Hi guys... sorry for the long wait. I just couldn't think of anything... oh and for those who don't know or just forget the names, here they are

*Cal Lightman

*Gillian Foster

*Alec Foster

*Ben Reynolds

Vance Pierce

*Eli Loker

*Ria Torres

John Carson

Carol Anderson

Gregory Anderson

Danny Anderson

Em Anderson

Brian Anderson

Sarah Anderson

Sean Allsop

Germone Johnson

John DeGrow

Evan DeGrow

the names with * are the ones alrdy from the tv show. all the names with nothing are the ones i made up.

The next day was very busy. The fisrt one out was Greg. Then Brain and Sarah along with Danny. And then Vance, Cal, and Gillian. They rode untill they saw a sign that said "Donning Elementary" and a school behind it. They all got out and Vance went into office.

"Hi name's Vance Pierce. I came here to see Mr. Macenzy." He said to the lady behind the desk.

"I'm sorry but Mr. Macenzy is now a proffesor at Hansol College." She said. "He moved there just last week.

Vance nodded. Hansol college was the new college that they had built for this town. About 10 to 15 minutes outside of the town. "Well thank you."

She nodded. Vance went outside to where Gillian and Cal were waiting. "So?" Cal asked.

"He's a porffesor at the college now. I guess we have to go there."

-x-

The college wasm't huge but it was big. There was a fountain in the middle of the school and classes all around it. The dorms were around the outisde of it, although most kids didn't need dorms, some chose to live there. The garden was perfectly cut, some kids were taking a stroll or some were playing football. The walked into the main office. A few people were running around carrying papers, some were talking on the phone, others were writing down something. Vance went forward and faced the receptionist.

He took out his badge and showed it to her. "FBI. I need to talk to Professor Matt Macenzy."

The woman eyed him suspiciously. "Mr. Macenzy's in his room giving a lecture. If it's not important I suggest you wait."

"It is important." Gillian said from the back.

The woman sighed, wrote something down on a piece of paper and handed it to Vance. "That's his room number."

They thanked her and went out. Vance looked at the piece of paper. "Room B13." They walked all around the campus before spotting it. They went up, down, through, and all over. It was at the second building on the second floor. Vance opened the door and peered through. The room was very big. Almost all the seats were filled. At the front of the room, in front of the white board and desk, stood Proffesor Macenzy, giving his lecture and turning around to face the door as it closed with a click.

"Can I help you..." He asked the three.

Vance flashed his badge, and said, "We need to speak to you. It's urgent."

Mr. Macenzy looked over them, his eyes widened and said, "Vance?"

He didn't say anything about that. "Sir, this is government matter. Now can we speak in private?"

"Sure sure." He turned to the class. "Class dismissed early. Review your notes for tomorrow's test."

One by one everyone left, looking at them awkwardly as they passed them to get out. One girl in particular but Vance didn't notice her. After the room was clear, Professor Macenzy said, "Well? How are you doing! And Gillian it's nice to see you too."

Gillian smiled. "It's great to see you too."

"Vance, what is it you need? My god you've grown."

"We need to talk to you about who you said you saw a couple of days ago."

"Evan DeGrow?"

Vance nodded. "Where was it you saw him?"

Mr. Macenzy thought for a second, his eyebrows furrowed in a frown. "Right in front of Fast Diner's. He was walking out."

"Was he alone?" Cal asked from the back.

Mr. Macenzy shook his head. "He was with another man. African American. It was the first time I ever saw him here so I was going to say hi but they were gone the the time I reached the Diner."

"Wait...have you ever seen Evan before here?" Vance asked, a little nervous.

"Yes. He was helping out at the school before he quit. Never knew why. And so when I heard the news about him being a mass murderer I wasn't sure weather to call or not."

"So...how long has he been here?"

"Only for bout a week. But he looks like a nice guy."

Vance stayed silent throughout the information. "Let's go to Fast Diner's."

Cal and Gillian nodded. "Thanks for the info. It was great help." Vance told him. He turned to leave when Mr. Macenzy spoke up.

"Vance, you never told me you worked with the FBI. Your supposed to be in college aren't you?"

Vance turned his head to the side. "It's a part time job. Of course I go to college." He turned around and smiled.

Mr. Macenzy smiled back and nodded. They went out and walked passed where the lunch benches were. There were a few kids sitting down and doing there homework, hurriedly. Probably at the last minute. They walked passed the fountain. "So Fast Diner's first?" Gillian asked.

"Yea. We'll get some information from there."

"Mr. Macenzy was your teacher wasn't he?" Cal said unexceptionably.

Vance glanced at him and nodded. "How'd you know?"

Cal shrugged. "Wild guess." Vance chuckled, it was great to see him laugh.

"So...Fast's Diner's just 5 minutes away from the elementary school-" Vance was saying when someone bumped into him. She was a girl and she looked in a hurry to get to her next class. Her books flew out of her hand and collided on the floor. Vance's I.D card for the FBI hit the ground as well. But he was to distracted to notice.

"I'm sorry. I'm in a hurry and didn't see where I was going." the girl apologized, her speech hurried.

"It's ok. It happens." Vance replied, picking up her book and handing it to her. She was done with her stash that came down in front of her.

"Thanks." She noticed the I.D. card and froze for a minute. She stared at it for the longest time ever. Cal and Gillian were confused and looked at the girl. Vance too stared at her but with a different glint in his eyes. He cocked his head to the side to get a look at her face but her hair covered it. She noticed him looking and turned away. She handed him his I.D. card, mumbled another thanks, got up, and jogged away.

Vance got up and stared at where she had run. "You know her?" Gillian asked.

Vance shook his head. "I don't think I've seen her." He was telling the truth although he seemed troubled that he didn't know who she was.

"Let's go."

-x-

She hurried with her loose papers and shoved them in her backpack, in a hurry go at least get out of sight. As soon as she turned the corner, she sighed and slumped down on the floor. He was here? Why? And what was with the FBI card? Did he work there? No, of course not...he's supposed to be in college, like she is right now! She was confused more than she had every been in her life. She was sure he hadn't seen her. She thought for a while more until she realized she was supposed to be in class. Then she ran like hell to her next period.

-x-

They parked in front of the restaurant and went in. It was a small resturant, a family resturant. A couple of familys were sitting at the tables, smiling and chatting and having the time of their lives.

A waiter came up to them and smiled. "Seat for three?" he asked them.

"No actually," Vance took out a picture of Evan and showed it to the waiter, "have you seen this man?"

Cal saw a microexpression of fear from the young man. "N-no."

"You sure?" Cal ased with his uncomfortable stare.

The boy nodded. He was starting to stutter. "W-why is it that you ask?"

Cal stared at him some more, then grinned to himself. "Oh well he's an old frend."

The waiter nodded, nervously. "So you've never ever seen this man." Vance recited as he shoved the photo towards the waiter.

He shook his head again.

"Gillian!" A man said as he turned the corner with his hands raised up. He was a plump man...His name tag told them that he was the head chef. As he walked over to them, Vance put the photo away.

They hugged. "Gillian how are you doing? I haven't seen you in years!"

Gillian replied by smiling. "It's great to see you too, Darrel. I didn't know you still worked here."

"Haha well I love this place." He saw Vance and Cal. He streched his large hand out to Cal who shook it. "Nice to meet you..."

"Cal."

"Cal." He turned to Vance and pointed a finger in front of his face. "And you mister, the last time I saw you was when you ran away from your job here." He was a few inches away from Vance's face.

Vance grimaced. "Well you can't blame me for not wanting to cut fish all day."

Darrel ruffled his hair and said, "So what brings you here." At this point, the young waiter was turning to go.

"Not so fast." Vance told him. He grabbed the waiter by the collar and dragged him back to where they were standing. "Your staying right here."

"Why do you need Com for?" Darrel asked. He pointed towards the waiter, whose name was apparently Com.

"I need to know if you saw this man here Darrel." He took out the picture of Evan.

Darrel rubbed his chin, thinking. "Yes I have. In fact Com was his waitor."

Cal tilted his head to the side and looked at Com, who looked to the ground. "So you did see this man. Why did you lie." Cal stated instead of asking.

When the boy didn't answer, Darrel asked, "What's going on?"

Vance took out his badge and said, "FBI investigation. This guy," He pointed towards Com, "saw a crimial on loose." He looked at him. "And I would like to know why he lied."

The guy stayed silent. Gillian sighed from besides Cal. "Listen...Com, if you tell us why you lied, then we'll leave you alone."

Cal looked at Gillian. They weren't going to leave him alone. And I guess Com knew that. "No. I'm not an idiot."

Vance sighed. He looked around and a few family's were staring at them. He tugged Com's collar. "Let's go outside. We're causing a commotion."

Vance pulled him and opened the door but right when he did, Com punched Vance in the jaw and spun out of his reach and started running of to the other end of the street. Vance shook the pain away and started running after him. Cal followed, but in a different path. He told Gillian to stay with Darrel until they got back.

Vance ran on right behind Com, who threw things behind him as if they were softballs. Vance dodged every single one. Vance jumped over a car, climbed a fence, hopped down from a two story building, and ran like hell. He was catching up with Com. He was fast. They were closing in to an alley. Com spotted the ladder that went up towards the building. He glanced behind and saw Vance closing in. He took a hold of the ladder and started climbing when someone pulled him down and had him pinned against the hard, cold floor. Lightman had him flat on his back with his head hurting like crazy. Vance arrived and put his hands on his knees, leaning, out of breath. Cal was out of breath too. He was breathing heavily and beads of sweat covered his forehead. Vance soon recovered from the exercise and cuffed Com's hands behind his back.

"You...are...going...to...the cops." Vance barely finished.

"Happy birthday!" Everyone yelled. Greg didn't like surprises but as he walked into the door, he couldn't help but smile. He looked around at the happy faces. Almost everyone close to him in the town was in the house...but as he scanned the crowd again, he saw some missing faces

-x-

Cal came out of the interview room at the police station. He closed the door and walked up next to Vance, who had his arms crossed and was staring intently at the window of the room. Cal sighed. "He's not talkin'."

Vance nodded. "Maybe he needs time." He sounded unsure of himself.

Cal stared at the window too. Com was slouching on the chair as the officer asked him questions. He picked up his phone as it rang inside his jacket pocket. "Hello?"

"Cal?" Gillian's voice rang from the other line. "Where are you guys? The party already started and Sarah's driving me crazy asking for you!"

Cal laughed quietly. He glanced at Vance and pointed at his watch. Vance nodded. "We'll be there in a minute Luv."

They hung up. "We should come back later or something." Vance told Cal.

Cal nodded as they turned to leave.

-x-

The two walked into the door of the back yard. Sure enough, everyone was already there. Most of the town. Sarah ran out of no where and hugged Cal's leg. Gillian soon followed. She gave him a smile and a quick hug. Sarah smiled at Cal and ran off just as fast as she came.

"You guys are late. Did you get anything from Com?"

Cal shook his head. "He's not talkin."

Vance nodded. He walked off into the house. Cal watched him go. Gillian put a hand on his arms. "You ok?" Cal turned to her and put his arms around Gillian, catching her by surprise.

Cal looked at her for the longest moment with the same expression on his face...love. Gillian, for the first time, looked at him straight in the eyes without moving with the same expression. Gillian slid her hand down so it was intertwined with Cal's. Their lips were a foot apart when suddenly their moment was ruined.

"Gill!" Gillian twirled around so fast, her head was dizzy. Their hands let go and Cal stuffed his hands in his pockets. Walking over to them was Alec, who was supposed to be at a business meeting. As he caught up, he gave her a quick peck on the cheek and smiled. Gillian tried smiling back but it was kind of goofy looking. She was surprised, and so was Cal.

"Alec! W-what are you doing here?" Gillian asked in a more shocked tone then she attended.

Alec raised one eyebrow. "To celebrate Greg's birthday of course! I forgot about it. How stupid of me." He slapped his forehead. He then saw Cal. "Oh...hey Cal."

"Hey." was all Cal said.

Gillian glanced at Cal. He turned and walked away into the house with his head low. She sighed sadly. Alec smiled in triumph secretly. Gillian turned back to him and said, "Alec, I need to talk to some old friends. Do you mind?"

Alec hesitated but nodded eventually. Gillian gave him a quick grin, turned, and almost ran over to the other side of the house, not wanting Alec or anyone to know she was going after Cal. Not that she would have minded if anyone thought that she was in love with the Cal Lightman, but she was married. She ran over and pulled open the back door of the house. Luckily no one was inside. Everyone was outside having the fun of their lives. She walked passed the living room, up the stairs, and came in front of Cal's room. She inhaled deeply. She wasn't sure that this was the right thing. She put her hand over the door nob. Talking to him will be better...right? She put her hand back down. But if she talked to him, maybe she'll somehow become closer to him... She put her hand back on. Alright. I'm going to do this. She turned the door nob and slowly opened the door so he didn't know she was coming in. Cal had his back turned to her and was looking at things on his laptop. He was sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Knock knock." she said quietly.

Cal glanced back. "Hey." He turned back to the computer.

Gillian closed the door behind her and silently walked over to him. She saw that Cal was looking at the office. On the screen, Eli was trying to balance a pencil on his nose. Ria came into the room, hit him on the back of the head and laughed as he yelped in surprise.

"They act like kids." Gillian said laughing softly.

Cal just nodded. Gillian sighed and sat next to him. They sat like that for a while, watching Eli and Ria fight. It was Cal who broke the silence.

"Wouldn't Alec be worried if you stayed this long?" He said with absolutely no emotion on his face.

Gillian didn't answer for a while. "What was that?"

Cal glanced at her. "What was what?"

"When...we almost kissed. Was it a joke?" She wasn't so sure what his emotions were.

Instead of answering, he said, "Did you know Alec was here?"

Gillian looked at him surprised. "N-no! Of course I didn't. How was I supposed to know he was there." She continued to look at him with unbelievable eyes.

"I don't know." Cal said plainly.

"Cal...I really don't know. And I'm sorry. I guess my dad invited him, you know my dad likes Alec." Gillian told him.

Cal kept his eyes on the screen. "You should get back darlin. They'll be looking for you." Cal said silently. He didn't now why but he was cursing Alec for being there. He didn't even know what led him to almost kiss Gillian.

Gillian nodded and stood up. "You come too. I don't want you to miss it." She replied warmly.

"In a few minutes."

Gillian left the door regretfully, leaving Cal in the silent, cold room all by himself.

-x-

Gillian went out of the house. Alec waved her over from the other side of the lawn. He smiled brightly at her. "So, everything alright?"

Gillian smiled at him. She didn't feel like it though. In fact smiling at Alec was the last thing she wanted to do. What she really wanted was to be back upstairs and with Cal. "Yea. Let's go to dad." was all she said before Alec put wrapped his hand around Gillian's, the way Cal and Gillian had, and led her across the lawn. How she wished that it was Cal's hand.

"Hi Carol! Happy birthday Greg!" Alec said with the broadest smile of all. Greg shook Alec's hand and smiled.

"Alec! Nice surprise!" He winked. Alec chuckled. He hugged Carol, who didn't seem that very much happy.

"Nice to see you Alec." She turned to Gillian. "Hon where's Cal? Is he still at the police office?"

Gillian shook her head as Alec passed her a drink. "No, actually he came back. I think he's inside though."

Carol made an 'o' shape. Gillian had a feeling that her mom would like Cal as a son in law. As fast as that odd thought came in her head, she shook it out. "How bout Vance?" Carol asked, pulling Gillian from her thoughts.

Right before Gillian could answer someone said from behind, "Right here." Vance came up from behind, scaring everyone. He gave a quick grin to Greg, mostly trying to ignore Greg's looks. Vance had changed and was now dressed in a plain shirt and jeans. He saw Alec and his eyes lit up brightly. "Alec!"

Alec smiled from ear to ear. "Vance!" They embraced in a bear hug. Gillian knew they were very close. They were almost like brothers...except the age difference. She remembered Cal...what was he going to say if he saw the two like this? Mad? Happy? Sad? She wasn't sure. She watched the two laugh and smiled sadly inwardly. She then saw, from the corner of her eyes, Cal coming out from the door.

Carol, who saw Gillian turn, yelled to Cal to come join them. She screamed it so loud, practically everyone heard her. Even if Cal wanted to avoid them, he didn't really have a choice. Everyone was looking. He took a deep breath and walked over to them. "Hi Carol. Alec." He nodded to him. "Happy birthday Greg." he said a little gloomy. He stood next to Vance and Carol, not wanting Gillian's family to get the wrong idea if he stood next to her. She flashed a micro expression of sadness when she felt him being distant.

"Thank you Cal." Greg replied.

"Cal," Alec started, "you on buisness here?"

Cal nodded. "On a case. With Vance and Gillian."

Alec seemed surprised. "Vance too?" He turned to him. "Really?"

"Yea."

"That's...something new." Alec ran his hand threw his hair.

Cal stared at him with his head tilted a little. All Gillian did as this happen, was stare at Cal. She suddenly realised that she was staring and turned to Alec.

"S-shouldn't you be going? I mean don't you have an important meeting you had to go to?"

"Gillian." Greg answered for Alec. "Don't be rude. I'm sure he has a good explanation why he could come here." Greg scolded.

"Greg's right, Gill. My meetings been postponed till next month or something. I get to spend time here with you!" Alec stated cheerfully with the goofiest smile on his face.

"Oh." Was all Gillian could say. She saw Cal stuffing his hands in his pockets and sighing.

"Em's here!" someone annouced from the back. It was Danny. He was holding a young woman's hand.

"Em! We missed you!" Carol said, hugging her. Cal thought over.

Vance leaned in to him and whispered, "Dan's wife." Cal nodded and thanked him.

"This is Cal." Alec said unexpectedly, surprising Cal. "He's Gillian's partner."

-x-

They all scattered into the house. Greg, Carol, Danny, Em, Gillian, Cal, Alec, Vance, and the kids. It was right after the party. They had a family dinner. Although Cal left uncomfortable and Vance tried to get out of it, Carol made sure everyone was there. It didn't end well though. Greg and Vance still wouldn't talk. It was...silent most of the time with the two. And as everyone left, Greg caught up with Vance who was heading out to his car. "Vance! Hold on!" Greg yelled. He had debated in his head whether or not to talk to Vance. He didn't want to be mad at him forever. Vance was like...a son to him. Or was. It just didn't make sense why he didn't talk to him earlier. He took a deep breath and continued.

Vance turned around sharply, his face stern. "Yea?"

Greg swallowed. He thought about what he had said to him the day Vance left to go back to L.A. and had no call every since. He knew it was wrong, and had no idea why those words came out of his mouth in such rage. The memory wasn't clear at all. But he did remember what he had said and the look on Vance's face afterwards. "Look. What I said...a while back. I didn't mean it. I was just..."

"...pissed?" Vance suggested.

"Yea." Greg looked at him. "I didn't mean it. I really didn't."

Vance thought about what Cal had said the other night, about talking to Greg. He didn't know if talking to Greg would be the best solution ever but he thought he should listen to Cal. He didn't know why...he just did. "I know." was all he said. He turned back around and started walking away to his car.

Greg ran over to him, grabbed his shoulder and turned him around. He stared at him in the eyes. "I'm not an idiot. I know you don't believe me when I say that. But I do." Vance had absolutely no idea why Greg was saying this to him right now.

Vance shook the hand off. "No I don't. I really don't. I don't care anymore alright?" Vance said a little rudely.

Greg shook his head. "I don't know why..."

"You don't know?" Vance asked first. "You don't know why you took Brandon's side without even hearing mine? You don't know why you said those things to me? You don't know!" He said, ending up yelling.

"No I don't!" Greg yelled in a just equal tone. "I really don't know what was going through my head at that point! I just had a bad day at work and when I saw you at the station I- I..."

"You what?"

"I panicked." Greg dropped his head. "I thought I was going to snap at you and say something I'll regret. So I only talked with Brandon. But I guess that ship has sailed."

Vance was silent. Greg looked up, his eyes watering. "You believe me now?" he asked silently.

Vance looked at him. His brows furrowed. "Y-yea..."

"For real?"

"Yea."

Greg hugged Vance. "I'm sorry. I should have listened. I just... I thought that if I didn't talk to you...I wouldn't snap."

Vance laughed humorlessly. "I guess that didn't work."

Greg nodded. "I guess it didn't."

-x-

From above in the house, Carol looked out and smiled at the two. They were back to normal. And from the second floor, Cal watched them too. He smiled but sadly. He sighed and stepped away from the window. Gillian was sitting at the desk and a pencil in her hand and writing. Her frown only increased with each word.

"Why don't you get some rest Luv?"

Gillian looked up and her frown dissapeared. "Hey. You feeling ok?"

Cal nodded. "Alec'll be worried. Better go." Cal smiled the best he could at the moment.

"Cal...I'm sorry."

"Why should you be Luv?"

"I really have no idea that Alec was here." Gillian said with guilt in her voice.

Cal stared at her and pulled her in for a hug. "Would you believe me if I said that I love you?"

Gillian froze. Cal pulled her at an arms length and studied her face. "Well? Would you?"

"I-I...don't know."

Cal nodded. "Well you should know that. As a friend of course." Cal finished with a twist.

Gillian looked disappointed. "Oh." That last part, she wasn't expecting. "Yea. Of course." She smiled.