Chapter 2
Bed Time
"So I figure I can follow you to your house and then we can ride over to my house in my car," Lindsay said after they had waved good bye to Jill and Claire.
"Um…ok well won't Travis find it weird if I'm gone tomorrow and my car isn't?" asked Cindy walking towards her little red car.
"Yeah you are right. I suppose you are going to have to follow me to my house," said Lindsay.
"Ok just follow me and I'll see you at my house," Cindy said getting in her car.
"You can just stay down here and I'll be right back with clothes," Cindy said when they pulled up to her apartment.
"No way you aren't going up there alone," said Lindsay shaking her head firmly.
"Lindsay it could be dangerous," said Cindy. "And I don't want you getting hurt," she added in a low whisper looking down at her feet suddenly finding them very interesting.
"That's sweet but I am a cop I think I can handle myself," Lindsay said reassuringly to Cindy using her finger to tilt Cindy's chin up to look at her. Cindy sucked in a breath and flinched a little at being touched. Lately she wasn't use to be touched so gently. "Besides, I don't want you going up there alone," Lindsay added.
"Ok, he passed out on the couch earlier tonight after he hit me, so that's where he should still be," said Cindy knowing there would be no use arguing with the inspector. She looked down ashamed that she let herself get into such a physically, emotionally, and mentally abusive relationship.
"Let's go, we'll just have to be quiet. All you need tonight is a change of clothes we can get the rest of your stuff later preferably when he isn't around," Lindsay said taking Cindy's hand gently. Cindy shivered slightly at the touch from the inspector but not enough for Lindsay to notice it.
Cindy leads Lindsay up into the 2 room apartment quietly. She leaves Lindsay by the door and tiptoes to the bedroom to grab her stuff for the night. She notices that Travis is still passed out on the couch. She also notices that Lindsay has her hand a lot closer to her gun then it was before. Cindy grabs her clothes for the next day and pajamas. She then ran and grabbed her toothbrush from the bathroom.
"Ready?" asked Lindsay.
"Yep let's go," Cindy said grabbing her laptop and taking one last look at Travis before following Lindsay out of the apartment.
"The couch pulls out to a pretty comfortable bed you can have that for the night," Lindsay said pointing to the couch in the middle of the room. "I'll give you some sheets and blankets," she added reaching down to pet Martha who had come up to greet them at the door.
"Ok um may I use your bathroom to get ready for bed?" Cindy asked also reaching down to pet Martha who was brushing against her legs looking for attention.
"Sure just down the hall," Lindsay said pointing.
"Thanks," said Cindy nodding her head and making her way towards the bathroom. Lindsay went to the kitchen to feed Martha and give her fresh water. Cindy came out of the bathroom a few minutes later in a pair of grey sweatpants and a pink long sleeved shirt. Her red hair was in a messy bun and her make-up was taken off. Lindsay had never seen Cindy without her reporter attire on. And it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. She quickly shook those thoughts out of her head. She had been thinking about the red head a little too much lately and not necessarily in a friendly way. As far as she could tell Cindy was straight and if she wasn't probably wouldn't want to date her anyway. She wasn't known to exactly be forthcoming with her feelings and tended to shut down a lot. It came with being a cop for so long.
"All done," Cindy said making sure her sleeves covered another one of her secrets. A frightening one and it wasn't the only one. Her biggest concern was making sure Lindsay and the others never found out about the other two.
"Want something to drink?" Lindsay asked.
"Actually I'm wiped if you just tell me where the sheets are I'm going to go to bed if that's ok with you," Cindy said rubbing her eyes.
"Yea sure that's fine. I can grab the sheets and other stuff for you they are just in my bedroom closet," Lindsay said thinking to herself that Cindy looked pretty cute when she was rubbing her eyes, almost innocent. "Here you go," said Lindsay handing Cindy a sheet for the bed, blankets, and two pillows from her closet.
"Thanks," Cindy said giving Lindsay a small smile.
"No problem. Good night Cindy," Lindsay said giving a smile in return, a rarity. Lindsay definitely wasn't the one to give fake niceties.
"Night Lindsay," Cindy replied. She then left the room to get the pull out couch ready to sleep. Lindsay also got ready for bed. Both had work in the morning.
Both eventually fell into a peaceful sleep but it wouldn't last long.
To be continued?
Ok I know, it's kind of dark. All my stories seem to be. It's how I deal with my daily stress so if you don't like a tiny bit of darkness then don't read it. I have already started chapter 3, a great activity in my 75 minute Music 100 lecture. I hope you enjoy this chapter.