Blonds have more fun? 1/4
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Episode:- None
Pairing:- Sandra/ Gerry
Rating:- M
Achieve:- . /group/new_tricksff/
Summary:- "You are still drop dead gorgeous, nothing about you could change that fact you just don't look like you that's all I was surprised but then that's what we want isn't it?"
Author's Note:- In answer to the "Hair dye" challenge rated for language and sexual content in later chapters. Enjoy and reviews would be lovely!
"You know I wouldn't ask if there was anyone else to do it Sandra I know you're needed downstairs but this is too important to go with a less experienced officer." He really thinks flattery will get him somewhere here all that crap about experience and only I can do it is bollocks. What he's really saying is no one else wants it. The boys and I are right in the middle of a huge case that he knows I should be supervising not to mention Gerry and I have plans this weekend but he wants me to go half way across the country in some wild goose chase undercover operation that will get us nowhere.
"Sir we're really close to a break in this case I don't think it's a good idea for me to be away from my own team for a whole week right now." He's not going to take no for an answer I can already tell he's not but I have to at least try.
"I realise that but really we need you to do this, here's the details and a picture of Mrs Wilson we need you to try to look as much like you could be her sister as possible or Marx isn't going to believe it. Anything you need just let us know and we'll provide it for you there'll be a car there to pick you up in the morning at 9." See now I'm being dismissed god that man makes my blood boil at times what the hell am I supposed to do now? The boys are going to go nuts and when Gerry realises not only am I going to be out of the office for a week but out of the city too he's going to be furious that I've "let" Strickland completely spoil our plans but it's not like I'm in a position to tell him no am I? Whether I like it or not he's still my boss and I have to follow orders!
"How are you supposed to even pull this off?" Gerry is, as I predicted, furious about the whole undercover thing and now that we're home and I have all the case details laid out on the kitchen table trying to make some sense of it while he cooks it's only getting worse.
"Thanks for the vote of confidence Gerry I love you too!" I am starting to get a little irritated, actually make that bloody pissed off, at his insistence that I can't deal with this. I mean I'm damn good at my job and I have worked undercover loads of times why should this be any different?
"Sandra even setting aside the fact that Marx is a whack job and I'm not happy about you being involved in this at all because I think he's dangerous have a look at the photo of Mrs Wilson, she's brunette and when you look at the family shots that are in there so where her parents how exactly are you supposed to pass yourself off as her blond blue eyed sister it doesn't hold water and Marx is going to see through you in 10 seconds flat then you're going to be in serious danger. Tell Strickland to go screw himself we have a case of our own to work."
"You know I can't tell him to screw himself no matter how much I want to but I agree I'll have to change my hair colour to do it otherwise…"
"Wow stop right there. Change your hair colour? You can't be serious Sandra you are not dying your hair if you insist on doing this that's what wigs are for." I could have told you that would be his reaction. He loves my hair it's one of the things he claims first attracted him to me and the idea that I might dramatically change it was never going to go down well. I stopped on the way home and bought a temporary "dark mahogany" dye and I'm going to put it in after dinner I just need to talk him round first.
"I can't wear a wig Gerry it's too easily spotted and it's not like I'm going to permanently go dark it's a temporary hair dye it'll be gone in 8-12 washes. I can't get out of doing this so if I have to wouldn't you rather I did it in a way that made it as likely as possible that I'll get away with it without being caught?" Now he doesn't know what to say because while he doesn't want me to change my hair colour he also doesn't want me to be discovered and at risk in the operation either.
"Fine but you promise that it'll only be for a week or so? That as soon as you get back from this thing you'll wash it out?"
"I promise. Why would I want to stay brunette when it's totally true that blonds have more fun especially when you're around." He's relented now and has just set my plate down in front of me so for now the discussion is over.
"Sandra what's taking so long you've been out of the bathroom for ages and the hair drier hasn't been going for the last ten minutes I want to see it because if you don't look like you could actually pass for Wilson's sister I swear I'll tell Strickland you're not doing it myself." I'm sitting at the dressing table in our bedroom and I'm not sure if I can move, I can accept that I had to do this to make sure the operation works and I can even live with it because I know it's not for long but the shock of seeing myself as I look now has rooted me to the spot. I never had any desire to be anything other than blond and now when I look at myself I can see that there was a good reason for that.
"I'm coming now, look just don't laugh ok?" I don't think he's going to be in the mood to laugh anyway but if he does I think I might cry.
"Just come down and….." Oh god his mouth is actually hanging open he looks like he's seen a ghost!
"I look terrible don't I?" This is the point where I really want him to lie and say no I look fine but it's been a good thirty seconds and he's still not said a word.
"No, no you don't look terrible, you could never look terrible it's just…well it's so different." Oh god I don't think I can go out the door like this let alone pull off a week long undercover operation.
"I do look terrible how can I do this if I can't even look at myself in the mirror? I'm not going to last ten minutes he's going to take one look at me and think fake!"
"Calm down." He's pulled me into his arms and his gently running his fingers through my hair smiling reassuringly. "You are still drop dead gorgeous, nothing about you could change that fact you just don't look like you that's all I was surprised but then that's what we want isn't it? If you looked like you it would only be putting you in danger."
"Yeah I suppose." The way he's kissing me tells me he can still see the real me behind the hair dye and I know he's right not looking like myself is exactly what I was aiming for I'm just not sure I like it and I swear as soon as this is over it will be back to blond all the way.