Chapter one: Late

"JJ, when are those pizzas going to get here?" Drake asked after reading the same sentence twenty times.

"Yeah man, I'm starving." Dee said putting in his two cents.

"Dee, shush. Just be grateful that JJ is buying all of us lunch." Ryo said coming to JJ's defense.

"I'm sorry sempi." JJ said looking like he might cry. "I ordered the pizzas almost an hour ago."

Out by the main desk a kid with a pony tail and pink streaks asked Nancy, "Where's JJ Adams?"

"In the conference room," Nancy replied. She looked at the kid. He was wearing a dominos t-shirt, jeans, low tops, plastic framed glasses, and a dominos baseball cap. "You must be the pizza delivery kid."

"Yeah, but I'm not a kid. I'm 22." The kid smiled his charming smile that made both men and women go weak in the knees and turned towards the conference room.

But Officer Nancy grabbed the sleeve of his t-shirt. "What's your name?" she asked.

"Sid." The kid replied.

"Alright Sid, on your way out of here stop back by here so you can get my phone number and ask my out on a date." Officer Nancy said.

"No can do Officer Nancy." Sid said shaking his head. "I gotta get back to work." Sid pulled his arm free and headed towards the conference room.

Sid stood outside the conference room and knocked softly. There came a bunch of cheering as lavender haired JJ opened the door. "Thank god you're here." JJ said.

"PRAISE GOD!" Drake, Ted, Marty, and Dee all yelled together. Ryo shook his head with embarrassment.

"Come on in." JJ said pulling Sid into the room and closing the door behind him. "So how much do I owe you?"

Sid looked at the receipt. "$42.52," Sid said looking at the receipt. "And that's for two pizzas. One large everything but the kitchen sink and a medium half cheese half pepperoni and a large cherry dessert pizza."

"Sounds right to me," JJ said getting out his wallet.

As JJ was doing so Sid looked at the clock on the wall behind JJ. "Shit." He mumbled.

"Excuse me?" Ryo said looking at Sid.

"I'm sorry." Sid said. "Here, just take the pizzas. They're on me." And Sid turned to leave.

"Wait, why?" JJ said grabbing Sid's wrist.

"Don't you know the dominos' policy?" Sid asked. When JJ shook his head Sid sighed. "If I don't get the pizzas here in an hour they're free." Sid pointed at the clock. "Look at the time you ordered on the receipt and then look at what time it is now."

JJ looked. "Oh, I see. I'm sorry, here. Let me pay for the pizzas anyway." He said.

"Shut up JJ." Drake yelled with his mouth full of cheese pizza.

"Yeah JJ, This is a gift from god." Dee said eating the everything but the kitchen sink pizza.

"Dee!" Ryo said. He shook his head. "You're impossible."

"It is! I can't help it the kid was late." Dee said.

Grumbling, Sid left the room and took out his own wallet. He had fifty bucks on him. Just enough to pay for the pizzas and get some lunch at work for himself. "Guess I'll have to eat dinner at Valentine's."

"Wait!" JJ yelled running after Sid. "Wait! WAIT GOD DAMMIT!" Sid turned around and was plowed into by JJ. "Sorry." JJ said as he stood back up.

"It's alright." Sid said brushing dust off his jeans. "What do you want?"

"Here." JJ said handing Sid a wad of cash. "Keep the change." JJ smiled and watched as Sid left the precinct.

"You like him don't you." Officer Nancy said from behind the front desk.

"What, no I don't! I like Dee." JJ said blushing.

"You can't deny it though." Ryo said from behind JJ. "That kid was pretty good looking. And he had a nice smile."

JJ looked over his should at Ryo. Ryo smiled. "You should go for him JJ. You need someone in your life. Someone who isn't scared of you."

Ryo and Officer Nancy laughed as JJ turned an even darker red. "I'll probably never see him again Ryo." JJ said.

"You never know." Ryo said. "Weirder things have happened."

"Yep," Officer Nancy said. "If I recall, he said his name was Sid."

"Sid." JJ said softly.

Outside the precinct as Sid was getting on his bike he looked at the wad of cash JJ had given him. JJ had paid Sid exactly $62.52, leaving Sid with a $20 tip. "Damn, either he has the hots for me or he feels sorry for me." Sid said getting on his bike. "And I sure as hell hope he doesn't feel sorry for me."