Chapter 14
Here's chapter 14! Special thanks from Chick on Wheels for her help. Reviews are always welcome! Be sure to catch Chick on Wheels story Forgetting Vietnam.
I don't own 21 Jump Street, but I own Crystal, all of my OCs and the plot of this story.
Fuller threw down his case file in frustration. It had been a week since Crystal's disappearance and they hadn't found any leads. He looked out to where his officers were answering phones and looking over any information pertaining Crystal's whereabouts he saw Jeanne sitting at Crystal's desk with a cup of coffee in her hand and her eyes red rimmed. She had told her captain in Burke that she would staying with Jump Street until Crystal had been found and so far Fuller had been impressed despite his first impression of her, his eyes continued to roam as he watched a very tired Doug and Tom attempting to banter with no luck and Judy typing up a report stopping to yawn occasionally. Finally he landed on Harry, who was slumped over his desk, furiously looking at the photos of the accident. Fuller flinched at the deep bags under the young officers face, he knew that after Crystal had been kidnapped, Harry hadn't left the Chapel. All he did now was sit at his desk and constantly look over her file, he hadn't showered or eaten anything in about three days, hell if Adam hadn't gone to his apartment to get clean clothes for him, he would've stayed in the same yellow t-shirt and jeans he had been wearing for four days straight. Fuller snapped out of his thoughts as he heard shouts outside, he quickly walked outside to see Doug pulling Harry upstairs while Tom looked after them angrily standing next to Jeanne who was sniffling. Fuller sighed, when had his precinct become a teen drama?
In the time he had been at Jump Street, Doug Penhall never thought he would dragging Harry Ioki up the stairs to cool down, Hanson sure, Judy maybe, but never Harry. He was always the one who was calm in any situation, he never really lashed out, hell there were times when he had to play peacekeeper between everyone when they clashed. Since Crystal had been kidnapped though, he had become more withdrawn and whenever anyone tried to talk to him he just ignored them. Today he finally snapped when Tom and Judy had been whispering about the case, Harry managed to overhear how they had no leads. Doug had watched as Harry had grabbed his coat and made his way towards the Chapel doors. Before he could leave Tom and Jeanne stood in his path, "Where are you going Harry?" he said gently trying not to draw attention to themselves. Doug slowly walked up as he heard Harry speak up, his voice hoarse from lack of use, "I'm doing what I should've done a week ago. I'm going to look for her." He said gruffly. Jeanne tentatively stepped forward, "Harry, this isn't going to help." She said gently, Harry snorted, "It'll be better then just sitting around isn't it? It should be me out there looking for her, hell if I hadn't left-" He stopped mid thought as Doug pulled him upstairs.
Doug threw Harry into the locker room and dragged him towards the sink. Harry protested as Doug thrusted his head under the spigot, water spraying everywhere as Harry kept trying to push him back. After a few seconds he pulled Harry's head out and turned off the sink, Harry glared at Doug as water ran down his face, "What the hell was that for?" he grounded out. Doug threw Harry a glare of his own, "Because you stink," he said gritting his teeth; "You stink, you look sick and you're scaring everyone." He said as he chucked a towel at Harry before continuing, "Look, we get that you're hurting and all, hell if it was me I might not get out of bed. You got to realize though that we all are doing everything we can to find her, but sitting around and looking at the accident photos that's not healthy." He said taking a sit next to Harry as he dried his face. Harry frowned, "Do you think I don't know that? Penhall this whole thing is my fault, if I hadn't left then she wouldn't have-" Doug quickly cut him off, "Look we don't know what would've happened, but we do know what's going on right now. Besides I know for a fact that if Crystal was here she would be kicking your ass for doing this to yourself." At that Harry smiled for the first time that week, Doug grinned and clapped him on the back and they headed back down stairs.
For the next hour it was silent except for the occasional ringing phone and shuffling of papers. As another phone rang Jeanne lazily picked it up to answer, "Jump Street Cha- yes she's still missing." She said slowly to the caller, she paused as she listened. She quickly jumped up, " She's where?" she shrieked as everyone's head snapped up, she held up a finger signaling a moment; "Well are you sure? Yes I know that she's practically a second daughter- look just make sure she doesn't leave alright we'll be there in an hour." She quickly hung up the phone at looked over at everyone who stared at her expectantly as she threw her coat on. Jeanne looked at them, " Get your coats guys we're getting Crystal!" she said happily as everyone jumped up and Harry ran over to Jeanne, he looked at her seriously, "Where is she? Is she ok? How do you know it's-" Jeanne cut Harry off as she threw his coat at him, "Trust me, I know it's her. She's fine and my source is never wrong when it comes to Crystal." She smiled as everyone looked at her curiously as they headed out to Jeanne's van.
"Just out of curiosity Grey, who exactly is your source?" Fuller said as they all began to pile into the van, Tom sitting in the front with everyone else in the back. She looked over her seat as Fuller, "My source's the one other man besides Adam and Harry that I would trust with her life, my dad." She said as she sped out of the parking lot. A few minutes later they looked at each other confused as they sat outside Rocky's gym as Jeanne laid on the horn for a good ten minutes before a very disgruntled Adam walked out, " Get in loser, we're getting Crystal!" Jeanne yelled out the window. Instantly Adam's face brightened and he leapt into the van, "Oh my god finally! So where are we going?" he said bouncing in his seat excitedly as Jeanne pulled out of the parking lot, she looked over in grinned, "We're going to your favorite place…My house." She said laughing at the horrified expression on his face.
"What? No! You're dad hates me." He whined as Jeanne laughed, "What are you talking about? My dad loves you." She said as he glared at her, "The last time I was at your house he called me a fairy boy." He deadpanned. Jeanne looked around at all of them before looking at him, " Hey, if it makes you feel better he probably won't even pay attention to you," She looked sadly at the back "He'll probably go after Harry instead." Judy piped up, "Why would he go after Harry? He didn't do anything wrong." Adam turned around and looked at them, "Because Mr. Grey has been Crystals coach and basic father figure since she was a kid, not to mention he see's her like a second daughter. Hell Crystal spent so much time at their house to get away from Louise and Julia that one of the guest rooms basically became hers. She's apart of their family and Harry got her pregnant so therefore, there's a strong chance that when they meet, he's going to try to kick his ass. " he said before turning around.
Harry spoke up, "I've been through a lot worse, I'm sure I can handle it. Besides I'm not to let Crystal go without a fight." Before looking out the window. The rest of the ride to Burke was silent except the occasional argument between Jeanne and Tom over what radio station should be playing, finally Adam intervened, "Will you two shut up? Besides we're here!" everyone looked out the window to look at the town that Crystal and Jeanne had grown up in. It was a small town, with several houses near the more wooded areas. Jeanne pointed to a medium sized house as they drove past, "That was where Crystal lived, Julia and her husband John live there now… And here's my house." She said as she sped into the driveway of another medium sized house. As the van was parked everyone quickly ran out and started to congregate onto the porch, with Jeanne and Adam quickly following behind. Jeanne shoved everyone out of the way and gently rapt on the door, she looked to see everyone's confused glances, " What? I gave my key to Crystal and I don't know where the spare is." Adam and Tom snorted at the statement as the door opened to a tall man with salt and pepper hair and a t-shirt and jeans. Jeanne ran forward and hugged him, " Thanks for calling dad." She said as she pulled back. He looked at her, "Anytime, kiddo, but I didn't think you'd be bringing the damn cavalry with you. " he sighed before stepping aside to let everyone in. They all followed him into the living room where everyone took a seat except Harry who kept peeking around corners and pacing across the floor.
"She's not down here kid." They looked over to see Jeanne's dad leaning against the stair case subtly looking upstairs. Harry looked between the stairs and the man beside them, before either could say anything he darted up the stairs with everyone quickly following behind him as he stood on the landing and finally spotting an open door. They followed him and stood in open door frame in silence as they all watched him kneel next to a sleeping Crystal. All of them winced at the dark bruises scattered across her face, as Harry gingerly put his hand to her cheek, "I'm so sorry." He whispered as he placed his other hand on her still flat stomach.
"She told me she's eight weeks along." Jeanne's dad broke the silence, they all turned their heads questioningly Doug piped up, "How do you know that? How does she know that?" he said as he stared at man who glared at them; "Why don't we talk about all of this? And I mean all of this." He said gesturing to everyone in the room. They nodded and filed out of the room except Harry who stared at Mr. Grey defiantly, "I'm not leaving her." He said as Mr. Grey glared at him, " I'm not saying leave and never come back kid, believe me the thought crossed my mind, but I'm not saying it. All I'm saying is get your ass downstairs before I make you and judging by the look of you right now I'd be able to pretty damn easily, now out." He said pointing to the door. Harry glared at him for a minute before gently kissing Crystal's forehead and walking out of the bedroom, Mr. Grey on his heels. As they headed down they hallway, they noticed Adam idly standing in the hallway. Mr. Grey glared at him, "What the hell are you still doing up here fairy boy?" he said as Adam looked at them with a deer in the headlights expression, "Uh-I'm organizing your linen closet, it's completely disorganized, not to mention tacky. I'll be down in a minute." he said quickly. Mr. Grey stared at Adam intently for a few minutes before muttering under his breath as he dragged Harry down the stairs.
Adam watched them head downstairs and sighed in relief as he headed back towards the room Crystal was in, fishing through his warm up bag and placed everything on the bedside table before whispering, "You'll thank me for this sweetie." He whispered before running downstairs. He walked into the kitchen to everyone sitting around sipping cups of tea silently till Mr. Grey spoke up, " She showed up about two hours ago, her face all banged up. I let her come in and ask if she needs a doctor, she said no that she and the baby were fine and she was eight weeks along. That caught my attention given the fact that I wasn't aware she was pregnant, let alone seeing someone." He said looking pointedly at Harry and Jeanne who spoke up, "Dad I didn't want you to worry, when I told you she was missing you freaked out, Telling you that she was pregnant would've given you a heart attack." He continued to glare at Harry, which Jeanne noticed, "And don't give Harry a hard time, I already slapped him besides he's suffered enough-" Mr. Grey cut him off, "He's suffered? That girl was kidnapped ands had God knows what done to her and he's suffered. Hell if it wasn't for Crystal telling me what a great guy he is, I'd be pinning him against the wall." He took a deep breath, " Anyways we sat down and talked about what had happened since she left. Everything except what happened to her this week. Finally she said she was tired and went to her room and fell asleep. Then I called Jeanne and here you are." He said sipping his tea before looking at Harry, " I was hoping that when I met you, I could find something wrong with you, but seeing you with her. I know you love her and I know you'll do right by her." He said. It was quiet for a little while before they heard frantic footsteps coming down the stairs.
Crystal groaned as she opened her eyes, she slowly rose from the bed remembering that she was at Jeanne's house, she had been missing for a week, and she was eight weeks pregnant. She felt tears come to her eyes at the thought of all of it, but she quickly brushed them away. Suddenly she felt a wave of nausea sweep over her and she quickly ran to the bathroom and heaved. After a few minutes she stood and flushed the contents, she quickly cleaned herself up and went back into her room and sat on the bed. She thought about all that had happened, what had happened in the week she had been gone? Had he thought about it? She knew that she wanted this child, did he? Crystal shook her head as she walked towards the closet, wanting to get out of the clothes she had been wearing for the past week. She smiled at the clothes that Jeanne had been trying to get her to wear instead of the long skirts and sweaters that Louise made her wear. Of course she wouldn't be able to wear them in a few months, she smiled at the thought of it as she put on a long sleeved navy shirt and a white and navy skirt. Crystal looked at herself in the mirror trying to notice anything different, her chest was bigger that she noticed right away, she swiveled to the side and saw a bump, you couldn't really notice it, but it was there. She kept looking at it when something in the mirror caught her eye.
She walked over to her bedside table where someone had left a tape player and a note that said Play me, feeling curious she checked the player and saw a tape. She plugged in the headphones left there and pressed play. Crystal sat in silence as she listened to Jeanne and Harry's argument that night, she clenched her fists into her skirt as she cursed had stupid she'd been. What she did was unfair and as the tape ended she knew what she had to do. Grabbing the tape player she quickly ran down the stairs, "Coach? Coach?" She yelled as she made her way to the living room. Mr. Grey ran into room, worried expression on his face, "You ok kid?" She furiously began pacing the room shaking her head, "I need to go back." She said as she went to the hall closet and grabbed the coat she had been wearing earlier when Mr. Grey stopped her, "Back where kid?" he said worriedly, knowing that everyone was in the kitchen and that they were probably fighting to keep Harry there. Crystal looked at him with a determined expression, "I need to go back to Jump Street, I messed up everything." She said as she felt her lip quiver, "I thought I was giving him space, that if I left he could get some time to think, but instead I leave, I basically run away from someone I love and mess everything up because I didn't wait and listen to what he had to say. " she said choking back a sob, "And then there's this tape where he says all of these wonderful things and makes me love him even more, which makes me feel even worse, so I need to go back to I can see if I can fix it. If he didn't forgive me I would understand, but I need to try because this is all my fault." She finished as she sat on the arm of a chair and sobbed.
Mr. Grey looked at the crumpled woman in surprise and turned to see Harry running into the living room. He looked at Harry who looked at Crystal with a mixture of shock and sadness as he walked towards her and gently pulled her up and held her in his arms. She sniffled, "As nice as a hug is Coach, I kind of need to go." She whispered, Harry smiled down at her; "What's with you and thinking I'm different people." He said teasingly. Crystal immediately froze up; she slowly pulled back and looked up to see a very tired Harry looking down at her.