Surprise [Lindsay]

I had a day off and i had just finished all the things i wanted to do. Which also included cleaning my place a bit.. i had to do that already for a long time. And now that i had a day off it was a great time to do that finally. I was just on my way to grab something to drink when i heard a knock on the door. I wondered for a moment, who could that be? But then headed to open the door and when i did i was surprised to find Haylen.

"Heey Haylen" I said with a smile. She was great co-worker and now friend, I was glad she joined our team/family. She was sweet and always there for you. I had helped her when she was new, since i knew how it was.. But i gotta admit that she did even better that I.

"Come on in!" I said with a smile. I was glad to see her, i needed some rest after cleaning up. So what's better than having a great friend over for some coffee and cookies? Awesome idea!

I stepped aside so Haylen could come on in and closed the door behind her. "How are you?" I asked her curiously. I haven't seen her today yet - as anyone else of the team.

I watched her taking her jacket off when she told me that Mac rewarded her too with a day off. Well i think she more than deserved that once.. She worked really hard for the job.

"Yeah you certainly did and im happy i just cleaned up. Normally it's such a mess here, but i guess that comes with the job" I said smiling back. "And you deserve a day off with your hard working".

I listened to her and then headed for the kitchen to get two cups. "I totally understand what you mean." I said over my shoulder. I got back to the living room with 2 cups. "I have the same problem with Danny and Lucy.." I said to her admitting. "I wanna work with Danny but at the other hand i want us to spent time with Lucy. One day i work and Danny is at home with Lucy, and the other day i at home and Danny working." I said sitting down onto the couch and setting the cups on the table. I waited for Haylen to sit down too.

I chuckled when i heard her reply. The idea is indeed funny. "No he isn't mean at all, he thinks about us. The problem is that you can't always do that with this job, and it's hard to choose what you should do.. But we figure it all out" I said with a smile, then filling the two cups. When i handed her one i said "And Mac has a big heart, trust me", with a smile.

"Thank you" i said with a shy smile. I really appreciate it when people tell us that Lucy is lucky, or thats she's great. We really try to be great parents for her, no matter how hard it is. And Haylen was an amazing friend, i was really glad she had joined us. I had a great feeling when i was with her, like i had with Stella. That i could tell her everything and that she would be there for me when i needed her, and so would I. I mean of course i had been a newbie too, so i knew how it was for her.. But she's in one word amazing. And im glad she suprised me with this visit.

"You paint right?" I asked her, changing the topic. "I saw your work, it was really great!"

I listened to Haylen with a smile. "Oh yeah i remember that one! I would love to see that painting finished" I told her honestly.

I took a sip of the coffee that she brought and listened to her again. I just couldn't stop my smile when she talked about all the pictures. It was true Mac had a picture in his office of Lucy, his one and only goddaughter. It was really cute though, even if he didn't like hearing it.

"She's at the kinder garden now, I'll bring her to the lab soon, okay? I'm sure that's fine with Mac. And the picture in his office" I couldn't help but chuckle. "It's cute, isn't it? I guess he's really proud of his goddaughter".

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I smiled about what she said. Yeah Lucy just fitted in perfectly in the team, being loved by every single one. Just as Haylen though, she fitting in perfectly too.
Suddenly i wondered how it was to always clean up crime scenes, if some times there happened something weird or crazy.

"Thank you" I said with a proud smile. I really was happy about Lucy.

"Hey, you clean up crime scenes too right? I wondered, do you have some great stories about things that happened during clean up? I know this sounds weird, but i just wondered" I said making a fool out of myself. I think my curiosity just took the lead, haha.

She smiled at my question, i was glad she did though. I remembered the case where she found a fingerprint in the lift. I would pay gold to see Adams face when he heard it.
She told me about the cat, which made me laugh.

"Cats! They always seem to drop by at the wrong times! It has happened me also a couple times, there were also good times though. Cats accidently reveling secrets we came looking for" I said remembering some cases.

I listened to her other story. She also had a cat reveling some evidence. See? Cats could be very helpful sometimes. I didn't have anything with cats, I dunno it wasn't really my thing.. cats. Besides that with Lucy around I didn't need a cat to, or cuddle with or watch at the whole time.

"See? It's not so bad to have a cat after all, even though it's not really my thing" I said with a chuckle.

Haylen was right, with this job we were actually not able to have pets. Cause we just would have to less time to give it some attention.. And a job at home, sometimes i dreamed about it. How easy it would be, and just spend the whole day with Lucy.. until she has to go to school of course. But at the other hand, i loved this job and i was doing it together with my husband. Not many partners have the same job AND work together on the same case. Oh what were we actually lucky.

"Yeah, she's way more exciting than a cat" I said with a smile. "But she also needs a LOT more attention and special care, but luckily i also have Danny" I added.

I couldnt help but smile too. "Yeaah, actually he's her favorite. And i understand that it's hard to imagion, but that's the same with Danny if you knew how he was." I said remembering the past for a moment. "But indeed, she's growing so fast! But i don't think she minds at all"