"What are you doing tomorrow?" Gail asked

"Uh- I have to babysit my friend's son, but why don't you join me? I'm sure he'll like you"

"I don't know, children aren't really my thing, you know.."

Holly took Gail's hands into hers. "Come, it will be great"


At around 2pm Holly and Matt showed up at the station to pick up Gail.

"Look, there is she, the blonde" she waved at Gail as she looked at them

"Hey" Gail didn't know how to behave in front of the little boy. She assumed that he was 5 years old. He had blonde hair, wore jeans and a T-Shirt with Mike Wazowski on it.

"Hey, Gail this is Matt, Matti this is Gail"

"Hey buddy" she got down on one knee to face him.

"Hi" he smiled and showed his white, small milk teeth

He picked Holly's sleeve and looked up to her "You were right, her eyes are really like the sea, extremely blue. They look like the best watercolor in my paint box"

She smiled and Gail looked taken aback

"I'm gonna change fast, then we can go"


"Would you like to go to the playground?" asked Holly whereupon Matt nodded

On the way the brunette held the little boy's hand and after a while he reached with his free hand after Gail's. She looked at him and then at Holly who smiled at them.

"Your hand is very cold" he said, looking up to her "I keep your hand now and make it warm,ok?"

"Uhh- if you want.."


They sat on a bench and watched Matt climbing the climbing frame and sliding down the slide. Then he ran towards the two.

"Holly's girlfriend, can you push me on the swing?" He tapped her knee

Gail took off her arm from Holly's back and said "O-Of course"

"Yuppie!"

She got up and Matt took her hand "But you have to do it faster than Holly, Holly is soooo slow"

"He's lying" said Holly in laughter


Holly loved to see Gail and Matt together. She knew it was the right decision to take her along and she was right, he loved her. The two laughed and Matt shouted all the time

"Higher, higher, I wanna be so high like superman!"

"Be careful Matti, otherwise you will fall" called Holly

"No, Holly, I can fly, did you forget? I am superman!"


10 minutes later he ran into the sand box and a couple of minutes later he ran over to Gail and Holly and held up a little stone in heart shape.

"Look what I've found, this is for you guys, because you love each other"

They both grinned and Holly said "That's sweet of you Matt, thank you"

"You now have to kiss each other" he demanded "because when you love someone you give them a kiss"

Gail smiled, leaned forward, took her face into her hands and kissed her passionately, as Gail broke the kiss the eyes of the brunette were still closed and Gail stroked her cheek with her thumb.

"Stop! I am hungry, Holly I'm hungry and I have to pee!" the little boy whined

"What about when we go home and we make you a sandwich and maybe we can play pirate a little?"

"Yeah!"

The three made their way home to the Linton's but in the middle of the way Matt stopped and said "I don't wanna walk anymore!"

"Do you wanna come on my shoulders?" Gail offered

"Yeeeeeeeeeeees!" he jumped up and down

"Okay" Gail knelt so he could easier climb on her shoulders and when he sat on it she slowly straightened up and held onto his shins so he didn't fall down.

"You're unbelievable" Holly said with a smirk

"You do what you can" Gail winked

Holly put her arm around Gail's waist and they reached Mattis home 15 minutes later


Holly sat on Gail's lap and Gail had clasped her hands in front of Holly's belly.

"Mom never makes me peanut butter sandwiches" he said as he took a big bite

"Don't tell her" Holly said

"Scout's honor!"


Matt wanted to play Pirates, so he went upstairs to fetch his two swords (of course they were made of synthetic material) . He gave one to Gail "Catch me" he said as he ran into the garden.

The brunette watched them play together, they laughed a lot and Gail shouted "Holly, save me" as she laid on the ground with Matti sitting on top of her "He has caught me"

She hurried towards her but he approached in front of her and hit her with his sword

"This is my princess, you have to save her but I will not easily give this fight up. And you gonna lose because you don't have a sword"

"Oh my god, look there's batman!"

"Where?"

As he looked away she started her tickle attack.

"Noo stop!" he laughed

"Run Gail, run!"


The sun started to set slowly and Gail and Matt sat in the garden. Holly stood in the door frame and she really liked how they interacted with each other, as if they were best friends since a long time.

"Do you marry Holly someday?" he asked

"Er... I-I don't know, uhh ..I..." she was lost for words "I actually have to go now..." she got up and headed towards the front door.

"Hey.." Holly touched her arm but she went straight out of the door.

"I must go"

"Gail" Holly ran after her "Gail, wait" as she was close enough she grabbed her wrists.

"Is it because Matt asked if were gonna get married?"

Gail looked at the ground. She had got panic as he asked it and didn't know how to react to it.

"Listen, nobody forces you to do anything. If we end up getting married, Fine. If we don't do it, Fine. If you want to end our relationship tomorrow, then well I could do nothing about it, because it's your decision. You make your own decisions and I don't want you to do something you don't want. I love you Gail, you know that."

It brought a tear to Gail's eye. "Man, I don't know why I deserve you. If I were you I wouldn't run after myself 1000 times."

"I-I know that you're afraid and well fear blocks everything beautiful in life" she looked in Gail's eyes. In those blue, infinitely deep eyes. She could get lost in them.

Gail put one hand on Holly's cheek and stroked it with her thumb.

"I am so afraid to lose you, you know? This is the only thing I am really afraid of. If I would lose my job, I would be sad but I would find a new one. If I lose my favorite Shirt, I could buy a new one. But I cannot replace you and it scares the shit out of me. You understand me, y-you don't give me up easily like everyone else would. You don't see just the sarcastic bitch in me. You make me feel complete. I feel like you even touch the darkest parts in me and that's what scares me. This feeling .. " She wiped her tears away and she saw that Holly was also close to crying.

"Holly.."

She hugged Gail tightly. She wrapped her hands around her hips and rested her hand on her shoulder. Gail put her hands around Holly's neck and stroked her back.

"I am so glad that you are here" Holly whispered in her hair.


On their way back to Matt Holly said " Oh and if we're planning getting married you have to propose to me"

"You wish, nerd" was Gail's answer and they both smiled.


"I don't want to go to bed yet!"

"Mhmh, what if we build a blanket-fort, how's that?" Gail asked

"No! Only girls do this!"

"Yeah? I heard Spiderman loves building blanket forts" Holly said

"Really"

She nodded

"I think I wanna build it"

"Well then fetch all the blankets and pillows you can find" instructed Gail

"Can I bring my action figures, too?"

"Yep"

Matti was happy "Yuppie!" he ran out of the room to look for blankets and pillows

"Blanket fort?" Holly grinned and wrapped her arms around Gail's waist "I didn't know you were into those things"

"Oh you know, I needed a reason to cuddle with you"

"You're so cute" The brunette kissed the blondes nose.

"No, I'm not"


20 minutes later the three were in a cave, made of three chairs, many blankets and pillows.

"It's really dark in here" Matt whispered

"Are you afraid?" Gail teased him.

"No! Superman is never afraid." with those words the little superman fell asleep.


Gail climbed out of the cave because she had to go to the toilet. As she finished she tried to close the door really quietly behind her, because she didn't want to wake up Matt. Suddenly Holly stood in front of her. "Uh-I'm really glad he sleeps"

"Yeah" said Holly, pushed Gail against the wall and placed her hands next to Gail's head on the wall and kissed her neck.

"I've waited for that moment since the day had started" Gail said as she untied Holly's button-down shirt

"Me too" she almost moaned it "Do you really want to do it here?" she whispered

"Oh right, not in front of the kids" Gail opened the next-best door and it was the bedroom from Matt parents.

"Better?" she asked as she pushed her onto the bed

"Much better"

Gail tossed her shirt onto the floor and Holly started to kiss the spot right between Gail's breasts. Gail closed her eyes and tangled her fingers in Holly's hair.

"Did you hear this?" Holly asked abruptly

"Yeah, it's the sound of me wanting to get down on you" she said as she kissed her bare shoulder

"No, wait, I think they're coming back"

"What?"

"I just heard their car, hurry!"

They both put quickly their shirts on and just as they closed the door behind them the two unlocked the door.

"Hi Sara, Hey Jeffrey" Holly said, adjusting her glasses

"Hey! Did it went well today?" Sara asked

"Yeah, Gail and me were at the playground with him and we played pirate and we also built a blanket-fort"

"I see" she said with a smirk


Gail and Holly said goodbye to the Linton's and they made their way home. When they almost arrived Holly's apartment Holly said

"We almost had sex, you know that, right?" she smirked

"Oh yeah and I can't wait to continue were we stopped" said Gail with a grin


A/N Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver really exist, they're from the Grand County books by Karin Slaughter and if you may know Sara is a coroner! Haha guess you could say I have a heart for female medical examiners...

Anyways if you want to read well-written books with good crimes you should try them!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter! thank you