Lilly came away from the meeting with Scotty's mom with the realization that she was completely and ridiculously in love with him. She no longer cared about people finding out or what would happen at work, she just knew she had to be with him.

She went back to work, noticing everyone else was out. She walked into Stillman's office.

"Got a minute Boss?" she asked nervously.

He looked up at her, and became somewhat concerned at the serious look on her face.

"Sure Lil, take a seat, everything okay?" he asked.

"I'm requesting a transfer" she said seriously.

"I see, and why is that?" he asked, sitting back in his chair with his arms crossed, looking at her sternly.

"Boss you know I love it here, you guys are family to me but something has happened"

"I think you mean someone, and that someone is Scotty isn't it?" he asked knowingly.

She smiled "You already knew, how?" she asked

"I've been waiting for the day one of you would come to me about this for some time, never thought you'd be asking to leave though"

"I don't want to, but I know the rules" she frowned.

"You sure you wont regret this?" he asked seriously.

"It will be hard not being here , but I would regret not being with Scotty more, I love him" she smiled brightly, having said it out loud for the first time ever.

Stillmans expression softened "I'm very happy for you Lil, for both of you, you both deserve this happiness"

"Thanks Boss" she smiled shyly.

"Don't tell Scotty you've talked to me yet, I want to talk to him before I make any decisions" he told her.

She left to do some follow up investigation on her own.

Later the rest of the gang arrived back. Stillman stuck his head out of his office and called to Scotty.

"Scotty, I need to see you in my office"

"Uh oh, what'd you do now?" Nick teased.

"No clue" he said getting up from his desk and heading towards the office.

"You wanted to see me Boss?" he asked from the doorway.

"Sit down Scotty" he said without looking up.

Scotty was instantly nervous at his demeanor.

"Is there anything you'd like to tell me?" Stillman asked staring at Scotty.

"Like what Boss?" Scotty asked confused.

"Scotty, I am in charge of this unit and therefore responsible for everything that goes on in it so I will ask you again, Is there anything going on that I, as the commanding officer of this unit needs to be made aware of?"

Scotty bit his lip, wondering how he could possibly know anything was going on with him and Lil. He decided he couldn't lie to him, it was time to come clean. He only hoped Lil would understand when she finds out he outed them. He prayed it wouldn't make her run.

"I want to be straight with you Boss because I respect you and never want to do anything to put you in a bad spot or lie to you"

"I appreciate that Scotty, so what is it that you need to tell me?" he asked glaring at him.

"Lil and I, we're together, I'm sorry we didn't tell you but we knew it was against the rules and we weren't ready to be split up" he explained.

"Is it serious?" he asked.

"It is for me" he answered honestly.

"Thank you for being honest with me Scotty" he said standing up and walking over to the other side of his desk closer to Scotty and sat down on it.

"As for how Lilly feels, she came to me to let me know about your relationship and requested a transfer"

"What? No Boss, Lil cant leave cold jobs, she loves it here, she lives for her work, transfer me instead" Scotty pleaded.

"You'd do that for her?" he asked.

"I'd do anything for her"

"Good to know. You two don't say anything to anyone else yet, I want time to think this through and check on vacancies"

Scotty nodded and got up to leave.

"Scotty?" stillman called to him

"I'm happy for you, I was wondering if you two would ever figure out what the rest of us have seen for years"

"Well it wasn't so much a problem of figurin' it out, more jus' trying to get it together"

Scotty returned to his desk "Well?" Nick asked curiously prying into his business.

"Nothin' Boss just wanted an update" he answered.

Nick looked at him skeptically but didn't say anything else.

Stillman texted Will, Kat, and Nick asking them to meet him at Jones' tavern after work.

Stillman came out of his office a short time later and told them to call it a night, that they didn't have anything else they could do that day.

"Scotty, let Lilly know since shes out and I'll see you all in the morning"

"Ok, night Boss" Scotty said texting Lil that she didn't have to come back to the office.

He grinned when he got her reply "See you at your place?"

Stillman got the team a round of drinks and returned to the table.

"So whats up Boss? Why'd you want to see us?" Kat asked

"Us minus Scotty and Lil"Will noted.

"Yeah, what's up with that?" Nick complained.

"Nick, are you really going to complain about free beer?" Stillman asked.

"I think our squad runs smoothly, you all get along great, we do good work, we have an excellent clearance rate, I'm happy to have each one of you, I have no complaints."

They looked at each other, confused as to where this was going.

"Thanks Boss, none of us have any complaints either" Kat offered.

"Something has come up that may disrupt our routine and I wanted to talk to you all about it and get your thoughts, I want you all to be honest with me"

"John, what's going on?" Will asked.

"Lilly came to me and asked for a transfer"

"What? Lil? No way" Nick said in disbelief.

"On account of her and Scotty being involved Stillman explained.

"Go ahead Lil' , Valens may be one cocky smart ass but damn he is fine" Kat smiled.

"Are you going to transfer her?" Will asked, concerned.

"I haven't made any decisions, technically it is only against the rules for them to work directly together on the street, that's why I wanted to talk to all of you and see you all feel"

"I don't want to lose Lil, no one has more heart when it comes to this job" Will said.

"Yeah Boss, it just wouldn't be the same without her" Kat chimed in.

They all looked at Nick for his response. "Can we get rid of Valens?" he asked.

Kat rolled her eyes at him. "I wouldn't want either of them to go" he said honestly.

"Thanks for your input guys" Stillman said and raised his glass to toast them "Here's to the best damn unit in the whole department"

Lilly got to Scotty's and knocked at the door waiting for him impatiently.

He opened the door and she was immediately on him, throwing her arms around him and kissing him passionately.

"Miss me?" he grinned playfully at her. She looked at him seriously, he started to get nervous, wondering if she was about to freak out him telling Boss.

"I love you" she blurted out.

His trademark grin spread across his face, making her melt, god how she loved this man.

"Yeah?" he asked almost in disbelief that this was really happening.

She had gotten nervous at his non response. She looked down "If you dont..." she started but he immediately calmed her

"I love you too Lil, sorry just took me a second to get over the shock that you actually said that to me" he said pulling her in for a kiss. He hugged her close, holding her tightly against him.

"I asked for a transfer" she said while still in his arms.

"I know, Boss told me when he called me in his office, why didnt you talk to me?" he asked, pulling back to look at her.

"Your mom called and I met up with her and after talking to her it just hit me like a ton of bricks, I love you and nothing else matters to me so I just did it. I'm sorry I didn't talk it over with you"

He walked her over to the couch to sit down. "I guess I owe my mom big for whatever she said to you" he grinned at her. She smiled back at him and laid her head on his shoulder and put her arm around his midsection. He kissed her forehead and put his arm around her shoulder.

"You said Boss called you in?" she asked.

"Yeah, he asked did I have anything to tell him so I came clean bout us and he told me you wanted a transfer, I asked him to transfer me instead"

She lifted her head off his shoulder to look at him "No Scotty, this was my decision"

"Lil, cold jobs is in your soul, I will miss it but I'm okay with leavin as long as it means I get to be with you"

"I don't know how I feel about us not be able to work together anymore, I trust you with my life Scotty, hell you saved my life"

"That's whats going to be the hardest for me, not being able to watch over you, not that you need it, I know you're tough but I just like to be there ya know"

"I know, me too. Plus I'll have to worry about all the other women trying to get in your pants" she teased.

"You got nothin to worry about there, I got the only girl I'll ever want"

"Awww" she grinned teasingly at him.

"I'm serious Lil, I ain't holdin anything back here, I'm all in" he told her honestly.

She leaned up and kissed him, the kisses turned passionate and they moved to the bedroom where they made love and fell asleep contently in each others arms.

The next morning she woke up and watched him sleeping peacefully, a slight smile on his face. She leaned over and kissed him softly.

He slowly opened his eyes "Morning baby" he smiled.

"Sorry to wake you up, I've got to go back to my place to get ready for work and I just wanted a kiss before work since we cant exactly do it there"

"You ready for today? To hear what boss says?" he asked

"Ready as I'll ever be" she sighed.

He pulled her into his arms "However it works out it will be okay, I love you and that isn't going to change"

"Thanks for the support, I'm going to need that today, I love you" she said kissing him goodbye.

Scotty got to work first and was at his desk when Lil got there. He looked up as she got to her desk.

"Mornin' Lil"

"Morning everybody" she said greeting everyone.

Stillman came out of his office "Scotty, Lilly, come in please"

They got up to go Scotty heard Lilly take a deep breath.

They sat down across from his desk where he sat, looking at them seriously.

"Both of you asked to be transferred and I've considered your request and considered what would be best for this unit and this team and I've decided to deny you both."

Scotty and Lilly looked at each other "Boss, how can that be? The rules?" Lilly asked.

"The rules state you cant be direct partners, I've talked to the rest of the team and they don't want either of you to go and neither do I, and I know neither of you wants to go either"

"So what do we do?" Scotty asked.

"Lil you're going to work with Will when you go out in the field, Scotty you'll be with Nick and Kat, as long as there isn't any drama I don't see why this arrangement wont work out, Don't make me regret this"

"There wont be any drama Boss" Scotty promised and Lil nodded in agreement.

"Thank you" Lil said teary eyed and got up to hug John. He hugged her and shook Scotty's hand

"Its about time you two got your heads out of you asses and saw what was right in front of you, now get out of here, I'm sure your partners have a million inappropriate questions for you, especially Kat" he smiled.

"Great" Scotty said sarcastically.

Lilly smiled at him and mouthed "I love you"

"I love you" he mouthed back and they returned to their team.