A/N: Sorry for the short chapter. I'm still trying to work some of the bugs out of the next chapter. Enjoy!
"The Hackle sisters?" Doug said stuffing a burger into his mouth. "What was Fuller thinking?" Doug said with his mouth full.
After the meeting with Fuller everyone except Dennis decided to have lunch together.
Tom, Judy, Doug, Harry, and Danielle all decided to go to lunch at the new burger place that was across the street from Jump Street called The Dive. Tom and Judy really wanted to go and have lunch alone but after what they were just told by Fuller about the new assignment they were going on, they decided that they would do lunch alone another day.
"Well Doug, the principal told Fuller that some of the names on the list are sisters. So Fuller thought it would be a good idea to have two officers go in there as sisters and since you and Tom don't look good in dresses he picked Danielle and I." Judy said sipping her strawberry shake.
"Well, that's not true Jude. You remember that one Halloween a few years back when Tom got drunk at your house and woke up with one of your dresses on? You said he had the legs for it. I think all we need to do is find that dress, get a wig and some make up, and he'll be good to go." Harry said laughing.
"Shut up Harry. I still don't know who put me in that dress but when I find out they are in deep shit. Anyway, what else did Fuller tell you and Danielle? You guys had a separate meeting after all of us did." Tom said as he threw one of his fries at Harry.
"Yeah, Uncle Adam…" Danielle started to speak but was cut off by Doug.
"Uncle Adam? He's your uncle?" Doug asked.
"No, he's not my real uncle. I've known him my whole life and he's like an uncle to me. As long as I've known him I've called him Uncle Adam. Well, not when were in a formal setting. When it's formal, he's Captain Fuller." Danielle said.
"You never told me you knew the Captain like that when we were training together." Judy said.
"It never came up really. I wasn't trying to hide the fact that I'm close to him. It just didn't come up." Danielle said.
"Ok, how about we move on from the family history. I want to hear more about what Fuller told you two after the meeting and why he named you two Hackle." Harry said taking a bite of his burger.
"Well it's like what Judy said. Uncle Adam needed a sister team in the school so he knew he had Judy but, he needed another female officer who was young and could work well with Judy. So he called up my LT and asked if he could borrow me for a few weeks. Once the brass approved the transfer which was literally two hours ago. I made my way down to Jump Street. Now the reason for the name I will leave up to Judy." Danielle said sipping her sweet ice tea.
Judy watched as the whole table turned their attention towards her.
"It's nothing really. The captain was just having some fun. He thought it would be funny, like the Hatfield's and McCoy's. So we now have the McQuaids and the Hackles. Except we all like each other and there is no feud going on." Judy said.
"I kinda like the name. I also like playing the part of the bad girl. This is going to be fun! Especially since Judy and I are both going to be pretending to be the girlfriends of... what's his name um… um.." Danielle said snapping her fingers trying to remember the name.
"Dennis!" Tom yelled.
"Yeah that's his name. Dennis. " Danielle said. Danielle looked at Tom and immediately saw Tom hands ball into a fist at the mere mention of Dennis's name.
"You're going to be Dennis's girlfriend? The both of you are going to Dennis's girlfriends? How did that happen?" Tom said looking at Judy.
"Don't look at me. I didn't suggest it. Dennis did and Fuller went with it. I tried to argue against it but Dennis thought it would help boost our bad girl image so Fuller agreed to it." Judy said.
"She really did argue against it Tom but Uncle Adam thought it would be a good idea. Is there a problem with you and Dennis?" Danielle asked.
"If you call almost coming to blows this morning a problem, then yeah, they do." Doug said.
"Look it's just an assignment. I have seen many a girl try and get into a lip lock with you Tom. One or two have succeeded and although I wanted to rip their hair out and scratch their eyes out I didn't because I knew it was just apart of the job just like now. I come home to you and that's all that matters." Judy said giving Tom a quick kiss on the lips.
"I know but, I still don't like the fact that his hands will be all over you." Tom said.
Judy leaned over to Tom and whispered into his ear.
"You can put your hands all over me tonight if you like." Judy whispered.
Tom sat back and looked at Judy who was giggling now.
"Oh I might just take you up on that Miss Hoffs." Tom said.
He then leaned back over and kissed Judy's lips.
"Would you two stop it? I'm gonna loose my lunch." Doug said.
The whole table laughed.
"So Danielle, what does Anthony think about you coming to Jump Street?" Judy asked.
Danielle looked at Judy and got really quiet.
"He doesn't think anything of it because... we're not together anymore. Anthony filed for divorce three weeks after I got out of the hospital." Danielle said taking another sip of her sweet ice tea.
The whole table became silent after hearing what Danielle said. Judy felt like crap for asking the question and bringing up something painful for Danielle. It didn't dawn on Judy until now that she hadn't kept in good contact with her friend since they left the hospital.
"Danielle I'm so sorry. I didn't know. I should have called you more often to see how you were doing." Judy said.
"Judy, don't worry about it. I really wasn't in the mood for talking to anyone at the time anyway. Anthony and I were having problems before the shooting even happened. The shooting was just the nail in our marriage's coffin. The night he left we had a huge fight when I told him I wasn't quitting the force. He said he couldn't do it anymore and that he was leaving." Danielle said.
"Man, that's rough. How have you been since he left?" Tom asked.
"I have good days and bad days. I had a lot of help from my guys at Metro South. They were pissed when they found out that Anthony left me during my recovery. My guys were really there for me. I don't know what I would have done without them. The one who was there for me the most was the one I least expected." Danielle said.
"Who was that?" Judy said sipping her shake.
"Landon." Danielle said with a smile.
"Landon! The lump?" Judy said almost spitting out her shake.
"I know. I couldn't believe it either. He was there for me. He made sure I got to all my doctor's appointments. Took me to re-hab and would talk to me for hours on the phone to keep in the loop about things going on at work. I owe him a lot." Danielle said.
Judy looked at her friend and noticed that there was a small smile on her face.
"Is there something going on between you two now?" Judy asked.
Danielle rolled her eyes at Judy." Maybe, I don't know. I think there might be but, I think that it's too soon right now for me to explore anything. Like the song says... I'm living the single life." Danielle said.
"Well on behalf of all the single men out there. Welcome back to fold." Doug said.
Tom looked at his watch and saw that lunch time was almost over. He called the waitress over and asked for the check.
"Why Tom, are you buying lunch?" Doug said.
"The only lunch I'm buying is mine and Judy's. You are on your own." Tom said taking his and Judy's check up.
"Well thank you Tom." Judy said.
"Anything for my girl." Tom said taking the checks up front to the cashier.
Harry took Danielle's check from her.
"I got this. Since this is your first day here, I'll pay for your lunch." Harry said.
"Thank you Harry. That's very sweet of you. How about I leave the tip?" Danielle said
"Sounds good to me. I'm going to take this up to the cashier and pay for us." Harry said.
"So no one's going to pay for me? I see how it is. No one loves me." Doug said poking his lip out looking sad.
Judy and Danielle laughed. They both got up from their seats and placed a kiss on both of Doug's cheeks. That brought a smile to Doug's face.
"Do you feel better now?" Danielle asked.
"Oh yeah! I got a kiss from two beautiful women. Who wouldn't feel good?" Doug said.
"Good, here's the tip for the waitress. Now if you will excuse me. I have to go tinkle." Danielle said then headed for the bathroom.
Doug turned to Judy who was watching Danielle head towards the bathroom. Judy was just about to get up and go towards Tom when she felt Doug grab her hand.
"Doug what's the matter?" Judy asked.
"Judy there's something I have to tell you. It's been eating at me for a while." Doug said.
"Doug, whatever it is you know you can tell me." Judy said.
Doug took a deep breath and decided to just spit it out.
"Judy I told Tom about our kiss." Doug said really fast.
Judy's eyes went wide and before Doug knew it Judy grabbed him by his shirt collar and pulled him to her. Doug was now mere inches away from Judy's face.
"What do you mean you told him about the kiss?" Judy said through gritted teeth.
Doug looked at Judy and had never seen her look so angry at him. He knew it was going to be bad, but not this bad.
"Well…" Doug stammered.
"Well what? You promised you would never tell. Did you forget that?" Judy said.
"I know. I know. But it was an emergency." Doug said.
"An emergency Doug, you better spill right now or so help I'm gonna take my foot and shove it up your ass." Judy said.
"Owe, that would hurt. Not to mention leave a mark." Doug said.
Judy was just about to smack Doug in the back of the head when Tom walked back over to the table.
"Hey what's going on? Oh wait I know." Tom asked looking at his friends.
"You do?" Judy and Doug both said looking at each other then Tom.
"Yeah, Doug probably wanted to get Danielle's phone number and you told him no and then he said something stupid and you threatened him bodily harm if he went near her." Tom said.
"Yup, that's it. You're a smart one Tommy Boy." Doug said standing up from his seat. "I'm going to go pay for lunch." Doug was just starting to head for the cashier when he heard Judy calling him. Doug watched as Judy walked over to him.
"This conversation…is not over." Judy said then walked back over to Tom.
Tom looked at Judy and saw her whisper something to Doug. Then he watched as Doug lowered his head and walked over to the cashier to pay for lunch. Judy grabbed her purse from her chair and saw Tom looking at her.
"Enjoying the view?" Judy asked.
"Everything ok with you and Doug?" Tom asked.
"Yeah, you know Doug. He just said something that was really inappropriate and I called him out on it. It was no biggie Tom." Judy said.
"You sure? The conversation looked pretty intense." Tom said.
Judy was about to answer when Danielle came out of the bathroom towards them.
"Hey guys! You ready to leave because Judy and I have some bad girl planning to do." Danielle said.
"I'm ready. Oh…that means we have some shopping to do. Let's go." Judy said grabbing Danielle's arm and walking towards the door.
Tom walked behind Judy and Danielle. He kept replaying the look on Doug and Judy's face in his mind. Tom knew that there was more to their conversation than just what Judy said to him. He knew that at some point he was going to have find out what was really going on with Doug and Judy.