I just make it off the elevators when I hear my name.

"Elena!" I turn around see Flack walking down the hall towards me. He smiles. God he has a great smile.

"Hey, Flack. What are you doing here?" I ask him, smiling back.

"Actually, I'm here for you. Mac assigned you to my case and I was here when I got the call."

"Cool, just let me get my kit." I tell him walking to my office I share with Aiden and Danny.

In the car Flack and I argue over the radio station. We get coffee on the way, but he forgot the sugar.

"We've known each other for what, 3-4 years? You didn't get sugar, Flack." I tell him, crossing my arms. He smirks.

"That's mine. Yours is in the other cup holder. I would never forget the sugar, El." He smiles.

"Oh. Good. I'd be hurt if you couldn't remember how I take my coffee." I take a sip of my coffee.

As we're walking up, Flack makes a morbid and slightly inappropriate remark, but it makes me laugh.

Stella gives me a look from where she's taking pictures, and I stop laughing and walk over to her.

"Something funny?" She asks, and I shrug. She sighs and stops taking pictures.

"What's with you and Flack?" Stella asks me.

"What are you talking about, Stel?" I ask her, hoping she can't see I'm lying.

"Come on. I know you, both. There's something different between you two." She says and I sigh.

"I don't think we should be talking about this here." I said, gesturing to the body.

"The guy's dead, El. He won't mind. Just work the scene while we're talking." She says. I groan.

"Okay, fine. Truth is, I'm not sure what's going on. It just changed, last night we were at the bar and then it kind of hit me, that somethings different." I told her taking out my gloves and putting them on.

"What do you mean, different?" Stella asks, taking a picture of a blood drop that doesn't belong to the vic.

"I was thinking and then all of a sudden I saw Flack and kinda thought about his eyes, and how blue they were. I actually thought the word beautiful. Then, earlier when he picked me up from the lab, he smiled, and I got butterflies in my stomach. When have I ever had butterflies around Flack?"

"Oh, El. You like him!You should talk to him." Stella said, smiling at me.

"No! What if he didn't like me? I've known him for 4 years, Stel. 'I'm one of the guys.'" I said, frowning.

"Who said that?" She asked, scoffing.

"Danny. I go out and drink with them. I actually think Flack and I hung out for a while last night waiting for Danny. It was cool, we talked and laughed and-"

"Flirted?" Stella asked, smirking. Stel calls me a 'flirt' but I don't see it.

"No! I don't know, maybe? Should I have flirted?" I asked her, and she just laughed.

"Did I miss something?" Flack asked from behind us. I jumped and looked down.

"El, I think the answer depends on you. Did you want to flirt with him?" She asked, and I nodded.

"Oh my god! Then you should do it! You would be so cute together!" She said excitedly.

"It hasn't happened yet, Stel." I told her, shooting her a look. She calmed down. After that we got back to work. I found a fingerprint on the outside of the victim's car trunk, where we found him inside his trunk. I dusted and lifted the print. It was smudged a bit, but I could work some magic. I hope.

"Boom. Fingerprint on the trunk latch." I said, and Flack chuckled.

"I think you've been spending to much time with Danny." He said, and I smirked. I have an idea.

"If I get a name off this print, you buy me a beer. If I don't, I buy you one." I tell him and he grins.

"You're on. Now way that print's clean enough for a name. Hope you brought your money." I smirk.

"Alright, it's a bet." I tell him, walking over to the truck, and putting the print in the scanner. It takes a minute to search for a match but then the tell tale 'ding' alerts us to a match. I turn to Flack.

"Jeremy Rivers. I'll meet you at Sullivan's at 8." I tell him with a wink, walking back to the crime scene. He grins.

"See you at 8, El." He says as he walks off to find Jeremy Rivers. I sigh. Stella stares at me.

"You just got a date with Flack over a smudged fingerprint." She says, slowly grinning.

"Yeah, well. Come on, we have to finish up here.

It was t-minus one hour before my 'date' with Flack. I was sitting in my office waiting for my results on the blood from the scene. I heard the door, and thought it was Stella. I laugh.

"Stel, I told you it's not done yet." I tell who I thought was Stella. Danny clears his throat.

"Danny! I thought..." I start, as I spin my chair around. He looks confused and slightly annoyed.

"You're going out with Flack tonight?" He says, and I feel my eyes widen.

"Where did you hear that?" I ask him, not answering the question. He sighs.

"Stella. Is it true? Are you into Flack?" He asks, and I'm silently cursing Stella Bonasera.

"Uh- Danny you're my best friend but there are things I don't want to talk to you about." I tell him.

"Yeah, I hear ya, Lena. But I heard from Stella instead of you. My best friends are into each other and didn't tell me. I don't get it." He says, hurt.

"I'm sorry Danny. I didn't mean to- Wait did you say that 'your best friends are into each other' meaning.." I say and then Danny nods. I smile.

"God help me, but yes. I was at the precinct before coming here. I gave him the 'if you hurt her' talk." He smirks and I groan.

"Danny.. Why? What have I ever done to you?" I ask, half kidding. He shakes his head.

"No. Flack and I get along because we're the same. One night stands and flings that last a month or two max. You deserve better than that, Lena. You're like my sister." He says and I grin.

"Your mom does love me. I'm an honorary Messer, huh? Cool." I joke and he laughs. Stella hurries in, and sees Danny. I glare at her and she shrugs.

"You have one hour for your beer with Flack, and you're going like that?" She asked me, incredulously.

"What?" I asked, looking at my jeans and my band t-shirt and my chucks. I thought I looked okay.

"You aren't dressed for a date, or for work. You're a cop, Elena." She said, shaking her head.

"I don't see the problem." Danny tells me, glaring at Stella. She shrugs and walks out. I groan.

"You better go, you'll be late for your.. date." He says, cringing as he says the last word. I laugh.

I walk into Sullivan's at 8:04 and see Flack sitting in the back, at our table. I smile.

"Hey." I say as I sit down next to him. He smiles at me and passes me a beer.

"Hey. So Danny came by the precinct." He smirked. I groaned, and took a swig of my beer.

"Stel and her big mouth went and told Danny we were going on a date, and he came into our office and asked me about it. He sounded kinda hurt we didn't tell him." I said, waiting for the reaction.

"Yeah, maybe we should have told him we were going out on a date." He says, and I grin. He called it a date! We had another beer and then he walked me home, since I live 3 blocks away. We talked and laughed, and flirted the whole way. When we got to my apartment, we stopped at my door.

"Night, El. See you tomorrow." He said, and he leaned forward and kissed my cheek, then walked off.

"Yeah." I said, grinning, with my hand on my cheek. Then I went into my apartment to try and sleep.