Kim stood there as Don slowly walked towards her. He stopped in front of her, so close she could feel his breath on her face.
"Hey," He whispered. Kim swallowed.
"Hey," She whispered back.
"I don't want it to be awkward between us," Don admitted.
"Neither do I," Kim agreed.
"Good." Don said blankly. He turned around and opened the blinds on the way back out.
All those feelings she had for Don all those years came rushing back. She always knew in her heart Don was the one she wanted to spend the rest of her life with. She felt that connection with him the first time they had made love on his bed. It was something she would never forget the feeling of.
It was never the same with anyone else, it was just a meaningless fuck. She didn't know whether it was because Don had been so special or that that her being raped had taken the special meaning of sex. Her boss often told her she needed to get rid off all that tension and suggested getting laid. She dismissed him and just went to the shooting range. It was only when Edgerdon came to town she realised he was right.
Kim perched on the end of the table and rolled her lips inwards. She rubbed her forehead and sighed. She hated feeling like this, emotional. She hated being a woman. She gently pushed herself off the table and walked through the conference room to the break room, she needed a caffine fix if she was going to get through the next few hours.
Don walked through the bullpen and stood behind Colby. He rested his hands on Colby's shoulders, occasionally casting glances towards the conference room.
"Anything?" Don asked, looking at Colby's computer screen.
"There's two groups at the moment that stand out, I'm looking into their reliability at the moment,"
"Okay." Don nodded. He turned to see what David was up to and saw he was on the phone. He looked across the bullpen to see Charlie talking to Kim. He felt that twist of jealously in his gut again. He looked back at Colby's computer and caught Colby watching him.
"Who is she?" Colby asked. Don sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
"A very old friend,"
"We know she's your ex,"
"She's more than that." Don said instinctively. He looked at Colby. "I… em"
"I didn't hear anything," Colby shrugged as he started typing at his computer. Don squeezed his shoulder lovingly as he walked away.
Charlie saw Don closing the blinds and wondered what was going on,he jumped off the table and walked to the far corner as Don came out and then rushed to Kim.
"Did you guys kiss?" He felt like he was in high school again.
Kim creased her forehead "No."
"Then why did you close the blinds?"
"Don wanted to talk privately,"
Charlie raised his eyebrows and grinned mischievously.
"Calm down Charlie, nothing happened and nothings going to happen, I'm helping solving the case and then I'm going back home." Kim sighed. Charlie didn't know what to say as she walked past him to the break room.
Robin walked through the corridors, leading into the bullpen. She had thought that all voluntary leaders that ran a help group had to sigh up with the DA, she had been right. She was currently holding all the names of the people who had signed up to do voluntary work for abuse victims in LA in the last 4 months- there was only 1 half A4 sheet of names. She saw Don standing with Charlie and David in the conference room and Colby and Kim where standing in the middle of their desks.
Robin walked over to Colby and Kim.
"Hey Robin," Colby smiled.
"Hey Colby," Robin smiled. Kim sent her a smile.
"I've got the names of the people who have volunteered to help in the last 4 months," Robin smiled proudly.
"That's great, I'll take it to Charlie he may be able to do something with it," Colby grinned as Robin passed him the piece of paper. Robin watched Colby as he walked away.
"We haven't been introduced properly," Robin said turning her attention back to Kim. "Robin Brooks."
"Kim Brown," Robin held out her hand Kim shook it. Then it hit her.
Kim Brown, as in Don's ex girlfriend, the one who ran away from him years and years ago.
"Is everything okay, you don't look to good?" Kim said.
"Kim Brown, as in Don's ex, Kim Brown?" Robin whispered.
"The one and only," She smiled
Robin frowned. How could she be so relaxed around me, its obvious that I'm, dating Don. The bitch she's here to steal him away. Why would she travel all this way to solve a case when she could just pick up a phone.
"Go anywhere near him, and you will regret it," Robin growled.
"Excuse me?" Kim said. Does this woman think I have come to steal Don? God she's bloody crackers.
"You heard me." Robin growled at her. Kim raised her eyebrows and nodded slowly.
Robin shook her hips as she walked to the conference room. When she was in the room Kim let a chuckle escape from her lips.
"Did she just threaten you?" Someone said from behind her. Kim jumped a little and instinctually placed her hand on her gun as she turned around. She was happy to see it was Megan.
Kim nodded and smiled "Yes she did,"
"Now if I was you, I would instinctively go out of your way to get close to Don," Megan grinned.
Kim nodded and smiled at Megan. She turned to look back at the conference room but could still see Megan watching her from the corner of her eye.
"What happened to you?" It barely came out as a whisper.
Kim turned to Megan "What?" She whispered.
"It's obvious to a profiler like me, probably not to them," Megan told her nodding towards the team.
"I don't know what your talking about," Kim said turning back to the conference room.
"Don't let it eat you away, it never works." Megan said before walking away to the conference room.
What happens if it already has? Kim added silently.