At the end of Halloween fic
Summary: Another short shot, takes place after Nolan and Tim arrest the zombie drug dealers and before we see Lucy, Angela, and Tamara.
A/N: I don't own The Rookie or it's characters.
Nolan and Tim are coming from booking, both looking ready to just go home, take a shower, and go to bed, thankful that this year's Halloween was over.
" I still can't believe how that guy got back up after falling from that balcony. " Nolan commented as they made their way to the locker room, " Then try and bite you. "
Lucy, who was her way out; still in her Halloween costume, was close enough to hear this, came over to them, looking them over as she exclaimed with worry,
" You were nearly bit by a zombie! "
" Almost. But Sgt. Bradford was able to taser him before he got any closer to him...after falling from a second story balcony. " Nolan answered her.
Lucy's shoulders relaxed before she started in on Tim, " How could you let that zombie get so close to you like that?! He could've torn your face off! Or could've gone for your throat! "
Tim opened his mouth to defend himself from Lucy's worried for his life/being a concerned friend voice as she scolded him like a five year for scaring her like that, but couldn't get a word in,
" If it makes you feel any better Lucy, Tim was careful the whole time we were in that theatre. " Nolan added in.
Lucy stopped and said, " At least that is comforting to know! Do you guys realize how close you came to... " tears welled up in her eyes, both men knew then what brought on this sudden protective scolding streak.
" Hey, hey, it's okay Lucy. " Nolan said, rubbing her shoulder in comfort.
" Hey, you know us better than that. We would'nt have let something like that happen and put you through that. " Tim comforted, again he thought silently.
" I do know that. You guys are more than capable to handle a situation. " she sniffed.
Deciding that Lucy needed a distraction, Tim asked, " What's with the 30's suit? "
It worked because Lucy blushed as she forgot about the costume she was wearing when bringing in Stalker Guy,
" Tamara and me were going out trick or treating as 30's gangsters/women...I'm the gangster. "
" Obviously. " Tim teased with a smirk, Lucy mock glared at him,
" But we got held up because I had to fight and arrest a stalker living inside our apartment building's walls. Who was stalking our neighbor's grandaughter. "
" Come again? " Nolan asked.
" Are you and the kid okay? " Tim asked.
Lucy smiled and began to tell them what had been going on, " We'll probably wind up moving after this. " she finished.
Nolan was still in awe and surprise of what had happened, here he thought himself and Bradford had had a rough night, Lucy had to fight a stalker guy with a Michael Myers knife with only her bare hands armed with a broomstick.
Tim on the other hand, looked ready to go back into booking, find, and give the stalker a piece of his mind, but Lucy's hand to his shoulder stopped him and he calmed down, Nolan hid a smile, Lucy had that effect with people. He remembered how Bradford was in the begining of training Lucy and how different he was halfway through it, her being kidnapped helped to see it better, but that was when he began to notice how calmer Bradford was, and how more protective of Lucy he was being.
Everyone was more protective of Lucy after her kidnapping, someone always stayed back if they seen her about to leave and act like they were just heading out with her, or going out to get something from their car, but he knew Lucy noticed this too, but she never said anything about it, she appreciated it and was thankful for it. It helped her relax more and be more like her old self again. Nolan knew that Lucy still had her bad days, but they were fewer and far between now.
" Come on guys, let's go salvage what's left of this night while we can. " Nolan suggested.
" Sounds good to me. Wanna join me and Tamara? You guys can come as zombie surviors. You can bring Bailey. " she teased now.
" I wish I could, but she's on call tonight. That and I'm beat. I think I'm just goning to home and relax. " Nolan replied regretfully.
Lucy nodded in understanding, she turned to Tim in question.
Tim was just as tired as Nolan, but he wanted to make sure nothing else happens to Lucy or Tamara tonight,
" Sure, why not. I could use a sugar rush. "
Lucy's eyes brightened at his reply and he felt his heart skip a beat at seeing her happy,
" Does Kujo have a costume? " she asked.
" No. And he is with his sitter right now. " he answered.
Lucy raised her eyebrow at that, " Oh we are so bringing Kujo now! I'll stop by the pet store on the way and find him a cute costume to wear while we're all out! "
Tim opened his mouth to disagree with that but Lucy was already on her way out, he turned and glared at Nolan, who was chuckling,
" Something you wanna say Nolan? "
" Well sir, you walked right into that one. " he answered, still grinning as he also walked away.
Tim rolled his eyes upwards with the look of 'why me?' but he knew that he enjoyed being with Lucy and Tamara just as much as they enjoyed being with him. He smiled as he also made his way out to meet up with Lucy and Tamara after he grabbed Kujo from his sitter's and then go out with his favorite girls and boy.
End.