Chapter Fifteen: The Ebony Falcon.
"Hey, you know what tonight is?" Rosa asked that morning, before they went to work.
"Wednesday?" Jake asked
"No" Rosa replied Jake laughed
"How could I forget. 13 years ago today. God the years have just flown by" Jake said
"You did remember" She said happily. It was 13 years ago today since they first started whatever they had now.
"Here" Jake said, pulling a small, gift-wrapped box from his pocket, and passing it to Rosa
"Ah Jake. You shouldn't have" She said
"Shut up" He laughed in that comforting tone. Like the one when Boyle told everyone to go after he had been shot. "You know I wanted to. Besides. It's the least I can do" He said. She smiled and opened the gift, to reveal a box, inside which was a stunning pair of earrings. Small cold studs, which matched the necklace which he had got her the previous year. The gold coin one, which she wore almost every day. She dreaded to think how much they had cost. She knew that Jake was not as broke as he made out to be.
"Jake, they're beautiful. Thank you" She said She pulled the earrings from the box, and placed them in her ears. Jake looked at her, eyes flicking between her and the earrings
"You're beautiful" He replied. She leant up to his lips, and kissed him softly. A loving kiss. Which he returned.
"I have a gift for you too. But you'll have to wait until tonight for it" She said seductively
"Can't wait" Jake replied
"Me neither. Now. Pizza or Chinese tonight?" She asked They always did that on their anniversary. A reminder of when they first got together. Take out, shitty movie and lots of sex.
"Actually. I was planning on cooking something for you" Jake replied, taking Rosa by surprise
"Oh really?" She asked
"Yeah. Prepare yourself for an incredible meal" He said, with a smile.
"I look forward to it" She replied.
"Oh" He said leaning in to her ear "But your pussy is dessert, and you can only taste it form my tongue" He said. Rosa's mouth opened as her eyes lowered in lust. Jake winked at her and walked away, leaving a horny and stunned Rosa behind.
They went to work and carried on with their day.
Rosa and Jake met up after the Wife or Dog case. Everyone had gone on lunch, so they decided to invade his desk, trying to find out a definitive answer. After almost the entire lunch break of searching, they concluded that if the answer was there, it was deeply hidden.
"You know, there is one way to find out" Jake said
"How?" Rosa asked
"Hack into the database, and find his next of Kin, his wife must be on there, somewhere" Jake said
"One. That is SO illegal. Two, we need Captains approval or above, and I don't think we can justify that to Holt" Rosa said
"You never know" Jake replied
"I think we do. It's Holt" She replied
"Yeah, you're right. I'll still find out though" He admitted
"Thank you" She said, before they decided that if they stayed any longer it would seem suspicious, so they separated to go and carry on with their jobs.
Jake had a stressful evening, talking to Terry and his kids, as Rosa had an equally stressful one trying to calm down Gina. When their shift finished at 8pm. Jake arrived home before Rosa, and he ran her a bath. She got home and he greeted her at the door with a kiss, and a slap to her ass.
"Dinner will be 45 minutes, but the bath is full and hot. Go relax" He said passing her a beer.
"I'm so lucky" She replied, as she leant in and kissed him again. Jake went back to the kitchen and began cooking her favourite. Steak. Now alone, his mind wandered back to Terry and the risks he faced by bringing Terry into a mission. He was only just back to the field. It would be more than a challenge. And he was worried.
He tried to lose his worry in cooking, but realised that the only time that his mind didn't wander to things like that was when he was with Rosa.
He figured that he had about five minutes left on dinner. He had set the table, with a large candle, lit. Placemats, knives, and forks, and two glasses of Merlot.
Rosa got out the bath, having really enjoyed it. Jake had known about Gina's incident and had known that Rosa and Amy were assigned to look into it. The thought of Jake being so thoughtful with this only made her love him more. She dried her hair, and slipped on something sensuous but comfortable. A black dress. Low cut on the chest, which ended on the upper side of mid-thigh.
She had to admit that she looked stunning. And this was one of the dresses that Jake had bought for her over the years. She paired it with a pair of black heels, and walked out of her room, towards the kitchen.
Jake looked up when he heard the gentle click of heels approaching. He turned to her and nearly dropped his bottle of wine as his eyes trailed her body. She was incredibly beautiful, and he had never classed himself as lucky as he did nw. He walked up to her and took her hand.
"You're stunning" He said kissing it. She blushed slightly. He led her to the table, pulled out her chair for her, and helped her sit down. Then walked off to the kitchen and returned with two steaming plates. He placed hers in front of her, and she smiled looking at it. Steak cooked to perfection, a variety of vegetables, and some potatoes in a sauce which he knew that she loved.
"It's perfect. Thank you, Jake" She said
"Thank you" He replied.
They enjoyed their delightful dinner, which Rosa had to admit was incredible, she was always amazed by how well Jake cooked.
They finished their meal. And Jake walked her over to the couch, sitting beside her and putting on Robocop. A film which he knew she liked, but had seen enough times not to mind if he started to tease her throughout.
He did, about ten minutes in, his hand went from her thigh to under the fabric of her dress. As he moved his hand up, he felt lace.
"Happy anniversary" She whispered to him. She knew lace was one of the things he found sexiest. She was wearing no bra. Nothing but her heels, the dress, and the lace thong.
They didn't make it to her room that night.
The following morning, Jake and Rosa awoke early. Still on the couch
"It gets better every year" She muttered
"You get better" Jake replied
"We have to go to work" She muttered catching eye of the clock. Jake groaned "I would so much prefer to spend all day with you" He replied
"I'd love that too, but you know we can't" She said sadly.
"Yeah I know" Jake said. They got up, dressed and went to work, they didn't see one another all day, both knew that they would be out late.
Which Jake did. He himself didn't get home until gone 12am. He made himself dinner and left hers on the stove, keeping warm. He heard the door click as it opened.
Rosa returned home later, almost 1am.
"What's up?" Jake asked as she walked into the apartment. He turned down the stove and walked over to kiss her hello.
"Hey" she replied, dropping her purse onto the couch.
"How did it go with Gina?" Jake asked
"Well. She put in a complaint against me and Amy with Holt" Rosa said
"Really?" Jake said
"Yeah. Apparently she didn't like it when I told her we hit a dead end on her B and E" Rosa said
"But almost all B and E's end up like that. She knows that" Jake said
"Yeah but... What can you do?" Rosa asked
"What did you do?" Jake asked
"Amy and I went over there, and asked helped to install seconds locks, and window locks, and set her lights on timers" Rosa explained
"You did good" He said. She smiled
"How was your undercover sting?" She asked
"I pissed off Sarge" He said
"How?" Rosa asked
"I got scared for him and his kids, jumped the gun and Sarge then hit me a load" Jake said
"He hit you? Wow. You really must have pissed him off" Rosa said
"I didn't mean to" Jake said, passing Rosa her bowl of dinner
"Thanks" She replied
They ate and watched TV until they decided to go to bed, they had both had a long day and were tired.