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Chapter 10
Everyone stared in shock at Crystal as she ran out of the Chapel, they turned to Fuller, who had an expression of pure anger on his face; "Let me know if she calls in." he spat as he stormed towards his office. As he stepped into the frame, the crackle of a wire they ran towards it as the captain stood in the doorway; "This is Officer Crystal Watson, requesting back-up at Stephens High." They heard her say before Doug grabbed it and held it up; "Ok little Watson, can you actually see the perp? Cause I mean if you-" Crystal cut him off; "Yes Penhall I see the perp, in fact we're about to sit down to a cup of tea." She hissed. Doug looked up in confusion; "Wait seriously-" before he could say anything else Fuller snatched the walkie-talkie out of his hand; "Watson, where are you?" he asked all he heard was a crackle from the radio, then nothing. He put down the wire and turned to everyone; "Ok everyone move out." As he headed to his car, everyone following behind just before he left Doug quickly looked around; "Hey guys where's Hoffs?" .
Crystal stood behind a row of lockers as she looked at her dead wire, silently cursing that she almost gave away her position. She held her breath in terror as she heard his leaden footsteps come towards her, suddenly a hand clapped over her mouth. She struggled for a bit before she heard someone whisper; "Will you relax? It's me." She pulled away to come face to face with Judy; "What the hell are you doing here?" she hissed making sure that the perp couldn't see them as he stalked down the hall. Judy scoffed; "Did you really think I would let you do this by yourself? Not only is that not cool, but Harry would kill me if something happened to you." She whispered. Crystal held back an exasperated sigh as she slowly peeked around the corner, with Judy right behind her, together they saw a sight that made them sick to their stomachs. Steph was tied to the staircase railing, her face filled with terror as he stalked back towards her, knife in hand. Judy pulled Crystal back around; "So, what should we do?" she whispered, Crystal looked at her; "You distract him, I'll get Steph then help you." she whispered. All Judy could do was nod as she slid around to stand in front of the perps back; "Freeze! Police!" she yelled, as he turned around, she fought the scream in her throat as she saw the face of Coach Daniels, twisted into a sick smile as he dropped the knife and took off for Judy down the hallway. Judy quickly took off after Daniels while Crystal ran behind and towards Steph .
As she looked at her in relief as Crystal tugged the ropes loose. She managed to pull them off as Steph ripped off a gag, before she could yell Crystal motioned for her to stay quiet as she whispered to her; "Listen to me, Judy and I are cops we are going to get this guy. I really need you to go outside, there is back up outside. I need to help Judy ok?" Steph slowly nodded while Crystal helped her up. Steph then ran to the exit as Crystal picked her gun back up off the ground, she scanned the area trying to figure out where they had gone. Suddenly she heard something smash up against a set of lockers and she took off down the hallway, she didn't have to run far. She immediately saw Coach Daniels holding Judy by the throat as she tried to claw at him, her gun on the ground. Crystal moved towards them; "Freeze Daniels!" He turned around, his hand still wrapped around Judy's throat, Crystal saw that Judy was slowly turning blue, she had to talk fast; "Look Daniels you're already going to be charged with attempted rape and attempted murder, do you really want to add assaulting a cop to that? Put her down now!" She said firmly. Coach Daniels looked from her to Judy slowly as he lowered Judy, as he let her go, she slid down gulping in big breaths, Crystal pulled her cuffs out of her purse and cuffed the coach while rattling of his rights. She looked down at Judy, who was still taking deep breaths; "Can you stand?" she asked, Judy nodded and slowly stood up. She held onto Daniels shoulder as they led him outside.
They slid out the back door and came face to face with everyone. They moved past them and slid Daniels into the squad car, as soon as that was taken care of Crystal grabbed Judy and led her over to the ambulance. As she helped her sit, she couldn't help but notice the ugly purple finger shaped bruises that were wrapped around her neck. Crystal looked at Judy guiltily; "Judy I'm so sorry." She said as the medic continued to examine her; "It's ok, we needed to get Steph out and someone needed to get the perp." She said hoarsely, she was quickly deemed ok and Doug ushered her away with Fuller telling her she had the day off in passing. As they watched the pair walk away Fuller immediately turned to her, his face was unreadable, but she braced herself for the worst; "Do you know how dangerous and stupid what you did was?" he said in his raised voice, she winced before he continued; "You could've been attacked, you could've been killed!" she moved to speak, but was quickly cut off by Fuller; "You don't get to talk right now, right now I talk and you listen. You are suspended without pay for three days." He stormed off, leaving Crystal with a hard expression on her face.
With a sigh she turned around and her face was met with a slap. She looked up to see Steph standing there, absolute fury etched on her face; "You're a cop? So everything you told me was a lie? I trusted you! But all this time you were using me for information!" she shrieked as she moved to slap her again, but this time Harry grabbed her by the wrist before she could do anything; "Do you really want to go to booking after everything that's happened?" he said intensely. Steph looked at him angrily as she ripped her wrist away and looked at him; "So are you her boyfriend? Well watch out for this puta," she turned to Crystal who looked stony faced; "As for you, get your stuff and get out, I never want to see your face again." Crystal simply nodded and headed back to where she had lived for the past week. Harry stared after her before turning to Steph who was sitting down, her head in her hands; " I can't believe this, I can't! I was starting to feel comfortable with myself!" she shrieked. Harry looked down at her questioningly, Steph looked up at him angrily; "Don't look at me like that! Crystal told you guys about where we were living, so she had to have told you about our other conversations- like how I left home because I told my parents I'm a lesbian." Harry's eyes widened as Steph looked at him realization crossing her face; "She never told you? Isn't she suppose to tell her boss everything?" she said indignantly, Harry cleared his throat uncomfortably;" She only told us information when you said things about Natalie, Penhall wanted more details, but she told him to buzz off." He said gently.
Before Steph could say anything, they heard Crystal behind them; "I have all of my stuff." She said tiredly. Harry wrapped an arm around her; "Look I'll drive you home, I have to make a call first, will you meet me by the car?" he asked, She nodded and he quickly went to the payphone, leaving Steph and Crystal standing awkwardly in front of each other ; "I know you're angry with me and I understand that, But I was doing my job and I'm not sorry about that. And I promise you won't have to see me again unless we have to go to trial, so good luck Steph." With that she walked away from a saddened Steph and to Harry's car and let herself in, she sat there in silence until she heard his door open, she turned to see him staring at her intently; "Are you ok-" he was cut off by Crystal smashing her lips into his as if she hadn't seen him in months, he urgently kissed her back showing her how much he had missed her. After a few minutes they broke apart, panting; "I love you, so much." She breathed out, he smiled before pecking her lips softly; " I love you too." He said as he started up the car. After a few minutes of driving he looked over at her; "Are you going to be ok tonight? " he asked softly, she smiled at him; "Harry Ioki, you are not cutting out of work because of me, besides Doug is probably with Judy which leaves you and Tom to deal with all the paperwork." She paused to think before adding; "And as much as I can't stand Hanson, no one should have to be alone in that." As she said that they pulled up to the apartment complex, she turned to him; "If I stay up long enough we might get to have a proper welcome home party when you come back." She purred in his ear seductively, Harry tried not shiver at her words. They said their goodbyes and Harry drove off as Crystal walked to their apartment, just as she was about to enter she heard shuffling, furrowing her brow she looked under the fichus that they hid the spare key under, it wasn't there. She slowly pulled her gun out for the second time that day and slowly opened the unlocked the door.
"Freeze!" she yelled as she heard a girlish scream, a scream she knew ridiculously well. She moved further in and put down her gun as she heard a voice yell; "Dammnit Crystal, you scared the hell out of me!" she immediately yelled back;" What the hell Adam? What are you doing here? Come to think of it, I didn't give you my address yet, so how did you know where I live?" she walked into the kitchen to see him rummaging in the cabinet, wearing sweatpants and a white wife beater he quickly pulled her into a hug; "Well that hunky boyfriend of yours called me and told me you had a horrible day and might need some company, so he gave me your address and told me where the spare key was, now I have some VHS tapes we can watch, and I ordered some Thai food which should be here in a little bit." He rambled excitedly, Crystal looked at him confused; "Wait Harry called you?" she said surprised, it definitely explained that call he made. Adam nodded and Crystal smiled; "Well c'mon then I'll show you around it'll take like five minutes." She grabbed him by the wrist and showed him around, when they came to her bedroom. He peeked in and saw a perfectly made bed, the completely clean room, he quickly moved back out and looked at Crystal; "You sleep there? It looks like a guest room," He said as he noted the small smile on her face, he gasped; "You don't sleep there do you?" she didn't answer he gasped; "Oh my god you're sleeping with him? Not just sex, you guys are actually sleeping together?" he said in surprised tone.
He quickly moved around her to where Harry's room was and opened the door, it seemed like the average room with a messy bed and clothes scattered across the floor, but what caught his attention was what was in the closet, there a light scatter of women's clothing in the closet. He turned to Crystal before jumping up and down clapping his hands; "Aw look at you, actually getting intimate with a guy. So…" he trailed off while leading her to the couch; "How's the sex?" she laughed and sat next to him; " It's great, Everything is incredible." She said sweetly, he studied her face before smiling; "You really love him, don't you?" he asked in awe. Before she could say anything a knock was heard, Adam went to answer it and came back carrying two boxes of pad thai, he handed her one while he opened the other he looked up at her; "Do you how he feels about you?" he asked curiously, she looked at him and smiled; "Trust me, I know how he feels ."she said before taking a bite of her Thai food.
Adam looked at her confused and she told him about what had happened the week before, how she had to go undercover, how Harry had tried to get her out of it, and how he had yelled he loved her in front of the whole Chapel and some of the activities that occurred after. When she finished Adam was in complete shock; "So wait you had sex in the basement? Damn, how often do you guys do the deed?" he asked giddily, Crystal blushed, but instead of answering the question she quickly popped in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and moved back to the couch; "So," she turned to Adam "I was suspended for three days, wanna go Christmas shopping tomorrow, you can stay here and we'll go out." Adam smirked before snaking his arm behind the couch and pulling up a duffel bag; "I was hoping you'd say that." He smirked and they sat back and watched the knights of the round table attempt to find the Grail.
Halfway through the movie Adam stood up and stretched and put the half eaten Thai food in the fridge before turning to ; "Look, I'm going to sleep, have fun with the man tonight." He winked before going into her room. She giggled before sprawling out on the couch and watching the antics of Monty Python, As she watched them attempt to kill the killer rabbit she heard the door unlocked and she looked up to see Harry smiling at her, she leaned up and softly kissed him; " How was work?" she whispered Harry smiled at her as she sat up and stretched; "Work was fine, but Tom and I really wished you guys were there. By the way why are we whispering?" he said. Crystal smiled; "Because it's late and I don't want to wake anyone up," She said kissing him again; " And I want to thank you for inviting Adam, it meant a lot to me." She whispered, Harry simply kissed her on the forehead, as she led him to their room. The rest of the night, nothing was heard but long moans.
The next morning Harry woke up to see Crystal sleeping soundly, he smiled down at her and kissed her forehead. Quickly grabbing a pair of sweats he walked out to the smell of something delicious, he walked into the kitchen to see Adam in a sweater and jeans making pancakes; "I forgot you stayed over." He said as Adam turned around and looked a shirtless Harry up and down; "And I forgot how good looking you are." He said cheekily, Harry looked down trying not to feel awkward, Adam's expression quickly turned serious; "Harry we need to talk, now last night you and Crystal participated a very natural act about three times? So I think we need to have "The Talk." He said seriously, before Harry could say anything Adam quickly continued; " Look I care about Crystal, she's one of my best friends and I really don't want her to get hurt. Now her dads dead, so he can't talk to you, and Jeanne's dad is in Burke so he can't do this either, which means that it's up to me," he said leaning in; "If you hurt her, not only will I beat you up, but I will call Jeanne and Jeanne's dad and they will join me. Now sit down shut up and eat some gluten free pancakes " He said before turning around and putting some pancakes on Harry's plate. As he turned around he heard Harry; "I really do love her." He said and Adam smiled, they turned around as they heard the padding of feet coming from Harry's room. Crystal trotted out wearing some boxers and a slightly baggy t-shirt; her hair was messy as she yawned loudly she look between the guys; "Morning guys, oh are those gluten free, I'm starving." She said as she sat down and grabbed a pancake and they smiled as she dug in. After a couple of minutes Harry left for work, leaving Adam and Crystal, they quickly cleaned up the kitchen and Crystal went to get ready. Crystal came out a while later in a black dress with white glasses splashed all across the fabric and her boots, Adam looked at her in slight approval; "Love the dress, hate the boots. Honestly Crys in all the time I've known you I've only seen you in those boots, do you not own any other footwear?" He asked in exasperation as he shrugged his coat on, she shrugged as she put on her black peacoat, purple scarf and grabbed her purse. Looking around one last time to see if she forgot anything before locking the door and following Adam to his car.
A few hours the pair walked out of the mall in a huff, Crystal glared at Adam, " I can't believe you got us kicked out of the store! Over a jacket!" she practically yelled at him as she threw her bags into the backseat. Adam sighed before sliding into the car, "I'm sorry, but that old woman took the one present that was perfect for Maurice! I had to fight for it!" He said dramatically flailing his arms about. Crystal had to fight the urge to smile, "You're lucky I found presents for everyone, including you otherwise I might be kicking your ass right now." She said darkly, Adam looked at her slightly terrified before driving away from the mall. The car ride home was simple enough, soon enough they were outside of Crystal and Harry's apartment, they quickly unloaded her bags and with a hug they parted ways. Crystal looked around the apartment before putting the bags in one room and got to work. A short while later she stood and admired her work before making some very important calls.
When Harry came back a while later, he noticed that there was something different. As he walked through he silently hoped that Crystal hadn't decided to reorganize the entire apartment while he was out, it was when he put his jacket over a chair that he noticed it. On the kitchen table stood a bonsai tree, covered in a tiny red garland and a little blue ornament, atop of it sat a tiny silver star. He smiled and headed towards the bedroom where he had heard her earlier, before he entered he heard what he thought was her on the telephone. He knew he should've just walked away, but curiosity compelled him to listen in, he heard her shuffling around the room; "So I just call tomorrow and then we can get started? Great! Thank you so much!" he heard her say excitedly. He felt his eyebrow rise curiously as she hung up the phone, her footsteps slowly coming closer he quietly ran away from the door and quickly sat in the closest chair. Crystal slowly opened the door giddily and started towards the kitchen.
"Who was that?" she heard as she jumped in surprise, she turned to see Harry sitting there. Crystal walked behind him as he looked up curiously; "It wasn't anything important, how was your day?" she asked as she kissed his cheek. Harry fought back the urge to ask again, but she had never tried to get him to talk about anything and he knew she would tell him eventually. He stood up and wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into his lap, she yelped in surprise before he lightly kissed her lips. She smiled at him as he whispered; "By the way I noticed the tree, is that what you were up to today?" she smiled again before showing him the presents that she had bought and wrapped earlier. As Harry looked around he remembered what he needed to tell her when he had come home; "Hey so today Tom asked if we wanted to come to a Christmas party with his mom and our friends." He said looking at a package tagged for him, Crystal plucked the gift from his hands and carefully put it back where it had been, "Sure, that sounds fun." She said smiling before walking out and looking through the mail. He smiled as she walked away, but the thought that something was off was still in the back of his mind.
Over the next couple of weeks that thought slowly began to be the only thing that Harry thought about. Almost everyday Crystal was on the phone for about an hour, she would write something on a notepad then she quickly go back to whatever she was doing, but that wasn't the only thing different. She had become pale again, her face had dark circles under her eyes and she was having trouble sleeping that last one Harry knew a little too well as he absentmindedly rubbed where she had kicked him in her sleep the night before. It worried him, and he wasn't the only one as they were all working Doug walked up to Harry his nose in a folder. He looked back and forth before throwing the folder down and leaning onto Harry's desk "So, Iokage what is with little Watson? She looks like she's about to drop." He said jerking his head towards Crystal who looked as though she was about to fall asleep on her desk, Harry was about to go over and check on her, when Doug stopped him "Easy Iokage allow me." He said striding over to Crystal's desk. She looked up at him with a glare as Penhall leaned over and smiled, "Hey, Watson what's with you lately? You look like hell." he said. Crystal quickly stood up and leaned over to where Penhall was; " First of all Doug, never tell a woman she looks like hell, it'll only get you beaten up," she said before frogging him in the shoulder, she quickly continued before he could say anything "Second of all I'm just stressed out so just drop whatever it was you were about to pry into." She said taking a deep breath before seeing Penhall looking at her with a terrified expression on his face. She quickly left to get ready for the holiday party later that night.
The party was uneventful except for the dueling Marlon Brando impressions of Tom, Harry, and Doug, two days later the day of the Hanson party had come. As Harry woke up to find an empty space on the bed next to him, he slowly got up and lazily walked out of the bedroom. He chuckled as he saw Crystal scurrying around the apartment, randomly straightening things, she heard him chuckle and quickly whirled around and looked at him "Morning." She said breathlessly. She quickly brushed past him towards the bathroom, he stood there for minute before following her. He leaned against the doorway of the bathroom and saw her brushing her teeth hurriedly; "You know we don't have to go to work today?" he said teasingly, she turned around with a mouthful of toothpaste. She quickly spat into the sink before turning around to him; "Yeah I know that, but I wanted to make something for the party and I have some errands to run." She trailed off as she started to get dressed. Harry stood in the middle of the door as she got dressed. With a quick kiss on the cheek, she yelled out "I'll see you at the party tonight." And quickly left. Harry waited till he knew she was out of the house before going over to the phone, he quickly dialed a number he knew well "Hey Judy? I need your help."
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