You guys are all a laugh. Especially with that spoiler joke (yikes!) and the flaming omelette. I'm back home now, and thanks for volunteering to come visit. As long as no weapons of mass destruction.
Tati your avatar is fantastic.
Yelina thought it was the worse possible day she could be having. She had started out late from the house, Matt had kicked a fuss, threw his breakfast on her and the floor, leaving his mother to clean up the mess. By the time she had cleaned herself up and got Matt out of the door she was half an hour late, and to make matters worse, it had started to rain.
Navigating the roads through the driving rain was hard, but fortunately, Matt had stopped fussing and was sitting contentedly in his car seat. The rain made visibility poor and Yelina drove at snail's pace. All of a sudden the car sputtered to a halt. Yelina slammed her palm on the steering wheel, bitting her lip to prevent the escape of an explitive from her mouth.
She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. She was still a distance away from Matt's daycare, and she didn't think she'd want to brave the rain to try getting a cab. She thought for a moment, before reaching for her cellphone and calling her brother-in-law. (Author's nore: Conditioned reflex would make us think she's calling H, but she's calling Ray
) As she hung up she picked Matt up fro his car seat. The boy smiled. And mother and son played a little game of tickle me to pass the time. By the time Raymond got to them, Yelina had given Matt his bottle and was gently rocking the boy for his morning nap.
They got into Ray's car. The rain had died down and the journey to daycare was uneventful. Ray dropped Yelina off at PD before heading for a case. It was late morning before Yelina finally made it to her desk. She sighed and sat down on her chair. Her gaze rested on a photograph of Horatio and herself and she began to miss him already. He had been gone almost a week now but he called her every night, telling her how he couldn't wait to get home.
Her thoughts were interupted by someone stopping by her desk.
"Yelina. It's been a long time." Rick Stetler said.
"Not long enough." Yelina muttered. She forced a polite smile and looked at Rick. "Hi Rick, what can I do for you?"
"I heard Horatio's out of town." Rick said.
"Yeah." Yelina replied, not wanting to devulge much details.
"Well, for what it's worth, I still think you look great." Rick said.
Yelina held his gaze but didn't reply.
"If you ever get sick of Horatio, I'm still available." Rick continued.
"I don't think I'd ever get sick of him." Yelina said. "If you have nothing else, I have a case to get to."
"Was good seeing you again." Rick said, as he turned his back to leave.
Yelina sighed again. She could imagine what Horatio would say if she told him about what Rick said, to keep his eyes off his wife. Then he would tease Yelina that she had to expect this from other men because she was so attractive. She smiled to herself from having the imaginary conversation with her husband. Yelina felt better already. She picked up the file on her desk and walked to the interogation room, where a suspect awaited.
