AN: This wasn't up as quickly as I wanted it to be. I curse Orange is the New Black. Such a great show though.
Anyways, as always I don't own the show or the characters.
Hope you enjoy it!
Holly shakes her head at me and scoots out of the booth waiting patiently. I slip out of the booth and grab my bag slinging it over my shoulder. I follow her out of The Penny standing a couple paces behind her. My eyes get wide when she presses the unlock button alerting me of her car. I hesitantly reach for the handle of her Audi A8 afraid to touch it. She slips into the car and a couple seconds later I get the courage to pop the door open and climb into it.
I place my bag in my lap and pull the seatbelt slowly over my shoulder and click it into the holder. I look around the car, not able to see much but still stay completely shocked. Holly looks over at me with her eyebrows raised, "Where to, miss?" I give her directions to my apartment making sure not to touch or knock anything out of place when pointing to streets.
Holly pulls the apartment complex and parks pulling the keys out of the ignition. I get out of the car and she follows suit. "Holy hell, I don't think I've ever been in a car that costs more than I make in a year. It's probably going to go down in value just from letting me ride in it." Holly shakes her head and nods towards the building. I pull out my keys and walk up the couple stair to the lobby door, Holly in tow. The elevator ride up to my apartment was silent and maybe a bit awkward.
"Evenin' Gail." The gruff voice calls from down the hallway. I smile at the older man standing at his doorway with his dog next to him.
"Good evening Mr. Edwards, how are you tonight?" I ask slipping my key into the lock.
"You know, just another day livin'. Just gettin' back from taking Lucky here on a walk." I open my door up and direct Holly in.
"Aw, you should have let me known you were planning on taking your weekly walk tonight, I would have joined you." I said taking a couple steps towards the man and his dog, leaning down to pet Lucky on the head.
"I've heard you come in late the last couple nights, figured you were working either long shifts or undercover. I didn't want to tire you out, dear."
"Nonsense, let me know when you plan on going next week and I'll join you. You know I secretly like our gossip hour."
The older man lets out a laugh that sounds more like a cough than anything. "Alright, well you two lovely ladies have a good night, I'll talk to you later Gail." He nods his head in departure and disappears into his apartment.
I turn around towards my apartment and see Holly with a bright smile. I roll my eyes and push her into my apartment, locking the door behind me. She looks around my small place and takes the little that I have around in. I drop the keys in the bowl by the front door and kick my boots off grabbing the mail off the floor before making my way deeper into my apartment.
Holly pulls her shoes off and sets them neatly next to the couple pairs of shoes I have laid out haphazardly near the front door. She walks into the living area of the apartment and over to the couch plopping down on it.
"Sorry that my place isn't much, I'm kind of in between right now."
"Oh no, it's totally nice. Not much around, but very police officer-esque."
"I don't know if I should take that as a compliment or an insult. Want a drink?"
"What do you have?" She asks looking over the back of the couch.
"Beer, water, beer, beer, a lot of tequila, some jack, more beer."
"I'll take a beer then."
"Awh, no tequila tonight?" I ask throwing a wink over my shoulder at her.
"Bad things happened the last time we drank tequila together."
"I wouldn't quite say they were bad things," I hand her the beer over the back of the couch before walking around in front of it. "We both know we had fun."
"Yes, we did have fun, but I'm not quite that kind of person."
"The kind of person who has fun?" I quip looking down at her from the opposite side of the coffee table.
"The kind of person who just has random hook-ups. At least not since I was out of university." Holly shrugs and places her beer on the coffee table in front of us.
"I'm that kind of person," I look at Holly, my eyes narrowed. "At least I used to be that person. Attachment isn't quite my bag," I clear my throat and turn towards the rack holding all my movies. "So, what shall it be?"
"What kind of movies do you have?" Holly asks standing up off the couch.
"I have too many, I decided I needed to collect them when I was at university."
"Shut the hell up, you have Chicago?!" Holly grabs the DVD case from the rack turning it over in her hands. I grab it quickly placing it back on the shelf looking down at my feet.
"I might have a soft spot for musicals, don't ask."
"Oh, I would never dare too," Holly knocks her shoulder into mine. "Ooh, how about a scary one? I haven't seen Friday the 13th in a coon's age."
"A coon's age?" I ask pulling the movie off the rack popping the DVD case open and placing it in the player.
"Yeah, a coon's age. You've never heard that saying?"
"No," I grab the remote from the entertainment center, "but I also didn't go up in the woods either." I say as I plop down on the couch.
Holly gives me her token lopsided grin and sits down next to me. We both settle into a comfortable silence as the movie starts up. I kick my feet up and rest them on the coffee table sinking lower into the sofa, my body finally beginning to relax after the last couple long, hellish, days. I feel Holly move next to me and look over at her. She is completely enthralled with the horrible, yet classic movie playing on the TV.
About half way through the movie I feel the cushion dip next to me and black hair fall over my leg as Holly rests her head on my thigh. After a couple minutes of hesitation I gently lay my hand on her shoulder slowly making circles over her skin with my thumb. She lets out a sigh of content her body melting into the couch comfortably.
Before I know it my fingers find home in her hair, slowly combing through it mindlessly. A little snore escapes her and I lean over to see that she is sleeping peacefully. I feel a little knot tighten in my stomach and can't help the smile that spreads across my face. I turn the volume down on the TV and grab the blanket from the back of the couch. Gently without jostling her I try to get the blanket to lay over her resting body. After a couple minutes of struggle I finally succeed and get comfortable again my eyes beginning to droop closed.
The smell of coffee wafting through the air stirs me awake. I blink my eyes a couple times rubbing the cramp out of my neck. I take a deep breath in and stretch my body out, letting out a loud moan, "Fuuuuuccckkk." I rub my hands over my face and stand up, heading towards the kitchen. I see Holly milling about the small room grabbing cups out of the cupboard and fixing two cups of coffee. The smile that I didn't realize I had on gets bigger as she turns around with the mugs in her hands.
"I wasn't sure how you took it so I just did straight black. Bitter and sweet, kind of like you," Holly hands the mug to me. I roll my eyes and take the cup between my hands.
"Ha, ha, so funny. You don't know me well enough to say that I'm bitter," Holly raises her brow while taking a sip from her mug.
"Okay, I am kind of bitter sometimes. Sweet though? Not sweet at all," I slip into a seat at the small table in the middle of the room and wrap my hands around the mug, letting the warmth seep into my body. "You don't have to work today?"
"No, I do, but it's only 6:30 so I've got a couple hours yet."
"Shit, it's that early? The one day I get to sleep in this week," I take a long sip from my coffee and stretch across the table resting my head against the cool wood.
"Sorry that I woke you up then," Holly says taking the seat across from me.
"You totally should be, how very rude of you." I look up towards her.
"Sorry for staying the night."
"What? No, you're fine it was late when the movie started anyways. God I'm hungry."
"I was going to make food, but you really only have cheese puffs and milk. You can't really make breakfast with those."
"But cheese puffs are good at all times of the day, Holly," I tell her in a serious tone. "I'd take you to breakfast but I don't have a car, so that would technically mean you'd have to take me to breakfast."
"Are you asking me out on another date, Officer Peck?"
"No," I take another drink of my coffee and look at her over the rim of the cup. "Can you consider breakfast a date?"
"I don't know, I haven't dated in a long time."
"So breakfast?" I ask "There is this delicious diner down the street from here. Some of the best pancakes ever. We could probably walk instead of driving."
"Do you want some of this omelet? There is no way I'm going to finish all of it." Holly ask when she gets about half way through with it. I'm still going to town on my double stack of pancakes.
"Not after you lathered it in that shit," I point to her food, it covered in ketchup. "I'm allergic to tomatoes, and I hate eggs, so kind of a double whammy," I finish shoving another huge bite of pancakes in my mouth.
Holly nods in acknowledgement, taking another couple small bites of her food while I gracefully shovel bite after bite of pancake into my face. "You eat like you've never tasted food before."
"You haven't tried these pancakes though," I cut off a small piece of pancake and offer it towards her. Holly tentatively takes the pancake off the fork and begins chewing it.
"Holy hell, these are some of the best pancakes I've ever had. However, not better than the ones I make," Holly flags the waitress down and asks for the check after checking her watch. "Time to go play with dead things."
"You're so very weird," I finish off the rest of the pancakes and toss a couple bills on the table towards the bill. "We can go halfsies on this one."
Holly looks at the bill and then the couple bills laying on the table, she pushes them towards me, "How about you cover the tip? I'll pay for the food this time."
"Sounds like a deal," I grab the money off the table and leave a five within the mess of our plates.
The walk back to my apartment was a quick one filled with laughs and brushed arms. I turn towards Holly and give her a big cheesy smile, "Thanks for breakfast and coffee."
"Oh, you're so very welcome," she replies stepping closer towards me.
"We should do it again soon, maybe?"
"We could get dinner when I'm done tonight."
"Weekly family dinner," I roll my eyes. "I'd much rather get dinner with you though."
"Well then, perhaps another night?"
"I will text you with the nights that I'm free," Holly slips her hands around my waist, pulling me in for a hug. I pull her the slightest bit closer my fingers tickling at the base of her neck. I pull back from her and my fingertips trail over the sides of her neck. My thumb runs slowly over her lower lip before darting my tongue across my lips quickly. Without a second thought I press my lips softly into hers. I feel her lips curl into a smile against mine, I place a small peck against her lips before pulling back. "Have a good day at work."
"I definitely will now."
And with that Holly turns on her heels and makes her way to her car. I stand on the sidewalk and watch her slip into it and drive off down the street.
Hope it was good! I love reviews! (:
-K.