1

"And then he did the cutest thing."

I try to pick up on what Teresa says to Kim but the bullpen is bustling so I don't get to hear about the cutest thing. Only Teresa's claim that whatever he did indeed qualified.

I'm thinking, Kim, please don't say "Awww" and of course, Kim says "Awww" and I know for sure that whoever this Marcus Pike is, he does cute cute things.

Douche.

Lisbon met him at a crime scene yesterday and has talked of nothing else since.

"Oh, and then he did something unbelievable."

Once again, she's whispering in Kim's ear.

And I'm praying, Kim, please don't gasp, and naturally, Kim gasps. So I guess the guy was not only cute but also unbelievable in the span of the five minutes Lisbon spent at that crime scene.

2

Then it arrives.

A messenger brings it in. Direct from the freezer section of your local Carvel, CookiePuss.

Who sends a woman he just met an ice cream cake for forty?

Especially one with so unfortunate a name?

Lisbon spends the next hour hauling it from desk to desk, proudly doling it out to the entire second floor.

I'm not eating Lisbon's Cookie Puss, I'll tell you that much.

3

The phone call comes mid-morning.

Lisbon says "Hello." Then she says "Tee-hee-tee-hee-tee-hee" for the next ten minutes.

She hangs up and swaggers over to Kim's desk with her lips pressed shut and her cheeks puffed out as if she's got a mouthful of water she's about to spit all over poor Fischer.

This is her "I've got a secret" look.

Wonder what her secret is?