Gail left the penny only saying good bye to Oliver and celery . unable to watch officer luck flirt with Holly. Ok so she probably wasn't flirting but it made Gail feel better about the green eyed monster rising within her .
" Hey " Traci smiled as Gail slumped down at her desk " where did you get to last night ?
Gail shrugged it was to early in the morning to be probed by her friend " got bored "
Traci shot her a disbelieving look " mmmm nothing to do with a certain new forensic pathologist then ?"
" no " Gail snapped .
Traci rolling her eye laughed " oh well you won't want to know that she asked me where you went then?"
"What ? Gail sat up straight her eyes wide . " what'd she say"?
"Uh it went a little like this ?" "Hey Traci have you seen Gail ? And then I said " I think she's left "and then she said " oh " Traci teased .
Gail looked at her friend unimpressed " surprised she noticed what with her becoming best friends with " officer I love myself "
Traci laughed " well Gail if you had stuck around you would of seen Holly rejoining us at the table " .. Alone "
Gail shrugged " I don't care anyways"
Traci shook her head "Good! Then you won't mind taking this to the lab " ? She smirked throwing a file into Gail's lap .
"What ? No way " Gail protested ..
"Why ? Traci frowned trying to hide her amusement " something you're not telling me peck ? I mean you have a problem seeing Holly do you ? "
Gail huffed " no! No problem"
Good " Traci laughed " off you go then .
Gail wasn't in no mood for Traci to tease her today . Maybe she had acted a little immature about the whole thing last night . . Didn't help that Holly was in a mood with her about the "cat " thing ..
Gail picked the file up dragging her feet to the squad car .
...
"Ugh " Gail sighed as she made her way through the entrance of the morgue toward Holly's lab . As she approaches she hears laughter one is defiantly Holly's . There was no mistaking that beautiful sound .
Gail stood in the door way a knot formed in her stomach . Amy Luck was sat on Holly's desk close to Holly who was casually slouched on a chair
" Peck? Luck said sarcastically .
" luck? " Gail huffed .
" what can I do for you officer ? Holly asked with that lip side smile of hers
Gail bit hard on her bottom lip "Nash uh" she swallowed " uh detective Nash .. She wants you to look over this " she explained holding up the file . Her eyes burning through officer Luck. " what was she even doing there ! Gail moaned to herself
" oh " Holly nodded standing to retrieve the file .
" well I'll leave you to it ! Some of us have real police work to do "luck grinned as Gail rolled her eyes .
Holly smiled feeling the tention between the two cops " thanks for lunch "
Luck winked " bye Peck"
Gail's eyes followed her as she left the lab turning down the corridor slowing turning back to Holly.
Holly kept her attention on the file reading it intensely .
" you ok to wait for a moment while I go through this ?" Holly asked not looking away from the file
Gail shrugged " whatever " she sulked .
Holly sat at her desk flicking the pages " you can sit down you know?"
Gail ignored Holly's offer staying stood in the door way '
Her ignorance hadn't gone unnoticed by the brunette .
" you didn't say goodbye last night " Holly spoke still staring at the words on the paper .
" you were busy " Gail snapped sarcastically .
Holly placed the file down looking up at the blonde " ok look I may have been a little short with you last night " I didn't mean it .
Gail shrugged " it's fine"
" no actually it's not " Holly argued " what happened between us happened and like i said I'm over it " I'd like it if we could he friends ?
Gail nodded " friends huh?
" yeah " Holly smiled " I don't know many people here and well... We kinda already know each other "
"Well you seem to be making friends pretty easily " Gail huffed kicking herself for saying it as soon as the words left her mouth .
"What ? Holly frowned
" nothing forget it " have you finished "? She pointed to the file wanting to get out of there before she said anymore stupid stuff .
Holly looked deeply at Gail for a few seconds trying to work out what she meant " no .. I uh need to look over it properly "
Gail sighed heavily " ok well i have stuff to do so ...here" she walked over placing her information card on the table in front of Holly " text me when you're done "
Gail turned and left as quick as her legs would carry her ..
" Holly threw her the file on her desk picking up Gail's card
Gail was a hard one to figure out she thought .
" smmmmh office peck " she sighed
...
Gail's shift is almost over as she strolls through the station eating a donut
Steve calls out " Gail ?"
"What " Gail answers trying to keep the food in her mouth
Steve screws his face up " can you not actually swallow your food before you speak "? Better still eat small pieces at a time ?"
"What do you want loser " Gail grunted
" I need you to get down the morgue pick up that file off Dr Stewart"?
" and bring her too " Traci added from behind Steve " we need to go over this again I want this case closed"
" uh if Holly has to come why can't she bring the file herself ? " Gail moaned .besides I'm almost done or the day "
"Because her cars not arrived from Vancouver yet! "That's why .. Get on with it " c'mon " Traci clapped shoving Gail towards the exit.. " almost done isn't completely done is it ? "
As Gail pulled up Holly was outside waiting holding the file in her hand .
" twice in one day officer ? Should I feel privileged ? She laughed pushing her glasses up .
Gail rolled her eyes" well considering I was almost clocked out I'd say yeah "
Holly laughed " where do you want me ? Front or back "? Holly asked with a smirk on her face .
Gail felt a rush of redness wash over her cheeks " fuck you damn pale skin " her internal monologue screamed .
Swallowing hard she stuttered " I... Uh .. You you .. Can uh .. In the front .. Um sit up front .. "
Holly smiled biting her bottoms lip she knew she had Gail .. She could see the heat rising from the usually cop and collected cop .
" the front it is then" she raised her eyebrows as she walked around the squad car slipping into the passengers seat.
Gail pulled off trying hardest not to look over at the Doctor .
It was Holly who broke the silence " wow ! this cars full of gadgets " pointing to all the functions of the car " I wouldn't know where to start '
" Gail smiled " well this .. She pointed " is all for the radio " and this? " She points again " is the camera when we have a suspect in the car we switch it on " you know incase they try anything ? "
Holly nods with interest" and what's are these for ? " she asks pointing to a load of buttons .
" siren " lights "radio and the red button is a panic button if you pressed that we would have a load of cops around is in minutes ."
Holly smiled " it's cool "
"Cool? Gail repeats pulling a face .
"Yeah " Holly laughs ..
Gail rolls her eyes as she pulls the car to a stop . Holly scans get surrounding before turning to Gail .
" I need coffee and if you want one I suggest you come inside with me " I've already added taxi driver to my job description I'm not adding waitress to it asWell"
Holly smiled as she watched Gail strut off towards the store quickly following her .
" cheese puffs ?" Holy frowned .
" uh yeah "
" you know they're bad for you ?" holly preached
Gail rolled her eyes " so are a lot of things we still do it "
Holly didn't argue she ordered her and Gail's coffee wait for the Batista to make it .. Gail was in the queue to pay for the snacks
C'mon lady I don't go all day" cashier moaned
The young girl in front of Gail was holding a crying baby while she rooted through her bag trying to find change " I'm sorry I have it here some where " the young girl said trying to comfort her crying child .
" yeah well I have customers and your holding them up " the man moaned .
Sshhhhhh shhhhhh honey " the mother soothed " damn it. " she sighed realising her money wasn't in her bag "
Gail looked over realising the lady's shopping consisted of baby formula and diapers .
"Sir I have £10 dollar can you keep this for me while I go back to my apartment and find the rest ? "
" no way lady " do I look like a ...
"Let me " Gail smiled seeing the women was stressed out and the baby's crying wasn't helping. He probably wants his formula "Gail thought "
" oh officer " the girl panicked a little seeing Gail's uniform " I couldn't I uh .. I had the money .. My boyfriend he must have took it out bag "
Gail touched the baby's hand how now had stopped crying " then he's a douche bag isn't he "? she said more so to the baby then the mother
The women was teary " he's hungry " she explained
Gail placed her snacks on the counter and nodded for the cashier to ring it up ..
" we can't have you hungry can we handsome " Gail smiled touching the baby's hand again.
" thank you so much" the girl almost cried kissing her baby's head .
" my pleasure " Gail smiled handing over the cash ..
" I will pay you back I swear officer ... Peck " the girl promised Reading Gail name badge .. Gail just nodded and smiled .
The girl took the bag her things had been placed in " you have no idea how great full we are"
" maybe you should get rid of the douche bag who took your money ? "
The girl nodded " I think you're right "
Gail waved them off turning to Holly who had watch the whole thing tears in her eyes. Gail has taken her by surprise her kindness melted her heart ..
" you shouldn't have done that officer . she probably used her money for drugs " the cashier moaned .
" it's called compassion you idiot something you might want to try sometime .. Did she look like she was on drugs ? Gail snapped angry at this man attitude ." Because to me she looked like a young mother who's douche bag boyfriend stole her kids formula money " and all she wanted to do was feed her Hungry baby "! Gail stared at him intensely before turning to Holly " ready "?
Holly nodded shooting the cashier an unimpressed look ..
Once back in the squad Gail sipped on her coffee feeling Holly staring at her ."what ? She barked
Holly smiled " nothing "
Gail looked at her out of the corner of her eye " what ? She asked again empathising the T seeing the huge grin on Holly's face
"That was a really lovely thing you just did "
Gail fidgeted in her seat " what I didn't do anything ?"
" you've restored my faith in human kind ." Holly added .. And thanks to you that little boys has a full belly .
Gail rolled her eyes " whatever " the kids crying was getting on my nerves I just wanted them to get out my way " Gail moaned .
Holly smiled knowing Gail was playing her act of kindness down . "you're not so tough peck " she said licking her bottom lip ..
The kid was annoying Holly" Gail snapped knowing full well holly saw right though her .. In reality she wanted to help the young women . She could see she was doing her best with the child . He was clean, his clothes spotless and his hair was kept neat . All she wanted was to feed her child and Gail was happy to assist her
As they reached the stations car park Gail turned to The still smiling brunette " Holly ? She cleared her throat " you've been here long enough to know that my last name holds a lot of weight in " cop land " right ?
Holly nodded unsure of where this conversation was heading .
" Good! "So What that means is .. if say I did something stupid 9/10 times up mother would probably be able to cover It up " Gail continued looking at the confused brunette " "even say conceal a dead body . "
Holly smiled letting out a little laugh "where are you going with this Gail?"
Gail got out the car leaning on the roof waiting for Holly to get out " if anyone in there " the blonde points to the police station " happened to find out about what I did in the store "
Holly grinned placing the tip of her tongue in to the corner of her lip .
"Well you might want to remember what I just said about hiding dead bodies . "
Holly threw her head back laughing loudly joining Gail's at the trunk of the car as she retrieves her bag .
As Gail leans into the trunk she feels warm lips on her cheek which made her gasp
Holly pulled away slowly " you secrets safe with me officer .