So anyway here's the next chapter. Princess found this one randomly and decided it was perfect for Cal.

Princess: You have to admit that it is though. Can't you just see Cal in a childish phase sitting in a diner poking Gillian with a straw just to get a reaction?

LaJaC: *cough* Who said anything about a phase?

A stranger stabs you in the front, a friend stabs you in the back, a boyfriend stabs you in the heart, but only best friends poke you with straws.

"Are you doing this on purpose?" Gillian asked looking over the menu at her partner. Cal grinned at her.

"Doing what?" he asked. Gillian rolled her eyes and returned her attention to her menu.

"Cal," she warned not looking up this time.

"What?" he whined. "I'm not doing anything."

"Sure Cal," she agreed. "Just like you haven't been doing anything for the past 10 minutes."

"I haven't," he assured her. "Honestly."

"Do you know the age old theory that says if a guy picks on a girl then he likes her?" Gillian asked glancing up.

"Of course," he said.

"Well it's true you know," she told him as she put the menu down and looked at him. Cal scoffed.

"Does this shrink stuff even work on anyone Foster?" he asked.

"It worked on Torres last week," she said. "I told her that after she came to complain about Loker amusing himself by putting paperclips in her braid."

"And?" Cal asked.

"And they went out for dinner that night," she said. "By the look on Loker's face the next morning it went well." She smiled at the look on Cal's face.

"Torres and Loker?" he got out eventually. "Seriously?"

"Yes Cal, seriously," she laughed. "And you think you see everything." He shook his head.

"I don't believe it," he muttered.

"You don't believe it?" she asked. "Come on you told me when she joined that you thought Loker was more smitten than usual."

"I didn't expect it to go anywhere," he defended himself. Gillian laughed again as the waitress came over. She turned to order and snatched the straw out of Cal's hand as she did so.

"Don't poke me with straws Cal," she told him in her best mother voice and repressed a smile at his pout. He could be such a child.