shooting. If the technology is there to aid us in finding the shooters, there why not use it. It is better than going back to school and carefully mark each of the students' movement with tape and marks. In the chance that human error might have miss something important.
A little voice in the back of my head rang out that I didn't want too. Of course, I don't want to go back to the school. It was a horrible crime scene of kids killing kids. The bodies may have been moved but I still have images inside my head. I know what each kid was wearing and where we found their bodies. I know how their bodies were position when we find them. I don't need crime scene photos to tell me anything. I have it all in my head. I will have them in my head for a long time. If Charlie doesn't work out then I will work that crime scene until the kids' next school year. It is my job and I want to catch these guys.
My idea is prefect logical and has nothing to do with math.
My train of thought stops right in its tracks.
Oh, crap.
It does sound like something Charlie would do, wouldn't it? I almost laugh right there in the car. I wonder when this started to happen. My mind went through all of the cases that Charlie and I work together on. I guess there wasn't really any starting point. I started to happen over time. Slowly, Charlie's crazy theories began to make sense to me. Some of the stuff he talks about still goes over my head. It wouldn't kill to say that I did apply some of his theories and methods to some of my other cases.
He is rubbing off on me. Of course, it goes both ways.
I notice how he comes out of his shell more. Although, he still spent some quality time with his chalkboard. He has learned to step away from it. He interact with people more. He has learned to voice his opinions more. He tries to learn all he can about my FBI work even if I don't approve of some of it. He seems to have developed this strength about him. Well, I am just starting to notice it or he is showing it more. Who knows?
Now, I wonder if I should tell him that he become more like a FBI agent.
I wonder what his reaction would be.
And for a good measure, bring a video camera to tape his reaction.
The End.
A/N: I like to thank Leoloco for finding the quote for me. Thanks! Anyway, I like Don. Don is my favorite. Okay, read and review if you.