Spoilers 6x03.

Faire battre le ciel pour un futur plus beau

It's really no surprise that Jake finds Amy in the library. He didn't even have to search for her – he simply went straight there, certain that it's where she would be.

And there she is indeed, sitting at one of the tables with her whole attention focused on something she's writing down on a piece of paper. She doesn't seem to have heard him coming – her eyes only switch from her paper to sneak a few glances at a book that's open next to her; they never land on him. Jake takes this opportunity to watch her for a moment.

His lips curve up into a soft smile as he looks at Amy frenetically writing down whatever's going through her mind in what he can only imagine is perfect handwriting. She hung her little backpack on the back of her chair; the part of her hair she tied with her big scrunchie is falling on her left with her head tilted to the side.

She's so cute when she's lost in her work.

After years of partnership, he's got many occasions to see her like this; but never did it happen inside the walls of his old high school.

It's like she belongs in there, and a stunning sight for sure – one that reminds him of the time he surprised her with a night spent at the New York Public Library for their six-month anniversary. She was so excited, going around the different shelving units with actual stars shining inside her eyes as she told him all about some of her favourite books with a visible passion.

They sat at a similar table in the middle of the library and he listened to her ramblings with the same loving beam he's looking at her right now, his hands on top of hers gently stroking their back with his thumbs. Even if he hadn't said the words yet at the time, he still knew she was important and mattered more than any of his previous love stories – more than Jenny Gildenhorn herself.

He already wanted things to work out for the best between the two of them. Had had this feeling since day one. Three years later, he couldn't be happier it did indeed and they're now married.

What would've happened if you got caught? You would have never become a cop, Gina's speech from earlier suddenly strikes back into his mind and Jake's heart tightens in his chest at the thought this statement implies. If it wasn't for his job at the Nine-Nine, he probably would have never met her. Would have never become Amy's partner, in crime and later in life.

And it's something he'd rather not imagine; what a life without her in it would be like.

In the end then, maybe one ruined high school year is nothing if he thinks about where it lead him – towards a future with his soulmate by his side for the rest of their lives.

Gina did the right thing indeed, he can see it now.

It's this thought that eventually makes him take a step forward and come sit in front of Amy. As he does so, he takes a quick glance at her paper that's already filled with lines and lines of what he supposes are brilliant ideas before he settles his gaze on her when she looks up.

"Oh, hi babe!" He seems to have startled her. "What are you doing here? Is everything alright with Gina?"

She talks to him in whispers – they're in a library, after all.

He offers her a small reassuring smile. "Yeah, everything's good." He nods, then curiously points towards what's in front of her. "What are you doing?"

Jake sees how the tip of Amy's ears starts to turn a new shade of pink in a blush. It makes him chuckle lightly.

"I'm writing a book report on Jane Eyre…" she trails off and he laughs a little bit more.

"Nerd."

He shakes his head but his smile only grows wider. He might have had an overall pretty terrible night during this reunion but for sure Amy is having the time of her life – and he loves seeing her like this, getting all thrilled about everything (loved it even more when she pinned him against a desk after she learned about his attendance record and the hours he spent doing community service).

(If you'd told 17-year old Jake that his future wife would be so turned on by all of this they would end up having sex in the high school's administration office twenty years later, he would have literally laughed at you. And yet there they were.)

"Well, seems like you're pretty busy here. I'm gonna leave you and your book alone and go check out on Gina." He stands up, seeing as he's not needed in there – the reason why he left his friend for a moment after they made up and came to find her in the first place.

"Mmhmm," Amy barely answers. She's already focusing back on her work.

"See you later?"

"Yeah. But don't wait up. Might take a while." She meets his eyes as she warns him.

Again, it makes Jake shake his head in mock-exasperation.

"'K, babe." He chuckles. "Have fun."

He approaches her and presses a soft kiss on the cheek that she's presenting him out of habit, without looking.

"Love you," he tells her before he walks away.

"Love you too." Amy eventually brings her gaze on him and gives him a warm loving smile that soon reciprocates on his own features.

Yep, his life definitely turned great since high school – he couldn't ask for more, he thinks as he dreamily stares at his amazing wife.