Chapter 9

Juliet didn't wait for the car to stop, she bolted out of the car and looked around. "Where's the crime scene?" she questioned in a panic. Chief Vick pointed to an apartment several feet away from them. Juliet rushed to the apartments and turned back to Chief Vick that was surprisingly close behind. "What floor?" Juliet asked, walking into the lobby.

"Floor three." Chief Vick told. Juliet quickly nodded, leading the way again to the third floor. They went through the first door in the hallway. It was the crime scene. The room was empty, besides the body of course. Chief Vick signaled for Lassiter to search the other rooms while she brought Juliet to look in the other apartments. Juliet took out her phone and texted Shawn. Where are you? She waited for a response as they searched the second room in the hallway. The apartment was set up normally and there was nothing suspicious anywhere.

Lassiter walked into the apartment. "I'm going to check the security footage, find out what room they went to." Lassiter told. Chief Vick nodded, giving her 'okay'. She and Juliet knocked on the next apartment door, hoping for an answer, so they wouldn't have to pick the lock. No answer. Juliet knocked again.

"SBPD, open up!" she called, knocking on the door as loud as possible. "Pick the lock." Juliet sighed, turning to Chief Vick. Chief crouched down and picked the lock. There was a soft Click! Juliet opened the door and looked around. "SBPD!" Juliet called, drawing her gun from her belt. Chief Vick followed close behind checking each room on the left. There was a closed door where the bedroom should be. Juliet tried to open it but it was locked. She looked towards Chief Vick, who nodded. Juliet kicked down the door to find Shawn, tied to a chair, a gun to his head.

"Freeze!" Juliet screamed at the man holding the gun.

"Don't move, or I shoot." the man threatened, his voice shaking.

Juliet looked at Shawn's surprisingly calm face. He stared at Juliet, concentrating on her.

"Lower your weapon." Juliet commanded. The man didn't listen. "Sir, if you don't lower your weapon, I will be forced to shoot you." Juliet warned, holding her gun in line with his right eye. Shawn widened his eyes as if he were trying to tell Juliet something. He moved his arm around slowly, then pushed it to the side, elbowing the man in his leg. He cursed in pain, turning to face Shawn. Anger burned in his eyes. Juliet rushed towards the man, grabbing the gun from him. She threw it behind her and pinned his arm behind his back. The man struggled, but Juliet held his arms behind his back. She handcuffed him and 'handed him off' to Chief Vick. Juliet looked at Shawn's face, bruised on almost a whole side. She wrapped her arms around him, not wanting to let go.

She pulled away a little bit, still keeping her arms around him. "Are you okay?" she asked concerned. Shawn nodded. He pulled her into a tight hug, kissing her on the head. "We need to talk... later." Juliet blurted out. She kissed him on the mouth and led him out of the room, holding his hand tighter than before.

Juliet knocked on the door to questioning room 3. Shawn was in there giving his statement. She slowly opened the door and sat down on the other side of the table. Shawn was quickly scratching words into the paper. She didn't even know if Shawn noticed her. "Shawn?" Juliet began.

Shawn looked up from the few papers he was filling out. "Hi Jules." he answered blandly. He continued writing his statement.

"Shawn, we need to talk... about us." Juliet said softly. Shawn looked up.

"Look, Jules, if this is another one of your 'I can't be with you' talks, I don't want to hear it. I can't deal with that right now." Shawn snapped.

Juliet was a bit taken back by Shawn's impenitence, but she knew she deserved it. "No, Shawn. It's actually the complete opposite." Juliet chuckled. Shawn fixed his gaze on Juliet. "Today I realized how torn up I would be without you. Imagining you not being here, with me, it was just... so... unnerving, I guess." Juliet admitted. Shawn continued to stare at Juliet, a smile playing at his lip. "Shawn, what I'm trying to say is, I think that, even though I say that 'It's hormones' and 'I didn't mean it', I actually mean everything, nice, I've ever said to you." She smiled. Shawn stared at her in awe.

"Jules, I..." He started. Juliet was quiet. "I've been waiting for you to say that." he smiled. "Because," he fiddled around with the pen in his hand, "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

DUN DUN DAAAAA!

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