Ok, so i do not know many facts about what would happen in this situation so please just remember that this is a fictional story and please don't yell at me if i get something wrong? Thanks : )
Jules mechanically made her way down stairs to the ground floor where the rest of the team were awaiting her arrival. But so were the SIU. She couldn't bear to look at Greg or Ed or any of the team for that matter. She walked straight over to the SIU officer that was waiting for her and practically through her gun at him. He opened the door of his car and she slid right in.
Team one looked on in despair. Was Jules finally breaking?
She kept going through it over and over again in her head. How could I hit the little girl? Did she move? Was there wind? Was it the drugs?
At the SIU the same questions were asked. Did you detect any wind? Did the girl move when you fired? "No" was all she could say. The situation was declared an accident due to human error.
"Just so you know, the little girl is ok. The bullet just grazed her shoulder and she's very grateful to you for stopping the suspect from shooting" The SIU officer said.
As if the day wasn't bad enough, Sarge wanted to debrief tonight so Jules was forced to make her way back to the SRU to discuss today's circumstances.
She slumped herself in a chair at the table in the briefing room without making eye contact with any of the team. She did not say a word.
"How did the SIU interview go Jules?" Greg asked in front of the team
Jules looked up for the first time and simply nodded "good"
"So was it the wind?" Ed asked, obviously everybody was curious as to how Jules could hit the hostage. She was practically perfect, one of the strongest on the team.
"Human error" Jules softly mumbled. And with that said she put her head back down and waited patiently for Greg to tell them to go home.
She knew what the Sarge was like though. He would want to talk to her, get her head straight, maybe offer her some time off. She didn't even want to look at him, she could barely look at herself.
After the debriefing was over, Jules was the first to get up and walk over to her locker.
Nobody dared stop her, she needed her alone time. She opened up her locker and looked at her little bag of goodies. Aspirin, flu tablets, pain killers; take your pick Jules, you know your gonna have to. You won't be able to sleep tonight; this will just make things better.
Before she could make her choice, there was a knock at her locker room.
"Yes?" she said, with a sense of annoyance in her voice.
She kept her head looking down at her locker and did not bother to even turn around.
"Jules…"
Crap, it's Greg. The last person I wanna see. Let's just get this over and done with.
"Mistakes happen…"
How dare he!
"I could've killed that girl!" Jules screamed, now the rest of team one were aware of what was going on.
"Because of what? HUMAN ERROR?" She yelled, still facing her locker.
"But you didn't" Greg tried to reassure her.
"Just talk to me Jules" He sounded desperate, almost as if he was begging her to do so.
She grabbed her bag and shut the locker as she stormed past Greg and out the door.
She's cracking.
If only he knew.