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I'd give anything again to be your baby doll.

Lou ignored the man completely as he turned back to Catherine and said: "You're kidding me?" Catherine sighed and answered: "Lou… Just… Go sit down inside. Please?"

Lou's face was filled with disbelief and rage, yet he answered positively to Catherine's question and walked into her living room, not giving McQuaid any more attention. Catherine turned back to Viggo, who was still quite stunned as to what had just happened. "I guess I should leave?"

Catherine smiled and ran a hand through her hair as she said: "Yeah…. You should. But… Just for the record. I'm not cheating on Lou with you. He and I… We're not dating. Well, not anymore at least. It's kind of complicated."

"Yeah, I kind of figured something like that." Viggo put on his jacket again before continuing. "It was lovely meeting you and spending time with you, Catherine. I hope to… Work with you again, in the future." He smiled, and both knew that work wasn't what he initially wanted to say. She nodded and replied: "Yes, me too."

After letting Viggo out without any other words, she quickly moved herself to the living room, where Lou was waiting for her on the couch, impatiently tapping his fingers on his leg.

"You want something to drink?" Catherine was doubting between sitting next to him or on the chair next to him. She settled for the last one as he said: "I'd rather have an explanation."

Catherine sighed and said: "Well… I told you I was going on a date."

"Oh, so first dates now mean having sex as well?"

"Lou, stop that! You're being so unfair now. What was I supposed to do then? You kept drifting further and further away from me, I honestly didn't even think you wanted to be with me anymore. And then I saw you with the blonde…. You could've told me it was your niece when we talked, you know."

Lou had to admit to himself that not telling her about his niece was kind of a nasty trick. Guess his jealousy had been taking over a bit as well… "That's not the point, Cath… I just don't get why you're telling me that, supposedly, you're not as important to me as I am to you, yet you're the one sleeping with another man!"

Catherine's head started throbbing and she massaged her temple for a bit as she said: "I'm not gonna yell about this, Lou. What do you want to hear from me? That I'm sorry for sleeping with McQuaid? 'Cause… Well, maybe I am, in some way, because apparently it's bothering you and that bothers me, but as far as I know, we're not dating. And may I add that it was you who made that decision, not me."

He had to admit that he had no right being upset with Catherine. She was right; they weren't dating. Lou couldn't help it though. The thought of Catherine with another man made him cringe.

"I just want you to be honest." "Well, that is completely out of context…" Now Catherine was getting angry. Him referring back to their fight that caused them falling apart in the first place bothered her a lot. "Why do you always feel like bringing that up when we're having an argument? I already told you that I am sorry about that and how I feel about it. What else do you want me to say? How have I not been honest with you lately?"

She got up, obviously pissed, and walked into the kitchen, away from Lou and away from the argument they were having. It wasn't making sense. How was he trying to pin the not-being-honest card on her again after she was actually trying to be honest?

It took a while for Lou to follow her, knowing he wasn't being fair with her. He placed his hand on her shoulder, happy she didn't flinch, as he said: "I'm sorry, Cath. I just don't get it… You're telling me I'm so important to you, next minute you're sleeping with someone else. Your words don't tell me the same thing your actions do."

"I think you should go."

The ice cold tone of Catherine's voice took Lou by surprise as she turned around and looked him into his eyes. "Wait… What? We're talking…"

"No, you're talking about everything I do wrong and I have to listen to it and defend myself over and over again. I'm done with that. If you're not even able to try and believe the things I'm telling you… What's the point? I'm sorry that I hurt you…. But you were not exactly giving me the idea you were interested in ever getting back together with me.. Sorry… Sorry for trying to move on. Not that I would even able to, but I tried. And… Just for the record… That guy, McQuaid… He would never ever be any competition for you. No one could." She walked away after those words, knowing she would start getting emotional if she would stay and talk any longer.

Lou let Catherine walk away, startled by her words. Catherine pouring her heart out was something Lou barely saw. It touched him, and he knew he hadn't been actually nice to her for weeks. Not until he found out she was going out on a date, knowing she was trying to move on. Knowing she was trying to forget about him even though she didn't want to. Lou was confusing himself and it bothered him. He'd come to Catherine's house that evening to tell her he loved her and wanted to try and make things work. How did they end up fighting again? He wanted to go upstairs and apologize, but he knew he would get fired up about something at some point. Stupid jealousy. Why was he so jealous? Instead of going upstairs to Catherine, Lou decided to leave, while wondering how he was able to control his jealousy instead of it causing trouble every single time when he talked to Catherine.

The two did a pretty good job of avoiding each other the next few days. Catherine because she tried to block the man out of her head, Lou because he tried to find a solution to make things right with Catherine. When D.B Russell handed Catherine an assignment saying she would meet detective Vartann on the crime scene though, Catherine knew her job of avoiding Lou would be impossible. She grabbed her assignment with a sigh, knowing the next couple of hours would be hard.

Lou spotted Catherine on the crime scene before she'd spotted him. She looked flawless. As usual. Tight jeans, a purple top and sunglasses on. Simple, yet so beautiful. The huge effort he'd put in avoiding Catherine vanished when she approached him. He wanted to be with her so bad. "Hey." She took off her sunglasses and gave him a small smile. Lou was glad she didn't ignore him. "Hey. The victim's a twenty-year old female, Ellen Birmain. She's from New York, according to her passport. Friends called the police yesterday after she didn't come back to their hotel after going to a party with a man she'd met in the hotel gym. A jogger found her here."

Catherine nodded and took a look around the place. The small river was almost dry since there barely had been rain these last few months, and it was a rare place for people to come. "How did the jogger find her?" She moved around the body and looked at the bruises on her face as Lou said: "He.. He needed to pee. He decided to get into the bushes, away from the path, when he saw her foot." Catherine again nodded, trying to ignore the man next to her as good as possible. But he looked good. So good. "Okay. So, you should go talk to her friends, see if they can give some information about that man Ellen was with." Catherine got up again to face him as she spoke and he nodded. "Yeah. Anything else?" She shook her head.

Their eyes locked for a moment, both enchanted with the other's eyes and the closeness. "Catherine…."

She could sense he was trying to talk to her about something other than work and she shook her head. Their bodies were almost touching as she whispered: "Don't. We'll… We'll talk later if you want to, okay?"

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