A/N: Thanks to the reveiwers thus far. Just fyi for those out there giving this a shot, even though they aren't into slash - fear not, this won't get explicit/graphic. Mostly just humor with some good old fashion UST. Feedback is always appreciated. Thanks muchly for reading :)
On the following Monday, Colby and David were hanging around Megan's desk, waiting with her for Don to arrive. David was certain that her blind date would have Don up in arms at her audacity. At least his and Colby's attempts to get Don fixed up with Edgerton had been subtle. Well. Mostly subtle. Megan blatantly pushing the two out on a date together was certainly anything but.
David couldn't quite wait to see Don's reaction. He was banking on the boss being pissed.
Colby was certain that Don would be mortified with embarrassment. And Megan wouldn't say what she thought his reaction would be, but the cat-who-got-the-canary smile she wore was very telling. Of course, all three ended up surprised and quite dissappointed when Don strolled into the office acting like nothing out of the ordinary had happened at all.
"Hey, what are you all doing? I thought that you and Colby would be out already. Didn't we finally get an address for our suspect's girlfriend?" Don questioned as soon as he spotted the three of them just lingering around the desks.
"Err. Yeah. We were just waiting for you to get here." David said, recovering quickly and mentally running through the facts on their latest case. A successful bank robbery, which had left three people dead at the scene.
Don arched a brow. "Why?"
"Uh…." David faltered.
"We wanted to see if you wanted us to head back to the crime scene first. We got word from the techs that they found something at the bank." Colby cut in smoothly.
"Yeah, sure. Sounds good," Don replied. "I'm going to track down his old cellmate. Megan? You think you can run these files over to Charlie? See if he can find any kind of pattern."
"Sure," Megan replied, looking a little baffled. She, Colby, and David continued to stare at Don, making no move to start on to their assigned tasks.
Don stared back at each of them in turn, brow raised suspiciously. "Okay… What's going on?"
"Nothing." "Not a thing." Colby and Megan replied, almost in unison.
Don eyed them, before turning to David.
David shrugged and smiled after a moment, deciding to tackle the topic head-on. "Say Don? How was the game this weekend?"
Don's eyes immediately lit up. "It was great! Dodgers killed 'em. I haven't had that much fun in ages."
"I'm glad you had fun, Don," Megan said sincerely, honestly surprised by the sudden change in attitude and mega-watt smile.
"Yeah. Thanks again for the ticket." Don replied, turning towards her. "It's just too bad that the date part of it didn't work out. What, did she back out last minute? Guess you'll have to try again some other time."
Megan's face fell at that. "What, I-"
"It was really good of you to give the extra ticket to Ian, though. I think he needed the break." Don continued, not noticing Megan's fallen expression. He tapped his chin in thought. "Say, how did you even know Ian likes baseball?"
"Oh, I had a hunch," she mumbled, exasperatedly. David only barely resisted sniggering.
"Well, he sends his 'thanks' as well. It was a great game," Don replied, patting her on the shoulder as he headed for the elevator.
Megan turned disbelieving eyes onto her coworkers. Colby was grinning ear to ear. David was brushing tears off his face from his restrained laughter.
"I set the man up on a date. He goes on the date. And he still doesn't get it," she exclaimed. "Just how dense is he?"
David thought for a moment. "Pretty damn dense."
"Guess we aren't going to have to pay up after all." Colby exclaimed gleefully. He rose from his seat. "Come on David, let's get back to it."
David spared Megan one last amused glance before following his partner out. He couldn't help the chuckle as Megan groaned into her hands in frustration. She couldn't quite believe her attempt failed so spectacularly.
