Chapter 8 -The Day After
Jasmine's Apartment
As her alarm went off Jasmine quickly rolled over and hit the snooze button, she wasn't ready to get out of bed yet.
Damn, I really shouldn't have done that Jasmine thought to herself as her head started pounding.
Jasmine lay still for a few minutes before she began to feel her headache begin to fade as she fell back asleep, she was abruptly woken up 15 minutes later by a crash from the street and her alarm clock going off again, reluctantly she climbed out of bed and walked out of her room an into the kitchen to get herself a nice cup of coffee.
"Afternoon Sis" Natasha greeted Jasmine as she walked out of the bathroom
"Hey" Jasmine replied with a small smile as she went to lie down on the sofa.
"Please remind me not to drink so much in the future Tash."
"You're a big girl now, anyhow no more lounging around its 1.30 were due in work at 3pm." Natasha said with a grin on her face
Pulling a face Jasmine reluctantly got up and went to get dressed for work.
Subway Station
"You & DK looked very cosy in haggertys last night Tash".
"You can talk, what about you and Bosco, you 2 were inseperable all evening." Natasha giggled
"OK, OK point taken."
"I'm going to see Rhiannon in the hospital tomorrow morning, are you coming with me ?. Jasmine asked her sister as they got on the train.
"Yeah ok, is it OK if I stay at yours again tonight ?
Yeah that's fine, meet me outside work at about 11.15 then we came go back to the apartment together." Jasmine replied
As they walked down the stairs from the station, they bumped into Billy Walsh & someone else who they did not recognise.
Hey girl's, how's it going ? Billy asked them as they all started to walked towards the precinct.
"I'm fine Billy, can't say the same for my sister, she's nursing a bit of a sore head." Natasha replied before she started laughing.
"I'm not talking to you any more Tash."
"Yeah, Yeah whatever, believe it when I see it."
"By the way this is my nephew Ryan Hopkins, he is going to be covering for Rhiannon while she's in hospital." Billy said as he introduced Ryan to Natasha & Jasmine.
"Hey Ryan welcome to the 5 5." Natasha said with a smile on face.
"Come lets get a move on its 2.40pm, we are cutting it fine as it is." Billy said as they started to run towards the 55th precinct.
"See you all later." Jasmine shouted as she sprinted up the stairs and into the house.
"Hey Lieu"
"Move it Jasmine, roll call is in 15 minutes." Lt. Swersky snapped as she walked past
someone has got out the wrong side of the bed today Jasmine thought to herself as she walked into the locker room.
"Hey Guys." Jasmine greeted everyone as she walked to her locker to get change.
Ty, Sully, Faith & Bosco all said Hi back, Sgt Cruz just stared at Jasmine before giving her a dirty look.
"What the hell is your problem Cruz?" Jasmine questioned Cruz staring at her awaiting her response.
"My problem officer, is I don't like outsiders, which is the category you fall into, so why don't you take your sorry ass back to where you came from." Cruz snapped back before turning to walk out of the locker room.
"The only god damn outsider in this room is you cruz, I haven't done anything wrong, yet you seem to have had it in fro me from day 1, so why don't you be the one that does the disappearing act and go back to wherever you came from." Jasmine retaliated, her face like thunder
Cruz walked up to where Jasmine was standing and replied "Big mistake officer, nobody talks to me like that and gets away with it, watch your back from now on bitch.
"Hey Cruz do us all a favour and get the hell out of here, just because you're a sergent does not mean that you own the place." Ty yelled fed up with Cruz throwing her weight around the house
Looking around the room she noticed that everyone was starring at her, turning around, she stormed out of the locker room.
Nobody had a chance to let a sigh of relieve before the door burst open seconds later and Brendan ran in out of breath,
"Sorry I'm late, subway train broke down." He said as he went to get his uniform out of the locker.
"You've got 5 minutes to get ready Faith replied before walking to where Jasmine was sitting.
"You ok Jasmine ?" Faith asked
"I'm fine thanks Faith, can't believe what just happened though?"
"Don't worry about Cruz, she was spoiling for a fight, shame you didn't deck her one." Bosco replied
The thought of someone hitting Cruz made most of the room laugh, including Brendan even though he did not know what they were talking about.
"What did I miss?" Brendan asked
"Only a very heated argument between Jasmine & Cruz" Sasha replied
"it was nothing, I'm not scared of her at the end of the day she's the one who will end up with no friends. Anyway lets get to roll call." Jasmine replied as they all started to walk out of the locker room and towards the roll call room.
"Good afternoon everyone, just a quick update regarding Jack Morgan, there have been possible sightings of him and his son in and around central park, so lets keep a look out for him.
"Lieu, is he a danger to the himself or the public." ? Bosco asked
"he is known to have a bit of a temper on him, but he is not considered to be violent or dangerous." Swersky replied.
OK there are a few changes to the pairings for this shift, they are as follows
"55 Boyd" Monroe & McKenzie
"55 Charlie" Davis & Boscorelli
"55 David" Sullivan & Finney
"55 Edward" Yokas & Taylor-Walker
"That's just about it, eyes & ears open out there.
Walking out of the roll call room, Jasmine saw Cruz standing in the distance starring at her.
"I tell you what Faith, If that silly woman carries on like that, I will not be held responsible for my actions" Jasmine said as she picked up her radio.
"Try and keep calm Jasmine, she's really not worth it.". Faith replied before glancing over in Cruz's direction.
Firehouse
Natasha walked down the stairs after getting changed, as she went to get a drink from the fridge she saw a woman walk up the stairs.
'Can I help you ?' Natasha asked
'I'm looking for Kim Zambrano' The lady replied
'Hang on while I get her for you.' Natasha replied as she ran up the stairs.
'Kim there is a lady downstairs asking for you.'
'Thanks Tash.' Kim replied as she walked down the stairs
Natasha followed Kim down the stairs and saw her hugging the woman.
'Natasha, this is Mrs Taylor, Alex's mom.' Kim said as she introduced the 2 women to each other
'Nice to meet you Mrs Taylor.' Natasha replied smiling
'Same here.' Mrs Taylor replied
'How long, have you been in the FDNY Natasha ? Mrs Taylor asked
'Not long about 2 months, I was a firefighter back home, before I moved here, so if total I've been a firefighter about 7 yrs, Natasha replied.
Feeling a bit awkward, Natasha excused herself and went back upstairs to where the rest of the squad was.
'She seems like a nice girl' Mrs Taylor said to Kim
'She is, mind you since she moved her from the UK, she's seen her twin sister get shot and her mate get hurt at a shout, so everything has been up in the air for her.' Kim replied
'I heard about Rhiannon, is she going to be OK '
' The doctors have said that Rhiannon should make a full recovery in time.' Kim replied, but you know what she's like, very impatient and wanting to get back to work as soon as possible.'
Smiling at Kim's last comment, she then remembered why she had come to the firehouse.
'The reason why I'm here Kim is because I am going to have a memorial ceremony for Alex, its her birthday next week and I thought it would be an opportunity to get all her friends together.'
It sounds like a wonderful idea Mrs Taylor, would you like me to tell anyone over in the Police House.' Kim asked
'If you wouldn't mind, that would be great.'
'That's no problem I'll go over the house after shift finishes. Kim replied.
'Thanks Kim, it will be nice to see some of her friends again. Anyway I better get going, I have to meet Adam at the airport.'
'I will see you next week Mrs Taylor.'
OT: OK everyone, I was running out of Ideas for this chapter, so I do apologise if it gets a bit boring towards the end.
