The following weeks pass in a customary manner for all team members.
Luca has acquired full powers as Commander, Hondo has returned from the operation in which he was involved and now supervises all the teams.
The 20-Squad and 50-squad are down by one member, waiting for the recruits to pass the rating in 4 days. Stevens has definitely become 22-david, for 2 weeks now, integrating very well with the whole team.
In short, the entire department is adjusting to all the changes.
Chris and Street are in the car, when her phone rings, it's Luca.
"Good morning Luca, tell me" replies Chris
"Hey Chris, how long will you be here? 20-Squa has been requested for an escort service for a VIP, in two days. " Explains the Chief
"Why did they remember so late? We usually have a week's time. "
"I will explain everything to you when you arrive" concludes Luca
"Ok, boss in 10 minutes we're there" Chris hangs up
"I'm sorry to tell you Jim, but your birthday plans just fell apart" Chris communicates disappointed.
"God! I didn't realize it's in two days! " Street answers
"We will use another opportunity to go to Miami. But as soon as we arrive, contact the hotel and the flight company to freeze the reservation, otherwise, goodbye, refund! "
"Ok, but don't worry, it's enough for me to have you around to have a happy birthday." Street tells her
"Unfortunately there will also be our colleagues around" Chris points out.
They park, and they notice that Luca is outside waiting for them.
Chris gets out of the car first, "are you okay, Luca? Why are you waiting for us here? "
"good morning guys! As you understand, I have to revoke your permit for the weekend. " Luca says
"Don't worry, Swat owes us a lot of favors lately." Street answers as he approaches.
"Well!" Luca clears his throat and hands the papers he is holding to Chris "We have been asked for the security service for a private concert for a gala organized by the mayor. He specifically requested the 20-Squad. "
Chris nods and leafs through the documents "a last minute gala dinner!"
"In reality they did not foresee the intervention of the VIP, it was a last-minute addition"
"Who is the very important person?" Chris asks
"Ellie Goulding" replies Luca
Chris immediately moves his gaze from the papers to Street's face, which opened his eyes as soon as Luca named her favorite singer.
"We got 24-david!" Chris says smiling
"Are you serious Luca?" Street asks the boss who he nods "this is the best birthday present Swat could give me!"
Chris crosses her arms over her chest and looks at him with frowning eyes "even better than a weekend with your woman in Miami?"
"of course not! But you know meeting Ellie Goulding doesn't happen every day! " Street tries to fix what you just said.
"Go ahead and get excited about your Ellie," Chris tells him as they walk to the locker room "ah! I think for the next three days I will entrust you with work in the armory. "
"Chris! Don't even try! " Street stops her by the arm
"Are you disobeying a direct order, Street ?"
"I would never do that!"
"Well, then call the others and see you in 30 minutes in the operations room" the sergeant orders
Chris raises her step to reach Luca who is a few meters ahead
"Boss, can I talk to you?" he asks
"Tell me" replies Luca
"Can we go to your office?" "Sure, come on. Are you okay, Chris? "
"Yes, it's just that I've just come up with an idea" replies the woman
They both enter and Chris closes the door behind him.
"I'm going straight to the point. I know it could be an impossible madness, but that man makes me think of really absurd things. "
"I do not understand. What do you mean Chris? " Luca asks her
"I'd like to organize an Ellie Goulding private concert for Street's birthday. I know it's difficult, we don't have much time, and we don't know if she has other commitments. But I'd like to try. "
Luca smiles at her, he is surprised by how his former teammate has evolved in this few months. If someone had told him that Christina Alonso wants to do such a madness for a man he would never have believed it!
"we can try. I'm not saying we will, but we are still Swat. We have some knowledge of it "Luca reassures her" I have the number of Ellie's agent, I could try to contact him. Where would you like to do it? Who will take care of security? "
"For security we can take care of it privately, I don't think the guys disagree. For the location, I don't know. I would like to organize it in a restricted way, just us, at most my cousin Thomas. Because otherwise, organizing security would become more complex. "
"How about asking Deacon and Annie? They have a beautiful garden, it would be ideal. We know the location, we have free access. And then I think Annie would be thrilled to help us. " Luca proposes
"good idea. But could you call her? I got the guys together to organize the tasks for the Gala, I wouldn't want to be late, it would arouse suspicion on the Street "asks Chris
"agree! I'll take care of it, keep your phone handy, I might need you! " Luca greets her
The next two days passed quickly. Everyone was busy planning the Gala, and in parallel, Chris, Luca and Deac, with the help of Hondo, Annie, Nichelle and Bonnie, also organized the surprise for Street in great detail.
With an excuse, Chris managed to get Street to celebrate her birthday at Annie's and Deac's house. She told him the children wanted to wish Uncle Jim well, and he couldn't say no!
Far from all expectations, Ellie Goulding agreed to participate in this surprise, she wanted to discuss directly with Chris to be able to define the lineup of the songs. When Chris asked her for the fees, she immediately stopped her, she would play the concert just for pleasure to thank them for the work that Swat does every day.
It's 3pm on the fateful day!
The team has an appointment in the Gala hall to arrange the last things before the event begins.
It's time for Chris to give everyone the final homework "so guys, listen to me carefully!" She recalls her men "we will take care of the internal security of the room, while Rocker with his men will take care of the external perimeter. Stevens and Street have east and west sides respectively. Tan the central sector. Deac and I, we will take charge of the singer as soon as she arrives in the complex and we will be on the sides of the stage. All clear?"
Everyone nods except Street "boss, just one clarification, why you didn't put me on the Rocker team, it would be further away than how you fixed me" he says wryly
The team laughs and Chris rolls her eyes "Street, I swear if you keep fighting me in everything I say today, I won't even get you an autograph!" threatens him.
"We have about two hours before the guests arrive. Double check your sectors and take a short break, "Chris orders
"Ok boss" everyone responds
Everyone goes to their point, only Street falls behind. Chris doesn't notice because she is reading a message Annie sent her to reassure her that everything was in order and on time.
"Who are you chatting with?" Street tells her making her scared "Street! You're getting on my nerves today! Go to your seat! Now!" the man walks away smiling.
Shortly after Chris's phone rings, it's Luca. "Chris, Ellie's manager just called me. He would like to anticipate arrival in half an hour "
"What?" Chris screams, and the whole team turns to her
"Don't worry, Street is so naive that he won't understand anything"
"Luca, he's still a officer, one of the best, and I don't want him to ruin everything"
"Don't worry, stick to the plan we have come up with…. It will all be fine"
"I trust you … so I alert the team and we enter the scene. We close communications until tonight, as scheduled. "
"Received sergeant!" Luca answers
"See you later Chief!" Chris ends the call.
"Guys listen!" Chris addresses everyone, who were already headed towards her "change of plans. Our VIP will be here in about 20 minutes. She wants to rehearse before the concert. She specifically asked that no one be there "Chris looks away before continuing" except me and Deac "
"I knew! You can tell him that I don't even care about the autograph anymore. " Street says, before walking away from the group.
Chris looks at Deac wanting help to resolve the situation. He nods and runs after Street.
"Hey Street! Stop! " Deac tries to hold him by the arm "try to understand Chris, he can't do favoritism,"
"I know. But I think there's a pattern here, she doesn't want me to meet Ellie Goulding! For an autograph only! "
Deac smiles, he is aware of the motivation, but Street cannot know "what if the reason was another?"
"What do you mean Deac?"
"I can't tell you more. If they find out that I told you something, she will kill me! "
"Ok. I'll shut up… .. "Street replies bringing his fingers close to his mouth
"You just have to be patient ..."
"Thanks Deac"
The following hours pass quickly. The Ellie Goulding concert is running smoothly.
It is 22.00 when Luca enters the room and heads towards the Street sector.
"Hey Street." Luca greets his friend
"What are you doing here Chief?" Street asks
"I came to get you. I'll be your date for the evening. "
"I suppose you will have to wait for the concert to end"
"Hey Street, I'm your replacement," replies Fowler, who is within walking distance of him.
"It's all planned, right?" Street asks with a hint of irony.
Both Luca and Nora nod. Street looks towards the area where Chris should be, but he can't see her, there are too many people. he then decides to follow Luca without putting up too much resistance.
Meanwhile, Chris has walked away from the stage and is now in a dressing room wearing the dress she chose for Street's birthday.
While she is fixing her hair, the phone rings
"Luca has taken me hostage! I'm sure you are behind all this ... just know that I will be very demanding tonight ... "
A smile forms on Chris's face at her man's words.
Someone knocks on the door.
"Chris" calls Tan
She comes out "I'm ready" she says as she is arranging the earphone.
"Whao! You are amazing! " compliments Tan on the outfit Chris has chosen.
She is not used to wearing elegant clothes. She a few times she has exaggerated in her look. This is one of those times.
Chris opted for white trousers and blazers, an ecru corset with a floral pattern, and ecru décolleté that recall the corset motif.
"Thanks Tan. But now we have to go. We have the minutes numbered "
They head for the stage, Ellie has just finished her performance.
"We're ready to go" Ellie turns to Chris and Deac. The singer looks closely at Chris, smiles at her "I must say that this outfit is a lot superior to what you wore before"
"Ok ok, I think I exaggerated," admits Chris
"in no way. It's just that you really are crazy. I thought I was wearing an impressive dress tonight. But you surpass me abundantly. " Ellie reassures her
Ellie Goulding doesn't mess with the outfit either. She is wearing a one-piece dress, entirely in embroidered beige lace, which highlights all her femininity.
"Chris, the car is ready, we can go." Tan tells her
"Ok. 20-david to all units, we head to the cars. "
"Received" all respond
Annie and Deacon's house is about 15 minutes away, Luca with Street has already arrived.
In the car, Chris sends a message to Annie to know if everything is ready
"Everything ok Chris. Street is already here…. Luckily Lila and Vic are entertaining him… he asked about you, "Annie replies
"5 minutes and we are there…. when you hear the horn have him put on the blindfold, "Chris replies
"OK, see you later"
As expected, 5 minutes later I'm in front of the Kay house. Chris gets out and heads inland.
She greets everyone with a nod of her head, the little Kays wave at her.
She takes Street by the hand and whispers "follow me baby"
"Chris, what have you been up to?" Street asks, very excited
"Just listen" she replies, stopping in front of the small improvised stage.
All those present are positioned in a semicircle behind the couple.
Chris nods to the musicians who have settled on stage. The music starts…. On the notes of "Burn" Ellie Goulding enters
"Happy birthday Jim" Chris whispers to Street
Street peels off his blindfold and is surprised. He looks at Ellie, who is in front of him, a few meters away and then he looks at Chris, wastes no time and kisses her.
Everyone applauds.
At the end of the song Ellie takes the floor "let's give the birthday boy a round of applause ! JIm Street ! "
Luca approaches the singer and whispers something in her ear. Ellie clears her throat and draws attention to herself "I would like the birthday boy and her sweetheart in the center of the garden for a dance."
Chris shakes his head.
"The boss tells me it's an order. He cannot escape his duty as Sergeant Alonso! " Ellie tries to convince her
With no little effort, the 20-squad drags the couple to the center of the garden.
They start dancing to the tune of "Love Me like you do"
The evening goes by as expected, Ellie, following the schedule agreed with Chris, plays some of her songs, such as: "i need your love", "powerful", "army", "hate me".
It's time to cut the cake, Street takes pictures with all of her friends and Chris.
Ellie takes the word "Swat family again," before singing the last song I want to say two words. First of all, I want to thank everyone for the affection and great professionalism you have shown me. I would especially like to thank Sergeant Christina Alonso, "she stops and catches Chris's eyes" you are a special person. For real. and you Street, don't let her get away. " She winks at Street
"Now, as a last request for the evening, I will let you listen - Still falling for you" everyone applauds and the music begins.
Chris and Street are seated while Ellie sings, he comes closer to her and says "You surprised me Chris. I swear I didn't believe you capable of such madness. Organize a concert for me! You surprise me more and more every day Christina Alonso! I will never get tired of you! "
Chris, she too still gets very embarrassed when Street says certain words to her. She looks at him and smiles "I love you Street!" then she cancels the distance and kisses him passionately.