My Life With The New York Detective
When I left my home, I went to one place I thought I could get away from it all; a bar in Queens my Uncle Joey use to frequent when he was still a cop. The minute I walked into the place, memories flooded back of when I was a little girl and I would come to visit my uncle. I would walk in and the place would be teeming with officers in uniform. Joey would haul me up on one of the bar stools and I'd sit there with him as he would have conversations with the cops that were there.
Today I sit, in the same general area my Uncle and I use to sit, the look of the place has not changed. The bar still has an older feel to it, with countless picture hanging on the walls showing New York's older history, and there's even a picture of my Uncle on the wall because the old owner of the bar use to know my Uncle pretty well. The only thing that's relatively new is a small stage with a microphone.
I hadn't even ordered anything, I just sat on a bar stool looking at the walls and letting the memories absorb into my brain. After I've been there for a few hours, a noise of someone un clasping the microphone from the stand alerts me, but doesn't make me turn towards the stage. Then a voice that I recognized comes through the speakers, making me turn around.
"I just want to ask a few questions to the people who are in here." Flack's voice comes through the speaker. How the hell did he find me, more important why the hell is he up there, on the stage. I spin around in my chair and sure enough, he's standing up there with the microphone in his hand. He looks at me, as he's speaking.
"How many of you have been in love?" He asks. A few people raise their hands, Flack being included.
"Now, how many of you have made a huge mistake with someone you love?" This time, a lot more people have raised their hands. Flack still being included with these people.
"Finally, who here as ever done something so idiotic and so stupid, that it ended a relationship with someone you were in love with, and you wish you could take it all back?" Only one person raised their hand; and that was Don. I am speechless, there's no other way to put it.
"The reason I am here today asking you guys this because I have made my own mistakes. I was engaged to the most beautiful, intelligent, amazing girl that I could ever ask for, and I screwed it up. She broke it off earlier today." He said all this while looking straight at me. His eyes never left mine the entire time.
"Now your probably wondering, why am I here telling strangers this instead of telling her. I'm here cause she's here. I know I can't do anything to fix it, so I'm going to start over." He clips the microphone back to the stand, then hops off the stage. He starts walking towards me; with him and everyone watching me. Shit, I don't like huge amounts of attention fixed on me.
He stops in front of me and he pulls me up out of my seat so I'm standing now. He get's down on my knee in front of me and pulls out the ring.
"Annabel Nicole Stevens, would you be willing to start over with this New York Detective?" He smiles slightly as he sits there on his knee just waiting. I can't believe that he did all this for me. I knew he loved me, but I didn't know it went to this extent.
I nod my head as the tears start filling my eyes. Flack's smile gets wider as I nod my head.
"Is that a yes?" He asks, standing up. He takes the pad of his thumb and wipes away a tear that made its way to my cheek. I nod my again. He slides the ring back onto my finger, he brings me in for a hug. The people in the bar clap as he puts his hands on the side of my face, then leans in. He kisses me and then with his hands still on the side of my face, he pulls away to whisper "To starting over."
(A few weeks later)
Everything since he came to the bar has been smooth sailing surprisingly. I'm officially moved in with him, and I have to say it is nice being able to see him every night and every morning. All of this has finally settled down, and I haven't seen or heard from Jack since that day when he came into the prescient, which has been incredible.
Currently now, I'm eating lunch with Stella in the break room of the lab.
"Annabel I have to ask," She pauses as she wipes her mouth with a napkin. "have you decided if your taking Don with you while you go back to Oklahoma for your parents anniversary?" I totally forgot about that until she mentioned it but now that she did. I'm leaving for Oklahoma for my parents 25th wedding anniversary, and I decided that I want him to come with me, I just haven't asked him yet.
"I am but I haven't asked Flack yet."
"Asked me what yet?" I turn around and see Flack standing in the doorway looking at me.
"If you want to go with her when she goes back to Oklahoma in 6 days." Stella responds, looking at both him then me.
"Of course I will, I'll just have to get the time. How long?" He asks, walking to stand behind me in the chair. He leans down slightly to kiss the top of my head.
"About three days. Think you can make it?" I asked as Stella got up and threw something away.
"For you, I will do just about anything. I gotta get back to work but I love you and I'll see you later." He kisses my cheek then leaves the break room.
"Well that answers that question." Stella announces.
"That was a lot easier than I thought it would be." I add and then we both went our separate ways for the rest of day.
I got home at about 6 and when I first opened the door; no one was there. When I turned the corner towards the bathroom, Flack's lounging against the side of the wall. I jump slightly as he walks over to me.
"Scare easily?" He laughs slightly as he places a light kiss on my lips. He gives me an apologetic look. What did he do, this time?
"What did you do?" I ask, backing away slightly to look at him but he puts both of his hands on my hips pulling me closer.
"I have to work late tonight, last-minute thing."
"Really? When do you have to leave?"
"Sadly, now. I came home so I could tell you that I had to stay, and so you could see me before I left." I'm not afraid to show the disappointment on my face.
"If you stay up..." Flack pauses to put his lips next to my ear. "I'll make it worth your wild." He kisses the spot underneath my ear before releasing his hold on my hips and walks away.
I turn around and call out "You seriously going to leave me on that?" I ask as I follow him but I stop at the doorway to the rest of the home.
"Yep because I know if I go any further, I'm not going to be going to work. I love you and do wait up for me." He winks at me before leaving. God, do I love him. I smile to myself as I do what I originally was going to do before I got sidetracked by Flack.
I wake up and I'm on the couch and a blanket is draped over me. The sun is shining in my eyes. I'm going to take a wild guess and say that one, I fell asleep on the couch and two, he didn't make it worth my wild. I look down and I see that I'm still in my clothes from the previous night. I manage to get up off the couch then I immediately walk into the kitchen and I go to start the coffee pot when I hear Flack walk into kitchen.
"Nice hair." I turn around and see him trying not to laugh.
"It's not that bad."
"Yeah it isn't." He still is having a hard time trying not to laugh. "I didn't come into the kitchen to comment on your hair, I came to ask you a question." He walks over to me and traps me against the counter.
"Annabel, I was thinking maybe we could head to Oklahoma earlier then planned?" He asked. Does he seriously want to head out there earlier?
"How much earlier?"
"Tonight, when I get done with work." Holy shit that's 5 days earlier then expected.
"Don, are you serious? You want to deal with my family for an extra 5 days? Are you feeling ok?"
"Yes, I'm feeling fine. It's just I want to be able to get to know your family more because if your family's important to you then their important to me. So, what do you say?" He asks me while looking into my eyes.
"If you want to go out their earlier then expected, then ok. We'll head out to Oklahoma tonight."
"I love you Annabel, you are the best. I have to leave but I promise I'll be home by 5, 6 at the latest. I'll miss you." He runs a hand over my hair before kissing my cheek and walking out the front door. Guess I need to call my parents.
I walk over to the side table where I set my phone down on last night then I walk towards the bedroom. I dial my mothers number and she picks up after two rings.
"Annabel, darling. What do I deserve this call for? Are you hurt, did your boyfriend leave you?" I laugh slightly because I haven't told my parents that I'm engaged yet.
"No mother, I called to tell you that we're going to coming in earlier then expected."
"That's excellent! How much earlier?" My mother questions me with eagerness in her voice.
"We should be in later tonight if all goes well."
"That better than what I was thinking. I should probably tell your father. All right Annabel, I'll be seeing you later tonight, and your boyfriend." She hung up before I could say anything in response. Well that's my mother for you. Shaking my head I walk into the bedroom. Guess I should start getting ready.
It's about 1 when I'm officially satisfied with the way everything is packed and situated. I made my way into the bathroom to take a shower. I had the shower turned on and was about to get in when there's a knock on the door. Groaning, I shut the shower off and wrap a towel around my body tightly.
I then pad to the front door and I walk up to the front door.
"Who's there?" I ask, wrapping the towel even tighter around my body as I stand right by the door.
"Annabel, it's Don. I left the keys to here inside, so could you open the door." I walk over to the door then unlock it. I open the door and move slightly so he can enter.
"Would you explain why you're in a towel? I'm definitely not complaining though." He asks, looking at every inch of me that's covered by the towel.
"I was about to get in the shower when you knocked on the door." I say as I close the door. "I thought you weren't going to be home until later."
"Well, I was supposed to. I was able to swing some of my work on some of my guys. I got the extra days so I'm good and I also told Mac that your leaving earlier then expected and he was ok with that."
"You are the best, ever." I reach up slightly to kiss him and surprisingly, he doesn't try to take it any further. As go to walk away, I hear him following me.
"Is there a reason your following me?" I ask him I walk back towards the bathroom.
"Yeah, you know how I said I wanted to leave earlier? Would after your shower work?" He asks, grabbing my elbow to turn me around to face him.
"Flack, are you thrilled to be meeting my parents? Cause this is earlier then the earlier time we settled on this morning."
"I figured though, since Tony is going to be there I might as well get started on the interrogation early. At least this time around it will be done by the time I die."
"I'll be damned. The detective who interrogates people for a living is scared of my cousin." He playfully shoves me.
"You know what I mean, you wouldn't be in my position either, have you seen your cousin?"
"No, I haven't. Anyways, ok. I'll be ok with leaving earlier then I earlier had expected. I'll just put my clothes back and skip the shower." I go to turn around when Flack cups my cheek in his hand and pulls me against him, to the point of where he's kissing me. His hand leaves my cheek as it slides down the side of my hand, down my shoulder. His hand stop where the edge of the towel is on my upper arm. Flack's fingers slide into the towel as they begin to skim the skin of my upper arm.
Don pulls away, a smile on his face. He removes his fingers from the inside of my towel.
"I'll be waiting." He kisses my cheek before walking of towards the bedroom. I shake my head before I get back into the bathroom and close the door.