That weekend the precinct was celebrating Tori's birthday. Officer Vega ended everyone's shifts and had a nice gathering for his youngest daughter.

"And Tori; your mother, Trina, and I would just love to wish you a very happy birthday. You're turning into a beautiful young woman and I only wish you find happiness like how I've found it with your mother," Officer Vega said in his toast.

Cat, Robbie, Beck, Jade and Trina looked amongst each other and sneered.

Tori gave her dad a huge hug. "Well daddy, I really do hope to have that love you and mom have. But uh… I don't think I have to wait so long to find happiness," she shyly smiled.

"What do you mean, baby?" he dad chuckled.

"I… have a boyfriend, you see," she nervously laughed.

"Oh, a boyfriend, aye?" he smiled. "Who's the lucky fella?"

Tori looked over to her friends, to one person in particular. Robbie and Beck nudged his sides. Andre bravely got up from his seat and walked over to Tori. He side hugged her and timidly smiled at his commanding officer.

"Surprise," she weakly held out her arms in a fanfare to her father.

The look on David Vega's face was priceless. It was a mixture of shock, fury, but subtle joy all at the same time.

"Andre," he said through gritted teeth.

"H-h-hey chief," he replied.

"Well, I can't say I'm not surprised," he said.

"You're not?" Tori was hopeful.

"Well you guys work closely together. Watch, the next thing you know, Cat and Robbie will shack up," he chuckled.

Cat and Robbie turned as red as Cat's hair. Maybe even deeper. Beck, Jade, and Tori stifled laughs, and Andre winked at his friend.

"Wait, dad. Does that mean you're ok with Andre and me dating?" Tori clarified.

"I guess. I mean you're a grown woman. I can't control your life. And Andre's a good kid. But if you hurt my daughter, Harris, I-"

"Daddy," Trina interrupted, trying to help her sister out.

"Right. Welcome to the family," he held out his hand for Andre to shake.

"Hey, at least he's not a troublemaker," Beck said to the others.

"Speaking of trouble," Jade pointed to the door.

Cat, Robbie, and Beck turned their heads. Walking through the doors was the drunk from that one night.

"What is drunkie doing here?" Beck wondered.

"Only one way to find out," Jade said dragging Cat along. The drunk saw Cat and immediately smiled, smoothing out his shirt.

"Good evening ladies," he nodded.

"Wow, drunkie's got manners," Jade said. "What are you doing here?"

"I just want to apologize for my rather immature behavior the last time I was here. You know what alcohol does to you," he chuckled.

"Makes you more stupid than you already are?" Jade posed.

"Jade," Cat chuckled. "I think he really is sorry."

"Yes, I really am," he begged.

Jade took a look at him. "Fine. You drinking lately?"

"No, I think I'll lay off on that for a while. Can't be a convict if I want a date with a pretty lady," he winked.

"I have a boyfriend, dude. You know, the one who knocked the wind out of you?"

"I know, I was talking to Red," he said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. What?" Cat raised her hands in defense.

"Well this just got interesting," Jade smiled.

"Hey," Beck interrupted with Robbie. "What's going on over here? This guy any trouble?"

"No, I'm just here to apologize. I'm sorry for being obnoxious," he said to Beck. Then he turned to Robbie. "And I'm sorry for saying those rude things to you."

"It's ok," Robbie said.

"So then why does Cat look like she saw a ghost?" Beck wondered.

"Drunkie asked her out," Jade said bluntly.

"He what?" Robbie said a bit too quickly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, bro. Are you and Red really dating? I really didn't know."

The others looked at Robbie, even Cat. He looked at the redhead and she looked as if she was curious to know the answer too. But he was probably just dreaming. Why would she not defend herself?

"N-no, we're not," Robbie answered.

Cat looked as if she just found out Santa Claus wasn't real (A/N: He's totally real).

"Sweet!" The drunk replied. "So then I can take you out."

"Um, excuse me, just because I don't have a boyfriend doesn't mean I want one," Cat replied.

"Hard to get, aye? I like it," he winked.

"Whoa there buddy. Hey, what's your name anyways?" Jade interjected.

"My apologies, I'm Evan. Evan Smith."

Andre, Tori and Trina finally made it over to the group.

"Hey guys. Whoa, is this the punk from the other day?" Tori wondered.

"Yeah, this is Evan the drunk. He wants to ask Cat out," Jade said.

"Uh, Robbie… I need to ask you something about the report from the other day," Andre said.

"Huh?" Robbie was confused. Andre shook his head and simply dragged Robbie off to the side.

"Dude," Andre started.

"Dude, what?" Robbie asked.

"The punks asking out your girl!" he whisper-yelled.

"Cat's not my girl," Robbie corrected him.

"You know what I mean," Andre said. "What are you going to do?"

"Andre, I don't even know if Cat likes him or not. He has a record, you know? He was the drunk from the other day."

"Hold on," Andre took out his phone and texted someone. Apparently it was Jade. She and Andre nodded and Andre texted another person. This time it was Trina. She looked at Andre and nodded.

"What are you doing, dude?"

"Jade and I just want the best for you and Cat. So Trina's doing a background check on this dude."

"OK…"

"Man, you like Cat. You can't deny it. So stop waiting on the side lines and make your move."

"Andre, we're just friends. Chill. And this takes time."

"Pretty soon you'll run out of time. What are you afraid of?"

"Robbie?" Cat interrupted.

"Oh hey, Cat," Andre said. "That Evan dude bugging you?"

"Well Jade's interrogating him, I think he's more scared than we all are," she giggled. "Do you mind if I talk to Robbie real quick?"

"No problem, Lil' Red. I'm going to help Jade scare the dude," Andre chuckled and walked back to the group.

"What's up, Cat?" Robbie sat at the bench, patting the side for her to sit next to him.

"Um… What should I do about Evan?"

"What do you mean? Is he bothering you? Because I can escort him out if you want," Robbie started to get up.

"No, Robbie," Cat giggled. "Besides, that Evan guy is twice your size."

"Right," he sat back down. "I'll just get Beck and Andre to teach him a lesson then," he chuckled. "So what's up?"

"Well, I mean he is pretty cocky," Cat said. "And he's a drunk. And he's got a record…"

"But…?" Robbie asked.

"Why would you think I would say that?" she giggled.

"There's always a 'but', Cat," Robbie chuckled.

"Hehe, 'butt'," She giggled. Then grew serious again, "Ok, but… I don't know."

"So you're saying he's perfect?" Robbie gathered.

"No, I'm saying I don't know. There's a lot of 'buts'."

"Then tell me these 'but's'," Robbie said.

They laughed for a few seconds because it was just too funny… Butt… Then it grew serious once again.

"Well first of all, I barely know the guy and he's got a record, but that's not enough to judge. And then he sounds like a jerk, but the fact that he's here and apologized shows that he's trying. And I don't have a boyfriend…"

"Um, what's the but in the last one?" Robbie wondered.

Cat looked at him. He looked at her. They tried to read each other but obviously no one spoke up.

"I-I guess there isn't one," she barely whispered.

"Oh."

"I-is there?"

He didn't answer the question.

"M-maybe, if you really are interested in him, there's nothing stopping you. Go on a date with him. If it sucks, then don't see him again. It's as simple as that."

"Easier said than done," she said.

"Give it a go, what have you got to lose?"

"Are you sure?" she pleaded in her eyes.

He glanced over to Andre; his friend was giving him a glare. But he was too coward to listen.

"I'm sure."


"Harris, Shapiro. Why aren't you guys on the scene with the others?" Trina asked as he passed by the computer lab.

"Chief wants us to focus on the bank heist so we sent the backup squad to help the others," Andre responded.

"Oh yeah? How much surveillance are we looking at?" Trina asked as she stepped inside the room, more interested than before.

"Kind of like a 24 hour thing. We're going to have people monitoring this every day until they strike," Robbie explained. "We've installed 10 cameras on the surrounding streets and right now we're just testing them."

Robbie let Trina to the opposite wall and opened the shelves to reveal about a dozen monitors.

"Whoa!" Trina was taken aback. "You've covered every inch of the bank!"

"That's not the only thing we did," Andre said. He flipped a switch and the three monitors sitting on the desk turned on to show many smaller screens of almost every floor of the national bank including the rooftop and basement.

"No wonder why daddy calls you guys his top dogs," Trina chuckled. "Well, I do have that background check you asked for," she said changing subjects.

"Alright, what's this guy's deal?" Andre asked.

"Name's Evan Jeremiah Smith. Born in Manhattan, grew up in the city. Has one living relative listed in the books. He's gotten a drunk in public, DUI, and moving violations. This guy's an alchy. But nothing in his job that would be harmful to those offenses. He was in finance and worked for a maple syrup conglomerate for about 7 years, and is currently taking a sabbatical."

"Maple syrup? Sounds harmless to me," Andre felt disappointed. In truth, Robbie was a close friend and he was just looking out for him.

"I don't know, I still don't like the guy," Robbie commented.

"That's because he's hitting on Cat," Trina said.

Robbie's eyes widened.

"Dude, did you tell Trina?!" he glared at his friend.

"No, Andre didn't. It's just so obvious to everyone, even my dad saw it," Trina laughed. "And don't worry Rob, I don't think any of us like that Evan guy anyways. You and Cat would make a way cuter couple."

"I don't know you guys," Robbie said.

"Robbie, how many times do I got to tell you to man up and stop doubting yourself" Andre sternly reminded him.

"No, I know that, 'Dre. But Cat seemed kind of interested in Evan."

"Yeah, interested only because he's the first guy in a long time to give her attention. Girls like that. They want to feel wanted."

"Andre' right. Maybe if you showed her some interest she would have liked you too."

"Trina, isn't it obvious Cat likes Robbie too?" Andre asked.

"I have no idea. The girl doesn't show emotion, especially love. How would anyone know what she's thinking," she said.

"What I do know is that she's going to give that Evan guy a chance," Robbie shared.

"And how do you know that?" Andre inquired.

"Because I told her to."

"YOU TOLD HER TO?!" Trina and Andre cried.

"Yeah, she asked me and I said go for it."

"You might as well have paid for their honeymoon tickets, Robbie!" Andre slapped his back.

"Ouch, hey dude!"

"Robbie, are you going to seriously sit in the sidelines your entire life? Stop letting people walk all over you and man up!" Andre grunted.

"But how? He's already pursuing her," Robbie defended.

"So? That doesn't mean anything yet," Trina chimed in. "If you like Cat then go tell her before Evan or someone else does first."