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AUTHORS NOTE: I absolutely love The Rookie. I'm hoping we get a season 2. I tend to jump on bandwagons and ships that are either short lived or are destined to sink. Hopefully that doesn't happen with this show, because it's amazing. Not to mention Eric Winter looks amazing in a uniform. And he does have a ton of chemistry with Mellissa, so here's to hoping the creators and writers of the show use that down the line, if they get another season (I think they will). Happy reading, reader friends.

Lucy Chen groaned and snuggled back into the warm blankets, trying to get the last few minutes of sleep she could before her shift at the station started. She smiled as she felt a large hand move up her side and around her front to pull her closer. Her fingers trailed down his arm and across his hand to the thin silver band wrapped around his ring finger. She bit her lip, wondering briefly if they were foolish, but shook her head and knew that they weren't, despite how much her career might be affected.

She breathed in quickly as she felt lips on the back of her neck, slowly moving around to suck at her pulse point. She bit her lip before turning around slowly, not wanting to stop him, but knowing that she had to so they wouldn't be late. "We really need to get up."

Her companion rolled his eyes before sitting up and bringing her up with him, "Aren't I supposed to be the one giving orders?"

Lucy smirked before shaking her head, "Happy wife happy life right?"

He rolled over until he was back on top of her, creating a cage with his arms and legs, "I think that's how it's supposed to go."

She sighed and ran her hands up his back and around to cup his cheek, "Remember that at the end of the day when you're not busy barking out orders, alright?"

A slow nod was her response before she was caught up in his eyes and his soft lips again, "Don't worry Boot, I'll remember."

An hour later Lucy Chen was shoving her diamond ring under her uniform shirt, hoping the silver chain wouldn't break during the day. She breathed in deep before exiting the locker room and slammed into her TO Tim Bradford.

His deep voice brought back memories that she tried to shake, at least during her shift, "Easy Boot, where's the fire?"

Lucy smirked before shaking her head, "I just don't want to be late is all."

Tim nodded before motioning for them to go to the bull pen for roll call. He lagged behind to admire her from behind until a fellow officer nudged his shoulder. He glanced over and raised an eyebrow at Angela Lopez before shrugging his shoulders. "What?"

Lopez smirked before waving, "Oh nothing, just know that I have a bet going that involves you and Chen."

Tim narrowed his eyes and came to his full height and growled lowly, "What is it and who's behind it?"

Lopez's eyes widened as she raised her hands in surrender, "Easy Bradford. Nothing bad, just placing bets on how long it will take for you to ask her out. I've got by the end of the year because she'll have not been a rookie for a couple of years by then; West has half that time because he thinks you can't control yourself, and Talia and Nolan both says it won't happen because you have something they think is respect for the job."

He coughed, suddenly feeling warm, yanking nervously on the silver chain around his neck, "Well that's just stupid. I don't date co-workers anymore, let alone the one I'm partnered with."

Lopez eyed Bradford skeptically before slowly nodding. She thought back to the last few months and came to a few conclusions. One, Bradford seemed a lot happier on the job, and two, he kept to himself a lot more off shift then what he had in the past. Come to think of it, he acted just like he did when he was married before. She watched him walk away into the conference room and watched as he took a seat behind Chen and West, wondering when he had moved his seat up that far. She shook her head and marched into the room, yanking the seat out from under the table and sunk down, waiting for Sergeant Grey to come through the door.

After Sergeant Grey finished the briefing, Tim took a deep breath, trying to settle his nerves before making his way to the front of the room. He hated the way his voice shook, but reminded himself that he had been here once before, "Sir, when you have time I need to have a word with you."

Sergeant Grey nodded before glancing down at his schedule quickly, "I can give you about five minutes, unless you need more time."

Tim's eyes widened slightly, but nodded anyway, wanting to get everything in the open, "I can't work with Chen anymore sir," he continued on quickly when the Sergeant began to scowl, "We're involved."

Sergeant Grey sighed and sat down in his chair before sliding his hand down his face slowly, "How long, Bradford?"

Debating on how to answer he gave a slight pause before meeting his boss's eyes, "Not long, it became serious enough to bring it to your attention just a few days ago."

Sergeant Grey leaned back in his chair and eyed one of his best officers, trying to pinpoint what the young officer meant by that. He had a gut feeling there was more to things than what Bradford had mentioned. He sighed again and rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on, "Alright, if it was any other day I'd lecture you on how you should have come to me sooner, but right now I'm just going to give you the paperwork you need and send you on your way."

Bradford gave a quick sigh of relief as he nodded; the sergeant could and would lecture and yell when he saw just exactly how involved him and Lucy were, when he read through the forms. He was just out the door when Grey's voice stopped him, "You'll have to work with her today, just because I don't have time to switch rookies around. Can you handle that?"

He nodded quickly before hoping and praying that nothing too dangerous came their way, because if it did, he knew he wouldn't act on the instincts off a cop. He sighed and made his way to the edge of the garage where the rookies and other T.O's were. He waited behind West, until he felt Lopez at his side. He turned towards her and rolled his eyes, "What?"

Lopez smirked and shook her head, "Nothing, just wondering what has you so irritated and grouchy. Well, more irritated and grouchy than normal."

"Nothing, just tired Lopez."

She shook her head, "That's an excuse to let loose this weekend, what do you say?"

Bradford shook his and thought of the paintball arena him and Lucy were going to visit; of the large couch and TV with their shows ready to be watched queued up. He shook his head and grinned, "I've got plans with my couch and TV, I want a nice quiet weekend at home."

Lopez huffed before turning to tell West to get in the car, until she saw Lucy grab her bag. She grinned, "Hey Chen, what do you say about coming out with me this weekend for drinks?"

Lucy stopped short and turned to the older woman with wide eyes. She had no idea what she was up to, so she chose to avoid her for now, "Sorry, I've got plans. I have a TV that's calling my name. I've got to catch up on Grey's Anatomy and The Resident."

Lopez eyed Lucy quickly before turning back to Bradford who had a frown on his face. She quickly glanced between them and her grin grew into a self-satisfying smirk. She motioned for West to follow her towards their car before giving everyone a quick goodbye. As she slid into the drivers seat, she held out her hand to West and wiggled her fingers, "I won the bet, hand it over."

West shook his head and laughed, "Nu-uh not until there is solid proof of them being together," he paused and shook his head again, "and besides what makes you think they he finally got the nerve up to ask her out?"

Lopez gunned the ignition and rolled her eyes, "They both have the same plans and when Chen mentioned having to catch up on Grey's Anatomy, the look of horror on Bradford's face was enough to give it away."

"I still need proof before I'm handing over my money to you. Like say a picture of them holding hands or something."

Lopez groaned before pulling out of the garage and into the street, "I'm not going to be waving my phone around in their faces trying to catch them in the middle of something. I guess we'll just have to wait and see if they say anything or not."

The two officers in question was just getting into their car when Bradford turned to Lucy with a small grin, "Grey's Anatomy huh? Please tell me you're not going to make me watch that soap opera of a show."

Lucy grinned and shrugged, "I don't know, depends on what other shows you suggest we watch."

Bradford smirked and gunned the engine, "We could always watch COPS or Live PD."

Lucy narrowed her eyes and shook her head, "I get enough of cops and Live PD in my own life thank you very much."

"Alright, I guess Grey's it is then."

Lucy smirked before shrugging her shoulders, "Happy wife, happy life remember?"

Bradford thought back to earlier in the morning and how he had woken up and grinned. Happy wife, happy life indeed. He nodded quickly before trying to get into police mode so he could enjoy his two day weekend with Lucy, knowing that come next week all hell would break loose.