The next morning's sun shone through the light grey drapes and Gail woke out of her sleep with the heat on her face. Surprisingly she was awake before her alarm had time to ruin her mood. She opened her eyes, gazing at the sleeping woman in front of her, both of them with their fingers twined together and faces barely apart. The moment made her heart leap, she hadn't ever experienced such a perfect occasion.

She thought about the night that they shared. Not about the sex itself, but about the fact that it was more than just sex for her. Every day since she met Holly she was surprising herself. She loved spending time at the morgue reading through Holly's books, loved having her as a drinking buddy, enjoyed that Holly's snarky remarks played on with her own, and as much as she hated sports she found that she was willing to try whatever cathartic thing Holly asked of her. Above all of that, she was surprised at how quickly and effortless it felt being able to learn to trust Holly.

Slowly, making sure not to disturb Holly in her sleep, she turned over and stretched her hand onto the night stand to grab her phone, the other still held near Holly's chest almost as if being protected. The time read 6:18 AM; perfect timing considering her alarm was set for 6:30 and her shift started an hour from that.

Gail turned off the alarm on her phone and set it back on the night stand, letting out a sigh because she didn't want to move, but knew she had to. Carefully, she placed a gentle kiss on Holly's forehead and slid out from her bed to change into her uniform.

"I like you better with your clothes off" a muffled voice from the bed said.

"Well good-morning Ms. Stewart" Gail started, inching her way back to the bed while doing up the buttons of her uniform shirt. "Stay here, I'm gonna make us some coffee" she said, leaning in and placing a kiss on Holly's lips before walking out of the room.

Gail was pouring the hot water into both cups when suddenly she heard the hardwood floor from the hallway creak and footsteps approaching the kitchen.

She finished pouring the water and began to turn around. "Hol, I told you to sta-" Gail stopped mid-sentence. The person standing before her definitely wasn't the Holly that she had just spent all night with…it was Chris. Confusion ran through her mind and she couldn't process what was happening. "Wait, I thought…Didn't you…You were supposed to be-"

"In Timmins? Yea, I know" Chris said, finishing Gail's thought. "Christian ended up having a sleepover at a friend's house so I came back here instead"

Gail's eyes widened. Was he there the whole time her and Holly were...She felt mortified. "But where's your truck?" she asked, hoping that maybe he had come back in the morning, after her and Holly's hot (and she was sure loud as well) rendezvous.

"I lent it to Dov so he could come back and forth from the hospital; he dropped me off last night and went back"

"Oh my gosh, did you-"

"Yeeeep, every bit of it" he took one of the two cups of coffee that Gail had begun to prepare and sauntered back to his room, giving a nod to Holly who had just appeared from the hallway.

"Oh and Gail" he said, turning around, "I'll be needing a ride to work"

Holly looked like a deer caught in headlights. "I thought you said-"

"Zip it, lunchbox"

Holly gave Gail and Chris an awkward ride to the station before leaving for her apartment to change and then the morgue. When she was alone and not surrounded by the totally obvious embarrassing tension in the car, she began to replay her night with Gail. She had sworn to herself so many times that she wouldn't fall for straight girls anymore after the plenty of terrible shut downs that she had, yet last night she found her way into Gail's bed. Gail Peck, a hard-headed and independent woman who was apparently straight when they'd first met, but their actions last night - as well as other more subtle moments - proving otherwise. And not just justifying that Gail was attracted to women…Proving that Gail was attracted to HER. She trusted HER. After late nights of multiple tequila shots, Holly knew that trust wasn't easily won with her and it could be easily broken and most-likely go un-repaired; something she never wanted to dabble to, and so when she heard Gail say that she trusted her made it her heart leap in ways she didn't know possible.

She smiled at herself as she pulled into the parking lot of the morgue. She really did mean it when she told Gail that she was falling for her. Just like that, Gail came out of nowhere. She had to admit, the moment she walked down that hill to the swamp she couldn't help but steal a glance at the blond; at first she thought the woman to be just another officer, but when she was assaulted by the snide remarks Holly noticed that she was absolutely gorgeous. And the snarky remarks, she can't forget those. She liked them and found them playful, not rude. Whenever Gail shot them at her, she shot right back, liking the fact that they challenged each other.

Chris and Gail made their way into parade and found seats next to Traci who turned to look at the two bodies that came near her. She took a quick look at Gail and her mouth began to open and she was just about to say something, but Chris had moved behind Gail with a grin on his face, flailing his hands to tell her not to say anything.

"So uh, hey Gail" she began hesitantly. Traci couldn't resist, she had to toy with Gail.

"Why are you being so weird" Gail asked, squinting her eyes.

"Did you stand in front of a mirror at all this morning?" Traci asked, trying to hide her laughter.

She scrunched her face in confusion. "What?"

"Gail, I think you got something over here" Chris sounded in, pointing just above the left of his collarbone. "Are we still teenagers Officer Peck?"

Gail felt the heat raise into her cheeks as Chris and Traci laughed at the hickey left on Gail's body. 'Dammit Holly' she thought.

"Alright team" Sergeant Best walked into the room, ending the wrath of Gail's complete distress, "To everyone who had been off – welcome back – you were missed and I hope you had your fun while you were off, but now it's time to get back into business"

"Oh Gail had fun" Traci whispered over to Chris who giggled at the comment.

"Diaz! Anything worth sharing?"

Chris cleared his throat. "Uh, no sir"

"Good. Anyways, luckily for everyone it's been a slow day. Nothing specific, just keep on patrol and let's try to meet quota – 15 has some catching up to do. Your assigned cars and partners are posted on the board. Serve, protect, and don't screw up. You're all dismissed."

Gail quickly spun out of her seat and towards the wall. 'Peck, Peck, Peck, Peck, PECK! Shit, McNally '…She felt a hand on her shoulder.

"Looks like were riding together" Andy said.

Gail rolled her eyes and and began to head for the door. "Looks like" she responded, clearly showing that she wasn't pleased with who was chosen as her partner for the rest of the day.