Chapter 2: The observation room
"What is it, O'Hara?" Lassiter furrowed his eyebrows when he saw the worried expression on Juliet's face. Something was wrong with his partner.
"I've been trying to reach Shawn for nearly five hours. He won't pick up his phone. He promised me. Well never mind. It's not important." Juliet tried to shrug it off suddenly aware of the fact that Lassiter didn't know about the relationship between herself and Shawn.
"What did he promise you?"
"Look, I already said it's nothing. It was ridiculous. A joke between us." Juliet turned around to her desk but Lassiter grabbed her by her arm to stop her.
"Cut the crap, O'Hara!"
Juliet looked up at him and furrowed her brows in confusion.
"What are you talking about, Carlton?"
"I'm talking about you and Spencer!"
"What should there be to talk about?" Juliet still tried to not give anything away.
Suddenly Lassiter pulled her towards the interrogation rooms.
"Where are we going, Carlton? Could you please stop dragging me through the whole department like this?" Juliet hissed to Carlton so that no-one else could hear it.
"Believe me, O'Hara. You don't want that, we're having this conversation here."
He pushed her into the observation room shut the door behind them and locked it.
"Carlton, that's a little creepy! Why did you lock the door?"
"So that there will be no interruptions." Lassiter growled.
Juliet stumbled back a few steps.
"Umm, Carlton I think I want to leave. Now." Juliet said with a slight quiver in her voice.
Lassiter jerked his head up and looked at her with horrified eyes.
"No. God no. It's not what you think. Oh my god this whole Spencer thing is really driving me crazy." He muttered under his breath.
"The Spencer thing?" Juliet was totally confused now. "Carlton, I have no clue what you are talking about."
"Really?" Lassiter replied.
Juliet narrowed her eyes in suspicion. Maybe Carlton had finally found out about them.
"Well, maybe not really. But go ahead. I'm really curious as to what you mean by the 'Spencer thing`!" Juliet made air quotes to show how ridiculous this whole situation seemed to her.
"I was here the night Yang murdered her own father." Lassiter started to speak but stopped after the first sentence. It seemed he didn't want to say anything further.
"Yeah, I know you were there. We were standing in front of the house together. Remember?" Juliet pointed out to him a little confused as to where this whole conversation was leading to.
"No. Not at the house. I mean here." Lassiter swirled his arm around.
"Where here? You mean here at the department? Sure you were here." Juliet got a little worried about Lassiter now. It seemed he had lost his mind at long last.
"No!" Lassiter rubbed his hand over his face and glared angrily at Juliet. Juliet scowled back at him not entirely sure why he was acting all weird.
"What no! Can you please explain what you mean? I'm totally at a loss here."
"I was here. Here in the observation room the night Yin was murdered." Lassiter looked expectantly at Juliet but she only rolled her hand to tell him that he should continue.
"God damn it, O'Hara. I thought you were a smart person."
"Now don't be ridiculous, Carlton. Just say what you mean by the 'Spencer thing`." Juliet were using air quotes again earning an angry glare from Lassiter. "It's that easy."
"For you perhaps." Lassiter growled but finally gave in.
"I was in the observation room looking through the mirror and saw you two in there. Spencer and you." He stated explicitly to make sure Juliet knew now what he was talking about.
"Okay. Finally you are making sense." Juliet had to hide a smirk. "Did you hear and see everything?"
"Yes. Unfortunately." Lassiter grimaced in disgust.
"Come on, Carlton. Is it really that bad?"
"Seriously, O'Hara? Why Spencer? I don't get it. He is annoying as hell and acts like a nine year old child most of the time. He is a goof ball. You deserve much better."
Juliet smiled slightly during Lassiter's speech because he sounded as if he was her big brother and to her that was very sweet.
"He's only a rebound for this rich guy, isn't he?" Lassiter asked with hopeful eyes.
Juliet's smile dropped instantly and she answered angrily.
"He is not a rebound. How can you say something like that? After all the good things he did for the department! He's solved a lot of cases for us or rather with us. Can't you just give him a little credit for that?" Juliet stood in front of him red-faced, her eyes sparkling with fury pointing her forefinger at him.
Lassiter stood stock still but then suddenly shook his head.
"You love him!" It was not a question but an assessment.
The anger Juliet felt just seconds ago vanished immediately and she only felt hollow.
"Yes. I love him." She murmured.
"Okay." Lassiter stated matter-of-factual. Juliet jerked her head up.
"What? No further comment? No 'I will go immediately to the Chief`?" Juliet looked at him surprised that he'd given in so fast.
"No. Nothing like that. Honestly I've thought about ratting you two out. But ." Lassiter trailed off.
Juliet suddenly understood and said softly putting a hand on his arm.
"We're partners."
"Exactly. We are partners." Lassiter felt a little uncomfortable showing Juliet that he really cared about her so he quickly changed the subject.
"So now that we cleared that up. Why are you worried about Spencer? What did he get into this time?"
Juliet had almost forgotten why Lassiter dragged her in here in the first place.
"I can't get a hold of him, Carlton. I'm really worried." Juliet's shoulders slumped down and she rubbed her fingers over her temples. She began to feel the first twinges of a headache and this made the whole situation even worse.
"Isn't he somewhere with Guster? Maybe they've forgotten the time. Wouldn't surprise me! Did you try to reach Guster?" Lassiter tried to reassure her. But it seemed it didn't work. Juliet started to pace up and down in the small room gesticulating with her hands frantically while she was speaking.
"Gus is out of town on some pharmaceutical conference and even if he wasn't, Shawn promised me the last time they were out so long and I couldn't reach him that he would call me in the future and I believe him." Juliet stopped in her track and realized that her hands were shaking. She intertwined them to stop the trembling.
Lassiter looked at his partner now also slightly worried. He couldn't remember a time he saw her so anxious. When Yin captured Spencer she had to be professional and nobody knew that she and Spencer were dating at the time. But if he wouldn't already know that she loved Spencer he could see it clearly now. It was written all over her face.
"Why are you so sure something bad happened?" Lassiter wanted to know. "And stop pacing O'Hara. That doesn't help anyone." He stopped her with his hand on her arm. She turned around and looked through the mirror in the interrogation room.
"Call it women's intuition. I don't know exactly. Something feels wrong, Carlton."
Lassiter wasn't a cop who believed in such things as gut or intuition. But even if Juliet was wrong it wouldn't hurt if he took her hunch seriously.
"Okay. I will go and talk to the Chief. Let's see with what she comes up with." Lassiter pulled Juliet around by her shoulders and squeezed them slightly.
"We will find him, O'Hara. Take a few minutes and stay here. In the meantime I'll talk to the Chief and then we can discuss what we will do next. Okay?"
Somehow it calmed Juliet that her partner didn't question her intuition and she nodded hesitantly. Lassiter unlocked the door and left her alone. Juliet pressed her forehead against the mirror and closed her eyes for a few seconds. Suddenly a memory crossed her mind. The last time she was in here with Shawn two weeks ago. It was a very pleasant memory and she had to smile broadly even considering the current situation. She took him totally by surprise this day and that was indeed a rarity.
~S&J~
"Jules, what's wrong?" Shawn stumbled when Juliet dragged him by his hand in the direction of the interrogation rooms. "It sounded urgent when you called me."
"It is urgent." Juliet pushed him into the observation room and locked the door. She swirled around to him and shoved him so hard that he landed with a thud in the wall.
"Jules?" Shawn asked carefully. It seemed to be one of her mood swings she had quite a few in the last days. But before he could say anything more she threw herself into his arms and kissed him as if her life depended on it. She was normally the one who stopped him even when he only wanted to give her a quick peck on the cheek in the department. But he wasn't the one who would complain that she apparently changed her mind. It took him only a few seconds until he kissed her back almost as desperately.
She pressed her whole body against his and it took only a few seconds until he was rock hard. He didn't know how she did it but every time she touched him he wanted to drag her to bed and have wild and uncontrolled sex with her. This time was no exception.
He groaned loudly and pressed his erection deeper into her. He expected that she would pull away and would end it before they went too far but she began to rub her center along his erection and moaned into his mouth. He had absolutely no idea what made her so fired up for him that she broke the no touching rule at the department and actually wasn't able anymore to think further about it. He pushed her away a little bit and looked into her face.
"Jules, you should have said on the phone that you need me for this? I would have come faster." Shawn had a smug grin on his face. But instead of scolding him she licked her lips and stepped closer again trailing her fingers along his chest down to his erection and stroked up and down over it. She tucked her bottom lip between her teeth and closed her eyes. It seemed she wanted to intensify the feeling of his cock under her fingers. He pushed his hips further to increase the pressure of her fingers and she opened her eyes and glared at him seductively.
"I want you to come fast." Juliet's voice was full of desire and he pulled her towards him to crush his lips on hers. Suddenly there seemed to be no time for any foreplay. They kissed each other frantically ripping their clothes almost apart in the need to get rid of at least the clothes who were in their way. Juliet pulled his jeans down taking his boxers along while Shawn tried to get rid of her panties. Juliet didn't bother to take her skirt off too.
"Shawn I want you right here. Now." He pushed her into the wall and she raised her legs and wrapped them around his hips. He grabbed her ass with one hand and supported himself with his other hand on the wall. "Oh my god, Jules. I want you so much."
Juliet only moaned as a response and with one quick thrust he pushed his cock into her causing Juliet to moan louder. He crushed his lips on hers to stifle her moans well aware that it could be possible that someone could hear them outside.
She pulled his head closer to her and lifted her hips further to give him better access. He knew that she was close and wondered what brought her so close to an orgasm in such a short time but so there was no need to held anything back and his thrusts became deeper and harder as he shoved his cock over and over into her.
Their kisses became deeper too and they bite at each other lips to prevent themselves to moan too loud. Shawn thrusted his cock even faster into her and Juliet's head dropped to his shoulder and she bite down on his shirt to stifle her moans.
Shawn almost lost it when he heard her muffled moans. He felt that he was close to his own orgasm so he pressed his forehead against his hand which rested on the wall pulled Juliet even higher and plunged his cock into her at a different angle and Juliet arched her back when he hit her g-spot thus harder with his cock.
He had to bite on his tongue to not cry out loud when he felt that Juliet's walls began to flutter around his cock. With the next thrust Juliet reached her climax and cried into his shirt as her orgasm hit her hard. Shawn groaned and plunged his cock into her one more time before he followed her.
Juliet's legs were still wrapped around his hips and he helped her to unwrap them and put them down on the ground again. He had to support her because her legs seemed to be still weak. She smiled up at him with a grin over her whole face.
"I think I may have some bruises on my back." She giggled and began to search for her panties which Shawn has thrown somewhere into the room earlier.
"Jules, I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you. But actually it was your fault. You called me here to have wild sex in the observation room." Shawn stated while he pulled his boxers and jeans up again. But suddenly he stopped his task and looked up surprised. "Wow. I just realized that I had sex with you here at the department. Who would have thought that I will get a quickie with you here at your work place." Shawn smiled broadly.
Juliet hit him into the shoulder spotting her panties at the other side of the room. "Don't use this against me, Shawn. I warn you." She walked across the room picked up her panties and put them on again.
"Why? What will happen then? Will I get another one?" Shawn asked hopefully looking at her with puppy eyes while he buttoned his jeans.
"You are incorrigible." Juliet groaned. "You will use this against me. I shouldn't give in into my desire. I shouldn't have called you."
Shawn pulled her into an embrace. "I'm glad you did, Jules. This was the best thing that could happen today. I think I'm satisfied for today."
"Really?" Juliet asked. "No second round tonight?"
"Jules are you serious." Shawn groaned. "I might need a penis implant in the near future." Juliet started to laugh hysterically. "That's not funny, Jules. You are the one who expect maximum power from my beauty here." Shawn tried to stay straight faced but failed miserably. He joined Juliet in her laughter.
After their laughing fit they both stood there bending over their knees to catch their breaths. Shawn pulled up at first and looked at Juliet. Her hair was messed up and her cheeks were a bright red. Her eyes sparkled with satisfied lust.
"There is no way we could hide what we just did when we go out there. I think we must use the rear exit."
"What?" Juliet looked up at him quizzically.
Shawn stepped forward and stroked her cheek.
"Jules, you are literally glowing. And when my eyes look the same as yours they will all know instantly that we had sex in here."
Juliet cheeks became even redder as she realized only now what they really did in the observation room.
"Oh my god. They couldn't find out, Shawn. Please."
"No problem, Jules. That just calls out for stealth mode." Shawn's eyes were sparkling with amusement.
"Of course you are enjoying this." Juliet muttered under her breath.
They unlocked the door and looked around the corner if anyone was in sight. As they couldn't see anyone they jumped out of the room and went straight towards the rear exit and because the luck seemed to be on their side they got out without someone noticing it.
Juliet blushed when she remembered that Shawn and she had sex in here. Thank god that no-one had found out. It could have cost her her job. She straightened herself and went to the door to face the world outside ready to begin the search for Shawn.
~S&J~
They were going over all the details Juliet knew but so far they came up with nothing. They were having no clue where Shawn could be or what happened to him. Suddenly Juliet was overwhelmed by a wave of nausea. She jumped up and ran towards the toilet. The Chief and Lassiter sat puzzled in their seats and were staring after her retreating form.
Juliet just reached the toilet in time to throw up. She emptied her whole stomach and flushed the toilet. Exhausted she leaned herself against the wall taking in some deep breaths. She walked over to the sink and splashed some water into her face. When she looked up at her reflection she saw how pale she was and her stomach revolted again but she could suppress the urge to vomit again.
Maybe it was a stomach bug. That was the best explanation. But when she righted herself up another thought crossed her mind.
"No. That's not possible." Juliet spoke out loud into the empty room.
She shook her head to get rid of this assumption but it didn't work. This would explain all the strange things that happened lately. Well she would worry about it later. Now she had to find Shawn.
She walked back out into the department and towards the Chief and Lassiter. Both looked up at her with worried faces.
"Is everything okay?" Lassiter asked her.
"Yes. I think I might capture a stomach bug. Nothing serious. I'm good." Juliet replied.
The Chief looked at her not at all reassured.
"Go home, O'Hara. Nothing we can do today anyway."
"No. I don't want to go home. We still have no clue where Shawn is." Juliet refused to go home without any hint about Shawn's whereabout.
When the Chief watched Juliet the assumption she had for some time now was confirmed. Her junior detective was in love with the psychic. She always thought this two were perfect for each other. She was happy for them. But when she looked closer she saw how pale Juliet looked and suddenly remembered her mood swings in the last few weeks. Juliet looked up at her and they shared a look only another woman would understand.
"Go home, Juliet. You need the rest." The Chief emphasized the word you and Juliet knew that the Chief suspected the same thing as she did. She sighed and gave in.
"Okay. But call me if you have any leads." Juliet turned around and walked slowly out of the department.
"What was that about?" Lassiter asked curiously. He knew that he normally didn't get subtle hints but he saw the look the two women exchanged and how Juliet caved in to go home so fast and he really wanted to know why.
"Let's just say it's now even more important to find Spencer as soon as possible. And alive."
~S&J~
He woke up with a splitting headache and the pain in his leg was worse than before he lost consciousness. He stayed on the ground and didn't want to move in fear that the pain would get even worse.
He tried to take some calming breaths because he was on the brink of hyperventilating due to the pain. It worked. Sort of. He breathed normally again or as normal as his broken rips allowed.
He opened the only eye he was still able to open because the other one was swollen shut and was puckering with every heart beat. He was still laying at the same place or so he assumed. It had to be night because he couldn't see anything. He turned on his back forgetting for one second his leg and was crying out in pain. He needed some pain medication and fast. He really hoped that his kidnappers would give him something. But so far he hadn't seen or heard from them. His memory seemed to be a little less blurry and he tried to remember once again what happened.
He could see it now more clearly. He went back to the alley in which they were in the morning because he had the feeling he overlooked something. Something that could led them to the man who shot at him. He just started to look around when he heard a sound like shoes kicking a stone over the pavement. But when he wanted to turn around he was hit with something over the head and blackened out.
When he regained consciousness he was bound to a stool in a barn and could see a man in his forties standing in front of him with a pipe in his hand. The man mumbled something about his father who just died in prison and that it was all his fault. Then the man punched him into the face with his fist two times. That was were he got the swollen eye and the chapped lip from he supposed.
He could remember that he was not able to keep his mouth shut and made some ridiculous remarks and that seemed to push the man over the edge. He lashed out with the pipe and hit him between his rips and he could remember hearing the crack when the pipe made contact with them. And for some reason he started to laugh making the man even more angry and he struck out one more time and hit his shin bone. After that he remembered nothing despite a blurry memory of a drive in the trunk of a car. Well when he looked at his shin bone it was no surprise that he blackened out.
Suddenly he heard a sound outside of his prison and keys turning around in the lock. He tried to straightened himself up a little bit but dropped the idea immediately when the pain shot through his leg again. The door opened and the man from the barn entered the room.
"Oh, I see you are awake. That's great. That means we could talk once again."
The man came closer and the light from outside illuminated his body. Shawn could see that he was holding the pipe again in his hand and shuddered slightly so he tried to hide it from his kidnapper. He wasn't sure if he could take any more and before the kidnapper reached him his last thought was how much it would affect Juliet if he didn't make it out of here alive.
Okay that was the second chapter. Am I evil? Yes, I am. A cliffhanger. Sorry that there was not more about Shawn's situation in this chapter but my plot bunnies wanted to go in this direction and I had to follow. :) As usual thanks to my beta-reader FearTheSpork. She is amazing. See you soon and please feel free to review.