So, I must go ahead and apologize for my lateness, its absolutely horrid, but life gets in the way, and I figured I would make it up to you by giving a reason to elongate this story even more! Yayyyy! This is a really short chapter, but it gives new life to the story, and where this relationship may go. I should have the following chapter up within the few days following today. (Sunday 7/24)

Lunch went as planned, and the two friends talked about their past rodeos, one night stands, lovers, ex-husbands, and et cetera, and they laughed through the entire conversation, not an awkward moment in sight.

It wasn't until they went back to Kate's apartment they began to realize that the real world was going to settle back into their lives whether they liked it or not. This merely began when Megan received a call from Ethan, and 10 seconds after her phone rang, Curtis was calling Kate.

Apparently, there had been a triple homicide; a husband, a wife, and the husband's brother had been killed in the family home, and the mayor wanted a rush and hush on the case (rush to get the work done, but keep it all hush hush [I totally just came up with that]) since the family was rather well-to-do and had donated money rather generously to the city in the past.

Megan had known the wife back when she had her own practice as a neurosurgeon, and was actually becoming rather close to her until her accident…

As the women hung up the phone at the same time, they only looked at each other for a brief second, each one almost trying to read each others mind, only finding one thought. "How do we tell the boys?"

Kate spoke first, breaking the awkward silence that had come between them, and began to talk about the case. "Well Dr. Hunt, I don't quite know about you, but I have a case to work on, and if you wouldn't mind meeting me at the crime scene in approximately half an hour, I mean…we don't want to raise any suspicion…" Kate trailed off, plundering through her bag to search for a pen, so she could jot down the address for Megan, finishing her statement with, "I believe you are familiar with the area." She handed Megan the paper, and Megan's heart skipped a beat.

"I…I believe I do kn-know this address K-Kate." She stuttered, after Kate's statement, and finding out someone who she almost considered a friend, all she wanted to do was to be held and comforted in Kate's warm embrace…

Megan nodded her head, but showed no emotion in her face, not sure how she should feel, and she turned to grab her things when she felt Kate place a hand on her arm to stop her. Kate's grip felt reassuring, as if she could almost understand what Megan was going through, and Megan looked up at Kate, with tears beginning to well up in her eyes. Kate then spoke the softest words, enough to comfort Megan, but to remind her they still had a case to work on.

"Listen, this is a big case we have, so I will need all your 'skills' as a doctor my dear, and don't let it get to you. We will be done with it before you know it. Also, I don't want the boys to know about…about us just yet. With the case, and all the other workloads we end up giving them, especially Ethan and Curtis, this might be a bit sudden, and it may be too much for them to do their job. And, as Chief you know I have to set an example, and I can't just have them running around willy nilly disobeying me with things like unnecessary tests and whatnot. Not only that, but if they knew you and I were sleeping together, at least for now, all hell might just break loose. Do you get my drift?"

Megan understood perfectly, and she cracked a smile, amidst the undesired feelings that had crept up, but she giggled when Kate stated the last part of her lecture, as naughty thoughts of things they had done previously came into mind. "I understand perfectly darling." Megan added, her voice cracking somewhat. She then hugged Kate and was the first one to leave the apartment. She headed home first, knowing if she came to a crime scene wearing the same thing she had worn to work the last day or so somebody might get an idea that something was going on, which only brought more and more thoughts of what she and Kate had done, and what she now had planned to do with Kate.

This is not the end! This is merely the beginning! Muahahahahahahaha! *evil grin*