A/N: Thanks for the reviews I got on the first chapter! Here's another ... I'm sorry I didn't update sooner, but I don't want to post everything togather to ran out of ideas and never finish the fic; it has happened to me before.
You'll have Rachel's full story in following chapters and hopefully you won't have to wait too long, you'll see. Oh, and if you have any ideas as to how Bobby and Alex can get together, or Title, I'll have them in mind.


Goren and Rachel arrived together at One PP the next morning, him walking casually towards his desk with his coffee in hand, Rachel holding two cups and almost tiptoeing until she was right behind Alex.

"Hi, Bobby. I thought… you were buying coffee for both of us today?"

"Yeah, I got you coffee."

"So where's-" Alex stopped short when she saw a hand extend slowly from her left leaving a cup of coffee on her desk.

Before she could turn around she was startled by a voice she hadn't heard in a long time, but a voice she could still recognize, saying "Hi, Alex."

"Oh my God, Rachel! You're here!" She's grown!

"Surprise, surprise," the girl said giving her a warm hug and knowing smile. "I better go say hi to Jimmy before you have to start working. I'll be right back."

"Why didn't you tell me she was here, Bobby?" she exclaimed hitting him slightly in the arm.

"I walked into my apartment and there she was, it was late and we were tired so we went to bed, I couldn't call you so late," and besides you wouldn't have slept at all.

"You could have."

"You can't play angry, Eames, it was a nice surprise and you know it."

"Yeah, I do," she replied with a wide smile. It's a great surprise.


"James Deakins?" He heard a voice ask quite confidently.

"Yeah?" He asked still not looking up.

"Oh, now you don't even say hello to your favourite stranger?"


Logan and Barek had got called into the office earlier that morning. They wouldn't have been surprised if they had found Eames and Goren already there, sitting at their desks looking at files and drinking coffee, but that wasn't exactly the scenery they found. Yes, they were sitting at their desks drinking coffee, but they were smiling at each other and laughing occasionally, not looking at files.

"You two chatting?" Logan asked as he and Barek approached them.

"We're just talking…" Bobby replied casually.

"You sound surprised, Logan."

"Well, I'd never seen you two so cheerful since… ever."

"Rachel's in town. You have to meet her, she's a great kid," said Alex.

"Rachel?" asked Barek. Rachel?

"Yeah, she's a friend. She arrived last night. She's with Deakins right now, so-"

"Barek, Logan, Eames, Goren… in my office!" Bobby was cut off by their Captain's shout.

"Here we go…"


Captain Cragen walked out of his office to his detectives' desks and told Elliot and Olivia that they had got a call, a woman saying that she thought her sister was being abused. She hadn't left her name, but she had given her sister's and a description as well. Apparently they would be able to find her at the park.

It was a slow morning, so Cragen told the two detectives to take a look, but that he wasn't expecting much… "it sounded like the woman herself wasn't sure if she really believed what she was saying."

TBC...