When Julia entered the morgue, she had not expected to see … that. She watched from the office, not wanting to disturb them in their experiment. William was hitting pumpkins with a hockey stick, Emily was taking notes of the results and George … George was drawing faces on the already hit pumkins. When William had hit the last pumpkin, Julia decided to go and meet them.
"I see you are all very hard at work." she laughed as she walked down the few steps from the office to the laboratory part.
"Julia! What are you doing here?" Emily asked, coming to greet her.
"Well, I had an appointment nearby so I went to see if I could take my husband to lunch but he was not at his office so I came to check here." she said, smiling as she watched William roll his shirt sleeves back down and put his jacket back on.
"Alright George, let's meet in my office in two hours, we'll go over everything again."
"Two hours Sir?"
"Yes, two hours." William repeated, taking Julia by the hand and leading her out.
It had been two weeks since she had been abducted and burried alive and William had become a lot more … touchy … since that had happened. Usually, she was the one always wanting to be touching him, now it was him and she was not complaining, on the contrary. If he had to touch her to reassure himself that she was still here, he was more than welcome to it.
"Why are you smiling like that?" he asked, squeezing her hand.
"Oh I'm just thinking about you." she said, smiling. "I left our lunch in your office, do you want to eat there?" she asked.
"Let's go to the park instead, make the most of the sun."
William walked in the station house to get the basket Julia had left on his desk and got back out quickly, taking Julia's arm as they walked the short distance to the park. They setteled on a bench and William got the food out.
"So, how was your appointment?" William asked, handing Julia a sandwich.
"It was good. It is really helping, don't you think?"
"Yes, it's been two night in a row when you actually slept through the night." William said. "But are you sure it's not dangerous?"
"I told you William, it can seem … impressive but it's not dangerous. And Doctor Roberts is the best in his field, we can trust him."
"I know, I just want to make sure that you are alright."
"I am William, don't worry. And you would be the first to know if I wasn't." she assured, him. "Now, will you tell me what you were doing, hitting pumpkins in the morgue?" she asked, laughing.
William explained the case of the dead hockey player.
"I feel like this one is going to be difficult." he sighed.
"Why?"
"Well, I have two main suspects in mind, one is George's old friend, the other is Doctor Grace's former fiancé … I don't like it."
"Oh … yes, that will complicate things."
They ate quietly for a few minutes, stealing not so subtle glances at each other.
"There is definitely something going on between these two." Julia said, out of nowhere.
"Between who?"
"George and Emily! You can't tell me you didn't see how they were looking at each other in the morgue!" Julia exclaimed.
"I didn't really pay attention to that, I was busy working." William said.
"Well, I'm telling you, something is going on there, even if they are not aware of it. And if Emily's former fiancé is back in town, maybe it will give George the push he needs." Julia reflected.
"A push to do what?"
"To ask her to go out with it! Really William, you're a desperate cause in match making."
"I'll take that as a compliment." he laughed.
"What is going on back here?" Julia asked as she walked out of the station house by the back door.
"Oh, Julia, you're here just in time." Emily said, pulling Julia with her to stand away from the doorway and next to a window.
"Just in time for what?"
"To celebrate the end of the case, the Inspector proposed a hockey game." Emily said.
"Here in the street?"
"Yes. George is the Captain of one team. Detective Murdoch is the other Captain."
"Oh, that will be interesting then." Julia smiled.
The two women watched the game, cheering for their very own team. When everything was finished, Julia went to kiss William on the cheek.
"The cheek? That's all?"
"Well, you lost, you don't get the winner kiss if you don't win." she said, smiling.
"So, Sir, what did I win?"
"You are the one who won George, why would William tell you what you won, you should be the one to choose." Julia laughed.
"I … I don't ..."
"Well, George, why don't you come have dinner at our house tonight? It will be your reward." Julia proposed.
"Oh, alright, I would love to." George said, a huge smile on his face.
"Emily, would you care to join us? After all, you cheered him to victory." Julia said.
"Oh, uh … alright. Thank you." Emily said.
"Well, we'll see both of you at seven then. Now come on William, we have some shopping to do." Julia said, tugging him by the arm.
"If there is any trouble, it will be all be on you." William warned his wife.