Trooper Station: Wednesday

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Dale is cheerfully whistling his way through his paperwork as he sucks down his fifth cup of coffee for the day and munches on his third doughnut.

Despite the change in locale and the influx of ponies over the weekend, life in the office is quiet and peaceful.

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At some point during the day, a delivery of blue flowers (http://products.proflowers.com/flowers/20blueiris-1806?ref=organicgglgeneric&pagesplit=SplitA&catid=ProductSearch) showed up at the station with a card:

"To Dale (and Ralph):

For the wonderful weekend and to bring a nice color to the station.

I said I would, didn't I?

♥, C."

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"No, Ralph," Dale said with a sigh as the trooper tried to take them from his desk. "They're for me. Don't look at me that way, I'm the one who was with her this weekend and not you. All right fine, you can take one flower but that's it."

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Renee raised an eyebrow at the flowers, leaning over her desk to get abetter look. "She sent you flowers?"

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"She thought it might brighten up the place," Dale said with a small grin. "And you know how much Ralph likes the color blue."

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"Of course." Renee stood up to look at them a little more closely. Okay, so maybe she wanted to smell them, that wasn't a crime.

"Maybe some yellow ones next time. A nice cop theme."

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"I'll be sure to pass along your color choice," Dale said. "Though I may get jealous if you start getting flowers."

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"From her or from someone else?" Renee teased.

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Dale just grinned. "I'll let your deductive prowess answer that question for yourself."

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Shaking her head, Renee made her way back to her desk.

"You had a good time this weekend, I take it?"

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Dale tried not to let the smile break his face. He really did.
"Yes. I don't suppose you had the fun of turning into a horse?"

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Renee smirked.

"No, luckily I stayed the same. How was your trip with hooves?"

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"I had the strangest urge to eat oats the entire time," Dale said with a thoughtful look on his face. "And I'm happy to say that coffee did not poison me at all while I was in equine form."

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Renee laughed at that on, shaking her head.

"Really? How did you even manage to get coffee?"

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When Faith showed up at the station, she saw the flowers and grinned.

"Sooooomeone's got a giiiiiiiiiiiirlfriend," she called out, picking up the card. "Who's C?"

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"Her name," Dale said giving Faith an amused look. "Is Charlotte. And yes, we've gone on a few dates."

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"Charlotte," Faith mused. "Haven't met a Charlotte."

More importantly, she hadn't bedded anybody named Charlotte, at least not here, and that was probably a relief to Dale.

"Nice dates? Hot dates? Ones that make the radio sizzle, dates?"

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"That, Miss Lehane," Dale said with a smirk, "Is none of your beeswax."

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The smirk made Faith's jaw drop.

"Holy shit, did you get laid? You did. You did, didn't you!?"

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Dale gave her a warning glance. "Faith. That's not a topic up for discussion."

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Unfortunately, Faith was laughing too hard to answer, and had to fall into one of the available chairs instead.

And applaud.

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"That's enough, Miss Lehane," Dale said trying to hide his amusement.

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Faith leaned back in the chair and finally managed to stop laughing. Good. Awesome.

Still grinning pretty big.

"So what's she like?" she asked. "New in town? Teacher? She breaks your heart, I beat her up."

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"She owns the new gallery in town," Dale replied. "And she is a very nice woman."

He frowned at Faith and pointed at her. "No threatening or intimidating. Understood?"

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"None," Faith said, trying to look innocent. "I'm sure she's real sweet, and whatever, all that good stuff. I won't lay a finger on her unless she cheats on you or wrecks your life and in that case, bitch has it coming."

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"Even if she does, Faith," Dale said seriously. "It's my life and my choice. You don't need to protect me."