Author's Note: Yep everybody's favorite archangel is now a psychic detective. Don't worry we'll meet the others soon enough. I own nothing.
2. Putting Up The Act
The next day found Gabrielle on a metal bench inside the Santa Barbra police department waiting to collect a reward. The psychic obsessed cop at the front desk had been rather short with her and the man cuffed to the bench a seat away from her had the word 'Bloodthirsty' tattooed on his forehead. He also had shards from a taillight on his left sleeve.
"So what did you do? Bust up you Ex's car?" He turned to her looking a bit dumbfounded.
"Her new boyfriends. They got no witnesses either." Gabrielle nodded and cleared her throat as he grinned.
"Cool. You may wanna brush the shards of taillight off your sleeve though." He looked down and did as she'd suggested. She watched as several pieces bounced their way into his boot. She opened her mouth to say something but decided against it. Soon he was being lead away, she overheard the officer say something about detention room two. A few minutes later she was being lead into an interrogation room herself. Only problem was it didn't seem like she was being rewarded so much as actually interrogated.
"Oh come on I'm actually a suspect?" The tall green eyed tan haired man would have been cute, really drop dead gorgeous, under any other circumstances but he was playing bad cop and sleeping with his partner to boot. She had long black hair and hazel eyes and was playing, or trying to play good cop.
"You're our number one suspect at the moment Miss. Angelo." Gabrielle huffed exasperatedly.
"I handed you the guy!" The detective's bright clear green eyes narrowed.
"He had an accomplice." Gabrielle blew a strand of caramel colored hair out of her eyes.
"So I gotta find him too? When do you start doing your job?"The black haired woman leaned forward from where she was seated across from her.
"Listen Gabrielle, just tell us how you know all of this and we'll put you aside as a suspect."Gabrielle rolled her eyes.
"Look I've called in dozens of tips, look it up!" The green eyed detective frowned deeper, he looked to be a year or two older than Gabrielle.
"We've looked up quite a bit about you. Unemployed, can't seem to hold a job beyond six months. And a pre-existing criminal record. Doesn't seem to look good for you." Gabrielle sighed.
"I was eighteen. I borrowed a car to impress my girlfriend." The lady detective raised an eyebrow.
"Girlfriend?" Gabrielle raised an eyebrow back.
"Yeah, I've had a few. It's not illegal to swing both ways Detective." Gabrielle saw a hint of respect in the eye of the green eyed one before he continued.
"Yeah being eighteen excuses everything. Let me just go get a marker we'll take care of this." Gabrielle really didn't like him at all right now.
"Look there were extenuating circumstances. My dad was the arresting officer, he wanted to teach me a lesson." Green eyes raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
"Did you learn it?" Gabrielle shrugged.
"Learned I hated my dad, don't think that's exactly the lesson he wanted me to but hey." Green eyes popped his gum at her.
"Pardon me if I'm a bit skeptical that you solved all these crimes by watching the Channel eight news." Gabrielle grinned slightly.
"Yeah that's not exactly accurate. Sometimes I watch Channel Five. I prefer Channel Eight. Their weather girl is adorable." Just to piss Green Eyes off a bit more she winked at the female detective. The detective grinned slightly earning her a slightly exasperated look from Green Eyes.
"So you can read guilt off of TV interviews?" He had raised a condescending eyebrow at her, she could not let his sass slide. She was incapable of not rising to a challenge.
"You can't?" He glowered. She set her hands on the table.
"Look you can't keep me here. I know my rights." She stood and walked to the door.
"Good. Then you know you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." Two officers were standing by the door, Psychic Obsessed and Wedding Waltz Classes.
"Come on!" Wedding and whipped out a pair of handcuffs.
"Really!? Handcuffs for the walk to the lobby!" Green Eyes had risen as well and walked over to the door.
"A few hours in a holding cell should jog your memory." Gabrielle had seen the holding cells on the way in, not pretty. Not going there.
"Look Miss. Angelo, just give us a reason. That's all we need, you give us that you're free to go." Shit… They were never gonna believe that it's just what5 she did. What daddy dearest had driven into her scull since age two, see everything, know everything at a glance and you'll never come up last. Well that was all well and good but it wasn't going to do her much good now was it. Or was it? She glanced back at Psychic Obsessed.
"Ok. Ok you win. I know all this because I'm psychic." Psychic Obsessed lit up like a Christmas tree, Green Eyes on the other hand scoffed and motioned for Wedding Waltz to put the cuffs on. Well might as well put on a show, back it up with a bit of insight. Gabrielle gasped loudly slamming herself into the door of the interrogation room.
"I'm getting something. I'm... I…" She turned to Psychic Obsessed.
"You're grandma would be so proud of you. But she really wants you to stop spending your money on those charlatans." Psychic obsessed gasped.
"The palm readers." Gabrielle nodded. Green Eyes laughed loudly.
"You're really claiming to be psychic?" Gabrielle spun around in a circle shaking her arms as she extended them as he spoke. She stopped palms facing the two detectives.
"How else would I know you two are sleeping together?" The lady detective went bright red as Green Eyes spluttered. Gabrielle swayed in time to a nonexistent waltz.
"One, two, three. One, two…" She pointed at Wedding Waltz.
"When's the wedding?" He grinned a bit shyly.
"May third. Wait how did you know that?" Green Eyes scoffed again.
"I'm getting dance lessons for the reception! You're getting good!" He grinned and blushed slightly.
"Come on! Who is buying this!?" The two officers raised their hands and Gabrielle almost laughed as a hand stuck out of the holding cell too. But Green Eyes and his Lady Detective were the ones she needed to convince now. She turned back to them and shook slightly hands flying to her head.
"I've got it! Go to detention room two. All the evidence you need is in…" She shook her left leg violently almost tipping over.
"His shoe! His left shoe! All the evidence you need is in his left shoe!" Green Eyes glared.
"We will be back in three minutes. And I'll be bringing my own handcuffs!" Gabrielle grinned slightly shouting down the hall after him.
"Promises, promises detective!" As they left Psychic obsessed turned back to her beaming.
