Time off

"Friend of yours?"

Axel glances over to Leo after Rayne and Phil had left. "The girl? No." He eyes Leo skeptically. "Just because I get to talk to a pretty woman doesn't mean it's more than a customer you know. Besides..." He grins as he wipes off a wrench. "I got my own girl to worry about."

Though Leo smiles, his eyes don't quite match. "Uh-huh."

"What about you? Got any hot dates lined up?"

"You kidding?" Leo turns back to the car he was working on. "The best I got is going to a dance studio open-house tonight."

Axel quirks an eyebrow. "Not going to the races?"

"Might if it's not too late. You?"

"What, and miss out on watching lame television? Never." Axel grins. He knew Leo still wasn't back to his old self, but maybe one of these days he would be. "Dance studio, huh?"

"Yeah... friend of mine."

"Oh, the one you helped fix up her place?"

"Mm-hmm."

"Thought you said you didn't have a hot date." Axel ducks to avoid being hit with a flying rag and he laughs. "Alright, alright. We're even now."


"So, I'd like to take a couple days, if that would be okay, to take Ty over there and see those doctors."

Reese taps his finger on his desk, mulling over Rick's request. "Think it will help?"

Rick shrugs. "Only one way to find out. If it's what I think it is, then Ty's finally going to get the help he needs and I'm sure he'll be much happier, along with probably working better as well."

"And you will gain...?"

"Experience. Information. It would be nice to study this and see how the other doctors do things."

Reese thinks for another moment or two and finally nods. "Alright. Just let me know when and you and he both can have the time off."