HOW TO BE A PECK

Before starting, it is not my first story but that doesn't change the fact that i'm not a native speaker.. so I apologize in advance for any kind of grammar error you might find.

I don't own any of the characters but when I saw those two on the screen I couldn't resist to do a fanfic about them. They deserve it!

Enjoy the reading :'D


CHAPTER 1
KISSED BY A GIRL

IT was 7 am when the annoying clock alarm started singing...

A woman let out a growl and moved under the covers, she took one of the pillows and pressed it against her head in an attempt of muffle the sound but the trick didn't seem to work.

She used her free hand to reach the bedside table and hit the device which was emitting such an awful sound, throwing it to the ground.. the alarm stopped.

Gail Peck rose from the bed at 7:10 am and she was already in a bad mood.. she walked towards the bathroom, moving like a robot and in the process she hit her toe against one of the legs of the bed..

"Shit.." She screamed, jumping on the site. "Almost four years in this damn apartment and my pinkie is still a device for finding furniture in a dark room.." She complained, rubbing her little finger.

She regained her composure and stood in front of the bathroom's mirror.. She turned the lights on and slowly opened her eyes, and all the calm she had gathered so far broke again..

Her platinum blonde hair was a mess, all tangled and disheveled.. Judging by the bags under her eyes, it looked like she had not slept in a week .. and if that was not bad enough .. she was still wearing last night's clothes. That brilliant and tight dress which was comfortable for a couple of hours.. not for an entire night..

Yeah and her head was pounding hard.. apparently a whole bottle of champagne can make your head spin faster than with Epstein's monologues..

She took a deep breath, removed her clothes and climbed into the shower.. Peck did her best not to think about anything in particular and follow her morning ritual.. She took a long shower, brushed her teeth and got dressed with the hope of going through the day without more incidents.. But she was realistic, a day without problems was just as possible as getting the horse which you asked when you were a kid.. highly unlikely.


DOV Epstein was in the kitchen, holding the newspaper in one hand and a large cup of coffee in the other. He had his bag at his feet, ready to go down to work as soon as he finish his breakfast.

Gail's bedroom door was opened and he lifted his eyes from the page just in time to see the woman walking out of the door.. he automatically noticed she was hungover.

"Rough night?" He teased her with a smile on his face.

Gail just stared at him for a second to give him her best death look and then went straight to the coffee maker.. As usual she mentally turned off her partner's voice to make the morning a little bit less unbearable while swallowed an ibuprofen pill..

"Not seriously, I didn't hear you come in.. What time did you arrive?" He kept insisting.. like a dog with a bone.

"Dov.. it's early.. can't you keep your mouth shut just for a few minutes?" Gail said, avoiding the question but trying to play nice. "I'm not in the mood for small talk right now."

He closed the newspaper and focused on his friend.. he had found a new source of entertainment. "You don't wanna talk about last night in particular or about anything in general?" Gail could tell that he was enjoying the situation.

"You know what Dov?.. why don't you buy a personal life? That way you wouldn't have to worry about mine." She said in a whisper, but loud enough for him to hear it.

"Gosh.. you're mean even when you got a headache.." He stood, grabbing his bag and walked to the door.

"Get over it, Epstein." Gail growled, trying to have the last word.

Dov gave her a look before opening the door. "You're completely insane!" And saying that, he went out of the apartment.

Gail Peck sat down in one of the chairs, staring blankly. Those word had activated a switch in her brain and suddenly a memory came back to her.


"So is it still fun getting dressed?" She remember have said in that cloakroom, sitting next to that weird forensic pathologist.

Holly looked at her with a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"Well, I mean, that's the most fun part of a date... is getting dressed. I mean, how does it work if two girls are getting dressed together?"

Now that she was sober, she realized how out of place that question was.. she didn't know why the hell she had had the awesome idea of talking about that..

"I don't know. How does it work with a guy?" Holly asked, playing along.. 'At least if she thought that it was a strange question, she didn't say it anything about it.' Gail thought with relief.

"I mean, if you live together, he gets dressed first, and then you get... dressed."

The blonde rolled her eyes when she realized that she in fact had mentioned that. 'It's very stupid. Stupid question.'"What about... if you want to borrow a dress or shoes or clothes? I mean, is that cool? Do you share each other's things?"

Holly took a long sip of the bottle she was carrying... "I wouldn't share your things." She said, laughing.. like if that phrase couldn't offend her at all.

Gail's expression changed, trying to figure out what Holly meant with that. "What is wrong with my things?"

The pathologist shrugged, playing down the matter. "Nothing. They're just not my style."

Gail lifted the cup of coffee she has prepared to her lips and took a sip.. She remember that in that point of the conversation she was pissed.. That girl who she barely knew, had pissed her off.

"Oh, not enough fleece for you, Holly? Not enough backpacks?"

She recalled have said that.. her voice filled with sarcasm. Gail needed to return the blow, no matter how.. but she didn't know exactly what to say.. so she dropped the first sentences that came up in her mind.

And then happened.. Holly leaned over her, laughing by her reaction and kissed her.. It was a quick and soft kiss... the blonde remembered that the brunette's lips were wet due to the champagne that she had been drinking. It was quite pleasant actually.. "You are insane. You know that, right?" Holly said with a smile still on her face, as if nothing had happened..


GAIL was totally frozen in her chair by then, trying to process all the information.. Then she remembered herself watching how Holly went out the room, leaving her there, sitting in the ground with a coat which it wasn't hers.. confused and with her jaw dropped.

She sighed loudly..

'First Nick and Mcnally.. then a hell of a hangover and now this, a woman kissed me..and i supposed that this was gonna be a quiet day..' She thought, finishing her coffee..

Then she went out and locked the door of the apartment... She had to ready for the day she had ahead of her because she knew.. it wasn't going to be an easy one.


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