Second chapter! Thanks for reading the last one and all the support I got. More is on the way!
Sophia and Jake are slow dancing together. It's simple but nice. Her hands are on his shoulders and his hands are on her hips. The entire song they don't say a word, just looking at each other's eyes. It isn't awkward, it feels like they could do it for hours. When the song finishes, he breaks the eye contact and looks at his feet, and smiles shyly.
"You are a great dancer.." He says to her sheepishly
"Thanks," she responds with a smile "When I was younger I took classes, entered a couple competitions, won a few too-" She continues, but he spaces out. All he can think about is that one day him and Amy went to the competition and how horrible she was at dancing and how he taught her for a bit. He looks for Amy in the room and sees her dancing with Holt, them both laughing when he tries to guide her through the song. He smiles at her and how beautiful her laugh is.
"and then- wait Jake are you even listening?" She says, sounding offended.
He snaps back to reality "Oh yeah no I'm listening, go on," He says trying to give her his undivided attention.
"I'm going to go get a drink, do you want anything?" She changes the subject.
"Oh I think I'm fine, but thanks." He responds, but she is already walking away.
He walks over and finds Amy sitting at a table on her phone
"Hey!" He says, trying to get her attention
"Oh hey sorry I didn't see you there," She responds, looking up from her phone. "This is a really fun place isn't it?"
"Yeah it's great…" He is nervous about what he is about to say.
"Do you...want to dance?" He says, anxious for a reaction. "I mean, I know you hate dancing and-" He rambles but she stops him
"Sure," She answers, as if she has been waiting all night for him to ask her that.
"Awesome!" he says, surprised about her answer, but then he realizes that sounded too excited so he quickly follows with "I mean yeah cool."
She smiles, and leads him onto the dance floor. "You Look Wonderful Tonight" By Eric Clapton is playing and he could not think of a more perfect song to go with his thoughts. All he can notice is her. How her hair falls perfectly on her shoulders, how brown her eyes are, and just how amazing she looks. Jake has never really noticed her looks. Of course he has realized she is beautiful, even with her, but until tonight, he truly saw her actual elegance. He realizes he has been staring at her one second too long so her takes her hand and puts his hands on her hips.
"I just thought I should let you know you looks really good in a suit.." She whispers in his ear "and you should definitely wear clothes like this all the time. Not like that green suit you wore last St. Patricks day. It kinda made me want to go blind" She says scrunching up her face at the thought of it.
"It kinda made me want to go blind title of your sextape," He says, way too proud of himself.
For once, his sex tape joke actually made her laugh. Then he realizes he would basically do anything to make her laugh. Making her happy is what makes him happy, and he wants to do that as much as possible.
"Hey you are actually pretty decent at dancing! Did you take a class?" She says, surprised.
"Oh yeah well, when I was about 7, my mom made me take dancing lessons every week. By the time I was 13 I had enough and quit, but they did teach me a few things…" He says, while dipping her to the floor, their faces closer than ever.
She looks surprised. She has never quite seen this side of Jake before. Of course she realized her feelings for him when he started dating Sophia, and of course she broke up with Teddy for him, but then Jake never broke up with Sophia. But seeing this sensitive part of Jake made her want him more.
"But don't tell anyone about that ok? I need to keep my street cred," He says smiling
He then brings her back up to where she is standing on both of her feet, but his hands are still wrapped around her back. She could not think of a better time to kiss him, then she notices Sophia standing behind him.
"Sophia hey! I haven't seen you in a month how are you?" Amy says trying to avoid the fact that her boyfriend had his hands all over her a second ago.
Jake immediately stands up straight, with his hands behind his back. He is smiling to make it seem like he didn't just have the realization that he loves his coworker.
"Oh I'm great thanks for asking, Jake can I talk to you for a minute?" Sophia says with a smile, even though Jake knows she is pissed
He follows her to a corner in the room "Hey so I didn't know you were a dancer…" she says, with a smile, but her eyes shows Jake that he is about to be grilled
"Yeah well-" He says but she interrupts. "You weren't dancing that way with me," Her fake smile disappears. "Look I can see you like Amy, and this isn't the first sign,"
"Just let me explain-" He tries to say before she interrupts him again, but then she does. "This isn't going to work out is it?"
He tries to find the best way to deny that, but he can't "I'm sorry, but you're right. God why are you always right?" He says, frustrated at himself.
"No Jake, I'm sorry. I don't want to hold you back from someone you so clearly love. I'm going to go, but I hope you two are happy." She says, again with a fake smile. She walks away, and as much as Jake wants to stop her, he can't deny that she is right.
He watches her until she walks out the door, then he looks at the floor. She may have been the one, one he is supposed to marry. He glances through the room, looking for the bar, he could really use a drink. Then he sees someone that looks very familiar. He takes a couple steps closer and then he recognizes him. Freddy Malladi. The one perp that got away during his undercover operation. He is here, at the police ball, but he is not a police officer. Jake notices the suspicious brief case he is carrying. "It must be a bomb, he found out I was a cop now he is trying to kill me" Jake thinks.
He speed walks over to Amy
"Hey are you and Sophia ok? She seemed a bit mad and-" Amy starts
"Amy I need your help, there is a guy here that is trying to kill me. Not enough time to explain but we need to get his brief case...can you please help me?" He begs. He knows that no other detective here could do this, at least not as well as Amy can.
"I'll help." She says with a determined look in her eyes
That's it for this chapter, but come back soon for the next and finale one. I'm sorry if this isn't the best, I'm still learning how to actually write properly. Reviews about what you think really help though!
