How I joined Jump Street

Chapter 6

Izzi was right Anderson was paying for his part in this. Janette wished that Izzi would open up and tell her what had happened. Every time she would ask a question about what happen she Izzi would give her a vague answer or she was met with a wall. Janette looked over to her as she drove. Izzi rested her head on the window. Izzi watched as Janette pulled up to the Chapel. Izzi got out of the car and headed up the stairs. After a few moments Janette followed Izzi up the steps. Izzi paused at the door for a second and took a deep breath before opening the door.

Izzi walked in with a smile on her face. It was a fake smile but no one needed to know that. Izzi looked around the place it was loud and on any other this would have been great but today the noise was giving her a headache. Janette was right behind her as Izzi continued to look around. She wished she could work here.

"Izzi!" A voice said from Izzi's left.

Izzi turned and saw Doug Penhall standing near some filing cabinets. He turned and started walking towards her. Before she could react he had gotten her into one of his famous bear hugs. Izzi cried out in pain.

"Ow! Easy." She said.

Doug quickly pulled out of the hug.

"I'm sorry Izzi did I hurt you?"

"I'm a little sore, Doug." She said pointing to the cast on her arm.

"What happened?" Doug asked looking at the bruises on her face and seeing the cast on her arm.

"I got roughed up a bit on my last assignment. Doug have you met my friend Janette?"

Doug turns to Janette.

"No. Hi I'm Doug, Doug Penhall."

"Hello I'm Janette Baker."

"Mingle, mingle. I'm going to talk with D.B." Izzi said.

Izzi notices that Ioki, Hoffs, and Hanson were not at their desks. Izzi lets Janette and Doug talk while she made her way over to Dennis Booker's desk. Dennis was hard at work catching up on paperwork. Izzi stood there for a moment just watching.

"D.B." Izzi said.

Dennis looked up. He smiled. He smiled that smile that made her just melt. His smile made the feel special and for a brief moment she felt good. Izzi wanted so badly to just kiss him but she couldn't. This was his place of work and Dennis and Izzi agreed to keep their relationship private. She didn't want his or her co-workers talking. Believe it or not cops love juicy gossip.

"Hey!" Dennis said.

Dennis got up to hug her.

"Easy. A soft hug please I'm sore and Doug just hugged me."

Dennis instead planted a kiss on Izzi's forehead. He notices her hair is down. She usually wears it back in a ponytail. It's a lot longer now. He moves her hair out of her face and sees the bruises.

"You're wearing your hair down. I like it." He says.

"I couldn't find a ponytail holder."

"You looked like hell, Princess." He said.

"Good to know. I feel like it."

Dennis sat on the edge of the desk. Izzi rests a hand on his leg.

"So….who put those bruises on your face? Anyone I need to talk to?" He asked teasingly.

"Funny. I got it on assignment but trust me when I tell you the other guy looks worse."

"I believe you. I see Janette is with you."

"She gave me a ride."

Izzi lowered her head. Dennis plants a kiss on Izzi's cheek.

"You never told me how your case went." He said.

"It is bad. But I'll go into that later. I really need to talk with Uncle Adam."

"Ok. Go do that and then we'll catch up."

"Thanks."

Izzi places a hand on his shoulder and Dennis gently pulls her into a hug. He can feel the tension in her. Dennis could always tell the outcome of her cases by how she felt. She felt tense in the hug so that would mean that the case went really bad. Izzi pulled out of the hug and squeezed his hand before turning and walked towards her Uncle's office.

Izzi knocks on the door of her Uncle Captain Adam Fuller's office. Izzi opens the door and pops her head in. Adam looks up and sees Izzi.

"Uncle Adam?" Izzi says.

"Izzi come in." Fuller said.

Izzi comes in and closes the door behind her. Adam gets up from his desk.

"Izzi how are….."

Before Adam can finish his question Izzi hugs him. He wraps his arms around her. He feels that she is lost. He feels it in her hug. He also feels the fear in her. She held on to him so tightly as if he was going to vanish any moment. After a few moments Izzi let go of him.

"Izzi I'm sorry that this happened." He says.

"So am I."

"I want to tell you that everything's…."

"Going to be ok? Please don't Uncle Adam because it isn't. I never thought I'd…..be so afraid that I might get killed on a case." Izzi says.

Izzi sits down in one of the chairs in front of his desk while Adam sits on the edge.

"I've never been on a case like this in my life Uncle Adam." Izzi sighs.

"What have they told you?" She asks him.

"I know that Bauhaus was removed as your Captain. No one knew that you and the other two officers were undercover. Are you alright?" He asked.

"No. Not really. I felt like I was handling the case on my own. Cooper and Anderson weren't doing their jobs. They….They left everything to me and it was…overwhelming. I was barely keeping it together, watching Alejandro Lopez, his men, keeping an eye Anderson and Cooper to make sure they're alright. While they…..Gathering information for a case that doesn't exists. Having to…..Why? What were we doing there if it wasn't a real case? I'm tired Uncle Adam."

Adam listened to his niece speak he was unsure about what to tell her. She did look tired but he knew that wasn't what she meant by tired. She wanted to quit. When she told him in not so many words that she was raped his heart when out to her. That would have never happened if she was working under him. At that moment Adam got an idea. There was an opening here at Jump Street once she was feeling up to it she could transfer over. Before he could even finish his train of thought he was speaking the words.

"You know I can't make everything better Izzi but if you're looking for a change of pace you could transfer here to Jump Street. You have the right look to be apart of the program. I mean once you are better then…."

Izzi gave him an odd look and Adam stopped talking. He was unsure if she thought he was crazy or she was considering it.

"You have an opening here?" She asked.

"Yes."

She thought for a moment.

"I think I could use a change. Can I think about first?"

"Sure. There's no rush on your decision when ever you want to come work here there's a spot ok?"

"Yes."

"Oh, your friend Jillian called said she needed to talk to you. From the sound of it, it seemed important."

Izzi had completely forgotten about Jillian. She sighed.

"Can I call her?"

"Go ahead." Adam said.

Izzi got up and dialed the phone to call Jillian.

"Hello Dr. Rivers please. Yes this is Officer Santana calling. Uh-huh yes. I see. She knows where to reach me thank you."

Izzi hung up.

"You didn't get to talk to her?"

"No she's in surgery now. She'll call me back."

"Was it important?" He Uncle asked her.

"Um…no she saw me while I was undercover. I think she wanted to make sure I was alright."