Summer Time

SBPD

Santa Barbara was in the middle of an awful heat wave and it was pissing everyone off.

Juliet sat back in her desk and threw her pen down. She picked up her phone and called Shawn at the Psych office.

Psych Office

Shawn was sitting in his chair playing with Natalie when his phone rang.

"Hello?" Shawn asked.

"Hey." Juliet said.

"Hey. What's up?"

"It's hot."

"Yeah, I've noticed that."

"Stop being a smartass. I wasn't done talking."

"I'm sorry, sweetheart. What's up?"

"Let's go to the beach."

"The beaches are packed."

"Shawn, it's hot. I'm dying."

"Aren't you at work?"

"Apparently it's too hot to commit crimes."

"Well, I'll come get you and we'll go."

"I have to go home first."

"Why?"

"I need to get a swimsuit."

"Natalie needs one too."

"You really want to bring her?"

"She's 9 months old, I think it's time."

"But the sand…"

"The sand will always be there, Juliet. She's coming with us."

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"Juliet, there is a good chance that she will live on the beach forever, don't you want her to love it and not hate it?"

"I guess."

"I know there are way too many people there for your liking, but she's almost 1 and she's never been to the beach. She's been to the Psych office and is still breathing."

"You're funny."

"I know. I'll meet you at home, ok?"

"Ok. I love you."

"I love you too."

Shawn got off the phone and grabbed Natalie and her things and headed to the car. He put Natalie in her carseat and strapped her in and then got in his seat and drove home.

SBPD

Juliet got out of her chair and went to Karen's office.

Juliet knocked on the door and Karen waved her in.

"What's up?" Karen asked.

"It's hot and I'm aggravated." Juliet stated.

"What's going on?"

"It's too hot to commit crimes. I've reorganized everything in my desk. Two drawers have stuff just for Natalie."

Karen laughed, "Ok, go and enjoy your weekend."

"Thank you so much."

"You're welcome."

Juliet walked out of Karen's office and went to her desk and got her things ready when Carlton walked in with the guy they've been looking for, for the last 6 months.

"Spencer!" Carlton shouted.

Juliet looked up at Carlton and saw the guy next to Carlton.

Juliet sat down and threw her head back and groaned.

"Jesus." Juliet mumbled.

Juliet grabbed her desk phone and called Shawn.

"Hello?" Shawn asked.

"Hi honey." Juliet said.

"You're not gonna make it?"

"No. Carlton just walked in with the guy we've been looking for, for the last 6 months."

"That sucks. That was one of your very first cases when you went back."

"Yep. And I'm lead detective on this case, so I have to be here."

"Wait a second, what's that dude's name?"

"Keith Jones."

"I know him."

"Spencer, what did you do?"

"Nothing. I'm coming to the station. Don't start without me."

"Shawn you're not on the case."

"I love you, I'll see you soon."

"Shawn."

Juliet heard Shawn hang up the phone.

Juliet got out of her chair and went back to Karen's office.

"Hey." Juliet said.

"Hey, I thought you left." Karen said.

"That was the plan until Carlton brought Keith in."

"The same Keith we've been looking for?"

"That's the one."

"Well, I'm sorry."

"Oh and my husband knows him, so this should be good."

"I don't want him anywhere near this."

"I told him that."

"And what did he say?"

"He's going to head up here."

Karen sighed, "I swear I'm going to strangle him one day. I don't know how you haven't."

Juliet laughed, "I honestly don't know either."

"Go start questioning him."

"Yes ma'am."

Juliet left Karen's office and went down to the first interrogation room where Carlton was. She walked in the room and sat down next to Carlton.

"You can go. I got this." Juliet said.

Carlton nodded and left the room.

"Hi, my name is Juliet Spencer." Juliet introduced.

"You're related to Shawn Spencer?" Keith asked.

"He's my husband."

"Old Spencer got married, huh?"

"He did."

"Do you two have any kids?"

"We have a 9 month old daughter."

Shawn

Shawn walked into the station with Natalie and walked into Karen's office and handed her Natalie.

"Don't you dare get yourself hurt." Karen said.

Shawn nodded and left her office.

Shawn walked into the interrogation room and saw Juliet talking to Keith.

Shawn sat down next to Juliet and squeezed her thigh.

Juliet looked over at Shawn, "Well nice of you to show."

"I told you don't start until I got here." Shawn said.

"Well Karen told me to start, and since you don't pay me, I kinda have to listen to her."

Shawn leaned in and whispered, "Are you safe in here?"

"Yes." Juliet said.

Shawn nodded and kissed the side of Juliet's head.

Juliet and Shawn turned back to Keith.

"Well I'll be damned, Shawn Spencer." Keith said.

"Keith…how are you?" Shawn asked.

"Good. You have a very pretty wife."

"Yeah, I know. You can't have her."

"I told every other girl from you. What makes you think I won't do the same?"

Shawn got up and leaned across the table, "Let me tell you something Jones. That is my wife you're talking about. You won't lay a finger on her, do you understand that? I know Juliet can handle her own, but I'm her husband and I want to protect her. Oh and that was high school, dude. You haven't changed since high school…sad."

Shawn sat back down and crossed is arms.

"You're gonna let him talk to me like that?" Keith asked.

"Yeah…he kinda works here." Juliet mentioned.

"I'm sorry, what?"

"Yep. He consults for the department."

"He was one of the most rebellious kids I've ever seen."

"Yes he WAS, but now he's a grown man."

"I bet Henry is proud of him."

"Don't bring my family into this." Shawn said.

"How's your mom?"

"Keith…I'm serious. Stop."

"Oh that's right, she ran off to some other country and left you and your dad."

Shawn turned to Juliet, "Do I have your permission to beat the hell out of him?"

"No. Now leave." Juliet said.

"I'll be on the other side."

Shawn got up and Juliet grabbed his arm.

"What?" Shawn asked.

"Can I talk to you outside, just for a second?" Juliet asked.

"Of course."

Shawn and Juliet left the room and went into the observation room.

"What the hell just happened?" Juliet asked.

"I hate the son of a bitch." Shawn said.

"Well that's obvious. What's gotten into you?"

"Jules, you know when someone brings up my family I get pissed."

"I do. Now, let me do my job."

"Ok. I love you."

Juliet smiled, "I love you too."

Juliet started to walk away when Shawn grabbed Juliet's wrist and turned her back to him and kissed her.

Juliet's arms wrapped around Shawn's neck and deepened the kiss.

Shawn pulled away with a smile on his face, "Now go kick some ass, Spencer."

Juliet smiled, "Always."

Shawn kissed Juliet one more time and let her go back into the interrogation room.

Shawn walked up the stairs to Karen's office.

"How is everything?" Karen asked.

"He's still Keith." Shawn said.

Karen handed Natalie back to Shawn.

"Nat, do you want to go see how badass your mommy is?" Shawn asked.

Natalie waved her hands and laughed.

"Let's go."

Shawn left Karen's office and went into the observation room to watch Juliet kick ass at her job.

Juliet

"So Keith, you're in here because of identity theft." Juliet stated.

"Ahh you did your homework." Keith shot back.

"Listen here you gigantic prick. You may think you can get away talking like that to my husband, but you will never speak to me like that. In case you forgot, I bring your case to court and I know the judge very well, we're good friends, so I control your sentence."

Keith sat back and crossed his arms.

"Now, back to what I was saying. You stole your mother's identity. Why?" Juliet asked.

"For funsies." Keith said.

"You know what? I'm done. I'm just going to hand your case to the judge."

Juliet got up and left the interrogation room and saw Shawn and Natalie watching.

"What is she doing down here?" Juliet asked.

"I wanted to show her how badass her mommy is." Shawn said.

Juliet smiled, "Thank you, baby. That was not my strongest case."

"You think Ashley will up his charges?"

"I don't know. I'll have to go to the courthouse this afternoon."

"We should have them over for dinner one night."

"Who?"

"Ashley, Brandon, and Matthew."

"When would you like to do this?"

"How's this weekend?"

"That's fine with me. Why don't you head back to the house and I'll meet you there in say an hour?"

"Yeah."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Juliet kissed Shawn.

"And by the way, Natalie still thinks her mommy is badass."

"She told you that?"

"Verbatim."

"I didn't know you even knew what that word meant."

"Ha, you're funny."

"I know."

Juliet flipped her hair and sashayed away from Shawn.

"Juliet Lynn, get back here right now." Shawn called.

Juliet kept walking towards her desk.

Shawn looked at Natalie, "Your mommy is crazy."

Shawn walked to Juliet's desk and sat down in Juliet's chair and put Natalie on his lap and let her play with Juliet's computer.

Juliet walked over from Carlton's desk and saw Natalie hitting a ton of buttons.

"Shawn, what are you doing?" Juliet asked.

"She wanted to make you a picture." Shawn said.

Juliet saw all the colors on the screen, "I thought she was erasing everything."

"I know better than that. I opened a blank tab and let her go to town."

"You know what? Watch this."

Juliet pressed 'Print' on her computer and went and grabbed Natalie's picture from the printer and took stamp ink out and stamped Natalie's hand to the picture.

Shawn watched Juliet pin the picture to her cork board.

"After 6 years together, you still make me fall in love with you more." Shawn said.

Juliet turned to Shawn, "Well you do the same to me too, baby."

Shawn smiled with a cheesy smile.

"Cheesy." Juliet said.

"Yes. But you love it." Shawn said.

"You know that's right."

Shawn got up out of Juliet's chair, "I'm going to head home. I didn't realize what time it was."

Juliet looked at her watch and saw that it was Natalie and Shawn's nap time.

"Ahh yes, nap time." Juliet said.

"Yep."

"Well I love you. I'll be home in a couple of hours."

"A couple?"

"Yeah. I have to finish Keith's file and then bring it to the courthouse to see Ashley."

"Oh yeah."

"Yeah. I'll also mention that we invited them over for Saturday night."

"Saturday is good."

"Perfect."

Shawn bent down to kiss Juliet.

Juliet leaned in and dodged Shawn's kiss and kissed Natalie's head.

Shawn pulled back with a hurt look on his face.

Juliet bit back a smile.

"Not funny, sweetheart." Shawn said.

"It was a little funny." Juliet said.

"Maybe just a bit."

Juliet got up on her toes and kissed Shawn.

"Better?" Juliet whispered.

"Much." Shawn whispered back.

"Now go home. I'll see you later."

"Hey, I love you."

"I love you too."

Shawn put Natalie's diaper backpack on his back and left the station and went back home.

Juliet smiled at Shawn walking away and talking to Natalie.

Juliet sat back down at her desk and finished Keith's file and brought Karen her copy.

"Is this it?" Karen asked.

"Yep. I'm heading to the court house and then I'm going to head home." Juliet said.

"Sounds good to me. You did a great job, Juliet."

"I didn't even get the guy to confess…"

"Juliet, that doesn't matter at the moment."

"What is this about then?"

"Shawn came in here and told me what happened when you tried to interrogate him."

"He's an arrogant ass-face."

Karen laughed, "Tell that to Shawn when you get home."

"Keith brought up our family and Shawn saw red and exploded."

"I understand why. He's always been very protective over you and Natalie."

"Yeah. Remember when I was pregnant he wasn't even 5 feet away from me?"

Karen nodded.

"He's my safe haven. I wasn't going to let some jackass piss my husband off."

"You did good."

"Thank you."

"Well get on out of here. I'll see you tomorrow."

"Yes you will."

"Good night detective."

"Night, chief."

Juliet left Karen's office and grabbed her stuff and headed to her car. She got in the car and drove to the courthouse.

Juliet pulled into the police officer spot at the courthouse and grabbed her stuff and got out of her car. She walked up the steps and walked into the courthouse.

The lady greeted Juliet.

Juliet showed the clerk her ID badge and continued to Ashley's office. She got to Ashley's office and knocked.

"Come in." Ashley said.

Juliet opened the door and walked in.

"Hey." Juliet said.

Ashley spun around in her chair, "Well hey stranger."

Ashley got up and went and hugged Juliet.

"You look amazing." Ashley complimented.

"Thank you. It's not all gone just yet, but it's getting there." Juliet said.

"Speaking of, how is she?"

"A mess. She's crawling now and she doesn't have an off switch."

Ashley laughed, "Yep. How is Shawn?"

"Great. He is at the house, it's nap time for them."

"Of course it is."

Juliet smiled, "How is your little one?"

"Matthew never stops talking. I don't even understand it." Ashley answered.

"You just sit there and nod your head?"

"Exactly."

"I do that with Shawn. I tune in and out of his rants and I'll nod."

"What do you have for me?"

Juliet handed Ashley the file, "Keith Jacobs. We've been looking for him since I got back to work."

"What did he do?"

"He stole his mother's identity."

"Jesus Christ."

"Yeah, I know. And the funny thing is, Shawn knows the guy."

"Of course he does."

"Shawn went in there to interrogate him with me and Keith brought up our family out of nowhere."

"How pissed was Shawn?"

"Shawn wanted to punch the dude in the face."

"I will do everything I can."

"Thank you."

"Of course."

Juliet turned around to get going but turned around.

"What are you guys doing on Saturday?" Juliet asked.

"Nothing. Why?" Ashley asked.

"Shawn and I want to have you over for dinner."

"We will surely be there. I can't believe I haven't met your girl yet."

"Me either, but I'm sure the kids will get along."

"They better."

Juliet laughed, "Well, I got to head home. I have this killer headache."

Ashley hugged Juliet, "Don't be a stranger. We need to do lunch one day."

"That sounds good. I'll talk to you later."

"Yes you will. Have a good day."

"You too."

Juliet left Ashley's office and went back out to her car and got in and drove home.

Juliet pulled into the garage and got out and walked inside. She went straight to the bedroom and laid down.

Shawn watched Juliet walk straight to the bedroom and got up and followed her.

"Jules, you ok?" Shawn whispered.

"I have a killer headache." Juliet said.

"The last time you had a killer headache, you were pregnant with Nat."

Juliet shot up and looked at Shawn, "Oh Jesus."

Shawn sat down on the bed and grabbed Juliet's hand, "You know, we have a 9 month old."

"Yes, I know how old our child is. I birthed her."

Shawn smiled, "Would it hurt to go check?"

"We just started getting back into the groove of things and I'm not ready to get off track again."

"Juliet, go take a few tests now."

Juliet rolled her eyes and got out of bed and went and took a few pregnancy tests.

The tests were done and Juliet called Shawn into the bathroom.

Shawn entered the bathroom and saw the negative results.

Shawn wrapped his arms around Juliet's body and kissed the top of her head.

"I want another one, just not yet." Juliet whispered.

"I'm right here Jules. Just tell me when you are." Shawn said.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

Shawn kissed Juliet and helped her back to bed. He went to the bathroom and grabbed two Advils and gave them to Juliet.

"Thank you." Juliet said.

"You're welcome. Now take a nap." Shawn said.

Juliet nodded and got under the covers and dozed off.