Leavin' on your mind
Nicole sat at her desk eyes glued to the clock, it was five to eleven. The butterflies in Nicole's chest were almost ready to burst.
"What you waiting on sweetie?" Came the sweet tone of Gladis, She was a sweet thing in her fifties. Always had a smile on her face and a thickly knitted poncho hanging around her shoulders.
"I'm going out with a friend after work" Nicole responded a slight pause before she said friend, was that the right word for Waverly? They weren't dating, Waverly had Champ. But saying the word friend seemed so wrong.
"Aww that's nice you making a few friends then?" Gladis pulled a chair up beside Nicole pulling the mug she held to her lips and taking a quick sip.
"Something like that yeah" Nicole said before she could register the answer she gave
"Oh so your meeting a boy, no not a boy a girl?" Gladis raised an eyebrow at her. Nicole cursed to herself silently, was she that obvious with her attraction towards women. Not that she minded Nicole had been out since she was thirteen, after that there was no going back she happily told every single person she met. "I'm sorry if I spoke out of turn sweetie, small town word got around quickly" Gladis gently placed a reassuring hand on Nicole's letting her know it was ok.
"No not at all Gladis I am out and proud" Nicole flashed her a quick smile before continuing "But tonight's not a date at least I don't think so"
"Ah one of them, don't worry we all get one. I'm sure if you flash her a few of them smiles, she'll be putty in your hands. So to speak" Gladis replied with a laugh and a quick wink at Nicole. She looked at the clock quickly before standing "Off you pop sweetie you'll be late for your not date"
Nicole gave her a quick smile before rising from her desk, making her way towards the staff changing rooms. She stopped quickly at Nedley's office to say her goodbye before disappearing from sight.
Waverly zigzagged through the crowds making her way back to the bar, flashing people her classic Waverly smile. "What time do you make it?" She asked Shorty as she got to the bar.
"About five to, what's up Waves? that's the fifth time in ten minutes you've asked that. Don't wanna be here tonight?" Shorty gave a mock hurt look before smiling at Waverly
"No it's not that, I've got a d.. Plans" She said quickly covering up her slip up, was this a date? She thought quickly. Nicole was nice but she had Champ right, yet how did Nicole keep entering her mind.
"Ahh you wanna head off now then?, get ready" Shorty said, he hadn't missed the little slip-up. If he was honest he hoped the girl would soon find someone better. Nothing was wrong with Champ he had his faults, but they were just so different.
"Are you sure?" Waverly perked up, quickly checking the bar to make sure it wasn't too busy
"Yeah get out of here" He said pretending to shoo her away with his bar cloth. Waverly gave him a quick peck on the cheek and a thank you before shooting up the stairs to her room. It was a small room but she made it home, Shorty had allowed her to move in after she got the job. Worried about how she would get home at night, of course that was before she got her jeep.
She ran into the room and grabbed the clothes she had already laid out before heading to work. She took her phone out her pocket to send Champ a quick text.
Off out now will text you when on way home xx 3 3 -Waverly
She smiled at herself before moving towards the shower. She washed as quickly as she could remove the smell of beer, replacing it with the normal sweet fruity smell of her body wash and shampoo. Tonight was gonna be a good night she thought as she rinsed off the soap.
Nicole pulled up outside Shorty's switching the engine of her mustang off, she got out the car leaning against the hood. She fished her phone out of her pocket sending Waverly a quick text.
I'm outside ready when you are :) - Nicole
Not long after Nicole sent her text she got a reply.
Oh god I'm a little behind just got out the shower so give me a few minutes to get dressed- Waverly
Nicole quickly shivered at the thought of Waverly fresh out the shower, quickly burying the thought and silently scolding herself. They were just friends she tried to remind herself.
"Nice ride there" A deep voice came from behind, Nicole turned seeing a man walking alongside her car. He walked up close to her before outstretching his hand "Names Champ" He said with a flirtatious smile
"Nicole, Nicole haught" She said standing to face him, He quickly eyed her up and down before letting his hand fall
"Ah your the new cop in town" He said moving his hands to bury them in his pockets.
"That's right" Nicole said nodding her head awkwardly. They stood in silence for a second before Champ finally spoke up.
"Anyway I'm gonna go, Have fun with Waves tonight" He began to walk towards the bar before turning again "Don't do anything I would" He said trying to make it sound like a joke, But Nicole wasn't stupid and heard the slight warning in his tone.
She leaned against the hood of her car again. Not long after Champ entered the bar Waverly came stumbling out, she quickly rearranged her hair and checked her lipstick before noticing Nicole.
"Hey" She said breathlessly at the sight of Nicole, She was wearing a pair of tight skinny jeans with some high top trainers. Her top was a simple white t-shirt with a black leather jacket to go with it all. Nicole had a very tomboyish style but somehow she made it so sexy.
Nicole noticed Waverly's sudden breathlessness unsure if it was from her outfit, or the obvious kiss that Champ probably gave her to stake his claim. She scolded herself quickly, of course it was the second option. Waverly was straight no way did she find her hot. Nicole on the other hand found Waverly's outfit very hot, she had come out in a pair of short shorts with a pair of brown cowboy boots. She wore a white button shirt that tied just below her rib cage, showing off her subtle abs. Nicole could almost feel her mouth water at the sight before her.
"Nicole?" Waverly asked after she noticed Nicole hadn't spoken for a while.
Nicole shook her head slowly bringing herself back from the fantasies that were running through her mind. "Yes, hi sorry I was umm…" Nicole trailed of her eyes falling to the ground as a slight blush hit her cheeks.
"Distracted" Waverly said her eyes filling with a mischievous grin
"Yes, I mean how can I not be?" Nicole said smiling, two could play that game she thought "So where to, I mean I'm by no means local but Gloria's is a good place"
"Gloria's is the only place" Waverly giggled, sending a shiver down Nicole's spine at the sweetness. "Lead the way" Waverly swung her hand in the direction of Gloria's.
They reached Gloria's in a few minutes, the joys of being in a small town were, well it was small. Nicole opened the door for Waverly letting her walk in before her.
"Oh sweet Jesus look who it is, It's been a while Waverly dear" Gloria said moving from behind the counter to sweep her up in a big hug "How you been precious?" She said moving away slightly still keeping Waverly at arm's length.
"I've been good, aren't you supposed to be out celebrating?" Waverly replied with a quick rise of her eyebrow.
"Oh sweetie that's been and done someone's gotta look after this place, lord knows Roy can't" Gloria laughed as she slowly walked back to behind the counter "Oh and Nicole thank you for helping Roy out tonight" she turned to Nicole giving her a quick smile as she began to make two drinks. She brought the two drinks over to us placing them down.
"We that predictable?" Nicole asked with a chuckle
"Yes but so is everyone, As soon as they walk through the doors I know" She gave Nicole a little wink before turning to grab them a couple of pastries "On the house, call it a thank you for today" Gloria said handing over the plates.
Nicole and Waverly made their way over to a little table in the corner, Nicole placed down the food before walking to Waverly's chair and pulling it out for her "M'Lady" She said mockingly putting a massive smile on Waverly's face.
"Why thank you" She replied in a mock English accent "So how'd you end up in good old purgatory?" She asked taking a sip of her spiced tea.
"Well Nedley saw me at the academy, he asked for me personally. I needed a change of scene so here I am" Nicole raised her hands in a half shrug before lowering her hands back down to wrap around her cappuccino.
"Don't you find it boring here?" Waverly asked curiously "I mean I've been here my whole life so I know no different, but you're from the city"
"Not at all, I thought so at first but something's here just spark my interest" Nicole lowered her head slightly looking at Waverly through a curtain of hair. Waverly blushed before trying to continue their conversation.
They talked about Waverly's past and Nicole's parents. Wynonna's grand return to purgatory and how Waverly felt about it all. Before they knew it they had been sat in Gloria's for three hours, Waverly looked down at her phone seeing a string of texts from Champ asking how much longer she would be.
"I should head back, Champ is worried" she said with a sigh, sadness pricked at her heart at the thought of having to leave Nicole. She was nice and something about her just drew Waverly in. It was confusing and comforting both at the same time, it gave her a headache just thinking it over.
"Yeah I have work tomorrow morning so I should think about getting off too" Nicole stood grabbing her jacket, slinging it over her arm "besides someone's gotta feed that cat of mine" she chuckled to herself as she waited for Waverly to stand.
Waverly Rose from her seat moving to stand alongside Nicole. There was a sudden silence that fell upon them as they walked back towards shorty's. It was like neither one of them wanted to end the night, that talking would make it happen quicker. Waverly shivered as the cold hit the strip of exposed stomach, Nicole noticed placing her jacket on to Waverly's shoulders.
"Thanks but won't you get cold" Waverly broke the silence looking towards Nicole as they neared the point where they were to split up, go their separate ways.
"Of course, plus if I let you borrow my jacket it means you have to give it back. Therefore I get to see you again" Nicole smiled at Waverly sending another shiver down her back, her smile always had some sort of effect on her.
Nicole stopped outside of shorty's, turning to look at Waverly they both looked at each other neither one ready to say a goodbye. "So this is me" Waverly said awkwardly
"So it would seem" Nicole said with another throaty chuckle that made Waverly's stomach do flips. Waverly surged forward pulling Nicole into a quick hug before placing a light kiss to her cheek and running off inside.
Nicole chuckled leaning against her car, placing a hand on the cheek she kissed feeling the heat rise. Nicole took one last look at shorty's before getting into her car and making the drive home.
Waverly watched from her window as Nicole drove away. She didn't know why she had acted the way she did, why Nicole seemed to confuse her so much. She had Champ she shouldn't feel this way about anybody else. Besides Nicole were a girl and last she checked she was definitely straight. Wasn't she?
She climbed into bed next to Champ pulling the covers over herself. He turned around wrapping a strong arm around her waist pulling her in close. Waverly felt guilty as she laid there her thoughts still drifting to Nicole. As they both fell to sleep, their dreams drifted to each other. Dreams of love, of kisses, of touches. For the first time ever Waverly woke with her heart beating, a heat between her legs and a confusion that seemed to just keep growing.
Nicole stood by the BBD office making sure she kicked a little harder than last time. She heard rustling inside and things slamming, obviously hiding the super secret stuff she couldn't see. "Enter" she heard Dolls say before she swung open the door.
"Hey uh you asked to be alerted whenever things come over the wire that seems unusual" Nicole said quickly wanting to get whatever interaction with him over quickly. Waverly looked at Nicole a slight heat rising as she remembered the dreams she had the night before. It didn't help that she seemed to have a thing about Nicole in her uniform.
"Yeah we're coming, thanks, Waverly your dismissed" Dolls looked towards Waverly as he spoke noticing the little shy smile she gave to Nicole. BBD had trained him on a lot of things, body language is one of them. By the looks that Nicole was sending Waverly, she was falling hard. He turned on his heel walking past Nicole as he left.
Nicole tried to steal one last look at the star of all her dreams the night before. That had left her quite frustrated and looking forward to sleeping again. Just so she could once again see the sweet girl before her.
Nicole spun round in her chair letting out a sigh. It was a long day, there had been no call outs and any paperwork that needed to be done was done. She had to admit the idea of being an NYPD officer was a little more appealing right now. But although she was bored out of her mind now she was sure everything would get better, besides how else would she of found Waverly.
She got up and walked towards the break room. She grabbed the amazingly meh coffee and poured herself a cup. She turned towards the fridge to grab the cream recoiling at the smell, it was definitely expired. She slowly began to move the black coffee towards her lips when the boy popped his head round.
"All hands on deck Nicole we have a hostage situation, gear up" He disappeared from view before Nicole could question him. She ran towards her desk grabbing her gun and hat, taking the cruiser keys. Finally some action she thought to herself.
As Nicole turned up at the scene she rolled her eyes. Dolls had already made it there and no doubt had staked his claim meaning she would have to play nice. She positioned herself by her cruiser, her gun drawn. Dolls continued his conversation with the suspect, Nicole was too far away to hear any of the conversations but she had a feeling it wasn't great. Dolls hung up the phone looking towards the door, Maybe it had gone well. After a few minutes, the hostages began to pour out. Nicole began to walk towards Dolls, fiddling with her holster as she tried to holster her gun.
"What's the plan Deputy Marshal?" She asked finally managed to holster her weapon.
"We surround the store. You get a clear shot, you let me know" He said turning slowly to talk to Nicole
"Okay"
"We hear shots we go in" He reached into his back pocket bringing out a phone "Call Waverly, Tell her that her sister's in a situation."
Nicole reached for the phone noticing a truck she remembered from Shorty's "Okay. Isn't that Champ's truck" She asked as she took the phone from Dolls. He turned to look in the direction she was looking in.
"Waverly's boyfriend?" He asked recognising the name from both Waverly and Wynonna.
"Unfortunately" Nicole replied a distaste tone to her voice. Dolls turned to look at her with a curious look. He had some hints that made him think there was something there but now Nicole had finally confirmed it, she had the hots for her and more than just the normal.
Nicole came to her senses realizing the slip up she had just made, She turned quickly walking away from Dolls. He'll probably probe me for answers later she thought as she dialed Waverly's number.
It rung before being directed to the voicemail box "This is Waverly, I'm not available to get to the phone right now. You know what to do" Nicole smiled slightly before realizing she was working she had to be professional right now.
"Good afternoon Miss Earp, This is Officer Haught. I was calling to inform you about your sister, and your boyfriend" She tried hard not to let the distaste fill her voice again "They are in a hostage situation, I would like to however inform you that we have all officers on scene and Deputy Marshal Dolls is helping to assist" Nicole sighed finishing off the message with the normal formalities before hanging up. She couldn't help but feel bad for poor Waverly.
Nicole couldn't believe that a day that started so quiet could end up like this, Roy said it was the way of purgatory. The hostage situation had got out of hand, Shorty had ended up dead and the suspects were gone without a trace. Nicole made a mental note to look into it later, but right now somebody else needed her. She looked over towards Waverly she was leaning against the bar, her head turned staring off into the distance, trying so hard to keep it all together. Nicole couldn't help herself any longer, she couldn't look at Waverly in so much pain. Nicole began to walk towards the bar "Waverly" she raised her head turning to look at Nicole, her eyes were red and swollen her cheeks tear stained. "I'm so sorry" Nicole said as she finally made it towards the bar.
"I can't believe he's gone" Waverly's voice cracked as she spoke. Nicole couldn't stop herself anymore moving her hands out to wrap them around Waverly's. Champ was looking at them from a distance watching how Waverly's body began to relax when Nicole touched her, Jealously rose inside him. He walked over towards them wrapping himself around Waverly kissing her face "Oh, it's okay" he said between kisses
Nicole released Waverly's hands like they were on fire, Waverly couldn't help but feel sad at the loss of contact and mad that Champ didn't get it. Didn't get what she really needed right now.
"Hey, um, okay" Waverly said trying hard to move out of his embrace to show him it's not what she needed right now. Nicole tried looking anywhere but at them, she was mad how could Champ not get that all she needed right now was a shoulder to lean on not to be smothered. Nicole looked down as she heard a gentle tap trying hard to contain her smile as she noticed Waverly reaching for her.
"Uh, hey. Um, I got your voicemail." Waverly began Champ leaned his head against her staking his claim as he agreed " About Wynonna. Thanks."
"Thank you" Champ whispered still not taking his eyes of Nicole
"That was really sweet" Waverly finished
"Yeah sure" Nicole said releasing a breathe she didn't know she'd been holding in, Waverly cared maybe there was hope yet. She scolded herself quickly looking at Waverly and Champ, they were together and Waverly would never be hers "of course" Nicole said quickly before turning and leaving
"I don't know something about her rubs me the wrong way" Champ said as soon as Nicole was out of earshot "Miss Officer whats-her-name" He scoffed
"It's Haught" Waverly said trying to convey some anger into her voice, how dare her to talk about her that way she was the nicest person she had met in a long time. "She's….she…." Waverly couldn't finish as the tears began to come all over again, not just for the loss of Shorty but the anger towards Champ.
Nicole walked towards Dolls noticing him by the door of the bar "hey, uh….Any update on that time capsule murder?" She asked trying to keep her mind off Waverly.
"Nedley knows i won't tell him, huh?" he turned giving her a blank stare "It's unresolved. We're handing it back over to metro"
"Any connection to the kidnapping?" Nicole pushed
"None" Dolls replied quickly
"Poor Shorty" Nicole said biting her tounge at any further comment
"Yeah, we have his body, we're doing a full autopsy, but our best guess is the stress of the ordeal was too much for his heart condition." Nicole half listened as she watched Waverly slowly move across the bar clinging to her self. Dolls noticed as she watched Waverly the small glint in her eyes and the slight smile.
"She said she was glad I called" Nicole said quietly
"I'll bet" Dolls said knowngly Nicole looked at him knowingly turning her head quickly. "I won't say anything don't worry it's not my place" he said quickly
"Thank you" Nicole said turning back towards him "I appreciate it"
"Your welcome, If it's any constulation you two would be a good couple" He cleared his throat and moved quickly away from her, Leaving Nicole to smile to herself. She turned walking out of the pub and towards the precint she had some research to do of her own. There was something not right about this town and she would find out, even if it was the last thing she did. When she finally reached her desk she opened up google quickly typing 'supernatural'.
A/N
so it's finally here guys chapter two hopefully it meets expectations. please drop me a review tell me what you think and will see you all in chapter 3
