Catch me if you can

1 day down, 516 to go

"Because I have a girlfriend." Lucy snapped, her eyes widening the second after it left her lips.

Lauren felt her face fall slack, her hands instantly moving off the table and into her lap.

"What?"

"I... I have a girlfriend. Who I love. But you- I- it was a moment of weakness." Lucy stammered.

"Then why did you kiss me?" Lauren asked, her jaw clenched.

"I don't know. You were going to prison and I couldn't stop it. I just... I got emotional." Lucy muttered with a sigh.

"Luce... it's okay." Lauren said with a soft smile.

"But-"

"I get it. I really do. And you're right; me and you, we didn't work out. And I will forever be grateful for your friendship. Nothing's gonna ruin that." Lauren said firmly.

"I.. me too Laur." Lucy said with a smile.

"But you do need to tell your girlfriend." Lauren said, raising an eyebrow and pursing her lips. "Or I'll find out her number and tell her myself."

"I know." Lucy whispered.

The room fell silent before there was a knock on the door and Beckett walked in.

"Visitation's over Jauregui. Let's go." Lauren nodded and stood up.

"Good luck Luce." She said brightly, dragging her hand over Lucy's shoulder as she passed her.

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"They're up to something. I can feel it." Camila said as she got into her car. Ally looked up from her phone at the slam of the door.

"I had Becky tail them. They stopped outside some fancy high rise; too many businesses to pick from." Ally ran her hand through her hair as Camila started the car.

"Looks like a day trip to Manhattan then." Camila groaned and pulled out of the prison parking lot.

"Are you really going to visit her everyday?" Ally asked. They'd been driving in silence for the past twenty minutes and the traffic was playing havoc on Camila's patience.

"Yep. Until she gives me her main suppliers or slips up enough to reveal how she's fucking doing it all." Camila growled quietly. Ally nodded, staring out her window for a second.

"And if she doesn't? And you've wasted 18 months on her?" Ally asked cautiously.

"Then I'll know her better than anyone and I'll go tell the 99 everything I know." Camila replied with a grimace.

"So you'll drop the case? Taylor won't pay, and the Jauregui's have got some serious cash. You know blackbear would go batshit right?"

"Then he'll either fire me or get over it." Camila huffed. "It's not like I'm only taking this one case in the entire 18 months. It's more like a background project."

"Well Becky said we've got a meeting tomorrow with some woman; thinks her boyfriend's cheating."

"She say that?"

"Becky said she had that look. And I trust her instincts, she's been a PI's secretary for too long to not recognise the people." Ally laughed. She pointed to a building and Camila pulled to a stop outside it.

"I'll go poke around. You keep the car running here."

"Oh no missy." Ally said, scrambling out the car before Camila could. She leaned down and grinned. "I'm going to ask the questions. You sit here and do nothing."