Kacytober: October 8: Moon
Kate and Lucy were sitting on their bench waiting for their coffee orders.
Lucy had something she wanted to talk about and she knew Kate could tell.
“Kate…I…” Lucy was interrupted by Kate’s phone alerting her to an incoming message.
Kate pulls out her phone and looks up apologetically.
“I have to head back to the office. Looks like we might have a break in our case.”
“Okay we’ll put a pin in this.” Lucy responds, understanding how things are in their line of work.
“How about we grab lunch together? I’ll come by the bullpen and pick you up around 12:30?” Kate asks hopefully.
“That sounds great.” Lucy replies with a smile.
Kate stands up, leans over and kisses Lucy and then departs.
Sometime later Lucy’s at her desk when she hears the bullpen door open. She looks up and sees Kate enter. She glances at the time on her computer and her eyes widen. 12:45pm. She’s been busy with her case so didn’t realize it was time to meet Kate.
“Hey you.” She greets warmly.
“Hey. I know we’re both super busy so I picked up a couple of sandwiches.” Kate said lifting the sandwiches in to view.
Lucy notes they are from her favourite sandwich place.
“Yes!!! Let’s go into the conference room and eat.” Lucy gets up from her chair and leads the way.
Lucy opens the door, waits for Kate to enter and then closes the door behind them.
As they get situated in their seats Kate hands Lucy’s sandwich to her.
They open their sandwiches and eat a couple of bites in silence.
“How’s your case going?” Lucy asks, breaking the silence.
“It’s a work in progress. But I know that’s not what you want to talk about.” Kate prods.
Lucy sits back in her chair. She knows she’s been a little distracted since she received the phone call yesterday.
She puts her sandwich down.
“Yesterday I got a call that kind of caught me off guard and I’ve been trying to figure out how to talk to you about it.” She admits.
“You can tell me anything Lucy. It will be okay.” Kate assures.
Lucy gives Kate a soft smile.
“That call yesterday was from…”
Just then the door swings open and Ernie barrels in.
“Lucy I got a line on your suspect’s last known location!”
Lucy looks at Ernie and then turns to Kate.
“We’ll talk later. I’ll see you at home after work.” Kate says.
Lucy nods and then gets up and is about to follow Ernie out the door.
“Take your sandwich. You don’t want to be hangry this afternoon.” Kate advises with a grin.
“Always looking out for me…and the team.” Lucy says affectionately as she picks up the sandwich and follows Ernie to his lair.
She and Kate didn’t have much time to talk during the rest of the work day.
Lucy ends up at Kate’s apartment first. She lets herself in with her key and places her keys and bag on the table as she manoeuvres around the apartment.
She hears the message alert on her phone. She picks up her phone and sees the message is from Kate.
Kate indicates she’s going to be home late and for Lucy to make herself at home.
Lucy changes into her pjs and then thinks about making dinner. Instead she moves past the kitchen and heads out on to the balcony. The plan is to rest for a few minutes before cooking but she ends up nodding off.
She hears a noise in the apartment and wakes up with a start. It’s dark out now and there is a full moon. She turns to investigate what woke her up and notices that Kate is back.
Kate steps up to the balcony door.
“Hey I took a chance and picked up a pizza on the way home. I’m just going to get changed and then we can eat. Feel free to start before me if you’re starving.”
“I’ll wait for you my love.” Lucy states and notices a slight blush on Kate’s face as she heads to her bedroom.
Lucy stands up and stares at the moon almost as if mesmerized. Really she’s thinking about that phone call.
“Penny for your thoughts.” Kate’s gentle voice comes a few minutes later.
Lucy turns to look at her and watches as Kate settles in to one of the chairs, ready to listen to Lucy.
Lucy sits in her usual chair and starts speaking.
“That call yesterday was from my mom. She said her and my dad are going to be on the island for some meetings next month and they want to see me. I wish my parents were the type of people who would be happy to meet the person I’m dating and I want to introduce you to them but I know what they are like and I don’t want to subject you to that.” Lucy admits.
“I love how protective you are Lucy amongst many other things I love about you. I’m a big girl and can take whatever they can dish out.” Kate asserts.
“You shouldn’t have to!” Lucy exclaims.
Kate gets up and kneels down in front of Lucy.
“No…neither of us should have to but I know you’d do the same for me because we love each other and want to look out for each other. Lucy, I’d like to be there for you but if you prefer to go alone then that’s fine. I’ll support whatever you want to do.”
Lucy leans her forehead on Kate’s.
“Absolutely.” Kate states with conviction.
“Okay, then you’re meeting my parents next month.”
“Can’t wait.” Kate says smiling.
“I love you.” Lucy says quietly.
Kate pats Lucy’s knee and stands up.
“Come on. Let’s go have our cold pizza dinner.” Kate says as she pulls her up.
“That’s an offer a girl can’t refuse.” Lucy replies grinning.
“Oh I’ll have some more interesting offers after dinner.” Kate promises with a wink.
Lucy follows Kate to the dining table to enjoy their meal and then some more exciting activities after dinner.
