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Chapter 3
Natalie awoke Monday morning before her alarm clock, she hadn't gotten much sleep last night for she was thinking about John, eve's son who she had just met. She was instantly drawn to him at the church, then when they danced she was intrigued by him but then he went and made that remark about her breasts, not that he seem to mean it, it was a little funny but out of line for saying to someone you just met, definitely out of one for new family. But then she thought that seem to be him, out of line, out of place, now that was what it was, he seemed out of place at first but then outside of the Palace he seemed better, she thought, she could tell he wasn't use to big family events as a wedding, and she also figured him to be the strong silent type never opening up but he seem to , to her, which she smiled and thought was nice for a few minutes till she remembered, remembered his careless attitude after the whole garter, bouquet thing, he was distant, or was he trying to keep his distance from her, did she do or say something wrong. She thought to herself as she decided to leave it alone, put it away, it didn't matter, he was going to be here for two weeks and then leave, she had more important things to think about right now like the case she and Harry were working on.
Harry was Nat's partner, Natalie was usually in uniform being so new to the force when there was a special need for a red head cop. there's this guy, this really dirty, sleazy type guy at this bar just outside the outskirts of Llanview, a portion of the building lays on Llanview soil so it's Llanview's jurisdiction. Well Izzy, that's the sleazes name, he has a thing for redheads, so Natalie begged, and she begged her uncle some more to let her do it, go undercover to catch Izzy for running a prostitution ring out of his bar and for murder. It seems Izzy is coercing his cocktail waitress to sleep with some very important business associates of his, mostly connected associates. Word on street has it when a waitress tells him no, she ends up face down in the gutter, or even the river. There have been three waitresses so far found dead that use to work for Izzy and no real evident to point the finger to him, no evidence to put him away behind bars. That's were Natalie came in and she knew it, she was a redhead, just what Izzy liked, so Natalie went undercover to his club looking for a job. Well it worked, it all came together last week when she walked into his bar called the Red Pelican, Natalie had worn her short black leather mini and one of her lowest cut blouses, he was drooling like a dog she remembered, she also had a wire, for which BO insisted she always where, it was an itty bitty thing stuck in her bra, so small it would never be detected. Of course Izzy gave her a job, she worked for him two days last week, Natalie allowed him to come on to her and she even flirted with him which totally repulsed her but it was her job and if it helped to get him arrested, to get his sleazy ass off the street, she'd do it.
Natalie walked into the bathroom of her apartment to take a shower, she had to go into the station this morning for a few hours and then tonight, tonight she worked at Izzy's place.
John was walking to the police station, he had wanted to spend the day with Michael but he had to work, his mom and her new husband Bo Buchanan had left for there honeymoon last night. They would be gone a week out of the two weeks John had off to spend with his family, his family he thought, he missed them, he thought about it and he had really missed them, not just his mom but his pain in the ass brother too. He thought about his new extended family, the Buchanan's, well one Buchanan in particular, Natalie. His mind was dreaming and thinking about her all last night, he just couldn't get her out of his head; there was just something about her. John walked into the station to check on things like Bo had asked. Not only did he want to check on things but also check on a certain Red head who left the wedding last night thinking John wasn't interested. Well he was, hell he was more than interested in her, he saw things with her, even after only just meeting her, he dreamt of things with her, it was a first time feeling for him, a strangeness he couldn't quite put his finger on. He came out of his thoughts when he saw a receptionist sitting at a desk out side of the commissioner's office, Bo's office.
"Can I help you?" Ann Bo's assistant asked
"Yes, I'm john Mcbain and Bo Buchanan asked me to check on things here at the station"
"Yes, I remember Bo telling me you'd be coming by this week to check in, your Eve's son right?"
"I remember seeing you with Natalie at the wedding yesterday, I'm Ann, it's nice to meet you"
Ann told John he could use Bo's office for what ever he wanted and she mentioned that Danny the temporary Chief of detectives was running late that she would send him in to speak to him when he arrived. John sat back in Bo's chair and was unaware of what Bo had actually wanted him to check on.
Natalie was just about to walk into the police station when she heard Chris calling for her, she ignored him, she just wasn't up to getting into a fight with him today, although they were divorced Chris still thought of Natty as his property, although he was the one to ruin things with his cheating he still expected her to continue to be his wife and when she had filed for divorce he was pissed, but there was nothing he could do about it, so now since he couldn't be her husband any longer he would be her pain in the ass Ex. a goal he set that he was living up to. Natalie walked into the station and over by Anne's desk before Chris caught up with her.
"Natalie! Didn't you hear me calling you?" Chris asked standing by Ann's desk. Natalie just turned slightly towards him.
"I heard you" she told him . John was in Bo's office just looking over the file Ann had given him on Izzy Foley when he heard the commotion outside the office, he looked up and there she was, the one his mind couldn't stop thinking about, he walked closer to the door and he heard the argument between Natalie and some guy getting louder.
"Well if you heard me why didn't you stop so we could talk?"
"Maybe because I don't want to talk to you. Chris look, I'm at work if you have something important you have to tell me this time, call me after my shift. But make sure it's important cause we're not married any longer and I don't need to put up with your caveman shit anymore" Natalie told him and Chris started to get real mad, he grabbed her arm roughly as Natalie got a look of hatred in her eye's.
"Get your hand off of me! right Now or I'll have you arrested." Natalie told him as Chris didn't move his hand off her arm, instead he gave her a make me look.
John saw the man's hand on her arm and he didn't think he just reacted; he walked over to the guy and grabbed him. He pushed him up against the wall and got in his face as he held him by the collar of his shirt.
"The lady doesn't want to be handled by you" John told Chris sternly as Chris looked at John and got the picture.
"Do you understand me?" John told Chris and then John let his grip on Chris fall. Chris walked passed John and then before he could walk pass Natalie he couldn't help himself. Chris abruptly went up to her and took a kiss; Natalie felt him on her and pushed him across the room after she bit down hard on his lip making him bleed.
John saw the punk ass kiss her and he watched as Natalie pushed him clear across the room, he walked closer to them quickly and again grabbed Chris by the collar and proceeded to drag his sorry ass out towards the doors of the station as Chris called out some more rude remarks to Natalie.
"Who the hell is this guy Natty, is he your next victim, poor guy doesn't know what he's in for" Chris told Natalie as John was about to throw him out of the doors of the station, but before John did he gave him a little friendly advice.
"I don't know who you are, and I don't care who you are. Stay the hell away from her, or you'll be sorry" John told him as Chris got a superior attitude and got pissed.
"She's some piece of work my natty, the ink isn't even dry on our divorce and she's already got a new stud in the stable, she's a wild ride isn't she?" Chris told John and John pushed the swinging station door open and threw his ass out onto the concrete.
"Next time you assault an officer like that I'll have you arrested, be thankful punk" John told him as he went back towards Bo's office, he saw Natalie standing in the office when he got in there.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Natalie asked him
"What? I just threw his ass out for you, I think I should get a Thank you"
"A Thank You! you think I should thank you for fighting my battles for me, and in front of the whole department, so now everyone thinks I'm weak, that I need a big bad man to fight for me"
"Natalie I.. I just didn't like the grip he had on your arm, I... I didn't like the way he was talking to you, It bothered me"
"so you jump him and threaten him, who the hell are you? I just met you yesterday why the hell would you even care if Chris put his hands on me or the way he was talking to me."
"I don't know, I just do, I just care that is"
"Next time you feel the urge to defend my honor, don't! You don't know anything about me and you haven't a clue what I can handle myself, what I've always handled myself, so while your in town stay out of my business!" Natalie told him as her partner Harry and Danny the acting chief of detectives walked in. Natalie looked at the men and then back at John.
"Agent Mcbain, I'm Danny Travis and Bo mentioned you'd be coming by this week while he's gone to help, now if you'd like we can update you on what's going on with the Izzy Foley case, right Natalie, we can update him on the case?" Danny said and then he turned to Natalie and asked the questions, Natalie nodded her head yes, Harry started talking first as Natalie calmed down from the confrontation she just had with him and the one wit Chris, she wondered why Bo hadn't mentioned anything to her about having John Mcbain help out , over see the cases in the station this week. Nat, Harry and Danny finished updating John on the case and then they all left Bo's office together, John watched as a still annoyed Natalie walked out of the office, he watched as she became more relaxed when she was away from him, he noted that fact but it didn't make him feel good, he wanted her to be relaxed around him, he wanted her to like him, she seem to be mad at him for throwing her ex husband out of the station, and he didn't quite understand why, yeah, she told him it was because she could handle her own battles and then she said it was because of the other officers, was that it? or did she just not like him? he thought maybe she did yesterday when they walked outside the Palace but then, the whole garter thing happened, he got excited by her and he didn't trust himself near her, especially since she was now family, especially since she didn't seem the type to sleep around. John decided her did all he could do at the station for Bo and he left , but before he left the station completely he stopped and asked Ann if she knew where Natalie was, Ann replied that she had left for the day.
John walked into Rodi's, a bar and grill after calling Michael and making arrangements to meet him for his lunch break here. As soon as he walked in he looked around and automatically loved this place. he loved it even more when he looked over in the corner to see a pool table, he decided to play a few games while he waited for Michael when he wasn't looking where he was going and almost tripped over a person who had bent down to pick up a square of chalk that she had dropped under the table.
"Whoa! I'm sorry I didn't see y---" John said as he bumped into Natalie's bent over behind
"Hey buddy watch your hands" Natalie said as she stood up when she felt someone bump into her and that persons hands smack her right across her butt cheeks.
"It's you, I should have know it was you" Natalie said shaking her head. John was speechless, he tried to form a few words but none came out, he wondered what the hell was wrong wit him, Natalie saw him just standing there not saying anything as if the cat had his tongue and she said excuse me and pushed passed him to go and break the balls for which she just racked. John regained himself after a few seconds and grabbed a stick off the wall.
"Up for a game?" John asked her, Natalie looked at him contemplating if she should or not. she knew she could beat his butt , but ..she was in a bad mood because of him and Chris, she shook her head yes and she smiled. she smiled cause she decided to hustle him, let him win a few , then maybe show him how good at taking care of herself she was.
Four games later John was shaking his head, he had won the first two with little effort and then she had wiped the table clean with the last two, he smiled at her as he knew he had been had. Natalie smiled back at him knowing that he knew he had been hustled. John walked over to Natalie who was still smiling, he was having such a great time, he could now add the fact that she knew how to play pool to the long list of things he liked about her. he walked up close to her.
"I can't believe I fell for that. You're bad do you know that, evil" John told her laughing while standing in front of her, he stared into her eye's as she wet her suddenly dry lips. It took all of him not to jump her right there and then when he saw the desired look in her eyes. They stood still for a few minutes just staring, as they couldn't seem to get enough of each other's eyes. Finally Natalie spoke.
"I've gotta go, I've.. gotta get to work at Izzy's in a few hours...I'll see ya" Natalie told him getting excited inside by his close presence
"Yeah, see ya" John told her as he watched her walk to the door. she turned briefly to look back at him and her mind told her 'what the heck'.
"Do you wanna walk me to my car?" Natalie asked him and he didn't respond with words he flew across the room towards her. They walked out of Rodi's staring straight in front of them, when they reached Natalie's car she turned, she looked into his baby blue eye's and she felt like she was on fire, she didn't understand what was wrong with her but she wasn't going to question it, she threw him back against her car and as she did his hands came up to the back of her head and pulled her closer so he could take her mouth.
