~~~Sorry guys, real life got in the way. Thanks for all your reviews. I love how passionate everyone is for McRoll or no McRoll. It makes the best will they or won't they prompt. Anyways, hope you enjoy, the like 5 of you still reading after 20+ chapters lol.~~~

After she's rocked Steve's world she makes sure she's still on schedule to handle the errands she's planned for the day. It's rare she has weekends where she's not on call for any part and she'll be damned if she doesn't enjoy every second of free time.

Catherine drives to the mall; she got paid yesterday, and it's been a while since she's spent money on herself. She heads to the expensive boutique that sells the sexiest lingerie she's ever seen; she can't really afford $300 luxury lingerie sets, but she deserves it. Catherine's become a lot more in touch with her feminine side this past year; she'd spent her adult life trying not to call attention to the fact she was a woman, she wanted to be seen as one of the guys, it made being in the Navy, CIA, and Marshals easier. She blows her budget of $500 and ends up buying two pieces, a silk robe, a teddy, a blindfold, and a whip. She's never been one for props in the bedroom, but they speak to her, and the saleswoman is damn good at her job.

She sits down on a bench and waits for Rachel; Danny had Charlie and Grace was over Will's. Rachel is chronically late, but it doesn't bother Catherine, she just tells Rachel that she wants to meet thirty minutes before she actually does so that Rachel is late, but technically "on time." When Rachel meets her outside of Sephora, she immediately notices a glow about Catherine.

"Bloody hell! You totally snogged Steve! Bad girl." She says in mock disappointment, she's ecstatic for Catherine. Catherine shakes her head no while laughing at Rachel's comment. Rachel doesn't care that Catherine thinks her expressions are ridiculous, American euphemisms just don't hold a candle to British commentary. They head into the store and to browse, get their faces made up, and to just enjoy the day. Catherine didn't know how much she enjoyed getting her make-up professionally done until Grace's party, her interest in make-up beyond lip balm and mascara had been rekindled, and she wanted to learn from people who knew what to do. After their tutorial, they both bought all the products the saleswomen had used on them and started walking around the store to the perfume section. Rachel always smelled terrific, she was not new too expensive perfumes, Catherine on the other hand, usually smelled like shampoo and Jergens lotion.

They were giggling like school girls until they noticed Melissa and Lynn walking towards them. Shit. Rachel straightened up, nervously fixing her necklace. Catherine turned her head from Lynn and Rachel's direction and rolled her eyes; Rachel hit her arm. Melissa spoke first.

"Hi Rachel, how are you? You look great, special plans tonight? Danny and I have really enjoyed the kids being over for the weekend; I miss them so much when they aren't there, I don't know how you do it." Melissa puts on her fake nice act with ease, she ignores Catherine altogether.

"Hello Melissa, yes it's my boyfriend's birthday, so I'm looking forward to a kid-free night. If you miss them, only imagine what it feels like to have birthed them, but Danny's the best father, so I'll manage." Rachel does fake nice well too.

"Catherine, you're all made up, are you and Steve going too?" Melissa inquires, and Catherine isn't in the mood.

"I am going. I have no idea what Steve's doing, we aren't together." She blinks as if she's confused by what Melissa's getting at.

"Cut the shit Catherine, we know you're sleeping with him. How do you sleep at night knowing you broke up a happy couple?" Melissa sneers while Lynn looks at Catherine with contempt. Now Catherine would be wrong if she smacked the shit out of Melissa, but each second, she's coming close to doing it. They gravitate to the back of the store by the hair products as to not call any attention to themselves. Rachel waves off any employees looking to see if they need assistance.

"They couldn't have been that happy if me coming back made him dump her, now could they? I'm not sleeping with him despite what you two think." She takes a step closer to Melissa since Lynn seems to let her attack-dog fight all her battles. "If I was fucking him, that engagement ring would be on my finger. Don't you two get it? I'm the one, sorry." Catherine's never acted like a bigger bitch, but this is the bullshit she will not tolerate. She had taken great care not to force Steve to break up with Lynn, it was his choice.

Lynn steps up in front of Melissa, she knows she should be a little scared of Catherine since she's a world class fighter, but right now she's seething.

"Bullshit, I know you're fucking him. I hope you liked tasting me on his dick, whore." Lynn and Cath are now toe to toe. It's attracting the attention of onlookers, but no one intervenes, yet.

"Ouch, that hurt. How'd you like when he called out my name when he was inside you?" Cath knew it had happened a few times and Lynn had been pissed.

"Fuck you." Lynn swings and Cath catches Lynn's hand before it makes contact with her face. She twists Lynn's arm a little bit before she looks dead in Lynn's eyes. "I want you to listen to me, you and Steve are done, let it go." Lynn's tearing up and through clenched teeth, she exclaims, "let me go, you fucking whore." That only makes Catherine grip her harder.

"Lynn, sweetie, you can't compare where you don't compete. I could have fucked Steve the night of your little candlelight dinner or when I came back for my uranium mission, anytime really. I didn't because I'm not that kind of woman. I didn't seduce him out of your relationship, he just loves me, and I love him. You're still young, and you're kind of cute, find someone who appreciates that and will love you. That's not Steve."

Lynn spits on Catherine, she'd never been so mad in her life. Cath wipes it off her face. Before Rachel or Melissa can grab either one of them, Catherine's kicked one of Lynn's legs from under her and grabbed her head. She pulls back and Lynn's forced to look up at her as Catherine holds a death grip on Lynn's scalp.

"I'm trying to be nice to you, but if you disrespect me again, I will kick your ass. You've got the wrong bitch. I am not the bitch you want to mess with, trust me. I'm gonna let this go because you are in your feelings, but next time come correct, or I'm gonna put you in the hospital." She lets Lynn go, and Rachel grabs her hand to get them out of the store before the police are called. They walk out of the store, and when Catherine looks back, Lynn and Melissa are being escorted out of the store too. Catherine thinks she's okay, but her mind is slower than her body, she finds herself walking back to them, adrenaline pumping through her. She grabs Melissa by the forearm, "you tell your friend to watch her fucking mouth about me, and you watch yours about Rachel. If this gets back to Danny and he has an issue with Rachel, you're gonna have an issue with me." She steps close, so she's in Melissa's ear, "And I'm not a person you want any problems with, comprende?" Melissa comprehends all right. She steadies Melissa before she lets go and turns to a startled Rachel.

"Rollins, you are out of your bloody mind! I cannot believe you just did that, what's gotten into you? Or should I say, who's gotten into you? She stares knowingly at a still annoyed Cath. "I wasn't lying, I haven't slept with Steve." Catherine knows Rachel thinks she's lying, but she'll tell her more about what actually happened once they've gotten a few drinks in them. Who knew a trip to the mall would be so eventful? Catherine wrote a two sentence summary of the situation so that she remembered to talk about it with her therapist and maybe the couple's therapist.

She texts Kono and tells her they need to speak urgently. She follows up the text letting her know that everyone is okay, but there have been some developments that she needs to share.