"This is a fucking rookie job." He mumbled under his breath as he rolled his eyes getting the logs ready for the day. He just had one of the biggest busts of his career, and now he was sitting comfy at the front desk. He looked around and saw Chad walk in laughing with another cop.
"Hey buddy can you file my police report for me?" He asked him and Troy fake laughed giving him the finger. "It's okay, you'll be with us one day." He said laughing as he scanned his id allowing him access into the precinct. Troy swore he would be on time and more careful with who he is associating with. He also should have skipped that coffee shop. He looked up seeing Gabriella walk up with a folder.
"Hey rookie." She winked and his jaw dropped.
"Take that back Rookie." He said crossing his arms. "You're a rookie, you can't just call your superiors that." She smirked at him. "I mean it." He said it seriously as her smirk fell off her face.
"I'm only kidding, jeeze." She said walking to grab reports for her binder. She busy with her work, and Troy trying to figure out what to say to his crush, didn't acknowledge the woman that walked in the doors in a hurry. Gabriella first looked up, then Troy when he muttered, "Fuck" under his breath. The woman quickly opened a box of donuts and threw it at Troy.
"If you want to act like a pig then I'll feed you like one." She said picking up one that fell at her feet and throwing it at him again. It was the girl that he had the one night stand with that made him late for work.
"What the hell?!" He shouted as Gabriella tried her best to hold back a laugh.
"You never called me back. I thought we had something special." She shouted getting some looks. Gabriella was looking for Chief so he wouldn't get in trouble.
"I'm sorry but I don't want to continue seeing you. It was just one date and I-"
"No you're not doing this-"
"Miss, I can arrest you right now for assaulting an officer. So I suggest you leave before I can get my hand cuffs out or else you'll be sitting in a jail cell for a few hours." Gabriella said as she reached down and grabbed the holster that held her cuffs, pulling it open. When it clicked the woman left hurriedly and out the doors.
Troy looked at Gabriella shocked as she went back to work gathering her things.
"Thanks?" He asked as she walked right past him. She gave him a look opening her mouth and then she closed it walking on. He dropped his head feeling like an ass and he was only thirty minutes into his shift.
Gabriella stood guarding the tape as news reporters were trying to get a shot for the nightly news. They were called to the scene of a murder to make sure there was enough presence to block out the media. They always blew leads if they weren't careful. Chad walked up to her smirking as he stood next to her.
"How's it going?" He asked as she looked at him.
"Good?" She asked confused as to why he was talking to her.
"I heard you told off Bolton's one night stand." She rolled her eyes looking away from Chad and looking ahead.
"Yeah well I shouldn't have. He was being an ass to me." She said as he shrugged adjusting his belt.
"Yeah bold move calling him a rookie…rookie." He said walking off and she smiled to herself monitoring the scene when Jonah came up to her with a few of his friends that were crashing at his apartment. She barely came around because she couldn't deal with them.
"Hey baby." He said as his guys basically awed over her from behind his shoulder. She looked at him.
"Don't call me baby. We're both on the clock." She said looking around making sure nothing suspicious was going on. She looked over her shoulder seeing investigators go in and out of the house and backyard.
"None of our superiors are around. What's got you?" He asked her as she looked at him.
"My dad is a Captain and you know if he gets word about me messing around at the scene he will get mad at me." She said to him. "I take my job very seriously Jonah." He said as his friend poked him in the back.
"You said your dad's a captain?" He stepped forward. "I'm Jake Michaels, can I get a cadet internship with him?" Gabriella made a face at him.
"Yes, and no. Go away." She said as he backed off a little, hiding behind Jonah.
"Okay, why do you have to be so mean to him. He's a shy little guy and you scared him." They all chuckled as she furrowed her eye brows.
"We're on duty and you're messing around like there's nothing serious going on." She said looking away from him.
"The person's already dead, what else could go wrong?" He asked her scoffing and she looked at a crowd looking around and spotting what was happening.
"You really are clueless aren't you?" She said walking away from him, but still at a good location
"Why are you acting like this?!" He yelled at her getting some people's attention. She looked at him and then away. "Fine, see you later." He said walking off when a man sprinted out of the next houses backyard as a cop chased him. Jonah stood there as Gabriella took off chasing the guy. The other cop was a little tired from chasing him so Gabriella was fresh and gaining speed on him. She reached out, grabbing his hood and tackling him to the ground. Out of breath she struggled to get dominance of the guy when other cops showed up behind her helping her out.
"Thanks Montez." An officer said to her she nodded huffing and puffing as they cuffed him and brought him up to his feet. Chad patted her back.
"Way to be on your toes." He said taking the guy off with them as an older cop emerged behind her.
"Your father would be happy to hear you're doing a great job here." He said patting her back as they walked together to the squad cars.
"Thank you sir." She said smiling at him as he smiled back.
"No problem. I'm glad we have some Montez spunk back around here." He said as she felt like she truly was starting to belong here.
Gabriella was changing out of her uniform when Taylor came barging in. Gabriella zipped her jeans up and smiled at her best friend who was now the talk of the precinct. Gabriella looked over and saw Taylor running up to their lockers as she quickly changed.
"You are literally famous!" She exclaimed looking around and then at Taylor.
"Me?" She asked quizzically.
"Yeah you! The guy you tackled earlier was the murderer at the crime scene!" Gabriella's heart dropped to her stomach as she realized that since she was monitoring so well, she helped get the guy.
"I helped out I didn't-"
"The officer said if you weren't there, he wouldn't have got him unless he pulled the tazer or a gun and you know how that goes." She said as Gabriella lit up.
"I did it…" She said as a smile creeped up on her face. "I did it!" She cheered as they grabbed onto each other and jumped up and down. "Wow, we're doing things." She said and Taylor stopped and gave her a look.
"We? Okay Montez." She said changing and Gabriella rolled her eyes. Great, here we go. "I haven't done anything yet but be a bitch and have to pull people over with Bolton."
"You literally just caught a women kidnapping ring!" Gabriella exclaimed to her.
"Yeah after you're chicken ass dropped out! Bolton picked you first!" Taylor exclaimed continuing her rant as Gabriella finished putting her clothes on as Taylor worked on hers and continued ranting. "I thought I was going to be the talk of town and do all these great things." Gabriella nodded as they left the locker room. "I think I need to take more risks-"
"Hey Montez and McKessie." Chad said walking up to them with Troy behind him. "Would you two like to come to dinner with us, Cross and our EMT friend Sharpay?" Gabriella looked at the asshole in front of her and then back at Taylor.
"Yeah, I could use a drink." She said looking at Chad. He smiled as he looked at Taylor eager to make friends.
"She's my ride home so whatever." She said as Gabriella smiled at her.
When they arrived at Clarks, Troy grabbed them a table as Chad went to the bathroom, Taylor to say hi to friends and Gabriella just sat there looking over the menu. Troy looked over his menu real quick and then at Gabriella as she sat there silent.
"I'm sorry I acted that way to you…you saved my ass in there." She looked at him and sighed deeply.
"You're a superior, I shouldn't be making jokes like that at you." She said looking back down at her menu.
"No, honestly…We shouldn't be assholes to you guys like that…" Gabriella cracked a soft smile standing up.
"Thank you." She said walking to the bar to get her drink when Chad sat back down.
"How's it going pal?" He asked as Troy shrugged.
"Glad desk duty is over that's for sure." The blue eyed man joked with his best friend as they watched Gabriella return with three beers for them.
"Thanks for giving me a chance." She said giving one to Chad. He raised an eyebrow with a small smile raising it for a cheer to her before sipping it. "And this is for second chances." She said handing it to Troy. He looked at the beer on the table in front of him and he smiled at her. She sat down drinking a big gulp down as Chad smiled at her. Taylor walked up to her sighing.
"I'm calling an Uber. I'm going home." She said turning on her heels as Gabriella literally hit her head on the table. The two best friends looked at each other before asking her a question.
"What's her deal?" Chad asked as Troy listened eagerly.
"I said we are doing things before we got here and she went on a 10 minute rant how I was doing things and she wasn't." She said taking another huge gulp of her drink. Troy smirked.
"How long have you guys been best friends?" Gabriella swished her beer around.
"Since kindergarten." She said looking at her grab her things and walk out the door. "She just wants to prove her dad that she can do this and be a great cop just like he was." She said looking at them. "She really has a great heart, she's just very pushy." Chad nodded.
"Bolton was like that for sure. His pops and grandpa were both Staff Sergeants." Troy nodded.
"It took me a few months but I finally got over it and just did what I could. They're okay with me now and are very proud." Gabriella gave them a tight lipped smile.
"Yeah but her father was killed in the line…" She trailed off and they were all silent for a second. She took another large gulp.
"That makes it all different." Troy said as they all nodded. Chad's phone rang as a picture of a beautiful Latina woman appeared on the screen. He perked up answering it.
"Hey Emmy." He greeted as excused himself. Gabriella looked at Troy as they were the remaining pals.
"So no Cross or Sharpay?" Troy shook his head.
"Nah, Chad didn't want to make it seem like it was a double date so he dropped their names." Troy chuckled and Gabriella giggled softly nodding. "He's on the phone with the love of his life." He emphasized. "He plans on proposing to her but hasn't built up that courage yet." Gabriella nodded thinking about the same situation, just with a different person.
"I know how that is." She laughed. Troy opened his mouth when Chad came running up.
"I have to dip, but I'll buy drinks next time." He said leaving in a hurry as Gabriella felt her phone buzz. She checked her phone getting a text from Jonah as Troy was talking about Chad.
"So I heard you caught a murder today. I'm proud of you." He said drinking his beer as Gabriella stared at him feeling her heart break. Her own god damn boyfriend couldn't congratulate her, but he could beg for her forgiveness. She put her phone down and sighed.
"Thank you." She said smiling at him.
"So tell me how you got into the business?" He asked sinking into his chair a little more comfortable. She smiled leaning into the table beginning to tell her story.
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