3 days have passed since the robbery at the auction house in which hondo's sister was involved, Chris did nothing but think about the conversation with Luca, the words of his friend rang in her head.

It's 6 am, Chris is awake and staring at the ceiling, lying in her bed, when the alarm goes off. Time to get ready.

He intends to talk to Luca, he needs someone to confide in, get rid of this burden. She chose Luca because she thinks that somehow he can understand her, she always has.

Tan is too busy with what happened with Bonnie, he doesn't want to mess it up with his bullshit.

Hondo and Deac, are his superiors, talking to them would mean making it public.

Street, the crux of the matter, is out of the question.

At 7 he enters the headquarters, almost deserted, sees Luca in the ring, and decides to join him.

He changes quickly and catches up with his teammate.

"Hey, what are you doing here? Our shift doesn't start before 8" says Luca.

"Good morning to you too Luca. Can't I train before the shift? " reciprocate with another question.

"of course you can." Luca replies, raising his hands in defense, as usual Chris doesn't want to talk to any of his problems, everyone is used to this.

Chris takes a breath and approaches his colleague "I'm sorry, I didn't want to raise my wall as usual, it wasn't my intention, in fact I wanted to talk to you about something" sits on the edge of the ring, and signals Luca to follow her.

Visibly surprised, Luca follows her "I'm surprised you want to talk to me, it's usually Street you're talking to," naively he tells her.

"You're absolutely right," she confirms, but not really wanting to say why, and therefore goes straight to the point "Do you remember the day of the auction house robbery? The detective you liked? " he nods "as we talked, you told me it's not wise to go out with a colleague, and with that I agree with you. But what if it's not just physical attraction, and if there are feelings at stake? What would you do?" he asks

Now Luca's gaze is questioning, "certainly not my case, and if you ask me this question you know what you are referring to, so I should know who you are referring to." Chris has his eyes downcast, he doesn't know what to say, he doesn't want to tell him the whole truth, but he wants to know what he thinks about it.

"Two people who have been working together for more than 4 years, who love each other and have a strong connection even at work." Chris tells him, but he knows that it is not enough to be able to give an opinion, so he decides to unbalance a little "At first they both thought it was just attraction, nothing special, and they decided not to pay attention to it. Over the years and with all the positive and negative events that have touched them, they realized that there was much more behind their malaise. "

"Chris, in my opinion they have to talk to each other, they have to understand if it's really about love, because if that's what it is, if it's about having found the love of life, well, in that case everything goes into the background. Chris, if I found my soul mate, I'd make a foursome for her. " He looks at it, he can't understand it.

"This morning I wanted your opinion," he raises, I look at him and continues "an opinion on how I feel about Street"

In a second Luca connected everything: their detachment, their behavior, everything made sense now.

"Chris, now everything is clearer to me, I understand everything that seemed strange to me until a few seconds ago. It seemed strange to us. And I also understand why Street didn't comment on anything when Tan, Deac and I spoke to each other a few weeks ago. "

"Have you talked about me?"

"Yes, we are worried about you, that you don't go out, you are all work and home, you don't come with us when we go out, and you don't meet anyone."

"What do you know that I don't meet anyone."

"Oh Chris, we know you well, and we know when you're dating someone."

Now Chris is angry that her friends talked about her without asking her anything "but you talked behind my back, and this pisses me off" raises his voice

"Chris, we love you, and you can't help it. We will always care for you. to tell the truth, Tan had a half idea that your behavior was connected to Street, but he wasn't sure. "

"Well, so everyone knows about me and Street now. Except me and Street "and sighs

"You said that before that you have a connection since you met, and we are not blind. But I can tell you that we do not judge you, and we will always support you, whatever choice you decide to make. "

Chris's eyes meet Luca's, she now seems more relieved, but still worried "Thanks Luca for your understanding, I know you will always be there. The problem is that the job, I don't want either of us to give up on team 20, it's not fair! "

"Chris, but you can't have to give up the love of your life for work, this isn't fair!" Luca retorts

Neither of them saw that Hondo has entered the front door, and that he is behind them

"Who has to give up the love of your life for work? you and Street, Chris? " says Hondo, and both Luca and Chris jump to the ground.