Thanks to iluvcsi4ever, lily moonlight, and crazypeoplearemypeople for reviewing! I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter! :)

iluvcsi4ever: Hurricane Gustav also affected us in Chicago…it dumped a butch of rain on the city. There will also be a lot of D/L in this story!

lily moonlight: I love that idea! I didn't include flashbacks of Mac and Stella's wedding in the story, but I might consider writing an oneshot about their wedding.

crazypeoplearemypeople: This is a Lilly/Scotty chapter. Hope you like it!

Chapter Three: Emails

Rockford Police Department, Illinois

Lilly Rush sat at her desk, checking her recent emails from her friends who used to work with her in Philadelphia. She turned to look away from her computer screen, seeing Scotty Valens talking with another person he worked with. She got distracted from her work and continued to look at Scotty.

His face was serious, and a frown was forming on his face. Instead of talking to the person, he slowly nodded his head. When he walked over to her, his face lit up with a smile. "Lil, are you going to admire me all day?"

Lilly shook her head and looked up at him. "No," she replied. "I was actually checking emails and then I happened to see you over there…"

"Who were the emails from?" asked Scotty.

Lilly smiled. "I knew you would ask that." She turned in her chair to face the computer again. "I got an email from Kat, and she said everything was fine in Vegas. Everyone thought she would spend all her money the first day, but in her email, she states that she has only been to the casinos a few times. And she says she has the same job, investigating cold cases, just like us. So, everything sounds good for her."

"What about the others?" Scotty asked.

"Well, Nick didn't say much, just that everything's fine in Utah," said Lilly. "He does say that we should come and visit. John pretty much said the same thing…but Will asked a very important question, instead of telling me how he was doing in Ohio."

"What was it?" Scotty asked.

"'Are you and Scotty dating yet'?" Lilly read. "'And if not, you two should. Isn't that why you went to Chicago, Rush?'"

Scotty laughed. "You can reply to that as a yes."

"Yeah," agreed Lilly. She turned around in her chair again, to face Scotty. She glanced back at the spot where he had been standing earlier. "What was that about? Over there, when you were talking to that detective?"

He immediately glanced behind him. "Oh, that," he said. "Um, my friend is in the hospital. He has lung cancer…"

"Was he a smoker?" asked Lilly.

"Unfortunately," said Scotty.

"I'm sorry, Scotty," said Lilly. "If you want, I can give you some time off work, so you can go visit him."

"Actually, that's what I was going to come and ask you," said Scotty. "Could you do that for me?"

Lilly nodded. "Yeah, it's possible."

Scotty smiled. "Thanks, Lil, I mean it. I'll make sure not to be too long."

She grabbed his hand before he had a chance to turn around. "Actually, I think I could use a break too. Maybe after you go visit your friend in the hospital, we could go out for lunch, just you and me?"

"Sure," agreed Scotty. "Of course, who else could we invite to come?"

Lilly got up from her chair and walked over to Scotty. He put his arm around her shoulder, and they descended down the hallway. Lilly thought about his last comment. They didn't have anyone to invite to lunch anymore, their old team was living all over the US. She did miss her old friends, but she was glad that she had come to Chicago with Scotty. If she hadn't, she would have felt so alone. "What hospital is your friend staying at?" she decided to ask.

"Northwestern Memorial Hospital," Scotty replied.

Anyone wanna guess what chapter is next? After leaving with a cliffie at the end of Leaving Home, we now get to see how Cuddy has adjusted to her life and we get to see what happened to House after he left Cuddy's hospital room in part one…

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