Liv talks to me later, after her case is over and done with, and
She tells me that Munch was being a jerk about it,
And Fin was sitting on the fence, with no opinion one way or another.
She doesn't say anything about Cragen, which tells me that he was just
Wanting them to do their jobs, so they did.
And I was off on the other side of the city, helping with something else.
She says she missed having me there, and I wonder if she means it.
We sit in silence for longer than we normally do, which
Doesn't exactly surprise me because she's told me what went down,
And she says that she's all right now that it's closed, and I tell her,
You're turning into me. Talk.
She gives me a look, calls me a hypocrite, but then she talks.
And I can't help but feel relieved, even though I know that she's
Tried this on me a million times before, but it's never seemed to work.
But then again, I'm a guy, and she's not,
And I don't know what the hell that has to do with anything,
Other than the fact that I'm better at bottling stuff in than she is.
I'd laugh, but it's not really all that funny.
Both of us have learned way too many lessons in this short of a time, and
It's not something I expected.
But my life's falling apart, and she's starting to find herself.
And I think it might just be a good thing.
That she's finding herself, I mean, 'cause my life falling apart…
Not so good.
And I'm trying to get it together, but it doesn't seem to be working, and
This volatile temper of mine isn't exactly helping.
In fact, it might just be making things worse,
Because that's all it ever seems to do.
She asks me what it's like to walk around with a broken heart, out of nowhere,
And I look at her for a long moment, before asking why she wants to know.
She shrugs.
Usually this means she's just asking 'cause she can't think of anything else,
But I know better.
And so I tell her that it hurts like hell, 'cause I don't know if I can fix it, and
She nods, because she knows exactly what I mean, because that's just how we are.