Flirting
Jake was standing outside the precinct building when a woman approached him.
'Excuse me, sir,' the woman called.
'Yes?' asked Jake as he turned to face her.
'Is this the Ninety-ninth precinct?' she asked, pointing to the building.
'Yup. Can I ask why?'
'Sorry, I can't tell you.'
'You can. I'm a cop here,' he informed her as he showed her his badge.
'Oh, I'm sorry,' she replied embarrassed.
'That's alright.'
'It's just that my son, Richard Champion, got arrested about an hour ago today for public intoxication and they needed me to take him home.'
'Oh, you're Richard's mother?' Jake asked surprised. 'Wow, I'd have never guessed it. I mean, he's eighteen and you look so young,' he clarified.
The woman blushed. 'Thank you,' she replied. 'Yeah, I had Richard when I was fifteen,' she informed.
'Wow, it must have been tough.'
'Yeah, it was. Plus, his father didn't want anything to do with him.'
'Oh, that sucks.'
'I just think if there was someone who could teach him right and wrong, I wouldn't be here today.' Jake nodded, fully understanding. 'Anyway, I just wanna thank you for letting him go off easily,' she said.
'Oh, yeah, no problem. It was his first offence, so we were able to let him off easily.'
'Thank you, you're a good officer,' she said as she gave him a flirty smile. Jake was oblivious to all this as he smiled back. 'But I keep worrying that he'll get in trouble. So,' she said as she took out a piece of paper and started writing, 'could you please call me in case he troubles you?'
'Oh, no problem,' Jake replied as he accepted her number and they smiled at each other. Jake was so naïve.
Amy just got out of the building as she saw the interactions between Jake and this attractive woman. She saw her boyfriend accept something from the woman and laugh together. Amy was really jealous. 'Hey, babe!' she said as she walked over to Jake. But before Jake could say a word, she pulled him into a deep, long kiss, making the lady uncomfortable.
'Wow, I think I know what you want for lunch,' Jake said as they parted.
'Oh, uh, I should, um, I should get my son,' the woman stammered as she entered the building.
'So, where do you wanna go for lunch? The Full Moon? Michael's? Home?' he asked suggestively. Instead of getting an answer, he received a smack on the head from Amy. 'Ow! What was that for?' he asked as he rubbed the part.
'For flirting with that lady!' Amy said angrily.
'What?' Jake asked, completely unaware of what his girlfriend was talking about.
'Oh, don't act as if I didn't see you, Peralta! The smiles, the compliments, I saw it all!'
'What? No, she's the mom of that bloke I arrested for a D&D this morning. She came to pick her son up.'
'Oh, really?'
'Yeah.'
'And what was that thing she gave you?'
'What thing?'
'This thing!' Amy exclaimed as she took the piece of paper out from his pocket. As she unfolded it, she couldn't believe it. 'You got her number?' she asked. Jake realized this looked bad and had no idea how to tell her how it didn't mean anything. Receiving no answer, Amy walked towards her car.
'Ames! Wait!' he said as he caught up. 'Look, we weren't flirting, okay? She just gave me her number in case her son got arrested again,' he explained.
'Oh, so if another precinct caught him for something, you're supposed to call her?'
'Um….'
'Do you even know how improbable you catching him again is?'
'Wait, then why'd she give me her number?'
'So that you'd call her, you idiot!' Jake still looked confused and Amy sighed. 'Look, no one gives a cop their private number unless it's for private reasons,' she explained.
'Wait, so that means she was flirting with me,' Jake said as it finally dawned on him.
'Yeah, and so were you.'
'What? No, I wasn't,' Jake said but Amy sighed. 'Okay, Ames, look, you know I'd never flirt with anyone except you. And I guess you seeing us gave that impression and I'm so sorry about that. And she gave me her number and that make it even worse. But you know how weird I find flirting with others. I mean, just last week, you saw how uncomfortable I was when I had to flirt with Rosa when we were undercover. Trust me, I'd never do anything like that.'
Amy smiled. She had acted irrationally. Of course Jake would never do something like that. 'I'm sorry too,' she said as she hugged him, 'I never should have suspected you once. I'm such an idiot.'
'Yeah, you are an idiot, but not because you were worried that I was flirting with someone. You had the right to be suspicious.'
Amy broke the hug to look at him. 'Wait, so why am I an idiot?' she asked.
'Because you're the only girl who fell for my terrible flirting.'
Amy rolled her eyes as she kissed him. They were both idiots – one for not knowing that someone was flirting with him, the other for falling for his terrible flirting skills. But they were each other's idiots.