Chapter Twenty One: Fancy Brudgom.

"You're so lucky" Rosa said that morning in bed

"Why?" Jake asked

"You get the day off" She said

"Correction. I get the day with Charles" Jake corrected

"Same difference" Rosa replied

"Trust me. I would MUCH rather be solving crimes and chasing criminals. Hey do you want to swap days?" He asked

"No. Not at all" Rosa replied

"So why do we both have to suffer?" Jake asked

"Like sucks" Rosa replied

"You're in a negative mood today" He replied

"Just think today will be a shit day" She replied as she got out of bed

"Come on Rosa, think positive" Jake encouraged but was cut off by the deadly look in her eye.

They dressed, and had breakfast in almost silence, before she stood up and walked out

"See you later" she said kissing Jake softly before she left. Jake looked at his phone and found that he had a message from Boyle to meet at the Precinct

"ROSA! Wait!" Jake called Rosa turned

"What?" She asked

"I'm meeting Charles at the Precinct" Jake said

"Hop in" She said opening her car door. Her bike was in the shop. So, she was taking the car. Jake put her bad mood down to that. They arrived at work, and Jake went to check his emails, whilst Rosa went to check on one of her cases.

The day went painfully slowly for both of them, however, they looked forward to returning home to one another.

Eventually, that blissful time came.

"Hey" Jake greeted as Rosa walked inside

"Alright?" she asked walking to the kitchen, and coming back with two beers

"How was work?" He asked

"Some uniformed officer put in a complaint against me" She said

"What? Why?" Jake asked

"I yelled at him in front of his whole squad" She said

"Why?" he asked cautiously

"He mislabelled the weapon! I mean who does that! If I hadn't of caught his mistake, it would have blown months of work!" Rosa said

"Well. What did you do?" Jake asked

"I wrote a letter" Rosa said

"What did it say?" Jake asked

"Something along the lines of; I'm sorry you crap weasel. Sorry that your incompetence nearly cost me my investigation. I'm sorry that he's embarrassed the Nine-nine. I'm sorry that he can't spell-" Rosa said when Jake cut her off.

"Stop" He said "What did the uniform say to it?" Jake asked

"I don't know. Holt burned the pad" Rosa replied

"I guess he's not a fan of tough love. That man never ceases to surprise me" Jake said "Anyway. What did you do then?" Jake asked

"I went down and apologised in person" She said

"Why do I get the feeling that it wasn't really an apology?" Jake asked

"Because it wasn't" Rosa replied

"Really?" Jake asked

"Well. It was at first. But then he said that I didn't mean it" Rosa said

"Did you mean it?" Jake asked her

"No" Rosa replied Jake rolled his eyes

"That could be why" He said

"And. My not apologising to you taught you that I hate apologies" She said "Don't knock the method with proven results" She said Jake sighed knowing he was fighting a losing battle.

"How was it with Boyle?" She asked

"We tried loads of different cakes" He siad

"Nice ones?" She asked

"No. One was chilli. My mouth still burns. Couldn't taste any more after that" Jake said

"Wow. You'd have thought for foodies they would have a cake that was edible" She replied

"You would think. Anyway then we went on to try on his outfit options" Jake said

"Why do I get the feeling they're as odd choices as the cake was?" She asked

"Because they were. Firstly a white suit, which looked like something Diane Keaton would wear" Jake said

"Sounds pretty Boyle to be honest" Rosa said

"Then a kilt" Jake said

"He's not Scottish" Rosa added

"I said the same thing. And then a summer linen suit" Jake replied

"What's the catch?" Rosa asked

"His black thong was easily seen through it" He said

"Ew" Rosa replied

"Yep. We found some lovely paper, and the woman complimented Charles' calligraphy." Jake said

"You have had a busy day" She said

"And then he told me that he's leaving the force" Jake replied. Rosa nearly spat out the beer she was drinking

"WHAT!" she asked

"Yeah. Vivian wants to move to Canada and Charles is moving with her" Jake said

"You're kidding. But why would Boyle want to leave here?" She asked

"I don't know. But I am trying my hardest to not let him. He admitted to me that he didn't want to go. Now he's just fighting to tell her" Jake said

"Good, well. How are you going to do it?" she asked

"He's going to talk to her tonight. I'm meeting Boyle tomorrow morning for breakfast to find out how it went." Jake said

"Good luck" She replied

"Thanks. I think I'll need it" He replied

"What do you fancy for dinner?" She asked

"Nothing spicy" He said. He walked with her to the kitchen and together they prepared their meal.

-The Next Day-

Rosa awoke with Jake, his arms wrapped around her. She relaxed into his arms for a bit, happy with how he naturally held her in his sleep. She eventually had to get up, and gently pried herself from his grip

"Don't go" He whispered to her. She smiled. He was awake. His lips met her cheek, and kissed round the shell of her ear.

"You are so beautiful" He whispered to her

"Jake" She whisper-moaned back.

"You are. You are so beautiful. So stunning. I'm so lucky to have you" He whispered

"They kissed for a bit, before they had to get up. As much as Rosa wanted to stay in bed with Jake all day, she knew that the moment they just shared was perfect. It filled her heart with so much love.

She and Jake got up, showered and dressed, and headed off in their separate directions.

After Breakfast, Jake returned to the Precinct. Only 2 hours late, which Rosa was surprised to find that he had cleared with Holt. But it meant that he would not finish until 10pm that night.

When Jake came back in to the precinct, she noticed that he was alone, and Boyle was no-where to be seen. She had a horrible feeling that they had an argument.

Once Holt had finished talking to her, she saw Jake sat at his desk. She scribbled on a piece of paper, and passed it to him, as he walked past him, dropping the note on his desk.

Jake turned to see Rosa walking away from him. He opened her note.

Babylon. Now

In no time, he was up, and following her. Once inside, she closed the door.

"What's wrong?" Jake asked

"Holt's pissed off with me for how I yelled at Deetmore" She said

"That's not surprising. Wait. Did you say Deetmore?" Jake aske d

"Yeah" Rosa said

"He's fucked up one of my cases before too" Jake said

"And how did you handle it?" She asked

"I found the mistake, I changed it then wrote a strongly worded email to his boss." Jake said

"Ok. Well Holt suggested I go down and actually show him what to do" Rosa said

"Good luck" He replied

"Hey, how did it go with Charles?" She asked

"He didn't tell Vivian. He made me tell her, and then when I did, he threw me under the bus. I quit as being his best man" Jake said

"Wow. So, a shit morning for us both" She said

"It's just going to get worse. I can feel it" Jake replied

"Good luck. And hey, what time will you be home tonight?" She asked

"I don't know. I think I'm going to have to find Boyle, so I'll ask Holt if I can work Saturday instead and take today off" Jake said

"Well good luck" She said turning to walk out, when he pulled her back and kissed her lightly

"Sorry. I just needed that" He said

"Anytime" She replied

Jake had his day approved by Holt, and walked off catching Amy, then finding Charles.

Jake arrived back at Rosa's at nearly 1am.

"Wow. I thought you took the day off" She said

"I did" He said climbing into bed beside her. "Charles took ages to talk to Vivian" He said. Leaning in and kissing her

"Why do you smell like Cigars?" she asked

"I'm Charles' best man again" He replied, kissing her a bit deeper this time.

"Spicy whiskey?" She asked

"You're good" Jake replied as he kissed her more.