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Gail was pissed. She was stuck for nearly an hour after her shift because some little brat decided to run from the cops forcing the blonde officer to give chase. Once Gail tackled the delinquent to the ground and cuffed her, she knew she was going to have to stay later than her 5 o'clock scheduled end time doing the paperwork involved in evading arrest charges.
She knew that with her shift running late she wasn't going to be able to curl her hair the way her girlfriend liked and would just have to blow dry it out. She had wanted to look spectacular for their date this evening, a date they both deserved. Holly had informed her last week that she had made reservations at a restaurant. The doctor's only hint had been telling her to girlfriend to wear something nice. Gail's pouting powers had not pulled any additional information from the brunette so she had no idea what to expect from their evening, but she was excited.
Which was why she was more angry than usual that she was being held up at work. Holly had a beautiful evening planned and instead of getting ready for it, she was stuck processing a girl who had been caught shoplifting 5ยข candies- a girl who would have only gotten a stern talking-to and asked to return the stolen sweets had she just cooperated. But no, she had to go and run from the police so they had to arrest her. And Gail was stuck dealing with it.
"Move, Epstein. I'm processing one of Fagin's children here and my shift ended twenty minutes ago" she growled at the other officer. "I have other places I want to be" she said, this time to the girl in her custody.
Dov just huffed out a breath and let her pass. He knew when she was her usual grouchy self and when she was an extra special brand of 'don't fuck with me'. Today was the latter and he wasn't interested in being on the receiving end.
When she had the girl processed and was releasing her to her parents, Gail saw that she only had 45 minutes to shower and get ready before Holly would be at the station to collect her. Her mood was not improved when the parents of the girl didn't seem bothered that their child had been caught stealing so she parted ways with a simple "I hope the Artful Dodger imparts some better wisdom for your next adventure". The reference to the classic novel flew over their heads, so she just shook her head and marched off to the change room. She needed to relax before Holly got here because she wanted to enjoy this evening and not let her shift ruin her date.