Chapter 13
I don't own 21 Jumpstreet, but I own Crystal and the other OCs. Shout out to Chick on Wheels for all her help and thanks to blkpunk311 for reviewing! Make sure to check out Chick on Wheels story Forgetting Vietnam.
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Harry sat in his car, completely dumbfounded. Crystal, the woman he loved was pregnant with his baby. Was she planning on telling him? Thinking back to before the interrogation he remembered the look of anticipation on her face when she said she needed to tell him something he realized now what it was, now he wished he had made Penhall go away and give them a minute. He slammed his hand against the steering wheel in frustration, why couldn't she have told him first? He continued to sit in the car in frustration before finally putting the key in the ignition and pulling out of the Chapel's parking lot.
He drove around aimlessly deep in thought. Would he even be a good father? Would the baby look like him? Would it be a boy or a girl? Harry kept thinking as he pictured a little baby with dark hair and blue eyes, smiling to himself he finally pulled over in the downtown area. He leaned back in his seat, sighing, why had he been so freaked out? Harry remembered when he told Judy he had always wanted a family of his own and now he had a chance to have one; with a woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Harry blanched as he remembered what he had done hoping he hadn't screwed up too badly. He looked at the clock hoping he hadn't been gone for to long, and cursed when he saw he had been gone for an hour and a half. He felt the small black box in his pocket and knew what he had to do.
Another hour later he stood in front of the Chapel doors taking a deep breath. He stood there for another minute before slowly opening the door, it was almost empty save for Blowfish sweeping up, Jeanne and Adam whispering in a corner and Tom, Judy and Doug sitting around the table. As the door slammed behind him everyone's head snapped up to see who had come through the door, before he could say anything Jeanne advanced towards him. A loud smack was heard as she retracted her hand, "How could you?" She shrieked as the others quickly headed over to them. Adam quickly pulled her back, "Jeanne violence isn't the answer!" he said, She bristled at him; "Well instead of getting physically violent can I yell at him?" she said dangerously.
Adam looked at his friends rage filled face, "Be my guest." He squeaked out as he ran back to Crystal's desk and began to play with a tape recorder. Jeanne turned around only to see Doug towering over her, " Look, I'm not going to say that what he did wasn't stupid, It really was," he said looking over at Harry, "But this is not your problem, this is between Crystal and Harry." He said as they stared each other down.
Jeanne continued to glare at him, "Well she's not exactly here to deal with it is she?" She spat. Harry finally spoke up, "She's not here?" he said worriedly looking over at Doug who looked down at his feet, "We tried to stop her from leaving, but she thought it'd be easier for you to think if she wasn't around. Honestly I think it's the hormones, "He said, ignoring the glares everyone was giving him as he continued, "But she asked us to tell you that she loves you." He said sadly as Harry sat at the edge of the desk.
"Yeah not like he deserves it." Jeanne said, her eyes never leaving the file in front of her. Harry stalked over to her, "What did you say?" he said lowly. She looked over at him, "You heard me, she trusts you, she loves you, but from what I've seen it seems kind of one sided." She said going back to her file, "You're wrong." He said. Jeanne looked over at him again, "Am I? When you found out she was pregnant what did you do? Did you tell her everything was going to be ok? Did you stay and comfort her? No you didn't that was me. What was it that you did again?" she said tapping her chin in thought "Oh that's right, you ran away, you walked out on her, so excuse me for not exactly believing you two are as madly in love as Adam tells me that you are." She said bitterly.
Harry looked at her, "I have been in love since she first moved in with me. Do you know how I know that?" he spat, "I know it because whenever she's in pain I want to take it away, I know it because whenever I picture the future, she's always in it. So you know what? You can give me a hard time about leaving, believe me I've been doing that for the past hour, but don't question that I love her. And know that the next time I see her, no matter how upset she is or how much she wants to kill me, I'm going to ask her to marry me like I've been trying to do for the past month." He said taking a deep breath, glaring at Jeanne. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Doug giving him a small smile, "Come on Iokage lets fix you up cause no offense you kind of look like hell." He said shooting Tom and Judy a look as he dragged Harry to the bathroom. As soon as the pair had left Judy and Tom slowly turned and glared at the pair whispering at Crystal's desk, as soon they walked up Jeanne and Adam stared at them.
"Ok you two out with it." Tom said as he leaned on the desk. Adam looked up and smiled, "Why officer, whatever do you mean?" he said batting his eyes. Judy rolled her eyes as Tom shifted uncomfortably under Adam's gaze, "Look you two were the last to talk to her before she left, not to mention you gave her something." She said staring intently at Jeanne who looked up at Judy, " I'm not going to go against her wishes, she wanted to give him time, and he's going to get time." She said snidely before Judy yanked the folder out of her hands.
" Last I checked, my friend has had plenty of time to think, all he wants is to talk to her, now where is she?" Judy grounded out as Jeanne looked over at Adam. He sighed, "Sweetie lets just tell them." He said putting his hand on her shoulder as she glared at him, "No Adam. I don't care how sincere he sounded, I'm not telling them." Tom glared at her, "Well aren't you just a sweetheart? He said he was sorry, or do you not hear anything through that skull of yours?" he said in her face, Judy glared at her, " Look we just want to see our friends happy, don't you want the same thing for Crystal? Why wouldn't you want to her to be with someone she loves?" Jeanne jumped off the desk, " Because she's my best friend, I love her like a sister and it's my job to protect her. It's bad enough I didn't fight hard enough to get her out of that stupid car when I found out, but I'm not going to let her get hurt like this!" she said angrily. Tom moved towards her, but was stopped by someone behind him.
He turned around to see Adam step in front of him and look at Jeanne, "Jeanne, do you remember in sophomore year when we kept trying to set Crystal up with all of those different guys and she kept refusing to go on a second date with all of them? And then you got mad at her? Do you remember what she told you?" he said, looking knowingly at the blonde. She paled, "She said that she wasn't going to bother with a guy when she knew right away she wouldn't be happy with him. She didn't care if she ended up alone, she wasn't going to settle." She said shakily, Adam nodded his head "Do you think she would be with him if he didn't make her happy? Do you think she would've slept with him, told her she loved him if she didn't see herself with him for the rest of her life? No she wouldn't and you and I know it, but Jeanne you haven't been around them. You haven't seen the way they light up when the other comes into a room, they're good for each other, they deserve to be together and if you're going to get in the way of that then I don't know if I can look at you in the same way again." He said sadly as he turned to Judy and Tom.
"I can't tell you where she is, but I know she was heading back to Burke. When you guys find her could you guys give her this?" he asked as he gave them a cassette tape, "I accidentally taped Jeanne and Harry's conversation, she might want to hear it." They nodded as Judy put the tape in her purse. Jeanne spoke up, "She's heading to the my house. I suggested she talk to my dad since he's the closest thing to a father she has, " She said looking up at Judy before continuing, "What you saw me give her was my key, she didn't know if he would be awake when she got there so I gave it to her just in case." She said, Adam gave her a hug as she gave Tom the address. Before Judy could get Doug and Harry, Captain Fuller walked through the door from being called in with a grave expression on his face, "Judy is Harry back yet?' Judy nodded, shocked that he had used her first name. He looked at her, " I need all of you in my office." He said before walking away.
Meanwhile Doug watched with a smirk as he watched Harry try to fix himself up. He was happy his friend had found someone he wanted to be with forever and as soon as they brought her back he knew everything would be back to normal. Well as normal as it was considering that in a few months there would be a little Ioki in their lives. He smiled at the thought of Judy and Tom babysitting while he taught the kid how to be a real Mcquaid, heck he could see Fuller playing with the kid like it was his own grandchild. He snapped out of his thoughts as he heard Harry's voice, "What Iokage?" he said absentmindly as Harry looked at him. He frowned, "I asked you what happened when I left." He said. Doug out a hand on his shoulder, "Ioki I don't think-" Harry cut him off, "Penhall I need to know what happened." He said quietly, Doug sighed; "After she found out you were gone , she went upstairs and it was really quiet. We got worried when we didn't hear anything for half an hour, finally she comes down just kind of sad and starts packing her purse." He paused as Harry's face fell, "All of us kept asking her what she doing and where she was going, finally she says that it'll be easier for you to think if she's not around, but that she'll come back. She said bye to Jeanne and Adam, asked me to tell you she loves you and she left." He said as Harry turned back towards the mirror.
He sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "I really messed this up didn't I?" he said softly, Doug looked at him; "Yeah, you did, but y'know what? You're trying to fix it." He said looking at Harry, there was an awkward pause before Doug spoke up; "So…any idea about how you're going to ask her?" he said as Harry looked at him, "I mean I thought I would tell her that I love her and that I want to spend the rest of my life with her, then ask her if she'll marry me. " he said, Doug smacked him upside the head; "What's with people smacking me today?" Harry grumbled as Doug glared at him. He looked at Harry, "How can you make it sound so methodical? A proposal should be y'know spontaneous, where's the ring?" he said as Harry fumbled through his pockets and reluctantly gave Doug the black box. He paced in front of Harry for a minute before turning to him, "You are a wonderful woman, everyday I see you, it feels like the first and I know that my life won't be complete without you, " He said as got down on one knee to a slightly disturbed Harry. Before either of them could say anything, the door swung open as Judy poked her head in, "Hey guys, Fuller wants us to.." she trailed off as she watched Doug stumble to his feet, thrusting the ring box into Harry's hands as she looked on in amusement, " Am I interrupting?" she teased as Doug glared at her; "Fullers back?" he asked clearly avoiding the look she was giving him.
"Yeah and he needs us all in his office." She said as Harry looked at the confusion, "Wait the Captain was out?" Doug looked at him, "Don't you think he would've come out when you and Jeanne were going at it? He got called in for something." He said as they walked towards Fullers office. Doug knocked once before they walked in to see Tom and Jeanne sitting in chairs while Adam leaned against one of the file cabinets. Fuller looked at all of them sadly," Captain,whats going on?" Tom said curiously. Fuller sigh and stood up, " The assignment I was call in on tonight," he said as he pulled some photos out and spread them across his desk, each of them looked at the different photos, they were all of a car wreck. Each photo showed the car wrapped around a tree with the passenger side completely crushed in as Fuller continued, "Anyone recognize the car?" he said.
All them looked closer, but only Jeanne spoke up, "This is Crystals car." She said, recognizing the purple Beetle. They looked over at Harry who was staring intently at the photo in his hands while Fuller continued," Yes Officer Grey, that's why I was called in on it," He paused as he stole a glance at Harry whose face was unreadable before continuing; "Crime Scene found a purse in the passenger seat, the contents confirming that it was Watson's car, but they also found different sets of footprints, one individual walking towards the car and that same individual walking away from it, dragging someone behind them, someone who struggled to get away. There was no sign of injury though. They also found two sets of tire tracks, showing that a car was trying to get Watson to crash…" Doug stood up angrily, ignoring Judy as she tried pulling him back, "So what are you saying Captain? That someone did this to her on purpose?" Fuller glared at him, "What I'm trying to say is that this a kidnapping." He said tiredly, " All units are being put in to search and investigate, including us." Doug sat down and glared at Fuller, "I suggest that you all get some sleep, it's going to be a rough day tomorrow." Silently they filed out with Harry about to leave when Fuller called out, "Harry," He slowly turned around, "Yeah Captain?" He said hollowly not really looking at him. Fuller came around the desk and gently placed a hand on his shoulder, "We're going to find her, all of us are going to do everything we can to find her and bring her back." He said gently, Harry looked up at him before quietly saying, "We better Captain." Before walking out of the office. He came out to see everyone sitting and looking at him, Harry ignored them as he made his way over to Doug, who clapped him on the shoulder, "You ok Harry?" he asked, already knowing the answer as Harry shook his head, Doug pressed on, " Do you maybe want to stay with me tonight?" he said tentatively, noticing the exhausted look on his face. Harry simply nodded as Doug led him out of the Chapel. As he laid on Doug's couch that night he made a promise that no matter what, he wasn't going back home without Crystal one way or another as a restless sleep overtook him.