Author Note: Hey guys! Hope you enjoy this chapter! It is surprisingly long!
Shawn made to leave and Juliet followed him. Gus remained watching the footage that Lassiter had just begun to play for the other detectives and didn't notice that Shawn had left.
"I wanna tell you something Jules"
"What is it? Should we not be going to look at the body?" she asked him.
"Yeah, we will. But I wanna say something first. Juliet paused and looked Shawn in the eyes and waited.
"You're stressed, I know. Work. You thought this place would be different but no one respects your opinions and they all thing you're too young"
Juliet got a pained look in her face and Shawn wondered whether he had stepped in it too much.
"Lassiter will grow to respect you, I promise. He grows to the point where he missed you when you're not there and this one time, he showed the station how much he cared for you, even though your relationship will always be…. Rocky" Juliet was almost crying, she was putting on a tough façade but knew that Shawn could see right through it.
"Trust me, this place is different. Also, you got a higher score in your detective's exam than Lassiter"
Juliet gasped, "Really?"
Shawn grinned, "Yup. Don't ever tell him though! He doesn't take it very well!"
"I bet!" Juliet agreed smiling.
"So age doesn't really matter. I took my detectives exam when I was 15 and I got full marks which just shows that age doesn't matter"
"100%? You're kidding me!" Juliet laughed. Shawn pretended to look affronted.
"No, I really did. Remember I knew all the answers though before I saw the questions, which didn't make it exactly fair but still…" Shawn trailed of and Juliet let out a laugh.
"And I will let you know something else as well. Lassiter said he was checking every employee and every customer, yeah?" Shawn asked,
"Yes. He said he wasn't going to let anyone check out until it was solved" Juliet agreed.
"Well, I think he is forgetting that only the people at the rehearsal dinner knew that the ring was going in the safe. So that eliminates a lot of people"
"Oh my God. You're right!" Juliet exclaimed.
"Now go tell Lassiter and remember, you figured it out by yourself!" Shawn nudged her in the right direction.
Juliet smiled excitingly and ran off in the direction of the room where Lassiter was looking at the tape with the other detectives. Shawn followed slowly.
"Lassiter!" Juliet exclaimed.
"Yeah?" he didn't even raise his head from the screen. Shawn walked past her and went to watch the video and stood beside Gus.
"LASSITER!" Juliet shouted. Lassiter raised his head this time and stared at his partner, this was the first time she had actually raised her voice.
"I realised something" she explained. "The only people who knew that the ring would be in that safe were the people at that rehearsal"
"That eliminates quite a few suspects." Lassiter thought to himself. "Good job, O'Hara. Get a list of everyone who was there at that rehearsal"
Juliet nodded her head and walked away proudly. Shawn almost laughed, Lassiter's face was priceless.
"I don't see it Shawn" Gus whispered. "What are we meant to be looking at?"
Shawn gave Gus a stern look. "We're not meant to be on this case, remember. You've seen the safe, the lasers, the tape"
Gus nodded his head. Of course he didn't want to get in the way of the real investigation. Gus knew that Shawn could be a lot to handle, especially as he knew all the answers and that would annoy Lassiter and Juliet. Especially as their self-esteem will fall terribly if they thought they couldn't solve a case without Shawn. Using Shawn as a resource was basically cheating. Juliet hadn't solved a proper case without the help of Shawn yet and Gus could tell that she was a little annoyed that she couldn't do it by herself.
"Jerk chicken?" Shawn suggested.
Gus smiled and held out his fist, "You know that's right"
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...Shawn and Gus walked out of the hotel only to bump into the Chief.
"Mr Spencer, Mr Guster, what a surprise"
"Hey Chief, you might be wondering…"
"Had you actually come to the station I would have given you a robbery case? But I see you took the more exciting option."
"Actually Gus read about it in the newspaper and wanted to see the safe, but if you still want me to solve the robbery, about the computers in the high school right? It was the secretary. Check the signatures. Get anyone to grill and she cracks like….. " Shawn paused, "Gus, what cracks really easily?"
"Uh….knees!" Gus panicked.
"Seriously dude?" Shawn said before experimentally swinging his knee, trying to get it to crack"
"Hmm. Seems your right." Shawn said back to him.
"Cracks like a knee!" Shawn finished.
"Right ok. I will get someone to look into it" The chief agreed.
"Anyway, we are off. If you need our help here, give us a call. I have said as much as I can at this point and Gus has been brilliant and managed to tell everyone a lot about that safe"
The chief raised her eyes impressed, "I will." She then nodded her head and walked past them. Shawn and Gus turned to each other and walked out the doors, heading to the faint smell of food.
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Shawn and Gus stuffed themselves silly, eating a much chicken as humanly possible and then got extra to put in a doggie bag.
"We gotta go back to the hotel" Shawn said suddenly as they walked out the restaurant.
"What happened to the" he started before imitating Shawn, "We've seen the footage, the tape and we're not meant to be on this case remember?"
Shawn looked at him smiling "I sound nothing like that!"
Gus looked at him annoyed, "That's not the point, Shawn!"
"Look, I just remembered that we didn't get an invite to wedding" Shawn reminded him.
"We're going to the wedding?" Gus questioned, "We don't know anyone? Do we?"
"Yes of course! It's Mr McCallum's son Dylan getting married. His sister Katrina is the bridesmaid" Shawn explained.
"Katrina?" Gus asked shocked.
"Yup! Shall we go say hello?"
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Arriving at the hotel Shawn marched all the way, he pause outside the room and wondered how he would do this.
"Gus?"
"Yeah?"
"Whatever I say, do NOT contradict me. Ok?" Shawn told him seriously.
Gus looked at him confused for a moment before nodding and Shawn raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Moments later the door opened.
"Dylan, Hi. My name is Shawn Spencer. Head psychic at the SBPD and this is my partner Peter Panic" Gus put his hand up to wave hello, Dylan pulled the door open and invited them in.
"Everyone this is Shawn Spencer and…..-" Dylan paused confused,
"Gus" Gus injected.
"-Gus from the SBPD. You want to ask us some questions?" he paused and all eyes were on him.
"Actually no. We're not officially on the case but I wanted to let you know something… about Dietrich Mannheim"
Dylan scoffed and went to sit down on the sofa, "You found him then? Where was he? Passed out somewhere drunk?"
"Well he was the police's main suspect however…. They have just found him dead about 30 minutes ago" Shawn told them watching their reactions. Everyone was shocked and began talking in hushed tones to each other. Katrina covered the ears of her niece with her hands to protect her.
"The police didn't exactly want to tell you about his death as they thought that you had been through enough, I do agree but want you to know they are using every available resource into investigating his murder"
"Oh my god!" someone wept.
"What about the ring?" Katrina asked, "They are still going to find it aren't we?"
Shawn winced as if considering this, "Well yes, but at the moment everyone is more focused on investigation Dietrich Mannheim. No one wants a murderer hanging about"
Katrina nodded in agreement.
"You guys… want a beer?" Dylan said as he moved over to the fridge, still vaguely in shock.
"Sure man" Shawn accepted and he turned to look at Gus,
"Yeah, I'll have one….. Thanks" he responded.
Dylan handed Shawn and Gus a beer each and sat back down on the sofa.
"We hadn't seen him since the night of the 6th" Dylan recounted painfully, "I thought he was lazy, I thought he had just gotten drunk and passed out somewhere"
"Don't worry man. We'll catch this sicko"
"I should have searched for him" Dylan admitted. "But the florist quit on us, we had to wrap all the bouquets all night"
Gus suddenly looked interested, "I've seen those. There in that cabinet downstairs?"
Dylan let out a chocked laugh. "Yeah, they have even been locked up so they are perfect for the wedding tomorrow"
Shawn nodded. Just as he thought. He would have to be careful not to reveal anything.
"I mean…" Dylan continued getting himself another beer. He was getting a little bit drunk at this point as this beer's were very strong.
"I don't really care about the ring!" he blurted and Katrina looked over shocked.
"I don't care if it's a haribo ring! I have just chosen the person I wanna spend the rest of my life with! I knew I shouldn't have used the ring. To be honest, I want my Bethany to be happy and have something precious but I never wanted to use anything passed on from my FATHER" he spat the last word cruelly.
Katrina looked sadly.
"He killed my brother." He whispered quietly before his eyes grew heavy and he passed out on the sofa. Shawn and Gus sat their awkwardly for a few moments.
Katrina smiled at Shawn and Gus.
"Will we see you at the wedding?" she asked.
"Sure" Shawn smiled, accepting her proposal as if it were an invitation. "We would be honoured."
"Sleep well" Gus inputted as he got up to leave and Shawn followed.
Before Katrina could open her mouth again, Shawn beat her to it.
"We'll see you at the wedding then. Thanks for the invite. I am glad to see you are feeling better after….. What happened. Keeping busy is the best thing to do, wedding planner and maid of honour."
Katrina smiled and nodded her head. "Good night Shawn, Peter" she winked. Gus blushed and he and Shawn walked out of the room, saying good night to everyone as they left.
It was a bit early to say good night, however the stress of the day had taken a lot out of people and everyone had been working so hard, all they wanted to do was to lie down and crash.
Shawn and Gus managed to get out of the hotel without being noticed and drove off in the blueberry to get home. Gus let Shawn stay at his, much to his annoyance. Shawn needed to borrow a suit the following morning and Shawn wasn't going to get up a single second before he absolutely had to. Shawn plonked himself on the sofa and had the best night's sleep of his life, knowing that he could just borrow one of Gus' suits in the morning.
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Just as a side note: I passed all of my assessments so my place at college is now secure!... until the next set of assessments! :P