The next afternoon Nicole smiled at Wynonna as she left the Black Badge Division's office opposite the police main desk, that smile widened when Waverly starts walking towards her. They had been interrupted yet again earlier when they were talking about maybe going out to dinner. It had started out as them getting together to talk about the many, many things they really needed to talk about, but it slowly morphed into something else.
"Okay, So where were we, because I seem to think it was something about like, candles, you trying to get me into a sexy black dress, something's wrong" Nicole said seeing that Waverly didn't seem as interested in the conversation as she had done earlier.
"A lot of things might be wrong, Dolls and Wynonna and her gun…" Waverly seemed worried
"What is the deal with that gun anyway?" Nicole asked, but Waverely seemed distracted by a message coming over the radio. Nicole hadn't really heard it, she was yet again distracted by Waverly
"Did she say pink?" Waverly asked about the message
"What?"
"On the radio, she said something about a pink Sedan" Waverly sighed "That's Doc"
"Do you want me to handle it? I'm meant to be on the front desk, but he's your friend…" Nicole asked
Waverly smiled hopefully "Do you mind?"
Nicole thought it was a silly question really, she would jump into an active volcano if Waverly asked her to. She smiled "Of course not" she said wheeling her desk chair over to the radio "This is Officer Haught, can you repeat please" She said into the radio
They waited a moment for a reply "Officer Haught, we have had reports of a pink four door Sedan driving erratically on highway 81" a voice said
"Okay, thank you Doris, i'll take a look" Nicole replied. She looked over at Waverly "Do you want to tag along?" she smiled
Waverly smiled widely at the thought not only of spending time with Nicole, but also the thought of going out on patrol with Nicole "Yeah" she said excitedly "I'll get my coat" She said turning and nearly skipping back to the Black Badge offices.
Nicole smiled at her girlfriends excitement before turning around to find someone to cover the desk.
Outside the station Waverly made herself comfortable in the passenger side of Nicole's patrol car.
"I brought some coffee" Nicole said pointing to the tumbler in the cup holder next to Waverly "It can get cold in this car" Nicole smiled
"Ooh, great" Waverly smiled picking up the drink and having a sip "Erm…I err…I made you a sandwich" Waverly said slightly embarrassed as she reached into her coat pocket and pulled out a slightly squashed sandwich.
"You did?" Nicole smiled happily taking the gift
"Well, I wasn't sure if you were fully…" Waverly flapped her hand a bit "Y'know, charged"
Nicole smiled sweetly "That is very kind of you" she took the sandwich and give it a quick smell "I am feeling pretty much 'fully charged', thank you, I had six eggs for breakfast" She smiled and laughed a little.
"Six?" Waverly shook her head in disbelief and threw her hands up in the air "I'm dating an eating machine"
Nicole laughed "You are! and i'm definitely going to eat this too" she smiled placing the sandwich in the pocket of her door.
It didn't take them too long to reach highway 81 and it didn't take Waverly long to get irate at Doc
"..I mean what does he think he's doing, huh? He can't even drive! and I only suggested that he try this morning, he's going to get himself killed" she ranted
"He can't drive?" Nicole asked concerned, what the hell was he doing in a car speeding if he can't drive?
Waverly looked at Nicole who had switched into work mode, she probably shouldn't have said that "Well, I just mean….I mean… that's not the point! The point is he shouldn't be this far out, Where does he think he's going?"
Nicole saw the pink car ahead of them and thought that she might be able to distract Waverly from her Doc rant and calm her down a bit "Do you want to put the siren on?" Nicole asked
Waverly did a double take "What?"
"The sirens and lights, do you want to…."
"YES" Waverly said with a mix of excitement and her previous annoyance "Where do I.." Waverly looked around for a button to press
"Here" Nicole pointed "press this one, that'll put the lights on and then press this one once for the siren" She said as the car got closer to Doc's
Waverly did as she was told, the lights went on and the sirens 'whooped' once. The pink Sedan swerved across the road slightly then slowly came to a stop.
"Right, now we'll see…" Waverly said as she reached for the door handle
"Er, no Waverly, you should stay in the car" Nicole said placing her hand cautiously on Waverly's knee
Waverly's head whipped round and she gave Nicole a scary 'what are you talking about' look
"It is an official police matter, Wave, I have to speak to him about his speeding and his erratic.."
Waverly crossed her arms "Fine" she said in a sulk not letting Nicole finish her sentence
"Okay" Nicole smiled softly then got out of the car and walked towards Doc
She thought she would be saving Doc from Waverly's fury, but unfortunately it wasn't long before Waverly was storming towards the car with a face like thunder. "Oh, boy" Nicole said under her breath
"How about a freakin' explanation huh?" Waverley said as she got to the car
"If there is any kindness in you, you will arrest me and quick" Doc pleaded with Nicole
"Sorry there 'stone cold', not getting off so easy" Nicole said as she walked away leaving Doc to his fate.
When she got back in the car she rubbed her hands to try to warm them up. Remembering she had come prepared, she grabbed her coffee and wrapped her hands around it to get as much warmth from it as possible. After taking a sip of coffee she reached down and found the sandwich Waverly had made for her, she wouldn't admit it to Waverly but she could have eaten it as soon as she was given it, but she thought she should refrain.
While she was enjoying her sandwich and coffee she was surprised to see Doc drive away and leave Waverly standing by the side of the road. She quickly put her coffee down and the other half of the sandwich in her lap and started the car. She slowly drove up beside Waverly who was looking pretty dejected.
"Waves? get in and warm up, huh" Nicole said softly
Waverly walked around the front of the car and slumped down into the passenger seat silently.
Nicole looked at Waverly and waited for her to say something. She didn't.
"Do you want some sandwich?" Nicole offered holding out the last of it.
Waverly took it and tore it in half handing the other bit back.
"What happened?" Nicole asked with a mouth full of sandwich
"He's leaving Purgatory" Waverly said miserably eating the sandwich then wiping her crumb covered hands on her coat
"Well, he'll come back" Nicole offered trying to comfort her. Waverly turned and looked at her skeptically "Have you known him long then?" Nicole asked
Waverly realised that they really hadn't known Doc for long at all "No…not not….Really" It probably seemed stupid to be so upset about someone she hadn't known for long leaving, but Nicole didn't know who Doc really was, they should probably talk about that "As it's just us here, in the middle of nowhere, maybe we should talk"
"Talk?" Nicole was confused, they were talking "Oh, about angels and demons and your sister sending me to hell…." Nicole suggested, It wasn't like she'd been waiting to talk about it all for a few days
"Yeah, and something about you and healing being dangerous or something" Waverly smiled "I should probably tell you mine first as you've already told me your big secret…" She took a sip of her coffee "I expect you've heard some things about Wynonna and Earps in general around town?" she asked
"I don't really pay much attention to rumour, it's normally born from a lie or jealousy…" Nicole said sincerely
"Well, the truth is that … the Earp's are cursed" Waverly looked at Nicole to gauge her reaction, she looked confused.
"Cursed?"
"Yeah…. like proper down the bloodline since Wyatt's day cursed…." she clarified "Wynonna is the Earp heir, her gun peacemaker sends Wyatt Earp's dead outlaws back to hell, that guy in the diner…. he was one of them…"
"That's why he attacked us…or you?" Nicole asked
"Yeah, revenants want to kill Wynonna because they don't want to go back to hell and I suppose if they can't get her they might as well get me"
Nicole's head whipped around at that "Are there more of these revenants after you?" she asked worried
Waverly shrugged "I suppose…. but they really want Wynonna"
Nicole didn't know what to say or think, she was trying to process this new and troubling information when Waverly added some more information
"Oh and Doc is Doc Holliday, THE Doc Holliday and Dolls is part of a covert government department"
Nicole nodded slowly "And that's why you're upset about Doc leaving, he's a link to the curse and you're family's past….. It makes sense" She sat and thought about all of the things that had been happening in Purgatory since she'd been there, then said slowly "Do these revenants live at the trailer park with Bobo Del Ray?"
Waverly was surprised "They do, he's there leader, how did you..?"
Nicole looked slightly offended "I'm a police officer, Waverly, it's my job to figure these things out, I just didn't know that they were all hell spawn, I suppose it makes sense now that you were okay with my background"
"Like I said, If there are demons why not angels?" Waverly shrugged "Speaking of angels….." She looked at Nicole waiting for her to explain what she meant the other day when she said that healing could be dangerous
"The 'dangerous' thing?" Nicole asked, hoping Waverly had forgotten about it.
Waverly nodded "mm-hmm"
"Oohh" Nicole laughed a laugh that she desperately hoped sounded genuine "I…I didn't mean dangerous dangerous" she fake laughed again "It was just a figure of speech…." She looked at Waverly and hoped that was enough to get her off the subject. Waverly really didn't seem convinced, so Nicole tried to think of more to say that would get her out of this conversation and convince Waverly that there was no danger "Er…well, I just meant that if i'm injured in some way and people see and then I heal myself and people notice the bruise or cut has gone they might get suspicious and.." She was rambling. She swallowed nervously and continued "…Who knows what they might suspect in a town full of demons" She smiled trying again to make light of the fact that she had used the word dangerous without thinking about the consequences, after all she couldn't tell Waverly the truth.
Waverly was in no way convinced by Nicole's answer, but it didn't matter because they were interrupted again this time by Nicole's police radio.
"Officer Haught, please come in…" A voice said
Nicole quickly grabbed the radio and pressed the button on the side
"This is officer Haught, go ahead"
"Nicole we need you to come back to the station" A voice that sounded like Nedley said "We have an influx of people who will need to be processed.."
"I'm on my way, Sheriff" Nicole said before starting the police car
"You know" Waverly started innocently as she turned to sit in her seat properly as they pulled away "You aren't a very good liar…"
Nicole turned quickly to look at her with surprise, she thought she'd done quite well, obviously not "I'm good liar" She protested "Just not with you" She smiled. And it was true.
"I can't wait for the poker spectacular tomorrow, i'm going to rob you blind" Waverly laughed
Nicole didn't doubt it.