A/N: okay ya'll, you wanted me to continue, so here goes.
Ch. 2
Lucy knew something was bothering Tim. He was moping, for one. Another was that he was pissed. She could see it in the way he walked, the way his shoulders were tensed, the tick in his jaw.
It had been a week now since what happened at the Hospice. He had made up with his sister, so what had him so tense, broody, and upset?
" Is everything okay? " She asked finally as they rode around in the shop.
He didn't answer, she waited. He would answer when he was ready.
" Ashley and I broke up. " He finally said.
" What? Why? Was it because of Kojo? " She asked with cynicism.
" It wasn't Kojo. " He answered.
" Then what was it? " She asked.
He didn't want to tell her it was because Ashley thought they had slept together that night last week. But if he told her, it was because of a trust issue or that Ashley got jealous, she'd figure it out quickly.
" She doesn't trust me around my female co-workers or friends. " He finally answered, feeling a knot form in his gut when she connected the dots.
" Wait, did she think that you and me... "
" Yeah. "
" I know you told her that that didn't happen. And she still didn't believe you? Why? "
" Apparently me coming out of my bedroom without a shirt on with my sleep pants was a mistake. "
" It's your house. If you wanted to come out in underwear, you can. "
" That's what I said when she came out and asked if I screwed you the night before. "
Lucy nearly choked on her spit, Tim reached over and patted her on the back until she raised her hand to let him know she was alright.
" She said that? " She croaked, taking a sip of the juice in her thermos.
" Yep. I told her nothing happened and then she accused us of being a thing before she and I got together. "
" Oh my god! " She laughed.
" My thoughts exactly. "
" Why on earth would she think that you and I were a thing before the two of you? And she clearly doesn't know you at all to accuse you of cheating. You wouldn't do that to any woman you were dating. You'd rather get shot or stabbed than be accused of cheating, non-fatally stabbed or shot. " She added quickly.
Tim understood why she said that. She didn't want to lose another close friend so soon after Jackson. It was why she told him to be careful when he, Nolan, Harper, and Wesley went to get Angela and baby Jack from La Fiera.
He wondered why Harper didn't comment on her telling only him to be careful when he hung up, though she did tell him to call Lucy and let her know that they were safe and that they were on their way back with Angela and baby Jack.
He did not however see the looks and teasing smiles his friends shared as he told her this or as he confirmed to her that Nolan was the only one that had any blood on him, he did hear their laughter, he thought it was because of Nolan being Nolan, but it was because him and Lucy were talking like an old married couple. They had really let it go when he hung up and turned to them and said to Nolan that Lucy was going to chew his ass out when they got back home.
He nodded in agreement, " Thank you. " He said.
" Besides, she shouldn't be so threated by someone like me. I know I look good, but I'm nowhere near as beautiful or fit as she is. "
Tim wondered why she would put herself down like that. This was the second time he has heard her talk like that. Then he wondered if it had anything to with that cheating ex of hers from college that married her ex best friend that he cheated on her with, maybe it was because of Emmett breaking up through a text instead of having the damn balls to tell her to her face, he knew nothing came of her and Tanner other than just being friends. He really hoped that it wasn't because of that bastard Caleb.
And where the hell did, she get it into her head that she wasn't beautiful or fit? She was just as beautiful and fit as Ashley is, the only differences were that her hair was dark and longer, and she was shorter than Ashley. He'd have to ask her this while they weren't in the shop and wearing the bodycams as some would read too much into what was being said between friends.
He knew that that Sanford guy seemed to be interested in her. He felt his stomach turn at that. The guy went from being a jerk to being intrigued by her attitude and sass, even more so after she fought him on charging Tyler as an adult and sending him to adult prison where he would be surrounded by grown men who were in there for crimes worse than what he did.
Tim knew this because the guy cooled his heels after that third encounter when he came to tell Lucy that the store clerk had pulled through that he wasn't going to charge Tyler as an adult or even send him to Juvy. Lucy was quite pleased with herself after that. Tyler was lucky to have someone like Lucy in his corner.
Tim counted himself lucky as well to have her in his corner too. She protected him just as fiercely as he protected her. She had his back, she trusted him, she respected him, she wasn't afraid of him, she helped him; even when he thought that he didn't need it.
She didn't quiet. He had had other rookies ask for a different T.O. a month into his training of them, but she stuck with him, even got back at him for the stuff he pulled on her. Taking his money clip without him noticing gained her a tiny bit of his respect for her, the more she came at him, the more she pushed back, the more she broke down his walls, the more respect he gave as well as his trust.
He really hadn't realized just how much she had been changing him along the way or how he had begun to lean on her strength to help him through a real rough patch in his life. The woman saved him 4 times throughout their training, the first was when he was shot on her first day, not going through with getting rid of that kilo of coke that was in his ex-wife's apartment was the second time, the third was when they were trapped in an apartment building with a crazy man's pregnant girlfriend and one of his goons was heading for him when she got up and punched him away, going back to back with him to fend off the rest as they came in from what seemed like all around them. The fourth time was when the ambulance that was taking him to the hospital because of his allergic reaction to the antiviral that was given to him to save his life and the ambulance was shot up and she jumped onto to him to protect him.
Hell, he even shared things with her that he hadn't even shared with Isobelle or Racheal, showed her his tears. She didn't judge him or show him pity. She only held him, comforted him, and soothed the pain that he had been bottling up and pushing down until that night after the Hospice when he couldn't hold it down anymore and he cracked open and broke down. And she was there, seeing it all unfold, then slowly put him back together.
" Would you like me to go and talk to her? " He heard Lucy ask, breaking him from his thoughts.
" No. It's fine...I'll be fine. " He added when he saw her concerned look, it was actually a mild look of the apprehensive one she had when after he told her about them, seeing Isobelle when she said that she wouldn't tell anyone about it. She may have promised to not tell anyone, but he did tell Angela, she was not happy at all about him helping her, or as Lucy said; enabling her.
" I promise. No going rogue again. " He continued as she continued to give him the look.
" You've never gone rogue, " she said, and he was thankful that she didn't know about how he acted when she was missing, he almost did go rogue, he meant what he had said, he would do anything to find her, he damn near shoved his gun into a man's mouth because he thought for second that it was Caleb until he looked at his face and backed away as though he had been shot or burned.
He had made Jackson, Nolan, Harper, Angela, and Grey swear that they wouldn't tell her how he acted when she was missing. They did so, they saw how he was, that he had been in a tailspin, blaming himself for what happened to her. They, Lucy included, had kept telling him that it wasn't his fault, the bastard had everyone fooled, that that is how serial killers worked, they were so normal and plain that no one, not even the best cop or detective would suspect them of anything, murder included.
Hell, Nolan had talked with a serial killer himself and hadn't realized it until the guy ran him down with his car after seeing his scar. When someone hears the term serial killer they think of this mad, unclean, scary monster. When in fact it could easily be the friendly next-door neighbor that is the real monster. Hiding in plain sight, wolf in sheep's clothing are other terms to describe serial killers.
But Lucy must've sensed something off with the guy, why else would she have hesitated? She was a spiritual empath, or she claimed she was when he had finally gotten the nerve to ask her about her hesitation, he looked it up and found that there may be some truth to what she claimed,
" Spiritual empaths are people who are greatly aware of the feelings of other people around them, to the point of even being able to sense their emotions. They're aware of this ability and can balance their rich inner experiences into healthy and useful traits. Empaths experience the world differently to other people. " (this is from the website)
Because that is what Lucy was. Funny how she believes in that kind of thing but not ghosts, according to Tamara. He had overheard Nolan talking about Lucy smoke cleansing his house of Armstrong's energy after he, Lucy, and Jackson helped him get it back to normal after Armstrong tried to frame him as a dirty cop and his co-workers recked his home looking for the evidence.
He had wondered how Lucy knew the older man so well that he would hide the dirty money and evidence in his water heater, other than being good friends with him. Of course, the three didn't do it alone, the officers that were involved in making the mess, himself included, came by and had helped too, a way of apologizing, but Nolan let it slide like water off a duck's back as usual, he knew that that they had a job to do and they were just doing that, no hard feelings.
He now wondered as he thought of this if Lucy would offer to smoke cleanse his and Genny's childhood home of all the 'negative and bad energy' there, using whatever she had in her arsenal of spiritual cleansing tools. Most likely given what he had told her last week.
" You were just in a tailspin and needed help getting out of it. " She continued.
" And I don't think I ever thanked you for getting me out of that tailspin. " He replied.
" You don't have to thank me, but all the same, you're welcome. " She replied back with that gentle smile of hers.
He grinned in return.
Time skip
His mood after that was had improved, but it changed again when they returned with a shoplifter to the station, and he spotted Sanford. He had changed his attitude since last week, but Lucy still wanted to strangle him, he could just see the hair at the back of her neck rise at the sight of the man.
He still had that air of self-confidence and being cocky, but now instead of being a jerk, he was trying to be sweet on Lucy because she got his attention with how fiery she got when exasperated. Apparently, the guy liked it when a woman challenged him, and that made Tim want to punch him, guys like that like to keep pushing just to see how far they could get. He knew that Lucy could handle herself, he did train her after all, but she was already a fighter and if the guy wanted a fight, he'd get it, whether it was a verbal one or a physical one, both of which Lucy would win. He'd bet money on it.
" Mr. Sanford. Come to use more scare tactics on another scared teen? " Lucy greeted as they walked by, Tim leading their shoplifter further into booking, keeping watch of them out of the corner of his eye as he got the suspect through processing then on to a holding cell,
" Careful man, " the shoplifter said as he too looked to Lucy and Sanford.
" Yeah? Why's that? " Tim asked, sounding insouciant as he filled out the proper paperwork.
" The lawyer's putting the moves on your girl. " The shoplifter continued.
" She's, my partner. Not my girl. " Tim argued.
" I ain't blind or dumb man. I know what I see and hear. And you got it bad for the hot lady cop. She got it bad for you too. "
" Watch it. And show some respect. "
" See? That's what I'm talking about. You guys were talking and bickering like an old married couple the whole way back here. If not for the name tags, I'd swear you were married. "
" I was married once, didn't work out. "
" Maybe cause that lady wasn't the one for you. "
" I'm going to unlock your cuffs so you can fill out your part on this form and then I want you to empty your pockets and hand over any and all personal effects, including your shoelaces over to this officer. " Tim instructed, ignoring the guy because he was talking no sense now.
He still kept an eye on Sanford and Lucy, wait a second, is she smiling at something he said? No, that can't be. She wanted to strangle him before.
" See? I told ya. " Shoplifter guy said again.
" It's nothing. She's being polite. "
" Officer, help me out here, you see it too, right? " Shoplifter said the officer behind the counter now, who had the good sense to not get involved as Tim gave him his signature glare that had the desired effect of keeping his mouth shut.
" Is this everything? " He asked instead.
" Yeah. But seriously though... "
" This way, " another officer came and took the shoplifter back to be searched further to make sure that nothing got inside the holding cell or jail that he would be sent to.
" Chen. Need you over here. " Tim said, turning back to her and Sanford, he must've missed something because Lucy looked between being vexed and flabbergasted, " Chen! " He barked, causing her to jump and break away from Sanford, looking to him in gratitude for giving an excuse to step away from Sanford,
" Yes sir. " She said as she reached him.
" Your turn. " He said sliding the paperwork and pen to her, looking over to Sanford, he could see that he was confused by Lucy's sudden submission while the past couple of weeks she was so confrontational with him.
Tim knew why, in the socio sexual hierarchy Sanford was an Omega type of male, while Lucy was between an Alpha and Omega female type, which had different meaning than the male side of Omega. While Tim was an alpha type. Meaning that he and Lucy were the stronger two of this little group of three.
" Everything okay here? " He asked as Sanford kept staring at Lucy in puzzlement.
" Yeah, everything's fine. Mr. Sanford here, actually asked me out to dinner tonight. " She answered kindly, filling out the paperwork.
" Really? Why the sudden switch? Just last week you wanted to strangle him. " Tim reminded, a teasing tone in his voice, though he was looking at Sanford with a guarded look.
" She, uh, hasn't given me an answer yet. " Sanford said awkwardly.
" I'm still thinking about it. It kinda surprised me that you asked me. " She replied, double checking her paperwork to make sure she didn't miss anything, satisfied, she gave it to Tim look over one last time before he put it in the proper box to be filed.
" Why? " Sanford asked.
" Well for one, you seemed to have it in for me. Two, you didn't like that I let a scared 16-year-old kid out on bail. Who you accused of being this hardcore drug dealer? Three, you were blaming me for Tyler's actions after he got out as though I was the one who ordered him to go out and rob that elderly clerk. Which I had nothing to do with and it was the real drug dealer who caused Tyler to go and rob the store because he had come to Tyler and in no uncertain terms made it clear that if he didn't get the money back for the lost drugs he would be coming after him. Tyler didn't know if he was going to just beat him up and put him in the hospital or just straight up shoot and kill him. Should I go on? "
" I apologized for that. "
" Only after the clerk pulled through. If she had died, you were going to charge Tyler as an adult and send him to an adult prison where there are full grown men who have done far worse than what Tyler had done. Do you have any idea what those men would've done to a scared kid like Tyler? So can you see why I was shocked to hear you ask me out? "
" Yes. And again, I'm sorry. So please allow me to make it up with dinner. "
" I will accept on two conditions. " Lucy replied.
" Name it. "
" One, I pick the place. "
" Done. "
" Two, I text my friends every, what, 10 minutes? " She looked to Tim to see if that would be good.
" Every 10 minutes is fine. " He said. He'd like to say every 2 minutes, but he didn't want to seem overbearing or controlling, he knew that Lucy could handle herself, but that nagging little voice that now was a permeant fixture because of that bastard Caleb wouldn't let him stop worrying about her or wanting to protect her and keep her safe.
Lucy nodded and turned back to Sanford, " Every 10 minutes and no alcohol on the date. "
" I accept. You text me the place and I'll meet you there. " He agreed to Lucy's terms with a smile.
Tim could see that he was curious about her terms, but she wasn't going to just up tell him why she was doing these precautions on the first date.
When Sanford left, Tim turned to her with a teasing tone again, " You really going or are you just messing with him? "
" I think I'll go and see how goes. I did agree to go, and I had conditions that I plan on following through with. I just need to text him, you, Nolan, Harper, Angela, and Grey where we're going and continue to text every 10 minutes until the date's over and let you guys know when I get home. "
" Put it on group text, that way we all know what going on and it'll save you some time. " He suggested.
" Sounds good. "
" Hey, you call me if you need to end the dinner early. " He said as he could see the tension in her shoulders, though her face didn't show it, she was nervous. It was her first date in a while. Her last date was with Tanner, and it ended with them being friends. And as far as he knew that was her last date because she hadn't shared anything new in her dating life since.
" I will. " She replied with a reassuring smile, " I just need find something nice to wear to the dinner. " She continued out loud to herself.
" I'm sure you'll find something that'll make him wish he had showed you this kind of respect in the first place. " He joked.
" Oh, you know I will. " She replied with a mischievous grin.
Time skip
Lucy had finally decided on what to wear and where to meet Sanford at the end of shift, she had texted her friends about her dinner date, what time, and where, putting it on the group text as Tim suggested.
What Lucy didn't know was that Tim, Nolan, Harper, Angela and Grey had gone ahead of her and set up around the restaurant. Nolan had even brought Bailey along as they had plans tonight, but also wanted to make sure that Lucy was safe. Given how they knew of Sanford's treatment of Lucy previously.
" Anyone got eyes on Lucy yet? " Tim called in, he had a good view of the inside of the place that Lucy had chosen.
" Not yet. But I got eyes on Sanford. " Angela called back, " He actually looks nervous that Lucy won't show. " She continued.
" Lucy said she's gonna show. But she'll probably make him sweat a little first. " Nolan said.
" That sounds like our girl. " Harper added.
" Heads up Bradford, I see Chen's car heading your way. " Grey also added.
Tim ducked down so that Lucy wouldn't see him as she passed.
" All clear Bradford. " Angela called when Lucy's car passed his truck from viewpoint. She watched as she parked and got out, locking the car as she did,
" Damn, she is showing him that he should've respected her more when they first met. " She praised.
Tim looked and felt his chest tighten and his throat go dry, Lucy was wearing a short sleeveless blue satin floral printed dress that ended about mid-thigh with silver ankle strap high heels, her hair was curlier than its usual wavy style, with blue rhinestone drop earrings with the St. Michael necklace that Jackson gave her around her neck and the silver oval ring on her left index finger. She wore little make-up, only massacre and her shock red lipstick to complete the look.
He looked to see what Sanford's reaction was to see her like this and he looked how Tim felt and couldn't take his eyes off her, neither could Tim as he looked back to her. She looked nervous, he glared back to Sanford,
" Say something you idiot. " He muttered darkly.
Sanford seemed to finally regain his motor function in his mouth because he said something that brought a shy smile to Lucy's face before he led her inside, holding the door open for her.
Tim watched as they were seated near the window, giving him the perfect view, he needed to watch and make sure nothing happened.
" Their inside now. " He informed.
" Roger. " He got back.
He settled in and watched as Sanford and Lucy ordered, as promised, no alcohol was present, but he saw that Lucy was keeping her glass very close her and watching Sanford's hands as they talked. He felt a knot forming in his gut as he watched them. He shook his head and tried to will the feeling away. There was no way in hell that he was jealous right now. He couldn't be.
Everything seemed to be going well, Lucy sent a text at the 10-minute mark, everyone received it,
" So far so good. " The text read.
The other's replied,
" Let us know when it isn't. " AngelaLE replied.
" He tries anything, kick his ass extra hard for me until I get there. " NylaH replied.
" Keep us posted. " JohnN replied.
" If you feel uncomfortable at any time, make an excuse and leave. " WadeG replied.
" You're doing great Chen. My offer still stands from earlier. " TimB replied.
" What offer was that? " WadeG asked.
" If she wants to leave at any pointany point, call me and I'll come get her. " TimB replied.
" You do know that she drove here herself, right? " AngelaLE asked.
" She can leave her car here and we can come get it tomorrow. " TimB replied.
The others went off group text to chat on their personal phones,
" Why don't they just get it over with already? " Angela sent to the others.
" Because they're both in denial. " Nyla replied.
" Bradford respects her too much for any nasty rumors to be spread about her if they do anything. " Grey replied.
" They're already practically married. They just need the rings and a marriage license. " John replied.
" You don't need a ring or a marrige license to be happy. They only need to admit it to themselves and each other. " Angela replied.
" I hate that we can't have a wedding for them. Lucy would make a beautiful bride! (Crying emoji)! (Couple kissing emoji)! (wedding ring emoji)! (bride and groom emoji)! (pregnant woman emoji) (mother holding baby emoji)! " Nyla replied.
" How much longer is Harper going to be like this?! I'm starting to get scared! (Panic emoji)! Wade replied.
" How do you know what she's sending me? " Angela asked.
" I don't. But I can see her from my post. She is cheerfully crying again. And probably sending something that's sweet and loving. " Grey replied.
Angela's response to this was to send him what Nyla sent to her.
" Good God! " He sent back.
Some more time passed, and everything still seemed to be going okay that is until they were leaving, Lucy excused herself to go to the bathroom, she texted them while she in there that that they were leaving now and that she'd let them know when she got home. Tim didn't answer as he was making sure that Sanford didn't try and put anything in Lucy's water before she came back, though he knew that she wouldn't touch it when she did, he still watched him.
He didn't put anything in her drink. He paid for the dinner and stood to wait for her to come back.
However, the way she came back was not what either man was expecting, she came out from where the bathrooms was, fighting one of the male waiters.
Tim called it in, " Lucy's fighting one the wait staff! " Before getting out of his truck and going inside the restaurant, flashing his badge as he went, he was quickly followed by the rest of the group, all flashing their badges as they entered, rushing by a bewildered Sandford who stood there not knowing what to do.
" LAPD! " They shouted rushing to Lucy and the waiter,
Lucy kicked the waiter off her, jumping to her feet, she looked for something to aide her in her fight as the waiter broke a Champane bottle, she grabbed the closest thing, a chair and held it out in front of her as he ran at her, she dodged his attack, catching his arm in the chair's legs and jerking him around into a table, he struggled with getting his arm free, Lucy shot back into the hall of the bathrooms where she had seen a mop and bucket, she grabbed the mop and used it like a bo staff as the waiter came at her again with the broken bottle.
She side-stepped him, spinning the mop around and smacking him in the face with wet mop head, pissing him off further,
" Bitch. " He cussed as he ran at her again and again, she side-stepped and hit him with the mop head.
" Ahhh! " He swung at her, she dropped down, kicking his feet from under him, as he went down, she got up and pressed the other end of the mop into his chest pinning him down as she heard running steps and familiar voices shouting,
" LAPD! "
Looking up she saw Tim, Angela, Nyla, John, Bailey, and Grey there, badges on display and guns in hand, minus Bailey, but she still looked to jump in.
" How did you guys know I was fighting this guy? And how did you get here so fast? " She asked before it dawned on her, " You were spying on me? "
" Oh shit! You're a cop?! " The waiter exclaimed.
" You're just now realizing this? " Lucy replied back, looking at him with a raised eyebrow.
" What happened? " Grey asked as Nolan came over cuffed the waiter.
" He got a little handsy. And didn't like it when I told him to back off. "
" That ain't what happened! " The waiter shouted.
" Do me a favor and look up. " Lucy said pointing up at the ceiling.
The waiter did so and paled at the sight of the new security camera.
" Yeah, first rule of being a cop, be aware of your surroundings. You might want to rethink that lie. " She said.
" Get him out of here. " Grey ordered, " Good job Officer Chen. "
" Thank you, sir. " Lucy grinned, leaning on the mop.
" Lucy. " Tim said, Lucy knew that tone,
" What? Do I have a knife or a fork sticking out of me? " She asked as she turned to him, keeping calm.
" No. But you are bleeding. " He replied, taking a clean cloth napkin from a stack by the kitchen doors on a table and coming over to her; Angela radioed it in that they needed an ambulance at their location for an injured off duty officer, and applied pressure to the cut on her left side; just under the tattoo, she didn't know she got while fighting off her would-be attacker.
They walked by Sanford on their way out, he still looked bewildered and dumbfounded before shaking his head following after them, looking upset,
" Was there a sting going here? " He asked, thinking that he was being used without knowing it.
" No. I didn't plan on some random guy trying to pull me back into the bathroom with the intention to rape me. " Lucy replied hotly, not in the mood for him to be an ass.
" Then how the hell did they get here so damn fast? " He asked referring to her friends.
" Not that it's any of your business, but we were making sure she was going to be safe while she was out with you. We tend to not trust someone who suddenly wants to go on a date with one of us after giving them a hard time. " Tim said coldly, putting himself between Sandford and Lucy on instinct, his partner was hurt, and he wasn't going to have this guy cause her any more trouble or grief tonight.
" If I'm going to the hospital, " Lucy said as the ambulance arrived, " Can someone call Tamara and let her know that I'm going to be coming home later than planned? " She asked as Tanner came over with the stretcher and with Tim's help, eased her onto it so that he could assess the cut and prep her for transport.
" I'm going to have to cut your dress Lucy, sorry. Uh, you are wearing bra underneath here, right? " Tanner said as he removed the napkin and got out the scissors to cut away the dress to see the cut better.
" Yeah, so no indecent exposure. " She joked.
" Whose Tamara? Her kid? " Sanford asked as he watched Tanner cut away the dress and caught a glimpse of an odd tattoo above the cut, he couldn't see it clearly because of the blood smeared there, but it looked like letters and numbers.
" Yeah. She's her nearly grown kid. " Tim huffed, he saw him staring at Lucy's exposed skin and bra and got in front of him to block his view, giving him a cold glare,
" I'll call her. " He said to Lucy as he pulled his phone out and dialed Tamara's number. He saw Sanford open his mouth,
" Don't. " He warned as Tamara picked up, " Tamara...woah, no, no, Lucy's fine. She's just had a minor accident and needs to go to the hospital to get stitched up...Yeah, here she is, " Tim handed his phone to Lucy,
" Hey Tamara...yes I'm fine. Just got a cut that needs stitches...No it wasn't Sandford. It was some rando at the restaurant...Apparently the gang wanted to make sure that I was safe while I was here...Of course the other guy got his ass kicked...broken Champane bottle...a chair and a mop handle this time..." Lucy laughed, the winched, " Oh, no I'm fine. Tanner just pulled a little too hard on the tape. "
Tim stood guard by her as the others and crime scene arrived to gather evidence and witness reports. A forensics tech came over to get her statement, she told Tamara where she'd be and reminded her to lock up if she came over, which she said she would with a change of clothes because her dress was ruined now, they said goodbye and Lucy gave Tim back his phone with a look of gratitude as she began to give her account of what happened to the tech.
Sanford came over to Tim then as they finished up, " I don't suppose you could tell me why she and all of you were so damn cautious tonight, could you? I'm a D.A. What exactly did you guys think I was going to do? Or did you guys think I was some kind of secret serial killer? "
Tim got in his face, " Tim! " Lucy called in warning.
Tim snorted before backing off and went to go with her in the ambulance to the hospital, texting the others where they were going and that he was with her.
Sanford was more curious now, he wondered if Lucy had been attacked before and that was why she had been so cautious and about the alcohol not being a part of their dinner. He decided to go and look it up and get the story that way since her friends won't tell him.
In the back of the ambulance
" How bad is it? " Tim asked Tanner, keeping his eyes between Lucy's face and the bandage on her side, feeling a little guilty for wanting the cut to go through that damned tattoo.
" Not that bad really, but it'll still need to be cleaned up and stitched. She'll mostly likely be put on antibiotics and told to take over the counter pain killers and put on at least a week's worth of rest, with no heavy lifting. " He replied, also keeping his eyes where he was supposed to out of respect and also because he knew that Bradford would punch him if he stared at Lucy's exposed chest, even though she was covered, she was still in an actual bra and not a sports bra that she wears while on the job.
" Shame about the dress. " Tanner commented.
" Yeah. Oh well. I'll just go shopping for a new one while I'm on that week of rest. "
" You can't sit still at all can you? " Tanner joked.
" No. She/I can't. " Tim and Lucy answered, they looked to each other and laughed, breaking the tension from the situation.
Scene change, hospital
Lucy sat with a blanket over her legs as the doctor finished stitching up her side as Tamara came in with a change of clothes for her. A pair of jeans, her heeled boots and a thin shirt so that it wouldn't rub against her side and irritate her wound and cause her to scratch at it, as well as a hair band if she needed it.
" Thank you. " She said as she laid the clothes on the bed.
" You're welcome. " Tamara replied, looking at the cut on her side as the doctor moved away, he put a wide bandage on it and moved away, giving Tamara the chance to come closer and hug her friend, who was at times, more of a big sister and then a mom. She didn't hug her as tight as she'd like because of her side, but she hugged her all the same.
" I'm so glad you're okay. " Tamara whispered.
" Me too. " Lucy replied.
The doctor gave her instructions on how to take care of the cut after they broke apart, telling her pretty much the same thing as Tanner had, when to take the antibiotics, take the pain killers as needed, no heavy lifting, no long distance running, keep the area clean, change the bandage every so often, stay off work for at least 2 weeks, come back in a month for a checkup and to have the stitches removed.
" I bet sgt. Zaddy'll be lonely for the next 2 weeks. " Tamara joked as she helped Lucy change when the doctor left to go get her release papers and prescription for the antibiotics.
" He can come by and visit if he does. " Lucy replied in the same manner, " I just wonder who he'll have riding with him until I get back. Maybe he'll ask Smitty to ride with him again? "
" I doubt it after what happened the last time, he rode with him. " Tamara replied as they finished getting Lucy ready to go, Tamara also put Lucy's hair up into a low ponytail, when a knock came,
" Come in. " Lucy called, smiling when Tim poked his head in, " Hey, ready to go? " He asked.
" Yep. Just waiting on the release papers and prescription. " Lucy replied, patting Tamara's hand in thanks as she moved away from her.
The doctor came then, with said papers, Lucy signed them, took the prescription and all three walked out and to Tim's truck. He had called an Uber to come get him to take back to his truck so that he could drive them home as Tamara had taken a taxi to get here.
Tim took them home, walked them to their door, made sure they were set for the night, offering to pick up Lucy's prescription tomorrow at lunch to which she offered to make him lunch since he wouldn't let her pay him back, he agreed to before leaving.
Here's the 2nd ch. hope ya'll like it. took me a while, been fighting with the writer's block.
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