Joanna had no choice then it was either go back home and get babied by her parents or share a flat with this stranger.
"I think you two will get along well" Meg said as they loaded Joanna's stuff into a cab. Well mainly Meg did Joanna couldn't with her cane.
"So is she like that all the time or was she putting on a show or something?" Joanna asked.
"Well I don't know her that well but I assume she's always like that" Meg answered.
"And how do you know her?"
"Well last year my brother got blamed for some sort of car graffiti incident and Sherlena got on the case and she solved it and also proved him innocent. And I meet her up for coffee every now and then. I get the feeling she needs a friend you know must be hard trying to find one with a mind like hers" The cabbie honked at them to speed up.
"Hold on a moment" Meg snapped.
"Here I'll just carry this box then I have to say I helped out in some way" Joanna said.
"No it's fine you know I'm sure it's hard now for you..." Meg tried to avoid saying it.
"Go on say it I'm a cripple"
"Technically you're not though" The cabbie honked again.
"OI I don't see what you're in a hurry for? I'm the one who's paying you. So shut your face or I'll call your bloody boss and the next thing you'll be driving is a bicycle you got that" Joanna threatened. She then packed away the last box into the trunk.
"Well it's been fun Meg maybe I'll see you soon" Joanna promised as she hugged her.
"Maybe Jo" Meg smiled at her as Joanna got in the car.
"221B baker street please" Joanna informed the cabbie.
"Would you like the A/C blasting your majesty?" Joanna rolled her eyes at the man as she got her phone out of her pocket. She immediately went to sent messages and saw what Sherlena had sent on my phone.
"If brother has green ladder arrest brother
-SH"
So who exactly was she this Sherlena Holmes. Was she like some sort Nancy Drew character or like a superhero who didn't wear a mask? Joanna found it strange how she could read out her life story by just looking at her. About fifteen minutes later the cab stopped in front of this sandwich shop and right next to it was a door to a flat complex and standing right next to the door was Sherlena Holmes. Sherlena watched as Joanna got out of the car and noticed her go to the trunk where she tried to pull out a couple suitcases but it was going unsuccessfully.
"Need help with that" Sherlena offered.
"No I've got it" Joanna answered being stubborn as she got one of the suitcases out but nearly fell.
"Come on speed it up" the cabbie shouted at them. Sherlena rolled her eyes at the man as she grabbed the remaining suitcases and put them out on the sidewalk.
"Thanks" Joanna said unenthusiastically. She hated it when others did stuff for her it made her feel weak like she couldn't do anything anymore. It was like being a toddler again. Joanna walked up to the cabbie and paid him.
"No tip" he complained.
"Oh I think you have plenty enough for your cocaine" Sherlena said as she noticed the white smudges on his dark cardigan, how irritated his nose looked, and the large amount of money stashed in the glove box.
"You do know that's illegal right. I'm sure detective inspector Lestrade, who I personally know by the way, would love to arrest another crack head" Sherlena threatened. The cabbie glared at her and tipped his hat at Joanna.
"Have a nice day you two ladies" he said the gritted teeth.
"Oh piss off" Sherlena said to him before he drove off. She turned around and looked at Joanna and saw the astounded look on her face and she just simply gave her a smile.
"So I see your going to take the flat share then"
"Urm yeah I just really need a place to stay and I thought I could move in today if that's alright with you" Joanna almost stuttered. Being around Sherlena made her slightly nervous. She then took a survey of the area from the looks of it, it looked like you had to have enough money to go to Harvard without being on financial aid.
"This is quite the place are you sure it's affordable?" she asked.
"I know Mr. Hudson, the landlord, gave me a special deal and he owes me a favor. His wife got sentenced to death in Florida" Sherlena told her.
"So you stopped his wife from being executed?"
"Oh no I ensured it" Sherlena smirked to herself. Just then the door opened to reveal this very sweet looking old man.
"Sherlena look at you beautiful as ever" he complimented as he hugged.
"Good evening Mr. Hudson this my new flatmate I was talking to you about earlier, Joanna Watson" Sherlena nodded her head at her.
"Oh hello, darling come on in" he invited her in.
Hang on earlier Joanna suddenly realized.
"You already knew I was gonna be your flatmate?" she asked Sherlena as they walked up the stairs.
"Oh please the moment I saw you I knew you would be the person" Sherlena said. Joanna didn't know if that was supposed to be taken as a compliment or not. When the finally got to the room Joanna say the place had a nice layout. The living room was huge and a bit dirty, there was a nice kitchen with some sort of chemistry set on the table, and two the right was a hallway that led to some bedrooms.
"So what do you think?" Sherlena asked.
"It's nice could use some cleaning up" Joanna suggested. She hadn't always been a neat freak but this was out of control.
"Oh well I could clean it up later I guess if you have a problem with it"
"You have a skull on your mantle" Joanna said randomly as she looked at the fireplace where a very real looking human skull was looking at her.
"Friend of mine, well I say friend" Sherlena shrugged.
"Sherlena look at the mess you've made" Mr. Hudson commented when he stepped into the kitchen. Joanna plopped down in a little arm chair and relaxed for a moment. Sherlena was over by the table looking at the newspaper. Joanna could slightly read on the front page that it said something about three serial suicides.
"You looking into the those suicides by any chance Sherlena, there's been three already" Mr. Hudson asked.
"Four, there's been a fourth and something different this time" Sherlena corrected her as she looked out the window. Joanna raised her eyebrow at the comment could now hear approaching footsteps and in the door appeared this tall woman, with graying hair slicked back in a professional ponytail. Joanna noticed from the way Sherlena and the woman looked at each other that they knew each other.
"Where is it?" Sherlena asked.
"It's on your turf actually Reichenbach Medical University" the woman answered. Joanna was listening intently now to the conversation.
"What's different about this one? You wouldn't have come to get me if it was something different"
"I'm not that dependent on you" the woman crossed her arms. Sherlena gave her a look and the woman smiled at her. They were sort of interacting like Mother and daughter but there was clearly no relation between them at all.
"You know how they never leave notes?" the woman asked. Sherlena nodded.
"This one dude. Will you come?"
"Who's on forensics?"
"Anderson"
"Uck I hate Anderson I can't work with her she's such a dinosaur"
"Well she won't be your assistant, sweetheart"
"I need one though"
"Will you come?"
"Not in a police car I'll be right behind you" Sherlena answered. The woman turned towards Joanna and Mr. Hudson and told her goodbye. How was that in the span of two minutes Joanna's curiosity towards who Sherlena exactly was had grown to the size of mount Vernon. Once the woman had left the room Sherlena unexpectedly started jumping up and down clapping her hands together very quickly, almost looking like a normal twenty year old girl.
"BRILLIANT. AHHHH FOUR SERIAL SUICIDES AND NOW A NOTE. AHHH IT'S LIKE CHRISTMAS" Sherlena celebrated. Joanna looked at her strangely this wasn't the thing most people usually celebrated over.
"Mr. Hudson I'll be back I might need some food when I return" Sherlena asked of the woman.
"I'm your landlord not your housekeeper Sherlena"
"Tea and biscuits will be fine, Joanna the remotes on the coffee table entertain yourself" Sherlena advised as she ran out. Joanna felt disappointed now. She really wanted to go with Sherlena the thought of going to a crime scene sounded almost exciting. If Sherlena got a kick out of it that means there had to be something good about this crime scene.
"Look at her dashing about. My wife was just like that, but you look like more of the sitting down type which is good. I'll make you a cuppa why don't you sit down and rest your leg" Mr. Hudson tried to talk to Joanna.
"DAMN MY LEG" Joanna cursed feeling angry of having to stay behind because of her stupid leg. Mr. Hudson looked at her completely shocked.
"Sorry I am so sorry it's just my leg" she tried to apologize.
"It's alright I've got a bad hip"
"Sorry that cuppa sounds wonderful thank you"
"All right just this once I'm not your housekeeper"
"And some cookies could do too if you could make any"
"Not your housekeeper" her reminded her. Joanna looked at the newspaper Sherlena had been looking at and saw a picture of the woman who had just been in there flat. Apparently the woman was Detective Inspector Lestrade, the woman Sherlena had threatened to call earlier. Suddenly Joanna noticed that Sherlena was back in the doorway looking at her.
"You're a med student" Sherlena said to her as if she just realized this.
"Yes" Joanna answered.
"Any good?"
"I guess I just started"
"From being with your dad in the military you've seen a lot of blood and action right?"
"Yeah"
"Wanna see some more?"
"Oh god yes" Joanna smiled at her.
"Sorry Mr. Hudson I'm going with Sherlena" Joanna apologized.
"Really the both of you are leaving?" he asked.
"Undecipherable suicides, four of them. There's no point in just sitting here when there's finally something fun to do" Sherlena explained.
"Oh look at the two of you. You really need boyfriends" Joanna laughed at that.
"Boyfriends I have no need for boyfriends when the game is on" Sherlena told her as her and Joanna walked out the door.