Rachel's face fell a little at the order Jill had just placed with the waiter. "Jill..."
Jill giggled and then shrugged. "Well, I'm hungry."
Rachel smiled a little and took a sip of her water. There was a small cafe near the police department and both girls decided to go there and eat. Rachel had ordered a salad and a small sandwich but Jill had decided to go with a grilled cheese sandwich, a large side order of fries and a large chocolate milk shake.
"And this time I'm paying."
Rachel raised a brow at Jill's comment and then half smirked. "Oh really? How much do you have in that little wallet of yours?"
Jill made a face and then bit her lip. "Oh that's right...I left it at home."
Rachel smiled and then laughed." You can pay me back later."
Jill laughed and then nodded. "Alright. It's a deal."
The door swung opened as two guys walked in, obviously in the middle of a conversation.
"Look I'm telling you Bro, two weird girls came into the station to turn in a lost wallet. I swear the one girl called me Copper boy, like the thief last night."
Domon raised a brow at his partner. "It sounds like you need to take some time off. Either that or you're obsessing over that thief from last night."
"I'm not! I know that's what she said, she looked right at me and said yeah yeah, see ya later Copper boy... then she freaked and ran out the door." Sai said in a rather irritated tone.
"Okay, whatever you say, but Sai..." Domon started before Sai cut in.
"I'm not going nuts if that's what you're thinking."
"Actually I was going to say you need to order something already. The waiter is getting impatient."
Sai blinked and looked up from the table at the waiter glaring at him. "Uh, heh heh... sorry." Sai looked back at the menu and placed his order.
Jill happened to look up from her lunch, spotting the two officers. She got wide eyed and started coughing on the piece of sandwich she was eating. "Ack..."
Rachel began to eat some of her salad when suddenly Jill gasped. Rachel looked up at her and saw her face. Rachel raised a brow and turned to look at what Jill was looking at. It was her turn to make the face. "Ooh..."
"I don't feel so good." Jill said.
Rachel turned to look at her and then looked around, almost panic like. She saw the doors in the back that led to the outside. A smile came to her face and she looked back at Jill. "Grab your things, come on, we'll just eat out side." Rachel winked and the two girls quickly gathered their things.
The girls headed towards the door and walked out. Sai was just about to start eating his lunch when he saw a shorthaired girl walk out the back door. His mouth fell open and he pointed like an idiot. "There! DID YOU SEE HER?"
Domon was about to take a sip of his pop when Sai began to shout. He looked up at him and then at the door. He saw nothing but then raised a brow. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Sai looked back at the door and his face fell. He really had seen her...
Jill gave a sigh of relief and sat down at a table under a tree. The sun was shining bright and there was a nice breeze in the air. "Glad I thought of this." Jill said with a smile.
Rachel's lips moved to one side as she raised a brow. "Oh, you thought of this..."
"Well you helped a little." Jill gave a toothy grin and began to eat her sandwich.
Rachel rolled her eyes and was about to eat some of her sandwich when she began to cough.
"What's wrong?" Jill asked in a concern tone.
Rachel punched her chest to breathe and then pointed past Jill.
Jill looked to see an orange haired man talking to a man with dark hair. Jill spit out part of her sandwich. "It's Wallet guy!" Jill shouted and pointed at the man.
Rachel's hand met her forehead. "Oh crap...."
"What? Did I do something wrong? Why are you looking at me like that Rachel?" Jill gave her a confused look, then glanced over at the man again. "That's the guy ain't it?" She looked around confused, maybe it was the wrong guy.
"Yes, yes it is. You don't have to shout though. Now sit down and pretend you don't see him!" Rachel sank down in her chair, only to notice the shadow looming over the table.
George looked down at the two girls and raised a brow. "Funny running into you two again. Did I hear you say something about a wallet?"
Jill made an embarrassed face and tapped her fingers together. "Well ya see, when you bumped into us earlier... you uh dropped a wallet. You took off before I noticed in on the ground... so uh... I took it to the police station."
Rachel scooted her salad around her plate. "Yeah, it's over there now... we don't have it anymore."
Before George could respond, Jill jumped up out of her seat. "Well um... I'll be right back... I need a refill on my shake." She quickly grabbed her cup and dashed back inside, leaving Rachel to deal with the businessman.
Jill took a deep breath before she realized what she had done. At table a few feet away from her were the two cops. She made a face and turned to sneak back outside when she heard one of them shout.
"There! Look, see? I'm not crazy! It's the girl who brought the wallet in earlier!" Sai jabbed Domon in the side to make him look in the direction he was pointing.
Before looking up, Domon wiped his mouth off with a napkin, thanks to the jab to his side, the drink he had been enjoying was now all over his plate. "Would you stop yelling already. Leave the poor girl alone, you're beginning to make people stare."
"Fine! I'm going to prove it to you." Sai looked toward Jill again. "Hey! Umm... what was her name again... oh uh? Hey! Wallet girl! Come here!"
Domon put his hand on his forehead and shook it lightly.
Jill turned around not knowing what to do, but figured to avoid any suspicion she walked over to the table slowly. Taking a deep breath she smiled at the two men. "Uh, yeah... can you be helped, I mean um, can I help you?"
"Yeah, my partner here thinks you called him Copper boy after you brought in a wallet. I'm really sorry about this, but he's been a little weird since last night." Domon took another sip from what remained of his drink.
"I'm not crazy!" Sai shot a glare to his partner before looking back at Jill. "You did say that right?"
Trying to change the subject Jill gulped and smiled. "Last night? Oh I heard about that, what a horrible thing to happen. It's such a nice museum. I hope they can clean it up and re-open it soon."
Domon smirked and nodded. "Yeah it was more excitement than I needed. I'm sorry that um, my buddy here was bothering you. Why don't you sit down and um, He can buy you something for wasting your time."
"Oh, it's alright, I was just going to get another shake then go. It wasn't a big deal."
"No, sit down, He'll pay for your refill." Domon looked over at Sai. "Right?"
Sai crossed his arms and nodded. "Fine fine. Sure, I'll pay for it."
Jill didn't want to seem nervous or anything, so she sat down in an empty chair at the table. Smiling she glanced toward the window, hoping to catch Rachel's attention, so she could help her out of this awkward situation.
Rachel was having her own problems. The businessman did not want to leave it seemed.
George looked the woman sitting down in front of him up and down. He was sure of it now that this was the woman he had run into this morning. It was a few moments later after he had entered the car that he realized his wallet was missing. Cursing himself for not realizing it earlier, he could only think that the girls he had bumped into had taken it. Already feeling somewhat upset with the talk he had with Raymond, his missing wallet was no help.
He had met Mr. Schwartz at a cafe to discuss a few matters with their shipping deal and had decided to eat a few things. Just as they were finishing up George noticed to girls walk out from the cafe and sat down at a near by table. George did not get a good enough look at them but when he heard "wallet guy"; he knew who they were. Turning to get a better look at them, he frowned and excused himself for a moment. Now he was face to face with them, well, one of them. The younger of the two took off quickly inside. He looked at the girl up and down and then raised a brow.
"So..."Rachel said after a moment. "Yeah your wallet is with the police..."
"Is that so?" George replied.
Rachel raised a brow herself. "Yeah."
They looked at each other for a moment and then she stood up. Even standing up she still had to arch her neck to look at him. "Hey, I know what you're thinking and we didn't. We found it and tried to get your attention, but you didn't have time for that so we gave it to the police. Hell, if you don't believe me, the guy we gave it to is in there right now!" Rachel pointed to the window and then looked. The sight she saw was not one she wanted. She made an odd noise and then looked back at George and gave a grin. "Well...." She looked back to make sure her eyes were working right. What the hell was Jill doing siting with the officers?
Jill was happily enjoying her refilled shake and hadn't noticed Rachel looking at her. In fact she was rather enjoying the conversation she was having with the two officers. Swallowing the drink she had taken and laughed. "Oh yeah, it was the weirdest thing. Me and my friend were just walking down the street and this guy comes shooting out of this office building and Bam! He crashed right into us. He was in a hurry to leave, I guess that's why he dropped the wallet. I have to say though; this guy had the weirdest hair I have ever seen. It was like he had a bad accident with a vat of hair gel."
Sai raised an eyebrow and smiled. "I would have liked to seen that. So anyway, just curious but what did you say your name was again?"
"Jill, my name is Jill. What about yours? I notice your badge only has a last name on it. Well I think it's a last name..."
Sai looked down at his badge, he hadn't realized it had a name on it at all. Then again he never really looked at it. "Oh, um yeah, I guess it does have just my last name on it. I'm Sai and this is Domon, my partner."
Domon smiled then looked at Sai. "Well it was nice meeting you and all, but our lunch break is almost over. We have to get going."
Jill nodded and started to get up. "Well it was nice talking to you, but I don't want you to be late getting back to work, I'm sure you're very busy."
The two officers got up and started to leave.
Sai stopped and turned around. "Hey, Um Jill... I was wondering if um... you wanna hangout sometime? I mean well, uh... I..." He looked down for a moment and dug around in his pocket, pulling out a pen. Grabbing a napkin he scribbled down a number and handed it to her. "Let me know okay? See ya!" With that he hurried after Domon, who was already out the door.
The two walked right past Rachel and George and disappeared down the sidewalk.
Jill stood looking at the napkin in her hand and blinked. What had just happened? Did that cop just ask her out? Panicked she ran outside. "RACHEL!!!"
Rachel looked quickly at George and then back at Jill.
"Rachel, Rachel!!!" The girl called and grabbed her. "I think I was just asked out!"
Rachel raised a brow. "What?!"
"YEAH! That guy! Oh and he's really sweet, and funny! He seems nice; he's not the jerk I thought he was! And he asked me if I could see him again and he gave me this!" She showed Rachel the napkin.
A sad look came to her eyes as a frown formed on her face.
Jill giggled and took the napkin away to look at it again. "Should I call him? OH! What would I say!? Oh god!
George eyed the younger girl and then looked back at the other one. She suddenly seemed...sad, but why?
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe this! Holy cow! I need to buy a new outfit! OH Yeah! New shoes! Men like shoes right?"
Jill went on talking to herself but Rachel only looked sadder. A secret vow was about to be used and she knew Jill would not like it. Long ago, Rachel had sworn to herself that she would never get involved with anyone except Jill. They had traveled so much when they were younger that they couldn't afford to meet people. It would only hurt the others and themselves She had never told Jill because the girl didn't look to others for friendship or help, just to Rachel. But now... 'Am I wrong for making that so?'
"Jill..."Rachel said but then noticed that George was still there. He was looking at her funny; she raised a brow. It was causing an uncomfortable feeling in her.
"Well, so, those guys back there just left. They have your wallet, why don't you just follow them..." She looked at Jill and quickly grabbed her. "Order some doggy bags, we're getting the hell out of here." She mumbled.
Jill giggled once more but saluted Rachel and walked back inside and saying something about having nice eyes.
Rachel rolled her eyes as she made a face. Jill was really going to hate her, but it would be for the best, right?
"Well I suppose I should thank you for finding my wallet in the first place." A calm voice behind her called. It caused her to stand up straight. She didn't turn to look at the man behind her but she could tell he had moved closer to her. "Perhaps I should give you something, Rachel."
This caused her to turn and very quickly. "How'd you know my name?" She asked with a slight bit of anger in her voice.
George raised a brow at her comment but then gave a smirk. "That is what your young friend just called you, is it not?"
Rachel looked at him for a moment and her cheeks began to turn red slightly. "Uh, yeah..." She then looked down and then around and then back at his face.
He raised a brow as he smiled causing his features to soften a little.
Rachel frowned and then folded her arms in front of her chest. "Look Mr., we don't..."
"De Sand."
"What?" Rachel asked a little confused.
"My name is De Sand, George De Sand."
Rachel made a face. "What, whatever, look. We don't want a reward. People shouldn't have to be rewarded for doing good things. People should just do it."
He cocked his head to one side as he looked at her. "Is that so?"
Rachel's mouth twisted up some and moved to the side of her face.
He was making fun of her.
"Don't you have a friend to entertain?" She said in a mocking tone.
George looked over his shoulder at Mr. Schwartz. He was calmly reading a newspaper that had a picture from the party last night, before the robbery had taken place. "He'll be fine." He said and looked back at Rachel only to find that she, along with her things on the table were gone. He looked around quickly and then smiled. "Interesting..."
***
Jill looked at Rachel with a confused face. "Why are we leaving Rachel? I wanted to get another shake." She frowned and pulled her arm away. "You don't have to drag me around like a little kid ya know..." Stopping she glanced around the streets. "People will stare at us if you do that."
Rachel stopped walking and turned around. "I'm sorry, we just needed to get away from that café."
"You never answered my question." Jill crossed her arms.
"What question? You were just going on about so many things, I didn't catch half of it." Rachel glanced to the ground with her statement. She had heard everything Jill said, but she was hoping she could avoid the subject.
Jill took a deep breath and puffed out her cheeks before letting it out. "You know, should I call him? It would be rude if I didn't right?"
There was no response, just silence. Rachel turned away and began walking again. "Come on, let's get going. Who knows when we'll be called for another job, we should enjoy the free time while we have it."
"Rachel." Jill frowned again. "Why aren't you answering? It's not a hard question. I just want some advice. You're usually good with giving advice."
"Just let it be, Jill."
"What?" Jill stopped walking and looked at Rachel.
Rachel herself stopped and then gave another sigh. "Jill, it's not, it's not.."
"It's not what?" Jill asked in an annoyed tone.
Rachel gave a deep sigh and then turned to look at her. "Jill. You can't see him."
"What!? Why!?" Jill yelled at her.
Rachel made a face as if something harsh had hit her face, but she did not become upset. "We can't let ourselves get attached to something...or someone."
Jill's mouth dropped open to say something but nothing came. "YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" She finally shouted. It caused a few to turn and look at them.
Rachel looked at Jill and finally pushed her against the building they were near too. Jill looked a little shocked but then began to try and move from her grip.
"Listen to me...' Rachel said in an odd low tone.
It caused Jill to look at her and to stop squirming.
"I don't want you to get hurt...and I don't want others to get hurt...It's not that I don't want you to be happy, it's just..." She let go of Jill and then looked down.
"If you get involved, and something happens, not only will he get hurt...but so will you."
Jill wrinkled up her face and looked away from Rachel. "Go away. Just, go home...and..." She paused and looked to the ground. "The next time you see the boss, tell him I'm not coming back." Still looking at the street, Jill began to walk off.
"Jill! Don't walk away from me!" Rachel yelled after her. "Come back here!" She hurried after Jill to grab her. "You know what going to happen if you just stop showing up? You're going to get yourself killed! Hey! Are you listening to me!?"
Keeping her eyes on the ground Jill started to walk faster. Without looking back she responded. "I don't care. I'm sick of doing that stuff. It makes me sick and stressed. One of these days, something is going to happen and we'll get caught. I rather be dead than end up spending my life in a jail cell."
"I don't like it either, but, you can't just walk away from something like this. God! You run into one stupid boy and look at you! You suddenly don't want to work anymore and you don't care about the results of that. Is it really worth one stupid milkshake and a scribbled on napkin!?"
Jill stopped walking and glanced over her shoulder. "Well, at least he's nice, and he has a good job. If I stay in this business, I'll never meet anyone nice. They'll all be scum off the streets. I finally met someone else and I like it. Besides you, I never had any other friends." She started to walk again. "Just go home... please."
"Now you listen to me you little baby," Rachel said pushing Jill to one side and standing in front of her. She wasn't trying to be mean or harsh but her message needed to be clear. "Do you think I love what we're doing? I can't even count how many times I blame myself for Wong finding out about us." She looked at Jill and then put her hand on her face to force the girl to look at her. "If it was just me, I wouldn't care what Wong did, but I stay, because of you..."
The two girls looked at each other for a moment and then Rachel went on. "Jill, I care for you, you're the only family I have. I'm not trying to be cruel and force you to not see him but think about it...he's cop, and when he finds out...he will arrest you. And me." She looked away slightly. "I don't care if it was me arrested but I do if you are. You're too young...'
Jill frown and pushed Rachel away slightly. "I'll figure out something if that happens..."
"And another thing..." Rachel called. Jill stopped and looked at her. Jill couldn't help but notice the sad look to Rachel's face. "And if Wong finds out...he'll kill him."
The two girls looked at each other again.
"He wouldn't..."
"He would...because he knows it would cause you pain...cause us pain, that's why, that's why, you can't see him again."
Jill folded her arms over her chest. She stayed quiet for quite awhile. She knew everything Rachel said was true, but she didn't want to listen to it. Finally, she took her gaze from the ground and looked up at Rachel. "Can... can I at least just call him? I would feel bad if I didn't. He seemed pretty excited when he handed me his number."
Rachel bit her lip and thought for a moment. "I suppose, if you do it where you won't get caught, and only if it's a short call. Just say that you can't see him and then hang up."
"Well I should say sorry too, and at least say it's not because I don't want to but..." Jill started but Rachel stopped her.
"No, don't say anything. Just say you can't and that's it. You'll get sucked into a conversation other wise."
"That seems really rude. What if I just go to the station? I could talk to him there and that way I won't have to worry about getting caught making a call."
Rachel shook her head. "No, just make a call. You shouldn't worry about being rude. It's just the way things have to be."
Jill looked to the ground. "But, if I do that and run into him again... Rachel I don't want to hurt his feelings."
Rachel bit her lip. "Just...just make a quick call and tell him something came up and, and..." Rachel looked at Jill and she turned quickly. A tear ran down her face. She couldn't talk to Jill when the girl looked so sad. "Quickly go to the station then..." She heard an odd chirp come from the girl.
"What?"
"Only to tell him off, say you, you have a boyfriend already and that you didn't realize, realize he was asking you at out at the time. He should then understand..." Rachel bit her lip and looked down.
Jill said nothing. Suddenly she felt Jill's arms around her. "OH THANK YOU...I mean. I'll be quick about it, and"
"Go on...I'll meet you at the City Park. We can finish eating there." Rachel held up their bag of food and then took off walking.
Jill watched Rachel leave and then sighed. "Thank you, Rachel..."
Jill giggled and then shrugged. "Well, I'm hungry."
Rachel smiled a little and took a sip of her water. There was a small cafe near the police department and both girls decided to go there and eat. Rachel had ordered a salad and a small sandwich but Jill had decided to go with a grilled cheese sandwich, a large side order of fries and a large chocolate milk shake.
"And this time I'm paying."
Rachel raised a brow at Jill's comment and then half smirked. "Oh really? How much do you have in that little wallet of yours?"
Jill made a face and then bit her lip. "Oh that's right...I left it at home."
Rachel smiled and then laughed." You can pay me back later."
Jill laughed and then nodded. "Alright. It's a deal."
The door swung opened as two guys walked in, obviously in the middle of a conversation.
"Look I'm telling you Bro, two weird girls came into the station to turn in a lost wallet. I swear the one girl called me Copper boy, like the thief last night."
Domon raised a brow at his partner. "It sounds like you need to take some time off. Either that or you're obsessing over that thief from last night."
"I'm not! I know that's what she said, she looked right at me and said yeah yeah, see ya later Copper boy... then she freaked and ran out the door." Sai said in a rather irritated tone.
"Okay, whatever you say, but Sai..." Domon started before Sai cut in.
"I'm not going nuts if that's what you're thinking."
"Actually I was going to say you need to order something already. The waiter is getting impatient."
Sai blinked and looked up from the table at the waiter glaring at him. "Uh, heh heh... sorry." Sai looked back at the menu and placed his order.
Jill happened to look up from her lunch, spotting the two officers. She got wide eyed and started coughing on the piece of sandwich she was eating. "Ack..."
Rachel began to eat some of her salad when suddenly Jill gasped. Rachel looked up at her and saw her face. Rachel raised a brow and turned to look at what Jill was looking at. It was her turn to make the face. "Ooh..."
"I don't feel so good." Jill said.
Rachel turned to look at her and then looked around, almost panic like. She saw the doors in the back that led to the outside. A smile came to her face and she looked back at Jill. "Grab your things, come on, we'll just eat out side." Rachel winked and the two girls quickly gathered their things.
The girls headed towards the door and walked out. Sai was just about to start eating his lunch when he saw a shorthaired girl walk out the back door. His mouth fell open and he pointed like an idiot. "There! DID YOU SEE HER?"
Domon was about to take a sip of his pop when Sai began to shout. He looked up at him and then at the door. He saw nothing but then raised a brow. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Sai looked back at the door and his face fell. He really had seen her...
Jill gave a sigh of relief and sat down at a table under a tree. The sun was shining bright and there was a nice breeze in the air. "Glad I thought of this." Jill said with a smile.
Rachel's lips moved to one side as she raised a brow. "Oh, you thought of this..."
"Well you helped a little." Jill gave a toothy grin and began to eat her sandwich.
Rachel rolled her eyes and was about to eat some of her sandwich when she began to cough.
"What's wrong?" Jill asked in a concern tone.
Rachel punched her chest to breathe and then pointed past Jill.
Jill looked to see an orange haired man talking to a man with dark hair. Jill spit out part of her sandwich. "It's Wallet guy!" Jill shouted and pointed at the man.
Rachel's hand met her forehead. "Oh crap...."
"What? Did I do something wrong? Why are you looking at me like that Rachel?" Jill gave her a confused look, then glanced over at the man again. "That's the guy ain't it?" She looked around confused, maybe it was the wrong guy.
"Yes, yes it is. You don't have to shout though. Now sit down and pretend you don't see him!" Rachel sank down in her chair, only to notice the shadow looming over the table.
George looked down at the two girls and raised a brow. "Funny running into you two again. Did I hear you say something about a wallet?"
Jill made an embarrassed face and tapped her fingers together. "Well ya see, when you bumped into us earlier... you uh dropped a wallet. You took off before I noticed in on the ground... so uh... I took it to the police station."
Rachel scooted her salad around her plate. "Yeah, it's over there now... we don't have it anymore."
Before George could respond, Jill jumped up out of her seat. "Well um... I'll be right back... I need a refill on my shake." She quickly grabbed her cup and dashed back inside, leaving Rachel to deal with the businessman.
Jill took a deep breath before she realized what she had done. At table a few feet away from her were the two cops. She made a face and turned to sneak back outside when she heard one of them shout.
"There! Look, see? I'm not crazy! It's the girl who brought the wallet in earlier!" Sai jabbed Domon in the side to make him look in the direction he was pointing.
Before looking up, Domon wiped his mouth off with a napkin, thanks to the jab to his side, the drink he had been enjoying was now all over his plate. "Would you stop yelling already. Leave the poor girl alone, you're beginning to make people stare."
"Fine! I'm going to prove it to you." Sai looked toward Jill again. "Hey! Umm... what was her name again... oh uh? Hey! Wallet girl! Come here!"
Domon put his hand on his forehead and shook it lightly.
Jill turned around not knowing what to do, but figured to avoid any suspicion she walked over to the table slowly. Taking a deep breath she smiled at the two men. "Uh, yeah... can you be helped, I mean um, can I help you?"
"Yeah, my partner here thinks you called him Copper boy after you brought in a wallet. I'm really sorry about this, but he's been a little weird since last night." Domon took another sip from what remained of his drink.
"I'm not crazy!" Sai shot a glare to his partner before looking back at Jill. "You did say that right?"
Trying to change the subject Jill gulped and smiled. "Last night? Oh I heard about that, what a horrible thing to happen. It's such a nice museum. I hope they can clean it up and re-open it soon."
Domon smirked and nodded. "Yeah it was more excitement than I needed. I'm sorry that um, my buddy here was bothering you. Why don't you sit down and um, He can buy you something for wasting your time."
"Oh, it's alright, I was just going to get another shake then go. It wasn't a big deal."
"No, sit down, He'll pay for your refill." Domon looked over at Sai. "Right?"
Sai crossed his arms and nodded. "Fine fine. Sure, I'll pay for it."
Jill didn't want to seem nervous or anything, so she sat down in an empty chair at the table. Smiling she glanced toward the window, hoping to catch Rachel's attention, so she could help her out of this awkward situation.
Rachel was having her own problems. The businessman did not want to leave it seemed.
George looked the woman sitting down in front of him up and down. He was sure of it now that this was the woman he had run into this morning. It was a few moments later after he had entered the car that he realized his wallet was missing. Cursing himself for not realizing it earlier, he could only think that the girls he had bumped into had taken it. Already feeling somewhat upset with the talk he had with Raymond, his missing wallet was no help.
He had met Mr. Schwartz at a cafe to discuss a few matters with their shipping deal and had decided to eat a few things. Just as they were finishing up George noticed to girls walk out from the cafe and sat down at a near by table. George did not get a good enough look at them but when he heard "wallet guy"; he knew who they were. Turning to get a better look at them, he frowned and excused himself for a moment. Now he was face to face with them, well, one of them. The younger of the two took off quickly inside. He looked at the girl up and down and then raised a brow.
"So..."Rachel said after a moment. "Yeah your wallet is with the police..."
"Is that so?" George replied.
Rachel raised a brow herself. "Yeah."
They looked at each other for a moment and then she stood up. Even standing up she still had to arch her neck to look at him. "Hey, I know what you're thinking and we didn't. We found it and tried to get your attention, but you didn't have time for that so we gave it to the police. Hell, if you don't believe me, the guy we gave it to is in there right now!" Rachel pointed to the window and then looked. The sight she saw was not one she wanted. She made an odd noise and then looked back at George and gave a grin. "Well...." She looked back to make sure her eyes were working right. What the hell was Jill doing siting with the officers?
Jill was happily enjoying her refilled shake and hadn't noticed Rachel looking at her. In fact she was rather enjoying the conversation she was having with the two officers. Swallowing the drink she had taken and laughed. "Oh yeah, it was the weirdest thing. Me and my friend were just walking down the street and this guy comes shooting out of this office building and Bam! He crashed right into us. He was in a hurry to leave, I guess that's why he dropped the wallet. I have to say though; this guy had the weirdest hair I have ever seen. It was like he had a bad accident with a vat of hair gel."
Sai raised an eyebrow and smiled. "I would have liked to seen that. So anyway, just curious but what did you say your name was again?"
"Jill, my name is Jill. What about yours? I notice your badge only has a last name on it. Well I think it's a last name..."
Sai looked down at his badge, he hadn't realized it had a name on it at all. Then again he never really looked at it. "Oh, um yeah, I guess it does have just my last name on it. I'm Sai and this is Domon, my partner."
Domon smiled then looked at Sai. "Well it was nice meeting you and all, but our lunch break is almost over. We have to get going."
Jill nodded and started to get up. "Well it was nice talking to you, but I don't want you to be late getting back to work, I'm sure you're very busy."
The two officers got up and started to leave.
Sai stopped and turned around. "Hey, Um Jill... I was wondering if um... you wanna hangout sometime? I mean well, uh... I..." He looked down for a moment and dug around in his pocket, pulling out a pen. Grabbing a napkin he scribbled down a number and handed it to her. "Let me know okay? See ya!" With that he hurried after Domon, who was already out the door.
The two walked right past Rachel and George and disappeared down the sidewalk.
Jill stood looking at the napkin in her hand and blinked. What had just happened? Did that cop just ask her out? Panicked she ran outside. "RACHEL!!!"
Rachel looked quickly at George and then back at Jill.
"Rachel, Rachel!!!" The girl called and grabbed her. "I think I was just asked out!"
Rachel raised a brow. "What?!"
"YEAH! That guy! Oh and he's really sweet, and funny! He seems nice; he's not the jerk I thought he was! And he asked me if I could see him again and he gave me this!" She showed Rachel the napkin.
A sad look came to her eyes as a frown formed on her face.
Jill giggled and took the napkin away to look at it again. "Should I call him? OH! What would I say!? Oh god!
George eyed the younger girl and then looked back at the other one. She suddenly seemed...sad, but why?
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe this! Holy cow! I need to buy a new outfit! OH Yeah! New shoes! Men like shoes right?"
Jill went on talking to herself but Rachel only looked sadder. A secret vow was about to be used and she knew Jill would not like it. Long ago, Rachel had sworn to herself that she would never get involved with anyone except Jill. They had traveled so much when they were younger that they couldn't afford to meet people. It would only hurt the others and themselves She had never told Jill because the girl didn't look to others for friendship or help, just to Rachel. But now... 'Am I wrong for making that so?'
"Jill..."Rachel said but then noticed that George was still there. He was looking at her funny; she raised a brow. It was causing an uncomfortable feeling in her.
"Well, so, those guys back there just left. They have your wallet, why don't you just follow them..." She looked at Jill and quickly grabbed her. "Order some doggy bags, we're getting the hell out of here." She mumbled.
Jill giggled once more but saluted Rachel and walked back inside and saying something about having nice eyes.
Rachel rolled her eyes as she made a face. Jill was really going to hate her, but it would be for the best, right?
"Well I suppose I should thank you for finding my wallet in the first place." A calm voice behind her called. It caused her to stand up straight. She didn't turn to look at the man behind her but she could tell he had moved closer to her. "Perhaps I should give you something, Rachel."
This caused her to turn and very quickly. "How'd you know my name?" She asked with a slight bit of anger in her voice.
George raised a brow at her comment but then gave a smirk. "That is what your young friend just called you, is it not?"
Rachel looked at him for a moment and her cheeks began to turn red slightly. "Uh, yeah..." She then looked down and then around and then back at his face.
He raised a brow as he smiled causing his features to soften a little.
Rachel frowned and then folded her arms in front of her chest. "Look Mr., we don't..."
"De Sand."
"What?" Rachel asked a little confused.
"My name is De Sand, George De Sand."
Rachel made a face. "What, whatever, look. We don't want a reward. People shouldn't have to be rewarded for doing good things. People should just do it."
He cocked his head to one side as he looked at her. "Is that so?"
Rachel's mouth twisted up some and moved to the side of her face.
He was making fun of her.
"Don't you have a friend to entertain?" She said in a mocking tone.
George looked over his shoulder at Mr. Schwartz. He was calmly reading a newspaper that had a picture from the party last night, before the robbery had taken place. "He'll be fine." He said and looked back at Rachel only to find that she, along with her things on the table were gone. He looked around quickly and then smiled. "Interesting..."
***
Jill looked at Rachel with a confused face. "Why are we leaving Rachel? I wanted to get another shake." She frowned and pulled her arm away. "You don't have to drag me around like a little kid ya know..." Stopping she glanced around the streets. "People will stare at us if you do that."
Rachel stopped walking and turned around. "I'm sorry, we just needed to get away from that café."
"You never answered my question." Jill crossed her arms.
"What question? You were just going on about so many things, I didn't catch half of it." Rachel glanced to the ground with her statement. She had heard everything Jill said, but she was hoping she could avoid the subject.
Jill took a deep breath and puffed out her cheeks before letting it out. "You know, should I call him? It would be rude if I didn't right?"
There was no response, just silence. Rachel turned away and began walking again. "Come on, let's get going. Who knows when we'll be called for another job, we should enjoy the free time while we have it."
"Rachel." Jill frowned again. "Why aren't you answering? It's not a hard question. I just want some advice. You're usually good with giving advice."
"Just let it be, Jill."
"What?" Jill stopped walking and looked at Rachel.
Rachel herself stopped and then gave another sigh. "Jill, it's not, it's not.."
"It's not what?" Jill asked in an annoyed tone.
Rachel gave a deep sigh and then turned to look at her. "Jill. You can't see him."
"What!? Why!?" Jill yelled at her.
Rachel made a face as if something harsh had hit her face, but she did not become upset. "We can't let ourselves get attached to something...or someone."
Jill's mouth dropped open to say something but nothing came. "YOU CAN'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO!" She finally shouted. It caused a few to turn and look at them.
Rachel looked at Jill and finally pushed her against the building they were near too. Jill looked a little shocked but then began to try and move from her grip.
"Listen to me...' Rachel said in an odd low tone.
It caused Jill to look at her and to stop squirming.
"I don't want you to get hurt...and I don't want others to get hurt...It's not that I don't want you to be happy, it's just..." She let go of Jill and then looked down.
"If you get involved, and something happens, not only will he get hurt...but so will you."
Jill wrinkled up her face and looked away from Rachel. "Go away. Just, go home...and..." She paused and looked to the ground. "The next time you see the boss, tell him I'm not coming back." Still looking at the street, Jill began to walk off.
"Jill! Don't walk away from me!" Rachel yelled after her. "Come back here!" She hurried after Jill to grab her. "You know what going to happen if you just stop showing up? You're going to get yourself killed! Hey! Are you listening to me!?"
Keeping her eyes on the ground Jill started to walk faster. Without looking back she responded. "I don't care. I'm sick of doing that stuff. It makes me sick and stressed. One of these days, something is going to happen and we'll get caught. I rather be dead than end up spending my life in a jail cell."
"I don't like it either, but, you can't just walk away from something like this. God! You run into one stupid boy and look at you! You suddenly don't want to work anymore and you don't care about the results of that. Is it really worth one stupid milkshake and a scribbled on napkin!?"
Jill stopped walking and glanced over her shoulder. "Well, at least he's nice, and he has a good job. If I stay in this business, I'll never meet anyone nice. They'll all be scum off the streets. I finally met someone else and I like it. Besides you, I never had any other friends." She started to walk again. "Just go home... please."
"Now you listen to me you little baby," Rachel said pushing Jill to one side and standing in front of her. She wasn't trying to be mean or harsh but her message needed to be clear. "Do you think I love what we're doing? I can't even count how many times I blame myself for Wong finding out about us." She looked at Jill and then put her hand on her face to force the girl to look at her. "If it was just me, I wouldn't care what Wong did, but I stay, because of you..."
The two girls looked at each other for a moment and then Rachel went on. "Jill, I care for you, you're the only family I have. I'm not trying to be cruel and force you to not see him but think about it...he's cop, and when he finds out...he will arrest you. And me." She looked away slightly. "I don't care if it was me arrested but I do if you are. You're too young...'
Jill frown and pushed Rachel away slightly. "I'll figure out something if that happens..."
"And another thing..." Rachel called. Jill stopped and looked at her. Jill couldn't help but notice the sad look to Rachel's face. "And if Wong finds out...he'll kill him."
The two girls looked at each other again.
"He wouldn't..."
"He would...because he knows it would cause you pain...cause us pain, that's why, that's why, you can't see him again."
Jill folded her arms over her chest. She stayed quiet for quite awhile. She knew everything Rachel said was true, but she didn't want to listen to it. Finally, she took her gaze from the ground and looked up at Rachel. "Can... can I at least just call him? I would feel bad if I didn't. He seemed pretty excited when he handed me his number."
Rachel bit her lip and thought for a moment. "I suppose, if you do it where you won't get caught, and only if it's a short call. Just say that you can't see him and then hang up."
"Well I should say sorry too, and at least say it's not because I don't want to but..." Jill started but Rachel stopped her.
"No, don't say anything. Just say you can't and that's it. You'll get sucked into a conversation other wise."
"That seems really rude. What if I just go to the station? I could talk to him there and that way I won't have to worry about getting caught making a call."
Rachel shook her head. "No, just make a call. You shouldn't worry about being rude. It's just the way things have to be."
Jill looked to the ground. "But, if I do that and run into him again... Rachel I don't want to hurt his feelings."
Rachel bit her lip. "Just...just make a quick call and tell him something came up and, and..." Rachel looked at Jill and she turned quickly. A tear ran down her face. She couldn't talk to Jill when the girl looked so sad. "Quickly go to the station then..." She heard an odd chirp come from the girl.
"What?"
"Only to tell him off, say you, you have a boyfriend already and that you didn't realize, realize he was asking you at out at the time. He should then understand..." Rachel bit her lip and looked down.
Jill said nothing. Suddenly she felt Jill's arms around her. "OH THANK YOU...I mean. I'll be quick about it, and"
"Go on...I'll meet you at the City Park. We can finish eating there." Rachel held up their bag of food and then took off walking.
Jill watched Rachel leave and then sighed. "Thank you, Rachel..."