AN: Okay this story is for the Pretend Date Contest! As always I own none of the characters!

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Contest Ends June 22nd, 2009, 11:59 PM Eastern Time. 2 Entries Allowed.

Badges and Whiskey

"Swan you're wanted in the Chief's office," hollered Cullen also known as Edward. I rolled my eyes and slid off my chair then I followed the hallway down to the door that had the name HALE written on it. I rapped my knuckles on it three times and was quickly excused inside.

"Miss Swan thank you for coming in," Rosalie Hale said with a small smile. I nodded and held my hands behind my back. Rosalie scooted a manila folder across her desk. "This is your new case that you and Mr. Cullen will be doing together."

My eyebrow lifted and I tried not to snort. "Mr. Cullen and I are doing a case together?" I asked. Rosalie nodded professionally but I saw her trying to bite back a grin, it wasn't a secret that Cullen and I didn't get along.

"Is that a problem Detective Swan?" she asked as she flipped her blonde hair behind her shoulder and pursed her lips that were a vibrant red from her lipstick. I shook my head and then walked forward to grab the folder. "Oh and Detective Swan," Rosalie said to halt me as I reached the door. "Try not to strangle Mr. Cullen." I didn't look back but I nodded stiffly before walking out the door.

Cullen was laughing in his desk chair once I came back, "Looks like you're stuck with me Swan." I slumped into my chair trying to ignore the green eyed man with his bronze disarray hair. I opened my case and just with a scan through I rose out of my chair and stalked towards Rosalie's office again.

"There she goes," I heard Jasper say to a laughing Edward from behind me.

I didn't knock when I got to her door I just opened and slammed the case on her desk. "Are you insane?" I asked loudly.

Rosalie's eyebrow shot up and I saw her trying not to laugh. "No Detective Swan I am very much sane."

"You've got to be if you expect me to pretend to be his fiancé to get this creep!" I yelled as I motioned to the mocking folder.

She stood up and placed her hands on her desk. "Sit down Miss Swan; I don't plan to be yelled at by my detectives." I sat down immediately from her tone. She wasn't known as the Ice Queen for nothing. "You two are my best detectives and can get creeps off the street fast. Now this particular creep Miss Swan has a thing for couples and that is what you're going to be. Got it?" she asked still in her stance.

I sighed and looked out her window trying to think of a way to get out of this. "Detective Swan if you turn this case down you can also turn in your badge. It's about time that the two of you start working together." I nodded and hauled myself out of the chair while grabbing the folder and then walked out of the office.

After plopping into my chair I rubbed my temples, "I just heard the bad news I'm sorry." I felt hands start to massage my shoulders and I immediately relaxed.

"Hey hands off the fiancé!" cried a velvety and annoying voice. The hands automatically left my shoulders but I heard laughing from the man above me.

I grabbed Jasper's hands and put them back on my shoulder and he started to rub them again, "No wonder Alice married you." I said quietly and he laughed loudly.

"Yeah I hear that's the only reason too," Cullen said and I opened my eyes to find his right in front of me.

"Gah! Don't do that!" I yelled as I jumped back also rolling over Jasper's foot.

"Ouch! Damn!" Jasper cried out as he jumped up and down grasping onto his foot.

I stood up and went over to him, "Sorry! So so sorry! He made me do it!" I yelled pointing at Cullen.

"I did not!" Cullen yelled back with a smirk playing on his lips.

"Did too!" I huffed crossing my arms over my chest.

"Did not!"

"Did so!" I yelled and Jasper quickly wobbled over to Edward and cupped his hand over Edward's mouth so he couldn't comment back.

Jasper pushed Edward over to his desk. "You two are acting like children so I'm going to treat you like children. Both of you to your corners! If I hear a peep from any of you I'm going to make sure Rosalie puts both of you on cases together for the next eight cases."

I rolled my eyes but listened obediently and sat down in my rolling chair. "Sorry Jasper," I muttered at the same time Cullen did. Jasper tensed when he heard us but then relaxed and sat down in his own chair.

The manila folder was still mocking me as I kept trying to ignore it with keeping myself occupied with my computer- it wasn't working very well. I ended up just giving up and opening the folder. After thoroughly going over the documents and pictures of the dead couples I was actually kind of glad that I was given this case even if I did have to share it with Cullen. I looked up as I heard our office door open and saw Emmett Cullen walk through the doors grinning cheekily.

"How is everyone today?" he asked in his boisterous voice. I scowled at him and turned back to the mocking folder. I wasn't in the mood for cheery Emmett today. "What's up with her?" Emmett asked Edward who just laughed and pointed to his folder.

"Your girlfriend set us up on a case- we're supposed to be engaged." Emmett let out a strangled noise and then walked over to his girlfriend's office door. Edward sighed and scooted out of his chair before making his way over to my desk.

"Can I help you with something?" I asked once he placed his hands down on the paper I was currently reading.

He closed the folder as it laughed at both of us, "We need to talk about this…" I sighed and looked up at him with a raised eyebrow. "Like about a ring…" he trailed off and my face went red immediately.

"What about a ring?" I asked as I scooted away from my desk a little so I could open up a drawer that held some old cases of mine.

I heard him sigh and then walk around so that he was standing in front of me again. "Well if a guy proposes to a girl Swan they usually give them a ring." He stated as if I was stupid.

"Ha you're so funny Cullen." I said as I went through the names on the folders. Cullen grabbed my hands and pushed the drawer closed with a sigh.

"Seriously Swan let's just get this done as quickly and as painlessly as we can, do you honestly think I want to do this too?" he asked and as soon as what he said hit me I pulled my hands roughly away from him. I stood up and grabbed my gym bag that lying next to my desk.

"How about you figure it out Cullen by yourself because quite frankly I think it'll be too painful if I do it with you." I said and then stalked by Jasper's desk and saw him gaping at me. "Tell Rosalie that I left early to blow off some steam." I then walked out of the room letting the door slam behind me.

The gym helped a lot. Sometimes I actually wondered how Emmett, Alice, and Edward could all be related. Alice was so small and jolly while Emmett was a huge muscle head that was like a big teddy bear, and Edward was the cold lean guy that never smiled unless it was while he was annoying me. That seemed to be the only thing that made him laugh.

By the time I got to the office the next day I was still nursing my black coffee, once I walked through the door I was told to go straight Rosalie's office. With a sigh I walked to her office with my coffee still in hand, while taking a big gulp of my caffeine I opened the door only to see that Edward Cullen was the only in it. I almost spit out my big gulp.

"Uh why am I here? And why are you behind Rosalie's desk?" I asked after I swallowed.

Cullen ran a hand through his hair with a sigh, "She's letting me use it so I can talk to you about our case… so this time you don't run away." He looked up at me at the end of his sentence with an accusing stare at which I blushed lightly at. "I also thought about it like you instructed, so here." He said and then placed a velvet box in the middle of the desk. "This was my great great grandmother's ring it's been passed down our family, so don't lose it."

I walked over to the table and grabbed the ring with a shaky hand. I opened it and gasped out of shock and then slapped down on the table while shaking my head. "What is it?" he asked out of concern.

"Don't give me that!" I spat out. "I'll lose that. I'll just wear the ring my dad gave me when I graduated, it's really pretty."

Cullen stood up shaking his head at me, "Swan this is the ring you'll be wearing."

"Why?"

I looked down and saw his fists clench and then he blew out a big breath. "Because Isabella this is the ring that my real fiancé would wear and if we want this to work we're going to have to make it look like we're actually engaged." I gulped when he said my full name and then looked into his eyes only to see them clenched closed.

"Okay…" I whispered and then grabbed the velvet box again. "Sorry I didn't know this was that important to you."

His eyes snapped to me, "I want to get this guy and to get this guy we have to do it to the fullest." I nodded and kept quiet because I knew he wasn't done. "Now I thought that we could go over a few things like how we met, how long we dated, and how I proposed."

I nodded again with a sigh. "Do you really wanna know what I think?" He nodded. "Well I've just always wanted a simple proposal, so we can just say that we were sitting on the couch and you popped the question or something."

"Wow you have no imagination." He stated simply and I just glared at him. "How about we mix it? I cooked you dinner at home and then at the very end of it I got down on my knee and asked you to marry me?"

I gulped again at the 'I got down on my knee and asked you to marry me' part. "Okay… and how about we dated for about a year and three months?" I asked with a shrug.

"Why a year and three months?"

"Because that just sounds like a good number…"

He smirked at me as he sat down on Rosalie's desk so that he was right in front of me, "And because that happens to be how long Alice and Jasper dated before he popped the question?" he asked.

I nodded with a roll of my eyes. "So how did we meet?" I inquired.

He paused for a moment, "How about we sort of stick the truth that we met through my sister because you guys were close friends?"

"Okay but how did we meet like what happened?" I asked with a quirked up eyebrow.

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair, "How about like we really did? You came over for dinner one night and the first time I saw you was when you fell through the door when I answered it."

I blushed a bright red. "Can't we do something else?" I pleaded.

He laughed lightly and shook his head, "I think we should try to make this as natural as possible and let's face it Swan you trip a lot." I glared at him and he just laughed.

"That's not funny." I said with a huff.

"Oh I think it's plenty funny." I blew a piece of my hair out of my face and then nodded.

"Fine we'll do it your way; tonight do you want to go to the club?" I asked. Cullen's face immediately went serious as he nodded.

"I'll pick you up at eight?" he asked and I almost said that I would get there on my own but then shut my mouth when I realized we'd actually have to act like we were engaged. I almost gagged.

"Sure." I got up to leave but he grabbed my arm and pulled me to him so that I was in between his legs. His lips were right at my ear and he gently grazed it making me shiver. His nose ran a trail down my neck and just at the base of it he kissed it.

I pulled away a little dazed and sent him an alarmed look. "Just practicing," he said with a crooked smile. I huffed and stomped away feeling just a little bit flustered. As soon as I walked to my desk I heard someone chuckling behind me and by how velvety it was I knew it was Edward. "Shut up," I hissed as I sat down in my chair.

"Good morning everyone," Rosalie said with a sigh as she stepped through the door with a dreamy smile on her face.

"Someone got lucky!" I whistled and all she did was smirk.

I heard Edward groan and he hit his head with his palm. "Please stop that's my brother she got lucky with."

"You don't know that," I said in a sing song voice as I opened up the drawer of old cases.

Rosalie laughed and walked off. "Ugh God I can't wait for this case to be over." Edward groaned again. I just smiled and continued going through my old cases.

Eight o'clock came way too soon and Edward wasn't here, I was sitting on my couch with my fake ring on my finger. While looking at the sparkling ring I felt this sudden pull in my chest but disregarded it when there was knock on the door. I hauled myself out of the chair and began walking over to the door. Opening the door I found Edward in black pants and a dark blue long sleeved shirt that sleeves were rolled up to his elbows. His hair was in its usual disarray with the green eyes gleaming with something as he looked me over.

"You… um look really good," he said as his eyes kept sweeping over my light blue silk dress and my black high heels. I blushed but nodded all the same. AN: Dress On Profile along with Shoes. "Where's your gun?" his left eyebrow rose

I smiled easily. "Wouldn't you like to know?" I laughed and grabbed my purse that was on the coffee table then closed the door after me.

"Yeah I would… you're wearing one right?" he asked as he grabbed my hand and intertwined our fingers. I looked down at our hands and noticed he was holding onto my left hand and was also fingering my- his ring.

I nodded softly as I continued to look at our hands. "Is there a reason why you're holding my hand?" I asked.

He dropped my hand and ran his through his hair, "Why are you wearing the ring already?"

I shrugged. "I was getting ready and this was a part of my attire." He nodded and then looked me over again.

"Seriously where is your gun?" he asked his eyes sweeping over me once more.

I laughed and shook my head, "A girl never tells her age, her weight, or where she puts her gun." I winked at him and he rolled his eyes at me. We reached the taxi and he helped me inside, it wasn't long before we were riding down the high way.

"So this club… have you ever gone?" I asked looking down at my hands; the glitter that I kept catching from the ring was bothering me.

I heard Edward sigh from next to me. "I haven't but Emmett's taken Rose a few times and says it's a little nicer than you're stereotypical club." I nodded along as I stared out the window. I must have zoned out because before I knew it Edward was shaking my shoulder gently. "Swan we're here."

I jumped a little but then situated myself with a nod. "Alright let's get this done." He sighed but then walked over and helped me out of the car. Edward wrapped an arm around my waist and I leaned into him. "You're good at this…" he whispered into my hair and I giggled lightly.

I turned to him with a smirk, "Of course I am, what did you expect?" I asked.

"Not this." He stated as he nodded to the man by the door as he let us in. We walked up to a lady that was dressed in a little black dress, "We have a little table reserved under Cullen." The girl nodded as she fluttered her eyes at Edward and I gripped onto him a little tighter while subtly flashing my ring. The girl glared at it.

We sat down at our table that held four tables and I quickly settled into my table while Edward did the same next to me. "How long do you think we'll have to wait?" I whispered in his ear and I could have sworn that he shivered.

He shrugged and put his arm around my chair. "I don't know but all the cases say that they were in this same party room." I nodded as he started to play with my loose brown curls. Edward leaned down a bit then so he was right next to my ear and as he spoke his breath blew against it making me shake, "Do you have cuffs?" My chest heaved up and down but as soon as I was under control of my body again I turned slightly to him with a little smirk.

"I thought we went through this, that's for me to know and for you to maybe find out later." I almost laughed when I saw his eyes widen. I looked around the room as music pulsed around us, I didn't notice anything out of character.

A young guy walked up then with an apron tied around his waist and he smiled down at us, "Can I get you guys something to drink?"

I smiled and nodded at him. "Uh yeah I'd like a shot of whiskey," I said and he looked sort of surprised by my drink choice but I just looked around the club again.

"I'll have the same," the breathy voice next to me said as he continued to play with my hair.

"Alright I'll be right back with those drinks." As he was walking by someone stumbled into him, and the man that stumbled into the waiter hit the side of chair.

"Oh I'm so sorry miss." The man slurred as he touched my shoulder, I nodded up to him. "This place man, I've been waiting here for my table to get cleared up and they told me it was going to be another hour and a half until it's ready, I've already been waiting thirty minutes." I nudged Edward with my hand and left it on his thigh so I could get his attention. The slurring man fit the profile of the killer.

Edward cleared his throat awkwardly which made me look at him out of confusion, "Why don't you sit here, you won't be bothering us." Edward shot a look at my hand then and I smirked knowing I was making either uncomfortable or too comfortable.

"Oh no I couldn't do that!" The man was in his early thirties and mildly attractive with gray eyes and brown hair that was cut very short. He had a muscular build that seemed like he could lift me up which is exactly how the culprit gets them to the scene.

I waved a hand at him, "Please it wouldn't be a problem. That's happened to me and I know how bad it sucks." The man smiled down at me and then nodded as he took the seat across from me.

After a shot of whiskey and two glasses of water Edward and I started to gather our stuff. "Thanks again for such a wonderful time Eric," I said with a wide grin. "We've got to get going… honey did you see if there were any cabs outside?" I asked turning towards Edward. He shook his head with a sigh.

"I will though," as he was turning around to leave Eric stood up.

"Oh don't call a cab, I've got my car. I'll drive you guys home it's the least that I could do after you guys sharing your table with me." Edward turned and smiled at Eric.

"Thanks Eric that would be great." I nodded and walked over to Edward and wrapped an arm around his waist and breathing in his scent. We followed Eric down to his Toyota Tacoma and then got strapped in. "We live right off of George Street; it's the big red apartment building." Eric nodded with a sigh. He took us right to George Street and I felt my nerves start building up in my stomach as he passed the building.

"Uh Eric?" I asked from behind him because Edward was in the front seat.

"Yeah Bella?"

"You just passed our building…"

"I know Bella, I thought we'd go for a little joy ride. You guys up for a joy ride?" he asked turning to Edward and I saw the silver of a gun pointing at Edward's side.

"Uh…" Edward gulped. "What are you doing Eric?" I almost smiled, Edward was good.

Eric laughed, "I already told your fiancé, we're going on a little joy ride. If you want your marriage to last then you're going to have to start listening buddy."

I bit my lip and then took in a big breath. "Eric please don't do this, let us out… we'll do anything." I pleaded as I leaned forward a bit.

"Get back Bella or your fiancé is going to have a new hole in his stomach." I gulped and then scooted back. Eric pulled off in some ally way and then got out of the cab of the truck and before I could blink I was yanked out of it too. Eric's hand clasped over my mouth and then he commanded for Edward to get out of the truck otherwise he was going to shoot me.

The gun pressed roughly against the side of my head and I caught sight of Edward as he walked over to us with his hands raised. "I usually don't use a gun… they just seem so easy." Eric whispered in my ear and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. His grip grew harder on me as he put the gun in his pants. Better hope it's on safety was all I could think and I almost laughed at my own monologue. I felt something cold touch my neck and I knew it was the murder weapon that was used on the other two cases. My neck tensed as he ran it up and down me.

"Why are you doing this?" Edward asked breaking me from my thoughts of what could happen.

"Why not do this?" Eric answered back. "Now I'm going to cut your fiancé while you watch and then once I'm done with her I'm going to do it to you." I swallowed and then looked at Edward to give me the sign to attack.

"On the news I saw something like this… did you do those other ones too?" Edward asked not looking at me. I clenched my teeth, we already had enough information we didn't have to prolong this anymore, he was probably doing this just so I had to suffer a little longer.

Eric laughed and pulled me closer to him. "Of course I did. Now stop asking questions." Eric cut a clean slice of my right over my collarbone and I hissed out of pain. I shot a look at Edward and I saw his eyes flash at me and then he nodded. Just as he cut another slice on me Edward yelled out to catch his attention and I grabbed Eric's arm turning it so that it was placed on his back and he dropped the knife. I raised my leg and pushed him to the grown using my heel to make him stay put.

I looked up at Edward, "I didn't bring any cuffs." His face broke out into a grin and he took my place and hand cuffed Eric. Eric cursed as I dialed for back up.

It wasn't long before we heard many sirens coming our way and I just walked over to Eric as Edward hauled him up off the cement. I flashed him my badge, "Eric you're under arrest for the murders of…" I continued and then Edward and I walked him over to one of the police cars that had pulled up. Edward shoved him into the cab of the car and then the car took off.

As Edward turned to me his crooked smirk played on his lips. "What about the gun?"

AN: So tell me what you thought and if you think I should continue with it...