This took longer than I wanted it to to get this posted...sorry about that. Life kind of hit me hard for a little while and I was a little lacking in the creativity department.
I have this story pretty well planned out, so hopefully there won't be any long waits this time.
Thank you all for being patient with me, and I hope you enjoy this first chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own...well I own Monica, but that's it :)
Miles walked down the hall, and could feel the cold seeping off of the concrete walls and floor. He was in the basement of the precinct where the holding cells are.
He walked over and leaned his arms against the bars and shook his head. "What did you do?" he asked.
Bass raised his head and glared at his best friend, showing off the bruise forming on his cheek under his left eye.
"Well it all started when I gave your niece a ride home from school after her car broke down." He said with a scowl as he gingerly touched his face.
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Earlier that night
Charlie and Bass made their way to the bar. It was crowded and the music was loud, but they were having a good time, and Monica would be here any second. It was actually her idea to go out tonight; she had called and said she needed some fun after her big breakup with her longtime boyfriend Dave.
"ID." The guy behind the bar said to Charlie after she ordered their drinks. She smirked as she got her brand new ID out of her wallet. She had just gotten it changed to show her new name. Charlotte Elizabeth Monroe.
Bass rolled his eyes at her but smiled back, happy with how excited she had been about showing off her new name.
"Aren't you guys just disgustingly cute." Monica said as she threw an arm around Bass' shoulders and leaned against him smiling at the pair of them.
Charlie smiled at her friend and handed her one of the glasses the bartender had just sat in front of her. "Yes we are, but since we all know why we're here, we will dial back to cute, and I'll pretend I don't see you trying to cop a feel of my husband over there." She said.
Bass chuckled and removed Monica's hand from his chest where she had let it wander. "Yeah I'm not sure I'm as ok with that second part as Charlie is." He said.
Monica laughed and removed her arms from his shoulders and took a drink. "Alright, if I can't have fun that way, who wants to dance?" she asked as she grabbed Charlie's hand and pulled her to the dance floor.
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Miles listened to Bass' story and nodded. "Alright, how did you get from that, to being thrown in here with a busted up face?" he asked.
Bass sighed. "I'm getting there." He said. "So anyway, we're all dancing." He said and Miles interrupted. "Wait, you were all three dancing now?"
Bass nodded. "Yeah, because apparently it takes three to tango." He said with a roll of his eyes. "Anyway…"
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"Is she alright?" Bass asked Charlie as he looked over her shoulder where Monica was dancing with a random guy she had pulled onto the floor with her.
Charlie glanced behind her and shrugged. "She'll be fine; she just needs to let off a little steam." She said as she turned back around to him. "She's just kind of heartbroken you know? She said she wanted what we have, and she had thought for a little while that Dave was it." She said. "I feel bad for her, especially because we're so happy."
Bass nodded and pulled her a little closer, but kept one eye on Monica as she danced with the stranger.
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Miles shrugged. "So what, the guy try to pull something and you had to step in?" he asked, still not sure how things ended up with Bass sitting in his jail cell.
Bass shook his head. "No, not quite." He said. "Monica was actually the one that made a move on the guy, that wasn't the problem, the problem was a little while later when Dave showed up."
Miles raised his brows. "Her Ex showed up at the bar?" he asked and Bass nodded.
"Yeah…"
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"Oh, this isn't gonna be good." Charlie said from her chair at the table they had snagged a little while ago. Bass turned to look over his shoulder to see what she was looking at and sighed a little when he saw Dave making his way through the crowded room.
"Where's Monica?" He asked Charlie.
Charlie pointed towards the bar and Bass stood up. "Alright, you wait here, I'm going to go let her know he's here and make sure she's alright."
Charlie nodded and sat back in her chair as Bass walked away. She watched as Bass talked to Monica and then nod his head as he stepped aside but stayed with her as Dave walked up to her.
She couldn't hear what they were saying over all the noise, but she watched as Dave was obviously upset and made a move to grab ahold of Monica. Bass stepped forward to stop him and Charlie gasped and stood up as Dave took a swing at him.
But Bass was quicker than the tipsy Dave was and moved out of the way, but couldn't stop him in time to keep Dave from hitting the guy standing behind Bass.
Dave stepped back, looking shocked that he had actually hit anyone, and Bass and Monica both turned to the other man as he turned around and glared at them.
The man looked at Bass and Charlie watched, too far away to do anything, as he raised his arm and swung, taking the surprised Bass off guard and landing a blow to his face.
Charlie ran over to them then tried to reach for Bass, but the other man threw up his arm to block her, causing her to stumble back a couple of steps.
Bass, who had looked up in time to see this, shook his head, a smirk on his face. "Big mistake buddy."
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Miles nodded, understanding now. "Alright, so the guy shoved Charlie and you, understandably, lost it a little bit and his him back?"
Bass shook his head. "No, not exactly…"
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Monica grabbed ahold of Bass before he could do something he would regret later, just as Charlie turned to glare at the other man.
"Did you just push me?" She asked her eyes wide, anger evident in her voice.
The guy turned to look at her and rolled his eyes dismissing her as he turned back to Bass.
Charlie growled and lunged for the other man, throwing herself at him. Monica let go of Bass and he sprang into action, trying to get Charlie off the guy before someone got hurt.
Before Bass had a chance to grab ahold of her, the other man knocked her off and turned to Bass. "Why don't you keep your little Bitch on a leash?"
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"So that's when I hit the guy." Bass said as Miles listened, half amused and half wanting to go find this other guy himself to teach him a lesson or two.
Miles settled on amusement since Charlie was fine, and he chuckled as he shook his head at his friend. "Alright, here's the deal, the bar manager is the one that called us, this other guy isn't pressing any charges, so I should be able to get you out of here in a couple of hours."
Bass sighed. "Hours?"
Miles nodded. "Paperwork, it's a wonderful thing." He said. "In the meantime, you have a visitor." He said as he turned to leave.
Bass expected Charlie, but was surprised to see Monica walk down the hall. He chuckled as she winked at Miles. "Officer." She said.
Miles rolled his eyes but smiled in return. "Detective actually."
Monica smirked as she passed him and walked over to the cell. The smirk was replaced with a look of sheepish gratitude. "Thank you." She said. "For looking out for me. I know that if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be in here right now, and it means a lot that you were willing to look out for me like that." She said.
Bass shrugged with a smile. "It's ok, not your fault." He said. "Besides, you're my friend, and friends look out for each other."
Monica smiled again. "Well thanks all the same." She said. "Charlie wanted me to let you know that she's going to run me home, and then she'll be right back for you." Monica told him. "She's talking to Miles right now."
Bass nodded, and after reassuring her that he was fine and promising to let her know if there was anything she could do for him, she left. He sat back down and sighed. He was getting too old for this, but a little while later when Charlie walked in and smiled at him, he knew that it didn't matter how old he was. He would take a punch to the face every day if it kept her smiling like that.
Miles walked in behind her and opened the cell door. Charlie stepped forward and held out his jacket. "Come on Rocky, let's get you home."
There we have chapter one! yay! lol
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