Aiden awoke at his usual time, had breakfast and rushed off to work as usual. The car was eerily silent, worse than yesterday. He kept feeling that he was going to hear a 'Hey buddy' any minute now but none came. He sighed but just kept on driving.
Once at the station he went straight to his office and got to work. Mostly it was paperwork right now, who was in jail, who got out, any duplo sightings things like that. He felt bored. He was more used to the action of his work but knew it wasn't always like that. Though usually Declan did most of the paperwork. He actually liked it. He could do the paperwork just fine and just as easily as anyone else here, didn't mean he enjoyed it.
Suddenly he became frustrated with the lack of action and with a certain case. There was a case about some duplo activity but he was having a hard time distinguishing a pattern. He got most of the clues and information but he felt something was missing. At this moment he would usually hear 'Come on buddy let's take a break it will help you think better.' Or 'What about this place it seems to….'
His mind stopped at that as he looked at the spot he thought his brother would have mention, how could he have missed that. The duplo sightings where around the central markets and entertainment center of the city. But why there, usually they would find the duplos in more wild areas, why suddenly take in interest in civilian ones. He frowned slightly as he hummed. He go there today and drive around, see if there was anything that the duplo wanted, for some reason they wanted to be near citizens, wait a minute, Declan said they wanted to take prisoners.
That was unusual, way would they want prisoners, they never took any and they said something about a leader. He looked at the file that officer Rose made when he questioned….Piper. That was the girl his brother was hanging out with. He looked at the file Rose had on her. He ended up getting the same information that Declan had gotten yesterday. Lived with parents, had aspergers, he had heard of that. Declan had made him learn about different mental disorders to help them be better cops so as not to hurt anyone on accident.
He shook that off and continued to read the report. Basically what he already knew. He sighed, he hit a dead end. Maybe he should ride around that place for a while, scope it out for the day, he didn't like being cooped up all day anyway. He rushed out and said to Rose "I'm gonna go patrol around the central market and entertainment center of the city. I'll be out all day and half the night, don't wait up." Rose asked "Do you need back up?" He shook his head saying "I can handle a simple patrol." And so he was off.
Declan yawned as he awoke in his new room for the second time. He wasn't surprised this time but still sighed. It felt strange waking up late, usually he be up pretty early but the movies lasted pretty long and so…well he was on vacation he could sleep in if he wanted. He got up and went to get some breakfast. He found Emmet at the kitchen table with two plates of food and two cups of coffee saying "Morning. I thought you be hungry. Man you sure slept in, you must of bean real tired."
Declan said "Morning buddy. Yeah I'm not used to waking up so late. Thanks for making breakfast." "No problem." Emmet asked "So what are you going to do today?" Declan shrugged with "I'm not too sure. My date with Piper isn't till five so…." "Oh you have a date, that's great. She's the girl form the coffee shop right?" Declan felt his face flush slightly as he nodded.
Emmet smiled saying "Wo that's awesome man. You excited?" "I'm terrified. To tell the truth I don't have much dating experience. I only went out three times in highscool and they were all bad." Emmet grimaced saying "Sorry to hear about that. What happened?" He looked down sadly saying "One was only trying to get at my brother, another did it as a dare, and the last one kept trying to change me." Emmet frowned saying "Yeah that's sounds bad. Hey I have an idea. I don't have any dating advice I can really give but I bet Lucy does. She's coming over today, so maybe she can help you out with your date."
Declan then looked up a bit surprised saying "You think so?" Emmet nodded happily saying "Of course man. And I'll tell you what I can from my experience." Declan smiled saying "Thanks buddy I appreciate that." He then prayed and began to eat. As they both ate Emmet began to tell him of what he knew "Okay you pay for everything, you open doors, and you have to treat her with respect. If you really like her trust me you'll want to do those things. But most importantly be yourself. Well that's what Lucy told me to do. I once tried acting complete different for a date."
Declan was surprised at the construction workers unusual method as he asked "Really how did you act." "I tried being more like Batman." Declan almost choked on his coffee. Emmet sighed saying "Yeah I know, bad idea, and Lucy did not like it. When I explained why I did it she told me she liked me the way I was. And that's how you know its true love man. If you can accept each other for who you are."
Declan smiled saying "Thanks buddy I'll try to remember that. So just be myself." "Yup that's what I learned from my experience." "Then what is Lucy going to tell me?" "Probably the same thing. Are you nervous at all?" "Yeah." "Then she can help you with that. I once got so nervous on one of our dates I hyperventilated and she taught me to calm down, though I was so freaked out at the time I forgot the technique, though thankfully I never needed to use it again."
Declan frowned saying "I hope that doesn't happen to me." "Just have fun. Look Lucy will be here in about an hour. I told her about you staying here and she said something about wanting to help you with your wardrobe." Declan gulped as he said "Oh boy the last time a girl tried to help me with what to wear was my ma." "Ah don't worry she has a really cool style and she knows exactly what people like and want. Why do you think she become a designer?"
It was true, Lucy decided to become a designer and made her own line called 'Wildstyle,' it wasn't just cloths though it was also home decor and other stuff, yes even supercool bikes. At least when she wasn't on extreme missions or something, which sometime she drag Emmet along with her. He didn't mind too much now really. It was actually quite fun, especially after the whole kragle incident.
Aiden patrolled around the central and entertainment market, it wasn't your average market either, it was where everyone held most of the high businesses, like movie theaters, coffee shops, and expensive restraints but with a couple of venders around the corners.
So far he had stopped some punks from doing vandalism, stopped a purse snatcher, and a jay walker. He let other units take them to the precinct as he still had a mission to do. He stopped for some coffee as well, nothing out of the ordinary, didn't spot a speck of yellow anywhere. Most of the day he wondered what Declan was doing. He wondered if he actually answer his phone if he called? He decided to try, maybe try to smooth things over with him.
Emmet had been right; Lucy came in exactly an hour. The two were already dressed, Emmet had lent Declan a blue button up shirt and jeans for the day. Lucy had been informed about the date and smiled saying "I got your back on this. Come on, to the mall." It didn't take long to get there. Lucy built a three person motorbike that flouted to get them over the traffic.
Declan said "Aren't we breaking the speed limit?" Lucy only replied with "We're not on the road." And so they got their soon, Lucy able to dismantle her bike so it wouldn't take up room. She'd built something else for them to ride later. As they had driven Declan had thought about what Aiden was doing if he was okay with the paper work and if he wasn't getting himself into trouble because of his temper.
He kept feeling that someone was going to say a small grunt of hello or groan in frustration from overworking. Or sometimes he felt he would look over his shoulder to see if someone had kicked a chair. Nothing. He sighed; he went and disabled the silent alarm he had placed for his brother calls, maybe they try to patch things up in a bit. As he did this he fallowed Lucy and Emmet to a store that Lucy wanted them to go to.
Declan was a bit nervous she take them to some store with ripped cloths and graffiti art on it. Strangely she bypassed all those things and took them to a very strange store, it was all white and the cloths was displayed on very unique and sleek mannequins. As they entered Lucy said "Hey guys." "Wildstyle!" A man and woman came up to them and the girl said "Good to see you." The man said "Yeah what brings you in this neck of the woods."
Lucy turned and said "Guys you know my boyfriend Emmet." "Hey An hey Jake nice to see you again." An said "Hi Emmet it's good to see you too. Why are you wearing your construction uniform? It's cute and all but try to loosen up a bit honey." Jake then said "I can help you out if you want. Is that why you came her today?"
Lucy then said "Actually we came her for him." she pointed to Declan who replied a bit shyly with "Um hello." Lucy then said "Guys this Goodcop." The two gasped and Jake said "We've heard about you man. Nice to meet you." An then said "So what do you need honey?" He looked down a bit bashfully as he kicked a foot saying "Um….." before he could say anything though his phone rang "Um excuse me one moment." He then went off to a privet corner of the room. Lucy and Emmet deciding to catch up with the two store workers as he took his call.
As Declan made it to the corner he found it was his brother calling, he sighed but knew it was best they talk. He answered and said "Declan, how are you?" "I'm okay, what about you?" Aiden fidgeted as he said "Just doing some work on the duplo sightings." "Oh that's great. Lucy and Emmet took me to meet some friends of theirs at the mall. Whanted to help me look good for my date." Aiden sighed he still wasn't' sure about his brother dating, all the other times were disasters, but said "You find anything yet?"
"No I didn't get a chance to tell them the occasion yet since you just called. But um do you need anything?" Aiden replied with "No I just, I just wanted to know how you were and um. Look I'm sorry it's just I'm worried because of how your last dates went and um…" Declan smiled saying "It's okay buddy I understand. They were pretty bad. But, something about Piper seems different. Could you at least give her chance?"
Aiden sighed but grumbled "Fine." Declan smiled as he aid "Thanks buddy. Look I'll call later I have to go get ready for my date now. See yeah." Aiden smiled saying "See yeah." And hung up, as he did this though his smile left as he saw another person in need, well more like a cat stuck in a tree. He sighed, the life of a cop.
Declan went to join the others and said "Sorry for that my brother called." An said "No problem honey now what was it you needed our help for?" He took a deep breath and said "Well I have a date…." An said "Ohhh…." As Jake only smiled. Declan blushed saying "We're going to the movies today and um I need some new cloths since I left the rest of mine back at my brother and I's place and well. I don't know she seems really special to me, and I want to um look nice."
Jake then said "Wo man you got it bad. Come on over to my department and I'll get you all settled out. You'll be looking fly and fine for your date in no time." An then said "Or hot and sexy by the time I get through." Declan sweat dropped and looked nervous. He didn't' want to look either. He just wanted some regular cloths but something cleaned and presentable, it was too late though as the two grabbed his arms and pulled him towards a dressing room and started throwing cloths at him.
Emmet looked nervous as he said "Should we help him?" Lucy shook her heads saying "Nope just let them do their job. Don't worry they know what they're doing." Emmet didn't look so sure as he saw the two cloths managers argue over what would look best on Goodcop.
Two hours and several outfits later, Declan had a new wardrobe set to take home. An then gave Declan a special bag saying "Your special outfit for tonight is in this bag. So be very careful not to lose it." Declan nodded and said "Thank you for your help." Jake then said "You can thank us by making sure your looked fly tonight and empress that lady of yours."
Declan got red as a raspberry at this and An said "Oh he's all flustered, he's in love alright." Lucy then said "Okay guys that's enough now let the poor guy alone. Remember Declan just be yourself." Said man nodded and stood up a bit more confident saying "Just be myself." He sighed and so the three started heading out.
The rest of the morning and bit of afternoon was spent getting lunch and hanging out at the apartment playing a board game. Five o clock was approaching quickly though and Declan rushed off to go get ready. Emmet was letting Goocop borrow his car to get to the movie theater. Emmet and Lucy would be going on her bike to a restaurant and some rock climbing for their date. Emmet said "You sure you'll be okay Goodcop?" He nodded saying "I'll be fine. Thanks for your help guys. I just have to get ready now."
Lucy then said "Well have fun and tell us all about it later okay?" He nodded as the two left on the bike, Declan could hear Emmet's shouts as the bike shot off. He shook his head at that, he wondered how those two who were so different got along so well, and he wondered if Emmet would be okay after rock climbing? He shrugged it off for now and began to get ready for his own date.
He took a shower and then put on the cloths he be wearing for the night that An and Jake chose for him. A black blouse with thin silver lines on it, his cuffs button down at his wrists, An had put them to his elbows but he didn't like that look, and tucked in his shirt. He wore some black jeans with a dark grey belt with a silver oval buckle with a yellow officer star badge shape in it, and last but not least black convers.
Once done he looked himself in the mirror, he looked nice, casual for a first date but still presentable. Then he looked into the bag, there was one more thing in it, cologne, he wasn't sure about this though. Usually the ones he had smelled were way to strong, he took a sniff at it and smiled, this scent was actually very light. He dabbed a bit on himself not wanting to stink. Once he did that he smiled at the sight and thought 'Here goes everything.' And headed off to Emmet's car to start driving to the movie.
Unknown to Declan that Piper was also figuring out what to wear for her date at the theater. She had already taken a bath to make her hair look silky smooth. Piper was nervous and excited all at the same time. She hadn't been on a date in a long while. The guys she had liked where usually only friends and the one she truly dated one time, well, things didn't work out. She sighed at this.
She hoped this worked out, Declan was so sweet and for some reason, the way he had trusted her judgment against the duplo, it made her feel like he actually respected her opinion and well…she didn't know what to think, it made her feel special yes but, she sighed and shook her head, she needed to think of what to wear.
She raided her closet, okay jeans where a must for the theaters was cold and she wanted to be comfortable for the date. Nice white sneakers that covered her feet. She found a light blue shirt with no sleeves that had a V neck line with a white teardrop at the end of it. Finely she chose a white midriff jacket with pockets on each side and silver zippers. She then added two small round white diamond earrings and a bit of her favorite perfume and she was done.
Suddenly she heard her dad, Richard say "Come on Piper time to go." She replied with "Coming!" she grabbed her purse and rushed down the stairs, she only put a bit of blue eyes shadow and a dab of lipstick before she rushed into the car.