A/N: Hey guys sorry about the wait, I'd hit a little bit of a wall. So I dont have much to say about this chapter except that burning CD's for a wedding favor takes an incredibly long time (trust me), making the 200 duct tape rose pens for a little girls birthday party took me three people and a long weekend of nonstop working. Lastly, I must give my brother credit for the Nerf gun, that is entirely him. Thanks to all my wonderful supporters-Alisabeth

Checking for Matt's truck as he pulled up in the short, narrow driveway, Kelly glanced repeatedly at his watch, double and then triple checking that he was on time for his meeting with Daelyn. His list of Best Man duties folded neatly in his pocket and his keys in hand, he made his way along the stone walk that led to the front door, his finely tuned ears perking at the array of sounds coming from the house. The high pitched chirp likened to that of a smoke detector and the flurry of barking kicked his reaction into high gear, adrenaline beginning to course through his veins as his searched for any sign of smoke and/or flames. Nothing. Sweeping his gaze once more he called out to Daelyn as he stepped up to the front of the house, worry spiking when no one answered. Giving it a moment as he knocked he swore, thankful that he'd thought to keep his emergency key on his daily key ring. Unlocking the front door to the house he was automatically assaulted by the furry body of Thor, varied shouts coming from upstairs.

Grabbing for the first thing he could find, a heavy rawhide bone, he held it aloft as he took the stairs two at a time, swift and silent. Head held high as he searched he turned after clearing the main hallway, looking towards the short one that held the guest room. Sighing in relief he fought a chuckled as he took in the sight before him. Standing on a rolling desk chair, one hand braced on the ceiling yet not keeping her fully stationary was Daelyn, swearing at the top of her lungs at the smoke detector that was chirping 'low battery' in it's computerized voice. A Nerf© gun in one hand and suction cup darts littering the floor she held a screwdriver clenched between her teeth.

"What the hell are you doing?" he laughed, dropping the bone and darting forward with a grin as she swayed, securing a hand on each side of her torso, nestled comfortably in the hour glass shaped dip in her waist, his thumbs level with her navel.

Placing a hand on his shoulder for balance and unclenching her jaws to release the screwdriver into his extended palm she huffed, using him to step off her perch. "The stupid thing wont shut up and when Matt told me the batteries were under the sink he was wrong. I've been trying to shut it up for over an hour." Her dark brows furrowed in frustration she crouched, crab walking to gather all the darts.

"Okay…why didn't you wait and ask me to fix it?"

Loading the yellow gun and the ammo belt looped around her waist she pursed her lips, redoing her ponytail and shooing Thor out of her way. "I was going to. I lasted about ten minutes before I got annoyed."

Helping to push the chair back into the guest room Kelly was far too amused, barely glancing at the open suitcase dumped at the foot of the queen sized bed, flashes of lace and cotton spilling out. "There's a set of nine-volt batteries under the sink, in the upstairs bathroom, in a metal popcorn tin. Can you grab me one?" Keeping his voice raised to be heard was becoming annoying and yet in a way completely second nature. Watching Daelyn scurry off he shook his head, leaving the room quickly behind her.

Taking the next ten minutes to change the smoke detector battery he stepped off the short, princess pink stool he'd borrowed from Adrian's room, wiping the light coating of ceiling dust from his palms. "All better your Majesty?" he teased, setting the stool in its rightful place as Daelyn led the way downstairs.

Bowing mockingly she stood on her tiptoes, removing the Wedding Binder from atop the fridge. "Much better thank you, I can actually hear myself think," she hesitated, worrying her bottom lip as she pulled a colorful pen from the cup that was magnetically secured to the refrigerator front. "Do you want to start going through all this?"

Routing through his pocket and dropping his own list on the counter he agreed, watching shocked as Daelyn reached into a messenger bag under the end table and removed a pair of black, square framed glasses. Adjusting them on the bridge of her nose, she took on the typical fantasy of 'naughty librarian,' despite the pair of black leggings and oversized 'Blackhawks' tee shirt. It was cute sexy, not slutty sexy. Barefoot, the bright, fluorescent orange nail polish on her toes shined.

"Do you want me to put a pot of coffee on?" she called over her shoulder, as she searched through the cupboard, cheering softly when she found what she was looking for. "Sorry. It's just, I made cupcakes the other day and had to hide some or else Matt would've eaten the entire batch," she chuckled, offering him the container.

"No thank you to the coffee, but I will take a cupcake, Matt was bragging to Mouch about them," Kelly said, reaching across the table for one of the red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. "Where do you want to start?"

Intrigued by the flush of color that extended south beneath her shirt's color, he cleared his throat, unfolding his list. Comparing the "Best Man" list to that of the Maid of Honor list, there were few things that they had in common. "How uh, how about the CD's?"

With her leaning over his shoulder as she passed behind him, Kelly fought a shiver as her warm, minty scented breath played with the miniscule hairs at the nape of his neck. "Sure. The main computer's in the miscellaneous room. I'll grab the materials we'll need and meet you there?"

Covering and re-hiding the cupcakes Kelly agreed, unable to help how his eyes strayed to the space between were her tee shirt was cinched at her lower back and the waistband of her leggings. Taking a left to the miscellaneous room, he got comfortable before the computer on a short desk, noting that it was already logged on and open to iTunes. Nose wrinkling as he took in some of the titles under the 'Wedding Favor Playlist' he jumped when Daelyn chuckled behind him.

"This is going to take a while isn't it?" she grimaced as she set a large cardboard box between them, filled to the brim with soft blue and purple CD cases and a round container full of blank disk reading 'Matt and Rowan 2013' along the face. "This is about eighty-seven right here, the rest that are already done are in the box by the window."

Kelly internally shuddered at the idea of loading and unloading each CD by hand in order for them to burn the playlist. "They couldn't have picked simpler wedding favors?" he faux groaned.

Daelyn snorted. "It could've been much worse, trust me. I once had to make two hundred duct tape roses for a party and it took me about a month."

Kelly grimaced. "Okay so that's worse. If you don't mind me asking, what do you do where you have so much free time to make these roses or make this trip?" he asked, hoping that if they were going to be working together on these little projects they could find something in common.

Loading the first CD and pressing 'start' Daelyn reclined in her chair, propping her feet up. "I'm a writer so I work from home," she explained, twisting the cotton friendship she wore around her left wrist, the bright colors fading. "I bring my work with me and I basically work whenever inspiration strikes." She paused. "My turn, what made you want to be on Squad."

Switching out the disks when the tray on the tower popped Kelly set the still warm piece of plastic in a purple case and started a pile on the window seat. "My dad worked at 51 when I was growing up and so naturally that's were I landed. I started on Truck but switched to Squad about six years ago. I made Lieutenant fast there." Scanning her features he leaned back. "Favorite color?"

"How original," she snorted as she switched out the next set of CDs. "Hmm probably mint green, teal and dark purple. Favorite animal and please don't say Dalmatian," she teased.

Sticking his tongue out Kelly thought it over. "Probably the bald eagle, I don't know why."

Continuing a game of fifty questions as they took turns loading and unloading the tray for the afternoon, Daelyn asked the final question of the game as she set the final blank CD into the tower.

"Hey Kelly, I noticed you walking up the stairs earlier with Thor's bone and I have to ask," she paused to fight a giggle. "You do realize that was a smoke detector and not a piñata right?" Rolling out of her chair and giggling, Daelyn ducked his playful swing, beaming. Maybe being paired up with him as Best Man and Maid of Honor would be more fun than she thought.