The Currency We Trade In (Pt 2).
"So Hanson, how are you and the 'dep doing these days?"
Here we go again, I thought. Officer Hoffs is by my desk, begging for details on my new girlfriend Jackie Garrett.
"We're doing okay." I replied shortly, though knowing that answer would not satisfy her. Judy pulls an empty seat beside me. Jude is apparently already way ahead of me. "So…are you guys in love?" she gushes. Really, what is it with women and the lovey-dovey stuff?
"Jude, we only just started dating," I pointed out. Hoffs shrugged. "It could be love at first sight," she argued.
At this point, I really should be changing the subject. "I don't even know how you found about her." It amazing how much Judy knows about everyone's business, especially mine. It's always been like that with Judy Hoffs, ever since I came to jump street.
"Oh, I can't tell you about me and Harry's top secret strategies now." She teased. Iokage and Jude, that figures. They were definitely two peas in a pod. I couldn't help but chuckle.
"Listen, when we set a date I'll invite you to the wedding. You can be the maid of honor," I quipped. She jumps out of her roll chair seat and wraps her arms around my neck. "I'm happy for you Hanson," she whispers, almost to my neck, giving me a brief peck on the cheek before she leaves to her desk. I stared at her as she walked passed by me.
Dumbfounded, I felt myself freeze for moment. I haven't felt Judy hug me like that in years. But this was strictly platonic, right? The kiss was nice. Actually, it was more than nice…much more.
I couldn't help but smile as my mind drifted into a flashback of my first day at the Jump Street Chapel program. The wisecracks at my expense after I tried to "dap" her when we met. Being teenagers again, listening to the hip new records, or playing video games at the arcade, eating more junk food than I've ever had before...
I felt an instant connection with Judy, and I think she did too. We got along instantly (not at all like Doug) and there seemed to be something going on for awhile. But since then, I've let go the idea of Judy as a love interest of mine because I knew it wouldn't have worked out since we worked together, so why risk getting our feelings hurt? I couldn't put our friendship in jeopardy, it means too much to me…and I'm sure she feels the same way.