TV Shows: Moonlight, Lie to Me

Setting: Los Angeles and Washington DC

Time Period: Present Day

Pairings: Mick St. John/Beth Turner, Cal Lightman/Gillian Foster

Other Characters: Josef Kostan, Coraline Duvall (mentioned), Ben Talbot, Eli Loker, Ria Torres, Ben Reynolds, Emily Lightman, Zoe Landau

Mick's POV…

Mick St. John groaned when his alarm went off that morning. He rolled over to snap the snooze button before forcing himself out of his freezer. He showered and headed out to start his day. The first place he stopped was Josef's office, "Morning Josef."

"Morning Mick," said Josef, "Any plans for today? With Blondie perhaps?"

"Nope. Don't have any plans as of right now. Other than meeting Beth for lunch," said Mick.

"Don't you have other things to do with your girlfriend than watch her eat?" asked Josef, "Like you know?"

"Josef it's not all about sex," said Mick.

"Of course it's about sex. Everything's about sex," said Josef, "Want a drink."

"No actually I just got a text from Beth," said Mick, "See you later."

Mick drove over to Buzzwire in record time. He headed down the hall to the news room where Beth was, "Morning honey."

"Morning Mick," she answered pecking him on the lips, "How was your night?"

"Terrible because you weren't with me," he said, "What are you working on?"

"I have the lead on a new story about a robbery of funds in the government," answered Beth touching the hand on her shoulder.

"The state government?" asked Mick.

"No, the national government," she answered, "Trillions of dollars has just disappeared."

Mick raised an eyebrow and said, "Sounds like a case for me to take on?"

"Always sticking your nose in everyone else's business," said Beth standing up, "But I do have to go to Washington DC for this story. Care to tag along and help?"

"Would I ever Ms. Turner," said Mick kissing her, "Who's working on the case with you?"

"The FBI as well as a group of deception experts, The Lightman Group," answered Beth.

"Deception experts?" asked Mick.

"Yeah they're psychologists who can detect when people are lying," said Beth.

"In the government, that's everyone," joked Mick, "But it doesn't sound like a bad idea."

"So I can I trust you'll be ready to leave in an hour?" asked Beth.

"Less than that," said Mick heading home to pack, "Love you!"

"Love you too," shouted Beth after him.

Cal's POV….

"Foster, you have any more information on that robbery in the government?" asked Cal.

"Not as of right now. Everyone's doing their best to track down information but a lot of it's encrypted so we're having trouble accessing it," Gillian answered.

"Come on. If a nobody can access, so can we?" joked Cal putting his hands on her shoulders.

"Cal, we're deception experts not computer experts," laughed Gillian.

"I know love. Just frustrated that's all," he said, "And on top of that, I have to pick up some blond reporter, Beth Turner, from the airport later."

"Who?" asked Gillian looking up from the screen.

"Someone who's doing news report on the story. She's also supposed to be helping us solve the case," said Cal.

"Do you want me to come with you?" asked Gillian, "I mean until we can gain access to the files I have nothing better to do other than payroll," she said sauntering over to Cal, "And you know how much I love doing payroll."

"About as much as I'd like seeing another guy hit on my girlfriend," laughed Cal and kissed her. Gillian smiled and gratefully accepted it, "Well their plane gets in at 2 PM. You ready to go love?"

"Let me just let Loker and Torres know where we are and then I'll be ready," she answered.

Cal waited for her in her office while she let the two of them know where Cal and she were. She reappeared a few minutes later, "You ready handsome?" she asked grabbing her jacket and purse.

Cal nodded, "Let's go get this case solved love."

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