We had to wait until the next day before we could question those women so Damian wanted to go over the evidence with me at home. He rolled out a large dry erase board and pulled out a marker, "so what do we have so far?" I rubbed my chin, "a women's size 7 boot, five fingerprints from five different women, a needle mark on the victim's neck, seven stab wounds in the victim's back, and post mortem strangulation." He wrote all that on the board and even put the pictures of the women on the board. "Do any of these women scream at you?" I shook my head, "no because they are just pictures." He slumped his shoulders and rolled his eyes, " you know what I mean." I laughed at him. "Good one, Cas," Ace cackled at my punny joke. But as I looked at the women, only one of them seemed familiar to me. She had long black hair, her straight bangs were a dark teal, dark green eyes, and a cold look. I couldn't shake the feeling that I knew her. But my thoughts on her were interrupted when I received a text. "Who is it?" Damian asked curiously. "It's Kayla, she wants to know if it's cool with you if she came over to hang out." He shrugged, "I don't mind at all, I'd like to meet her and let her know that yes I am hot." I shook my head at him and gave Kayla the address, "please don't tell her that. It will only fuel her."
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Kayla knocked at our door with such enthusiasm that I thought she was going to break it. I opened it cautiously because I didn't know how she would react to seeing me. She hadn't changed after nine years. Her skin was dark olive, her hair was jet black and wavy, and her clothes were still in the bohemian style that she loves. I let Kayla in Damian's house and she demanded a tour of the place. "Wait, so he is sleeping on the couch and you are in his bed?" Kayla looked confused, "why?" Damian nudged me with his elbow, "well that might change." I playfully punched his arm, "you have never asked to sleep in your bed with me." "Can I sleep in my bed tonight then?" I shook my head, "nope, Chloe sleeps with me." He was baffled, "how much room can a tiny dog take?" I grinned, "she uses the other half of the bed." He rolled his eyes, "yea right." Kayla giggled at us, "you two bicker like a married couple already." We both turned red and looked away from each other. "If he ever asked you to be his girlfriend then that might happen in the future but he just keeps beating around the bush," Ace had a devilish grin again. Kayla and Damian sat on the couch. "Hey anyone hungry? I'll order us a pizza or two with how Cas eats," Kayla always jokes about me eating too much. "Yea two sounds good, I eat more pizza than Cas does," he just straight up lied to her, he eats like two or three and I eat the rest. Does he not like her jokingly insulting me? "Well while you order I'll grab us a few beers," I turned to go to the kitchen. Damian stood up from the couch, "I'll help you pick them out."
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When we got to the kitchen he grabbed my shoulder and turned me around, "Cas, I think Kayla wants me." I cocked my head at him, "what makes you say that? The way she keeps looking at you, her joking about how we like each other but we are not a couple, and her wanting to be next to you the whole time-" My face went bloodshot red as I saw Damian's smile. "Did you just say that we like each other?" I shook my head frantically from embarrassment. He nodded with a huge smile on his face, "yes you did." "No, I didn't. You're hearing things." "Then why is your face so red Cas?" I could not hide my red face with my bangs anymore so I stuck my head in the fridge real quick, "I don't know what you're talking about I'm just looking for beer." I felt a light tug on my waist and the next thing I knew I was facing Damian and I was inches away from his face. "This whole time I thought you were joking when you were flirting with me, I was hoping that you liked me but you never acted like it. I thought I was stuck in the friend zone," he whispered the last part lightly and his breath tickled my lips. I shook my head, "none of them were jokes, I thought that you were joking with me because I thought no one could ever like someone like-" Before I could finish my sentence he pressed his lips against mine, his lips were soft and warm, as the seconds passed I closed my eyes to enjoy my very first kiss. He pulled back from the kiss and then placed his forehead against mine, "as long as I am with you I don't want those words to escape those gorgeous lips." I nodded, "o-ok." After a few more seconds like that he let go of me and reached past me to get the beers.
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The rest of the night was kind of exciting, though not as exciting as that kiss. We mostly sat on the couch, I sat in between Kayla and Damian, he had his arm around my shoulders. Kayla kept talking about high school, I realized that I had some good memories from high school. "Remember when that one kid got his pants pulled down during a pep rally?" I laughed and then took a sip of my beer, "yea, I still don't know why they picked on him all the time." Kayla took a very big sip of her beer, she has already gone through three, "well that kid is a billionaire now." I raised my brow, "you're kidding?" She shook her head, "no, Mr. Jacob Benson is a billionaire now. And I remember that he had the biggest crush on you." Damian squeezed his arm around me, "well that Jacob guy is nine years too late in my book." I smiled up at him, "yeah." Kayla ended up being too drunk to leave that night, so she slept on the couch and Damian slept with me and Chloe in his bed. He had his arm up on the pillow staring at me. "What?" I asked him, kind of embarrassed to be sharing a bed with him. He just smiled, "I'm just glad I finally got the guts to kiss you." I took my pillow and hit him in the face with it, "shut up ya turd." He plopped himself onto me and began to fake snore. I couldn't breathe, "get off!"
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The next morning I made sure that I woke up before everyone else because for some reason I just did not trust Kayla by herself near our stuff, I guess I've just never trusted anyone like that. Especially someone that after nine years she decides to fall into my life. I sat down in the recliner next to the couch and sipped on some freshly made tea. It was nearing 7 AM so I knew that Damian would be getting up by himself soon, so after he gets up he can get Kayla out, and then we can have a normal morning. I heard our door open and Chloe came running out and tackled me with her little body. "Good morning my little black fluff ball," she licked my chin and neck happily, "did you sleep well?" Damian trudged into the living room and scratched the back of his head groggily, "do I have to go to work?" I raised my voice, "yes! We still have a murderer to catch." He waved me off and went into the kitchen. "I'm glad that Kayla is a heavy sleeper, I don't think anyone else could sleep through your yelling," Thorn said crudely. After I raised my voice Kayla seemed to wake up, "what time is it?" "You spoke too soon," Ace sighed. I furrowed my brow, "it's 7 AM." She yawned, "oh, well do you mind if I sleep off this hangover?" Damian peeked around the corner and all four of us said in unison, "no!" She raised her hands, "ok I get it. You'll need to get ready for the day. So I'll just show myself out." But of course, before she completely exited through the front door she turned around with a wink and said, "Cas I want all the juicy details later." I threw a couch pillow at the door as she shut it. Damian came into the room with his cup of coffee, "she is so not coming back to hang out again anytime soon."
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When we arrived at the station the chief had a board up. "She stole my idea," Damian said with a pouty look on his face. I snickered, "all detectives do it, you just wanted your own." "Hers is much larger though," said Thorn. "That's what he said!" Ace cackled like a hyena. The chief pointed at me while she was talking to the other officers and detectives. "I think she wants you, honey," he gave me a little shove forward. As I walked over to the chief she put her arm around me, "so we are going to be questioning the suspects on the board but if you can find out any information on the victims or the suspects please give it to Castiel." So she has got everyone on the case, I guess the station did the same thing once my body count got this high too. After the briefing, one of the officers came up to me and offered me a box of donuts. I took a chocolate-covered one, "thank you." Damian set his coat on the back of his chair and held his arm out towards the questioning rooms, "Lance will be questioning one of the girls, Lance's partner will question another, I get one of them to question, the chief is taking one, and then you get the last one." "Which one is that?" "The girl with the black hair." Oh no, that girl that gives me a weird feeling. I don't know what it is about that girl but I'm gonna try to figure it out while I question her.
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