So, yall, I have an issue. I REALLY like the connection Jules has with the girls, and there are also a few more things I want to put into this… So its not a 2-shot.. ugh. I REALLY don't want to end this yet!!! Haha.
Enjoy.
***Hospital****
Alexis continued to sleep silently on the small couch in the room as Jessica had woken up to find Jules there with her.
"Listen Jessica, I understand how hard something like this is. My mom died when I was about your age, and well--- What happened to you happened to me when I was only 17. I know how scared you must feel. It's a really hard thing to deal with. You feel violated, or like, you are being punished for nothing… nothing at all." Jules spoke with soft words at Jessica's bedside, while she sat near the foot of the bed, watching the fear smear across Jessica's face.
"This—This happened—to you?" Jessica saw the memories coming back to Jules.
"Yeah, I was at a party. I was never a really well behaved teenager, but I don't know. I think things got a little out of hand then. But you. You and your sister are strong. You two are completely alone, but somehow you find the brightest side of everything. I could never do that."
"What? You are amazing! I hope I become like you when I am older." Jessica spoke, watching the smile cross Jules' face.
"Well, why don't you get some sleep. I am going to stay right here with you girls." Jules reassured her.
"You don't have to. I mean that's not your job." Jessica sighed.
"No sweetie! That's my favorite part of my job. I meet amazing people like you and your sister. I am staying right here with you two." Jules smiled, stepping from the bed and pulling the covers tighter to Jessica.
"Thanks Jules." Jessica smiled as she closed her eyes.
Jules sat back down on the couch, placing Alexis beside her comfortably. She couldn't even fall asleep. She knew how rough the investigation would be for her. Though all the worrying was settled by one voice.
"Jules?" Someone whispered from the door, calling her from her daydreams.
"Sam, its past midnight." She whispered back as he headed into the room, seeing how Jules had managed to get the two frightened teens to go to sleep.
"Yeah, I don't care, how's your arm?" Sam sat in the chair close to her.
"The doctor said it would be swollen for a while. I have to keep it dressed and I have to take antibiotics to keep it from getting infected."
"Well, it's a good thing we decided to share your house, now I can keep an eye on you." Sam smiled, watching Jules stroke Alexis' hair as she slept soundly.
"Yeah, well, I'm gonna stay here with these two. You can go ahead and head back to my place, and get a good night's sleep. I can't work tomorrow because of my arm, plus I have to go do the investigation. I may stop by the station tomorrow though, Wordy's daughter is coming by, I think I need to have a talk with her." Jules joked as Sam kissed her forehead.
"You know I still love you." Sam smiled as a sigh deepened into Jules' stare.
"Yes, you told me earlier. I love you too Sam, why don't you just go ahead back to my house."
"Bye Jules." He waved, smiling at the sight of Jules with the small teenager up next to her.
"Bye Sam." She giggled.
After another hour of watching the dark room stand still, Jules finally fell asleep. It was short-lived though. Two hours. The sun woke her, leaving the room bright, with the yellow paint reflecting the daylight.
Movements occurred in the front of the room. Jessica had raised her head to the light, as did Jules.
"Hey." Jules whispered.
"Good morning, you know, you didn't have to stay all night." Jessica smiled.
"I know, but I wanted to. Im going to need to go soon though, I have to deal with m investigation of what happened. I need to turn in my uniform and everything for the SIU. I promise I'm coming back though. I just need to get this over with." Jules explained as Alexis began to come around.
"Jules? You—You're here." Alexis smiled as she reached over to hug her.
"Yeah, and I'll be right back, I just need to get this over with." She smiled as she stood up, grabbing her bags. She then wrote down her number on a small notepad and placed it in Alexis' hand. "You call me when you need me. But I will be back the second I finish." Jules smiled, as Alexis jerked her into another hug.
1 hour. That's all it took for Jules' investigation to be cleared.. Jules explained her reasoning for shooting the subject, and then she explained all that she and Jessica had talked about. Then the hot topic came up. 2 underage girls living illegally with no legal guardian.
****Courthouse****
"They must be put into the foster care system." A social worker stated as Jules sat before her, Greg, a lawyer and a judge.
"No! They cant! They have to stay together!" Jules begged, tears coming to her eyes.
"Jules calm down." Greg whispered.
"Well, until the older sibling is released from the hospital, this discussion will be put on hold." The judge spoke as everyone rose to their feet and headed out of the courthouse.
"Boss, Let me deal with this. I can take care of this. Those girls just need something easy right now. They went through a traumatic event, and they are both still really scared. Let me get back to them." Greg paused a Jules spoke in such a serious manner.
"Okay Jules, I'll let you deal with this. They really have formed a close bond and trust for you. Take care of this. Im giving you the rest of the week off so you're arm can heal. You should be able to get something figured out." Greg rested his hand on her good shoulder and then hugged her close.
"Thanks Sarge." Jules said as she walked towards her car.
*****SRU*****
"Hey Jules, how did it go?" Sam asked as he saw her walking into the station.
"Good, Im clear, now I have one week to figure out what to do about Jessica and Alexis.
"Its okay Jules, we can figure something out together." Sam said hugging her gently so I wouldn't hurt her arm.
"See Daddy! Jules can hug boys! Why cant I?" Wordy's 6 year old daughter Sarah fussed as she saw Jules pull away from Sam.
"Sweetheart, you are only 6." Wordy sighed as Sarah ran up to Jules.
"Jules are you okay?" Sarah asked as she saw Jules' arm bandaged, even though Jules had taken the sling off against the rules, as always.
"Yeah, I'm fine Sarah, but I think we need to have a little talk, come here." Jules said as she took Sarah's hand, leading her to her locker room.
As the heavy door slammed shut behind them, Jules placed Sarah on the counter so she was at eye level… which was still pretty short.
"Okay Sarah, so what's his name?" Jules said, trying to sound serious… but it wasn't working to well.
"Billy. He's 8!" She said proudly.
"Okay, so what's this thing of you being married?! I wasn't invited to the wedding?" Jules joked, still trying to keep a straight face.
"Yep! On the playground!!! It was like in a fairy tale!" She smiled.
"Oh wow! You got married before me? So, have you two kissed yet?"
"Im growing up that's why! And yep! We kissed! Twice now!"
"Gosh! I thought boys had cooties? Man, I have been holding out on Sam then! Listen, I know this may seem like the greatest thing in the world right now, but boys can end up being really mean. Not all of them, but when a boy kisses you and you are 2 years younger than him, he is just using you. Trust me sweetie. Just take care of yourself. You call me if you ever need me!" Jules said, pulling her into a hug.
Jules started walking to her door with her bag, and Sarah was beside her until all of a sudden she jerked at her shirt hem.
"Jules?"
"Whats up?"
"Is it okay if he kissed another girl? I mean, my friend says they are just friends, but the girl he kissed is 8 just like him." Sarah said, the proud look had dropped to a frown.
"Listen Sarah, you just stay away from him. Here, her is my number, and you call me if he ever hurts your feelings, kisses you, or teases you or anything not friendly." Jules smiled at her as she handed her a piece of paper with her number on it.
"Thanks Jules." She smiled as she reached up to hug her waist.
"Sam, Im gonna head on back to the hospital to be with the girls, you wanna come now that you're off shift? I really want them to actually meet you." Jules said, walking from her locker room with Sarah running past her.
"Sure Jules, I would love to go. Let me get my things." Sam replied, watching her stand there in the hallway being approached by Wordy as he went to get his bags.
"So Jules, should I worry yet?" Wordy asked as he saw Sarah bummed.
"Nah, Wordy, we got this. Just a little girl drama. I'll deal with it. Tell Shelly not to worry about a thing. You two need to take care of the baby. I'll keep an eye out for Sarah and her husband." Jules joked, as Wordy thanked her.
"Okay Jules, ready to go?" Sam asked, carrying his bag over his shoulder.
"Yeah. Bye Guys. See you soon!" Jules waved goodbye and they headed out to her jeep.
On the way back to the hospital, Jules shad a long, in-depth conversation about a plan she had thought up for Jessica and Alexis. She wanted Sam's opinion, but she wanted him to meet them just as much.
"Okay Sam, listen, both girls are very sensitive to guys. Earlier Jessica went to radiology and it was a man taking her down, and me and another girl nurse had to take her down instead. Both of them are scared, but Jessica—Jessica was raped, this is overly hard for her." Jules explained as they stepped off the elevator outside the girl's room. Sam nodded in reply to her instructions.
"Jessica? Alexis?" Jules whispered as she opened the door to their hospital room.
"Jules!" Alexis jumped from the chair and ran over to hug her.
"Hey Sweetie. Jessica, How are you feeling?"
"Im feeling better, just in a lot of pain." Jessica sighed, beginning to shake from Sam's presence.
"I want you two to meet Sam. He works with me. He is on the same team as I am. Alexis, you met Sam earlier right?" Jules spoke, reassuringly.
"Hey Sam. Yeah, I met you for a few minutes." Alexis said, shaking Sam's hand.
Jessica sat silently, then her eyes cutting over to see Jules, so she could see the fear in her eyes.
"Jessica, Sam is a good guy. I promise you, he wont hurt you. He does the same job I do, he works to help people." Jules whispered to her, walking towards her.
"Hey—Hey Sam." Jessica whispered.
Sam kept his distance. "Hey Jessica, I hope you can trust me as much as you trust Jules. I'm a cool guy, I promise." Sam let off a small joke, seeing a short smile pull at Jessica's lips.
"Girls, I need to talk to you two." Jules said as she sat down onto the small couch, Alexis jumping to sit down beside her. Jessica tried to crawl as close to the end of the bed, as Sam took the seat near the window. "Okay, so… I was doing the investigation today, and of course the topic of you two not having a guardian came up. Now, the social workers want you two in foster care, but I cant promise that you would be together." Tears began to roll down both of the girls cheeks. "Now, I wanted to know what you two thought of—well—coming to live with me until Jessica turns 18, or until you two feel safe enough to get a place of your own like you do now. I cant let you two go back out there alone. You could stay for as long as you want." Jules explained, as all of a sudden Alexis jumped to her feet, "Oh my Gosh Jules! That would be amazing! We could finally have lights for a whole month!" Alexis smiled, hugging Jules tightly with tears of joy rolling down her eyes. "Girls, there is one more thing though. Sam does live with me, we are roommates." She and Sam both sighed, hoping it wouldn't change their opinions. "I don't care! I like Sam! Sam is cool!" Alexis said, running and pulling Sam into a tight hug. "Thanks." Sam whispered to her, then all 3 of them looked over to Jessica for a response. "Sam why don't you and Alexis run to the cafeteria for a few minutes?" Jules prompted. "Yeah Sam! Let's go!" Alexis tugged at his arm, as he laughed with her.
The heavy door closed behind them.
"Jessica." Jules sighed, walking to the foot of the bed. All she did in response is look at her hands, her bruised palms.
"Jessica, I really want you two to live with me for a bit. I promise you, Sam will keep his distance as long as you need him to. He's a great guy. I just really want you two to have someone to look after you so bad things like this don't happen again."
"Thanks Jules." Jessica replied suddenly, a smile on her face.
"So you'll do it? You'll come with me?!" Jules said excitedly, wrapping her good arm around Jessica.
"Yeah, it will feel nice to be protected again." Jessica smiled, feeling safe now.
Wow. I totally zoned out. This chapter sucked. Oh, but I decided this isn't a 2shot anymore. Its going to be at least a few more chapters! I'll update again…well… today.. :D review please!