Part 2: Don't Worry
"Seriously Deac, don't worry." Josie said a few days later as her brother led her into SWAT Headquarters for her first day of work, "I don't think Hicks will let me do anything stupid."
"I know, I just worry about you.' Deacon returned glancing over his shoulder at her.
She offered him a smile, "I know, it's the big brother thing, but this is going to be good for me. I am not joining the LAPD nor I am joining SWAT, all I am doing is answering phones and getting coffee. Stuff I have done before."
Deacon nodded his head with a sigh, the last thing he wanted was his sister to be in any sort of harm's way or around his coworkers. Luca especially, had a habit of being a playboy and he didn't want Josie to be the next notch on Luca's belt. And he knew his sister as much she wanted to act like she didn't want a relationship but she did. His wife Annie had told him as much.
She wanted to settle down and start a family. One reason that she stayed so far away from him and Annie was that she was jealous that she didn't have that or have kids. She wanted that, she wanted to do something meaningful. And for Deacon he had to keep all this knowledge to himself. Until Josie felt like she could talk to him about everything.
"Ah, Miss Kay, I am glad you could make it." Hicks said with a smile seeing Kay siblings coming to a stop in front of his office. "Of course." Josie grinned, "Big brother is just being a little more over protective." "Of course, we wouldn't have it any other way." "I will see you later." Deacon said, giving the commander a look before going back down stairs.
"Be careful." Josie said, removing her jacket and going over to the desk that Hicks had set up in front of his office.
"So it's Josie's first day today?" Luca asked Deacon once he was in the locker room. "Yes it is. She is upstairs with Hicks right now." Luca nodded his head as he pulled his gear belt out of his locker. "I just can't believe that we have another Kay working with us." He wasn't going to admit to Deacon that he and Josie had been talking and texting for the last few days and he was learning more and more about the younger Kay sibling, the more, the more he became interested in her. And he felt that it was mutual but he wasn't going to bring that up.
From what they had all seen Deacon was so overprotective of his younger sister. He wanted to protect her from the horrors that they see on a daily basis and from heartbreak. But it was only a matter of time before she outgrew it and decided that she needed to do things on her own.
Luca's phone beeped on the shelf and he pulled it out and smirked seeing Josie's name flashing on it.
"What's with the look Luca?" Hondo asked as he shut his locker door. "Nothing, don't worry about it.' He said, typing a quick reply and shoving his phone back into his pocket. "Sure it's nothing."
"Come with me Josie." Hicks said coming out of his office a few minutes after he had left her alone, "I am going down to brief the team with Captain Cortez and I want you with us." "Yes sir." Josie said locking her computer and standing up. "Is this going to be normal?" "No, I just want you to get used to this." He returned, "and get used to the office." Josie nodded her head and smoothed her hands over her linen pants. "Okay, I can't thank you enough for this Commander Hicks." "No need to thank me. Deacon's family is our family and I am more than happy to help you out."