The baseball will be back later, but when the stress of Dependency Theory got to me, I took the edge off by typing a little CZ love, you know, for a fix. Hopefully I can still finish in time.

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"But it's true!"

"Not everyone thinks the same. Behaviours differ all over the world."

"That may be true, but there are some gestures that are universal, made more so by the globalisation process, migration and shared meanings."

"That is not necessarily true."

"Actually yes it is."

"Hey, hey, hey!" Cam came in, breaking up Zach and Jack's heated debate. They looked at her, their faces showing that they were just waiting for her to leave the room so they could go again, "What's the fighting for?"

"He started it!" Zach pointed at Jack, "He said that a full-bodied hug could be interpreted all over the world to mean close intimate relationship or romantic interest."

"It can't?" Cam asked, wondering how the heck they had found time to be arguing about trivialities when they all had work to do. The Idol in the Parking Lot case wasn't going to solve itself.

"He shouldn't make such a statement if he cannot account for everybody in the world! In some cultures, there is no such thing as personal space. In the Middle East for example people speak in close proximity," Zach argued.

"What prompted this argument may I ask?" Cam folded her arms.

Jack grinned, "Dr. Watson hit on Zach."

Cam gaped, "Huh?"

"She gave me a hug this morning, the type that is usually used to convey sexual interest," Zach sounded a little distressed.

Ignoring the way the word 'sexual' sounded when Zach said it, Cam decided that solving this little thing would get the J and Z Dream Team back on track without distraction faster that sheer bullying.

"How exactly did she hug you? Show me," Cam said.

"Like this," Zach stepped forward and put his arms around Cam, pulling her closer and pressing her to him.

"And then she went like this,"

He trailed his hands down her back slowly and pulled her even closer.

"Ohhh," Cam mumbled, "She did all that?"

"Yes," Zach let her go and stepped away, "Do you think I should be concerned?"

"Umm…" Cam saw Dr. Watson walking into her peripheral vision. The lady was twice Cam's age and a little nutty. But she wasn't the type that Cam thought would hit on guys. She was perhaps being overly friendly.

"So how should she have hugged you?" she asked as Dr. Watson moved away again.

"More...like this,"

He held her again, this time without that much pressure and for a shorter time. Cam wondered if she should be worried about the fact that she just inhaled his shoulder.

"Okay... I don't see the big difference." she told him.

"There is," Zach assured her, "One is more platonic, like this."

He hugged her again.

"And one is more intimate, like this."

He squeezed her to him and ran his hands to the small of her back once more. Cam couldn't catch her breath till he let her go.

"Mmm..." she played dumb, putting on a confused frown and scratching her temple, "I still don't see the difference. Show me again."

"Oookay," Jack butt in, "I think we should go back to work. Dr. Watson will be coming back for her lab results soon, Zach."

"I hope she doesn't hug me again," Zach sighed.

Jack led Zach away, shooting a glance over his shoulder back at Cam.

...

Lucky Cam. I want a Zach hug too!

(pouts)

It makes me just wanna...run off to wherever they're holding Zach, lock him in a closet and put some smooching on him...

Did I say that out loud?

(Puts on some dark sunnies and hides from the press)