I'm a bitch. I am officially terrible. I am so sorry. 3 more months of no updates.
Oh, by the way. I have a challenge going foe myself to publish 50k words before the year ends. Most of it won't be on this archive, but I will get or done. So, yay! I can do this.
Disclaimer: Yada yada yada, Haven is not mine. It belongs to Syfy. Now for what you came here for.
Kendall Santos wandered into Haven PD, reminding herself to look slightly lost. The more innocent the better. That's what William had told her. So she faked a confused look and smiled, walking up to a man in a blue uniform that had his name, Stan, on it.
"Umm, hello. I'm Detective Kendall Santos, I was informed that my paperwork had made it through to chief Wuornos." She lied. William had conjured up false papers, but they damn sure weren't there. Unless you count being in her bag. Thank god for hacking.
Stan brought up the calendar for today, and sure enough this woman had an appointment with Nathan. However, the chief was actually quite late today. Something must have come up.
"Alright Detective. The chief is running a little late today, but you can wait in his office." Stan said, nodding toward the door of it. Kendall smiled and thanked him.
Bad move buddy. She thought, entering the room. She closed the door behind her, and grabbed the papers from her bag. Carefully, she planted them under some others, so it wouldn't seem suspicious.
Taking a quick look, she noticed part of the stack had Audrey Partner's name all over it. They were reinstatement papers.
William will want to know about this. She thought, placing her papers under the last one for Audrey to make it believeable. Kendall made a note in her phone to tell him, walking to the couch and sitting down.
Now it was just a matter of the waiting game.
"For the last time Nathan, I am perfectly capable of handling the troubles again! I don't need to 'ease into it'." Audrey argued, stepping out of the Bronco. Nathan was currently being chewed out for suggesting that perhaps, maybe, she needed to start off slow.
This has been happening for ten minutes now.
"I'm not saying you aren't, Parker. I'm just saying that it's not so smart for you to take it all on at once. We don't know how this last round in the barn effected you."
"It doesn't matter. The troubles won't ease into it, so why the hell should I waste my time doing so? We both know damn well I have more ability to handle them in a finger than any other cop you put on the case has in their whole body!" It was true. If Nathan wanted someone that could deal with the troubles, and do it right, there were about zero options outside of Audrey.
"I know that. But... nevermind." Nathan shook his head. Audrey stopped walking for a moment, taking note of his quickened, clearly brooding pace. She groaned under her breath.
"Damn I hate when he does that."
Audrey eventually caught up to Nathan, who had just been stopped by Rafferty. She gawked at Audrey for a couple seconds, before shaking her head.
"Um, chief. I'm supposed to let you know that a Kendall Santos is waiting in your office. Apparently has to do with paperwork to start her job here." She explained slowly, still shocked at Audrey's presence. Audrey raised a hand as if to wave, in an almost shy manner. These people weren't used to this by now?
"Okay. Thanks Rafferty." He nodded, heading for his office. Audrey chased after him, amazed that he could walk so fast.
As the door to Nathan's office opened Kendall stood, plastering a fake smile on her face. "Chief Wuornos, hi. I'm Detective Kendall Santos." She held out her hand, completely ignoring Audrey. Audrey bit her cheek, taking notice of the way this woman was batting her eyelashes at Nathan. Don't get jealous, don't get jealous. You're better than this, Parker. And... I'm jealous.
"Detective. Nice to meet you." He nodded, trying to remember when her paperwork had hit his desk. He couldn't recall seeing it, no matter how hard he tried. Nathan brushed it off, deciding he was probably just in his Audrey haze when he'd come across it. Audrey was still behind him, jaw clenched. She was fighting the urge to scream "I'm here too, you know!"
"Oh, hi. Detective Parker, right?" Kendall finally looked at her, a passive aggressive grin on her face. Audrey felt her mouth twist like she tasted something rotten, covering it with a fake smile.
"Yes. That's me. What brings you to Haven?" She was baiting Kendall, hoping that she'd say something fishy. There was something that seemed off about her. Audrey just couldn't decide what.
"Well, my brother just got married, and his wife is from here. I've, heard the stories. And I happen to love a good challenge." Kendall shrugged. Audrey forced a chuckle.
"Yep. Well, it's not as easy as it seems." The fact that this woman was just saying she liked a challenge proved she didn't know what the hell she was doing.
"Can't be that hard. You do it every day, right?" Kendall was trying to piss Audrey off, and it was working. Audrey clenched her jaw, and reminded herself that this woman was just being bitchy to get a reaction out of her. She wasn't about to give her one.
"Yes, I do. And I am looking forward to you seeing what it's like." She said it like she was being nice, but underneath she was praying this bitch had a near death experience and ran all the way back to whatever prissy hometown made her.
From the look on Kendall's face Audrey knew she understood that she was pissed. Nathan was just going through papers, not even recognizing that Parker was about to use her gun on Kendall.
"Ah. Found 'em." He raised the papers. His eyebrows furrowed, swearing he'd seen different papers when he started Audrey paperwork. Nathan chocked it up to seeing things, and opened the file drawer.
"Alright Detective Santos. You can start tomorrow morning, nine am. You'll have an office and a desk ready by then." Nathan handed her a card with an office number written on it. Kendall flashed him another flirty grin.
"Thank you, Chief Wuornos." She walked to the door, and turned around, a smirk on her face. "Detective Parker." Kendall then left. The second the door shut, Audrey sighed in relief.
"You are not seriously that dense."
"Huh?" Nathan looked at her, leaning on his desk. Audrey scoffed and crossed her arms.
"You can not seriously tell me you didn't realize she was flirting with you!" Nathan chuckled and playfully rolled his eyes.
"No, she wasn't Parker. You read too much into things. Kendall was just being nice."
"Are you forgetting how many times women have hit on you and I had to point it out? Yeah, you're just oblivious." Audrey argued. Nathan sighed, pinched the bridge of his nose, and waved her over.
"Come here, Parker."
"No."
"Audrey." He gave her that pleading look that she just couldn't resist. Audrey rolled her eyes and let her arms drop, heading for him. Nathan set his hands on her shoulders, looking her sternly in the eye.
"Hey. You are the most amazing woman I have ever met. Period. I love you, Parker. Some random detective is not going to change that."
Audrey sighed with a smile, and leaned her head on his shoulder. They stayed like that for what felt like hours, until Nathan's phone buzzed. He sighed at the sight of the text.
"Well, looks like you're getting what you want. There's a trouble down at old man Jenkins' farm. Let's go." Nathan stood up and headed for the door, Audrey close behind. As much as she hated the Troubles, she had to admit that she was looking forward to getting back in the field.
I hope this made up for my flakiness. Baii!