Chapter 4: Things Start Falling Into Place
Scotty's POV
After Lunch, Lil and I decide to go for a drive and explore LA. She seems even more quite than normal, and she hasn't looked me in the eyes all day.
"We gonna go to the bar tonight? Or do you wanna call it an early night?" She shrugs, this is getting frustrating. I realise I hurt her but this is getting ridiculous, we head back towards the hotel and before I can even park the car she is has opened the door and practically runs to her room. I walk onto my room and my phone starts to ring, checking the caller id I realise its Chris. For the first time since we started sleeping together I find I don't really want to talk to her. Sighing I flip open my phone.
"Hey Chris" I say and I hear her start to tell me that she misses me and the rest of what she is saying I have tuned out. For the first time since we started sleeping together I find that I really don't want to be with her.
"Look Chris I gotta go, I'll...err I'll call you later"
A few hours later I knocked on her door and she answers.
"You ready to go?" I ask
"Just give me a couple more minutes" She walked into the bathroom leaving the front door open. I step inside her room and take a seat on her bed. When she comes back out five minutes later I notice she has her hair out and she has straightened it. She looked...well, she looked gorgeous and I smiled at her.
"What?" she asked
"Nothin, you just look really...nice" I say, you look nice seriously is that all you can say, you look nice. I could have said you look fantastic, beautiful or hot. Well maybe not hot, that might not be the best thing to say to my girlfriend's sister and my partner.
"Thanks" she said and she gave me a smile. I hadn't seen her smile at me in so long. I find that I really missed it. She looks even more gorgeous when she is smiling. Hang on where are these thought comming from and why am I suddenly thinking how amazingly gorgeous my partner is.
"Should we get going?" she asks
Talk Valens she just asked you a question, my brain screams "Yeah...okay" I manage. Oh yeah that great, you sound like a blithering idiot. She is now looking at me curiously and I stand up following her the door to the car.
Arriving at the Bar a few minutes later, we spot the others sitting in a booth towards the back. I offer to get us drinks and she goes over to join them. I carry our beers over to the booth and, already I see Peter has started trying to chat her up. I shake my head and sink down in the last remaining chair by the table handing Lilly her beer.
I manage to get into a debate with Thomas about football and before I know it, Lilly is leaving with Peter.
"Do you need a lift back Lil?" I asked
"Nah, I fine Pete here is going to give me a tour of LA" she says I can't help but notice she is a little tipsy. Peter winks at the others behind Lil's back and leads her out the door, I am starting to think this ain't such a good idea and I made to stand up. Until a hand is placed on my shoulder, Turing I see Mark shaking his head.
"Don't worry man, she'll be okay. Pete wouldn't try anything" I am not entirely sure about that my instincts are screaming at me to protect her, but I suppose if I do that Lil would kick my arse for being too over protective. I finally concede and sink back into the chair; Lt Davidson started to tell me some of the stories of when Boss and he were at the academy. I am not really paying attention cause all I think about is a slightly drunk Lil and a not so drunk Peter. I seen it before when I was on patrol, god how many rapes and assaults was I called out on when they involved a drunken woman and a relatively sober man.
"I think I might call it a night" I say and I stand up and wave goodbye the others. I am so engrossed in worrying about Lil that it's a few seconds before I realise that my phone is ringing.
"Valens" I say, not bothering to check to caller ID
"Detective Valens, Its Gina"
"Oh hello, what can I do for you?" I ask. Focus on the case Valens, I scream at myself eternally.
"I remembered something else about the day I was attack" she says "I spoke to the nurse; she says you can come now if you want"
"I am on my way" I say and I jump into the car and head over to the hospital.
It didn't take me long to reach the hospital and as I made my way up to Gina's room I considered calling Lil. Maybe I'll just see what Gina's got to tell me than call her, that way I can check up on her while not appearing to do so.
"Hey" I say entering her room
"Hello detective, thanks for comming"' she said propping herself up on her pillows
"No problem, so what can you remember?" I ask
"I think I remember this sticker he had in the window, it was a parking permit for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital"
"Really" I try not to get to excited, this could be the break in the case we been looking for
"Does that help?" she asked
"Yeah, it definitely helps" I say "We can run permit holders against what cars they drove may narrow our search down"
I stand up "I let you know, thanks Gina" she smiles and nods
"I just want to be able to help you catch this guy" she says and I smile back.
"I better go call my partner so we can get started on this" and I leave whipping out my phone as I leave and dialling the familiar number.
A/n: Now they are getting somewhere, by the way if I get anything wrong about any of the places in Philly or LA in fact anywhere in America wrong I apologise. I am an Australia and I may occasionally get a few things wrong.