Disclaimer: I wish I own Grimm, but I don't. I do own Charlotte and the characters I've created in my happy place, I mean my mind XD
Chapter 8
"Okay and I'll make sure that he'll get it in his inbox. Thanks bye," Charlotte said as she hung up the phone. "When hell freeze over."
"Oh come on, it can't be that bad," Dylan said.
"Define bad," Charlotte said, getting up from her seat. "I shall return."
She could hear Dylan laughing a little as she headed down the hallway. Charlotte got back to work almost two hours ago and she and the rest of the reporters just had a meeting about how they were planning the layout. They decided on two ideas out of the twenty ideas that were presented and she wanted to let her boss know what they decided on so far.
"Excuse me, I hope I'm not interrupting anything," Charlotte said, as she knocked on the door.
"No you're not Ms. Sands," Harold told her.
"I'll leave you two alone," Carla said as she walked out of the room before looking at Charlotte weirdly.
"So Ms. Sands what have you brought today to show me?" he asked.
"Oh, right," she said as she gathered the two medium sized poster boards. "I've gathered with the other reporters today before lunch and I have here these two layouts we voted on but I would like for your input on them before we put into a final vote."
Harold took the posters and studied them carefully. Charlotte stood there waiting for the input but as she was doing that, she noticed how different he was acting from before. He seemed to be calm today but not like the other day when he was yelling at someone over the phone. She could tell he was a different man from that day but she didn't want to bring it up.
"Ms, Sands, you clearly outdid yourself. I'm surprised that you've managed to pull off something that the layout team would do," he said.
She was taken back but was glad at what he told me. "It's nothing really, I'm glad you approved," she said.
"No problem at all," he said.
"If there isn't anything else, I'll be heading back," Charlotte said.
Harold then let her get back to work. She was relieved that the meeting went well but she did need to get him to know what was going on.
"So how did it go?" Dylan asked.
"Surprisingly but strangely well," she replied.
"See, I told you," he said. "Do you think you want to swing by the vet's today? I got to pick up Barnabas' medicine from the doctor and I completely forgot about it until the doctor called."
"I'll take a ride but I still can't believe you named your dog after a Dark Shadows character," she mumbled.
"Hey Dark Shadows is a classic. It probably would beat out the other crappy soap operas they air today," he argued.
"Whatever you say…"
It was around after six when Dylan dropped her off back at the building. After she got out of the car with her thins and said her goodbye, she walked down the sidewalk after Dylan drove off. She only made it past the doors when Carla appeared out of nowhere in front of her.
"Well, well finally heading back home to plot more ideas for our boss?" she asked snidely.
"Excuse me?" Charlotte asked, taken aback.
"Don't be an idiot Charlotte," she said.
"You see there's a huge difference when you say that because unlike myself, I don't go sleeping around with my boss so I wouldn't even go there if I were you," Charlotte said, narrowing her eyes.
"Oh really? Said one who's house got broken into," Carla said.
Charlotte's eyes widen when Carla said that. "How did you…"
"I have my ways Charlotte. Don't think that you'll be off the hook that easy. I'll be watching you," she said before Carla walked around her and down the street.
Charlotte could only stare at her retreating form in shock. How on earth could she have known that? No one else knew except Dylan.
"Charlotte?" a man's voice said.
She turned around only to see it was Nick heading in her direction. She sighed in relief knowing it was someone else rather than a stranger calling her.
"Was she bothering you? Nick asked.
"Who Carla? Nah, it's nothing that I can't handle," Charlotte replied.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah I'm sure. But enough about me, I should be the one asking why you're here unless there's something else about the case?"
"It's not," Nick said nervously.
She eyed him for a bit before she relaxed completely. "I'm sorry it's just been a weird day," she said.
"Were you going to head home?"
"Pretty much, why?"
Here goes nothing he thought to himself.
"Would you um, like to get some coffee with me? That is if you want to, you don't have to…"
"Nick," she said, interrupting him. "Why don't I put my things in my car and we go? I'll drive?"
"Okay," he said, relieved that she said yes.
"So why don't you tell me about yourself?" Charlotte asked in the small coffee shop in town.
"There isn't much to go by," Nick said.
"I bet there is. You wanted to know more about me so I think it's fair that I should know you I mean after all, you guys are the ones who are on this case, right?"
He laughed a little before he sipped on his coffee. "True, so Charlotte; how long have you been a journalist?" he asked.
"About four years," she replied. "How long have you been a cop?"
"Almost a long time though at times it does feel like a long time," Nick said.
Charlotte smiled a little as she looked out the window. She looked up and down the street and she didn't see the dark blue car she's noticed the past few days much to her relief. She focused her attention on Nick who also seemed to be distracted by something.
"Are you okay?" she asked.
"What, um yeah I am. Why wouldn't I be?" he said.
"You look a little strange," she said.
"How?"
"I don't know. It's like you're holding this big secret about something," she noted.
"I do?"
"Yeah, it surrounds that whole mystery aurora about you," she said. "I don't know it's just my observation."
"Which you have a good one by the way," he said.
"Oh really?" she said. "Never knew you pointed that out."
"What can I say? I'm a cop," Nick said, flirting a little.
"A very good cop," she said. I can't believe I said that. Dork much, Charlotte? She thought to herself.
"Nick?" a voice asked. The two of them looked up and Charlotte saw a woman with dark red hair approaching them. She looked familiar but couldn't pinpoint on where Charlotte saw her before.
"Juliette?" Nick said, in a surprising tone.
Charlotte almost choked on her coffee. She was Nick's ex-girlfriend? She looked over at Nick's shocked face and then to Juliette's confused look.
"I didn't expect to see you," Juliette said.
"Me either," Nick said.
This was getting awkward, she thought to herself.
"Um, I'll leave you two alone to talk," Charlotte said getting out of her seat.
"Charlotte, you don't have to go," Nick said, almost pleadingly.
"No it's okay, I'll wait outside," she said. "Don't worry, I'm not going anywhere."
She walked away and stepped outside. It had gotten dark outside and there were a few people and cars around. She cursed herself as the cold air came in and she shivered since she was only wearing her sweater. Just once that maybe the sun would come out and it wouldn't be so bad.
Charlotte was putting on her gloves so she can keep her hands warm when she saw the same car she saw earlier in the day.
"That's it," she said to herself.
She looked both ways before she crossed the street. She needed to know what the deal was and she was going to find out. She got towards the car and knocked on the passenger side window. There wasn't a response back so she tried again. When the third time came around, she looked towards the trunk and stared at the license plate so she'll remember it.
"Something's way off" she said.
Charlotte stared at the car closely. She looked in the backseat and saw nothing. She looked up ahead and saw that there was someone in the car. She walked around to the driver's side and saw that the door was open ajar. Charlotte wondered if she was knocking on the window that why the car alarm didn't go off.
She lifted her left foot to try and close the door but she lost her balance and her left leg kicked the door open and the body fell out; causing Charlotte to drop her bag in horror and scream.
A/n: Okay so I know it's unexpected but for some reason, the last part just felt right for this chapter. Not to mention a good plot twister to.
So the season finale last week of Grimm, all I have to say is….OMFG! I so wasn't expecting the ending but I shall not reveal to those who have yet see it. That won't be pretty and yeah.
Review and let me know how this chapter went. Will Juliette be in this story? Maybe a few scenes and that's it. Who knows?
You guys rock. Hope to see you all next week. At least this story will help with the withdrawals until the fall XD.
Until then,
Spike
