CONGRATULATIONS JeanneJam! (part 2) Myles is a cowboy named Pan in Nothing Too Good For A Cowboy (a REALLLLLY good show. It's on YouTube, the only place I've been able to find it) Part 3 is coming in a minute!

NOTE: Sorry about the one sentence in ASL. I'm not quite sure how to say it in words, so I said it in English. I know how to sign it, but I'm not sure that there's an English one- word equivalent for the one sign. Sorry.

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The weekend was surprisingly quiet. Without Carla, it was no surprise for Sue. She and Jack weren't pushed into anything they didn't want to do, like if Carla was there. So, they decided to just spend the weekend, doing nothing, together.

But Monday morning came with full force. 7:58AM, Sue and Tara were standing in front of the massage clinic, ready to go in for their interview.

"YOU READY YOU?" Tara signed. Sue nodded.

"Then let's go." She said to herself as they both walked in.

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Maddy took in a deep breath. It was her first day at Gallaudet, and so she was nervous.

"You ready to go?" Mya asked as she stood in front of her sister, who was standing, staring at the front door.

Maddy nodded. "Yeah."

"Alright, let's go." Mya said, pushing her out the door. She had to get to work, so she had to rush Maddy out of the house, otherwise, she feared she wouldn't make the first day. She could see her sister was nervous.

"SEE YOU LATER" Mya signed and smiled as she got in her car, and Maddy in hers, in the next parking spot.

Maddy nervously smiled back and nodded.

"Here we go." Maddy said to herself quietly as she started her car.

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"And you have experience as a massage therapist?" Cassandra asked Sue.

Sue nodded. "Yes, I minored in kinesiology, and have used it varying times over the years, as you can see. I became a certified massage therapist a little bit ago. My sister and I," Sue nodded towards Tara. "Owned a massage clinic in Vermont, until it went under. We had enough business, but because it was just me, we weren't making enough to keep up with the bills."

Cassandra nodded, looking at the altered resume to show the jobs Sue was mentioning. "I see."

Sue and Tara smiled at each other.

"And why do you want to be hired together?" Cassandra asked.

"We had a great working relationship, with Sue doing the massages, and I doing scheduling. It was a great flow. I think if you keep us together, this office would be efficient, if not more efficient than when it was just the two of us." Tara stated confidently.

Cassandra nodded. "Alright. I will be in touch." She said as she got up. Sue and Tara followed suit, shaking her hand before they left the room.

In the parking lot, the two women smiled widely at each other. This just might work.

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Maddy quietly walked towards her first class. She didn't make eye contact with anyone, for fear they would want to talk. But she would have to eventually. Once in the classroom, she sat down in the back, hoping to be unseen.

"HELLO!" The teacher signed, walking in. "LEARN SOMETHING NEW YOU READY?"

Everyone nodded, except Maddy.

"ME WANT YOU (in English, "go in groups of 4")"

Maddy sighed. Talking to someone came sooner than expected.

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"So, how did it go?" Jack asked when he saw Tara and Sue walk in.

Tara nodded, looking at Sue. "I think it went well."

Sue nodded in agreement, each walking to their respective desks.

"Good morning!" Myles said, walking into the bullpen uncharacteristically happy.

"What got into you?" Bobby asked as Myles sat down.

"Can't a man wish his coworkers a good morning?" Myles asked.

"Yeah, but usually you don't do it so happy." Mya muttered. Josh and Tara, who were closest to her, chuckled.

"I just had a very good weekend helping Cathi move into her new, permanent house in D.C." Myles explained.

"Oh. That's why." Bobby replied, nodding in understanding.

"She starts this morning." He added proudly.

During this conversation, Sue's phone vibrated. It was Lucy.

"Hi Lucy." Sue said.

"Hi Sue! How are you doing after what happened a couple weeks ago when I last saw you?" the interpreter on her phone interpreted for Lucy.

"Good, actually. When we came home, both Jack and I took a week off to relax a bit after that." Sue responded.

"You deserve it, after all of that." Lucy replied.

"Last week was quiet, but I think this week is going to pick up a bit."

"Ooh, I think I know what that means. Another case?" Lucy asked.

No response.

"Another case." Lucy confirmed. "Any chance that it will bring you back up to New York?" she asked hopefully.

"No, I think we'll be staying around here for a while." Sue answered.

"Well, I was calling you to see if you'd like to come to DeeDee's ice skating competition this upcoming weekend."

"Ice skating?" Sue asked.

"Yeah. She really got into it these past few months, and she's actually really good."

"I-I don't know. I'll have to see. I have to go. Bye." Sue bluntly said, hanging up the phone before the interpreter had a chance to sign anything else.

Jack saw this as he was walking towards the door. He got her attention and signed, "WRONG WHAT?"

Sue looked down, not wanting to look at him. "It's nothing."

Jack took his hand and lifted her head with it. "It is, and I want to know what."

Sue looked around. There was no way she was getting out of this one.

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"HI MY NAME GABY" a girl in the group of four that Maddy was sitting in signed to everyone.

"MY NAME PHIL." The young man who was sitting next to Gaby signed.

"MY NAME HARPER." The girl on the other side of Gaby signed.

All three of them looked at Maddy, waiting for her to sign her name. Finally she did. "MY NAME MADDY." She signed quickly.

"YOU LIKE GALLAUDET YOU?" Gaby asked Maddy.

Maddy didn't reply, pretending to look at the teacher, who was walking up to the light switch to flip it off and on to get the attention of the students. She hoped she could pass by all the personal questions throughout the day.