Don recognized the voice instantly, at first he thought he was dreaming but after seeing everyone else turning around and Charlie's gasp he realised he wasn't. Don slowly pushed himself up from the wall and turned around to see his first love.

He couldn't help but think how much she had changed, her hair was longer, she was a lot thinner and her eyes didn't sparkle like they used to. He looked out of the corner of his eyes to Charlie who was standing there with his mouth wide open.

"Kim." Don whispered. Don felt his heart flutter as she smiled nervously.

"I'm here about a case," She blurted out. He felt him self nodding. It was if he was on auto-pilot.

"Which one?" He heard Colby ask. Don turned to look at the man he now called a brother and then back too Kim.

"The serial case you're working on at the moment, I think the killer has moved from Seattle."

"Is that where you live?" Don heard Charlie stammer. Don watched as Kim nodded.

"I'm here to help," Kim said "If you want my help that is."

Don just stared at her, it had been 14 years since he had last seen the woman in front of him. This person had meant everything to him. She was his best friend, his lover. She gave him his first kiss, who he lost his virginity with. The person in front of him was his first everything.

"We need all the help we can get." Don heard David exclaim, who turned to look at him to confirm the statement. Don nodded, that he was right.

Kim tipped her head in the direction of the car park "I will go and get my case files."

Don watched as she started walking away from them. He felt his heart telling him to go after her, it felt like it was 14 years ago, like she was leaving him all over again. Don looked at Charlie and saw the same pained expression on his face which he believed was also on his face. Don nodded timidly when his brother looked at him directly, knowing what his brother was thinking. Don watched as Charlie started walking towards Kim and shouted her name. She turned around and waited as Charlie walked beside her. Don couldn't help but feel jealous of his little brother.

Charlie smiled timidly as he walked beside her and they walked in step to the car park.

It had been so long since he had seen her 14 years, 7 months, 3 weeks and 4 days. He looked at her through the corner of his eye, making sure she was still there and was not some weird image of his imagination.

"I have a boyfriend," Charlie announced. He frowned and internally slapped himself. Where the hell did that come from?

"So I heard," Kim sighed

"What do you mean?" Charlie asked feeling a little puzzled.

"There were a few rumours going around."

Charlie nodded in understanding. He and Colby had tried to keep their relationship a secret but after Don and his father found out it didn't take long for David and Megan to find out, who then told Larry and Amita and eventually everyone else found out. Everyone was happy for them but also equally shocked he and Colby were gay.

Kim tried to look everywhere at the person next to her. She had promised herself that she would come to L.A, get the case solved and go home as soon as possible. She didn't want to bond with the Eppes family, she knew it would all end in pain for all of them when she had to eventually leave.

"How long have you been going out?" She asked Charlie.

"Nearly 7 months,"

"WOW" Kim said as they walked down the steps to the car park.

"You always suspected I was gay, didn't you?" Charlie asked

Kim looked around pretending to remember where she parked her car. This was something she defiantly didn't want- reminiscing about the past.

"I don't know Charlie." Kim lied. The truth was she had always suspected, that Charlie was not as straight as he played out to be. Even though in his teenage years he had been a bumbling genius, he still had his attention from the girls because she even had to admit he was pretty cute. Charlie had always dismissed them, saying he had to concentrate on his maths.

Kim would always remember a boy named Johnny who had joined there local Science group, he had been sat next to Charlie and he had become this stuttering idiot. At the time she had not understood what had effected him but as she had grown older she came to understand.

"What about you?" Charlie said, Kim saw him look at her hand as she held it up to unlock the car.

"Nope," She really didn't want to have this conversation. The conversation that she hadn't had a proper relationship since that night. The best relationship she did have was with a goldfish called Fred. Even he dumped her after 2 months.

"What, nobody?" Charlie pressed as Kim dropped a brown box in his outstretched hands.

"No, Charlie, I am currently not seeing anyone. It you are really interested though I do have an occasional fuck buddy that I see when he comes to town." Kim said as she slammed the door shut and started walking back towards the building carrying another brown box.

Charlie stood and stared as his childhood best friend walked away from him.

As kids they never argued, they never even had a heated conversation. They were happy that way.

Charlie couldn't help but wonder what had made her into this sarcastic bitch.