Chapter 2

When the alarm clock of Gail went off Gail sighed. "Ugh, I don't want to do this" Gail said as she stood up and dressed herself for work. She was going to see Chris and Dov, how much fun? Gail looked into the mirror, she looked okay for a woman that had cried for hours. When she was dressed she walked to the kitchen finding her mother cooking pancakes and her father reading the newspaper.

"Goodmorning" Elaine and Gail's father said in union.

"Yeah goodmorning mom and dad'' Gail said, what are they so happy about? I am so not a morning person.

"I made you some pancakes" Elaine said as she shifted them on a plate and shoved the plate to Gail who already was seated at the kitchen table. As Gail started to eat her pancakes her parents were looking at Gail. Gail was getting suspicious "Is there something you guys want to say?" Gail asked her parents. "You are moving out of that apartment right?" Elaine asked her daugther. "Yes like asap, but I have a shift till 18:00 so.." "We have already arranged some movers, you don't have to go back to that place" Elaine said. "Okay, great" as Gail flashed a smile.

This is so awkward, Gail was thinking to herself, everyone of the 15th division was sitting in the meeting room. Chris was assigned on street patrol with Dov and Gail was assigned with Swarek. She did not look one moment in Chris its direction, both of them wanted to avoid any contact even eye contact.

Swarek was driving the police car as Gail was sitting in the passenger's seat and just staring out of the window. Swarek noticed that something was off with Gail, she is always ... "So Peck, what is with you today?" "I just had a bad evening okay, that's all" Gail answered still looking out of the side window. "Well lighten up it's a beautiful day today, and we will probably find a new city asshole to arrest" Swarek said.

After an hour driving Dov and Chris got out of the police car. They were walking in the city's park when they reached a quiet area Chris used the opportunity to talk to his so called friend.

"So Dov, anything you need to tell me?" Chris walked a little behind Dov so Dov was surprised when Chris finally started to talk since the whole drive was quiet. Dov was hammered "I, uhm well" "I think you have a lot of explaining to do, firstly where you always after Gail?" Chris asked seriously, rage was building up you could see it in his eyes. "No, well maybe, listen I was just high on those pills" Dov said panicked he didn't know where to look. Chris grabbed Dov by his collar and pushed him to a nearby tree "I thought you were my friend, but I should have known that you were after Gail" Chris was cut off by the walkie talkie device "507 responding" Chris said as he walked away to the police car. Dov walked behind Chris when Chris turned around "I'm not done with you" Chris said to Dov.

Gail was glad that her shift was finally over and fastly drove home, she did not want to be in the locker room with any of her fellow rookies especially not Chris nor Dov. Her mobile was going off, it was her mother "Gail, sweety" "Hi mom" Gail said wondering why her mother could not wait until she was home. "I am right now at your old well new apartment!" Elaine said with joy "What? serious mom?" Gail said not believing her mother. "Yes I am sweety, go to Saint Clair Avenue!" Her mother said in all her excitement. Gail raced to Saint Clair Avenue finding the moving company's car parked before her apartment. When raced to the second floor finding her mom in the living room. "Welcome to your new place" "Wow mom, I did not know this was for rent again" Gail said looking around in amazement, she was glad to having her own place again. "I knew you wanted this place back the movers are bringing stuff up so tell them everything got to be" Elaine said. As the movers came both Gail and her mother Elaine were directing the movers.

At the black penny Chris and Andy were sitting at a table in the back, both were sipping on their beer. "So, what's all the tension between you, Gail and Dov? You three have been quiet the whole day" Andy asked, those three were always talking and laughing at work but today all three were distant and quiet. "Yesterday evening, I saw Gail and Dov sitting in their police car after shift and they were talking about something and, they... they looked so close, like " Chris was seeing it all over again "like it was something that I must not know about"

"Since when are they close?" Andy asked, totally not seeing Gail and Dov? seriously? "I don't know when it started I did not see the signs, I thought it was innocent playing the video games and joking around but apparently something else was going on" Chris said sadly, he had a hard time believing it, his girl with his friend it felt like a horrible nightmare. Andy rested a hand on his shoulders "I'm sorry Chris, I can't imagine how bad you are feeling right now" Andy said, thinking about her own love life. "I really don't know who to blame or if I can ever trust her, I'm starting to think that I have not been giving her enough attention like why did I not see that between them? They lived practically under my roof!" Chris was getting more fed up when he thought about it. The whole night he could not sleep, every minute he was wondering how he did not see it between them. "Someone needs to earn your trust Chris, you need time it will heal your wounds" Andy said hoping she could help her friend. She and Chris always had a close bond like a brother and sister or something like that.

Gail was sitting on her couch in her old/new apartment. She lived here before she moved in with Chris and Dov. She decorated it differently this time, it was not completely done yet but you could feel the ambiance already. She had invited two close friends she still know from high school, Macy and Lynn. "Well it's sad that you and Chris broke up, he's actually good looking for a cop" Macy joked. Gail didn't mention to her friends about Dov and his part in the break up, she thought that those details were unneccasary. "You should not say that Macy" Lynn said cleary heavy on the wine. "It sucks, I mean I do not even know what I did wrong but you know men are just dogs" Gail said sipping on her third glass of wine. She really needed some alcohol after all the drama. She could not drink in her parents house, but now she had her own place again (what a relief!) she could do whatever she felt like. All the girls then raised their glasses "Cheers, that we always have eachother" Macy toasted and the girls were having the time of their life, Gail was happy that she could take her mind of Chris.