Chapter 29: We were all kinds once

The one where Lucy and Tim help a little kid deal with bullying.

At first glance no one would say that Lucy's and Tim's childhood would have anything in common, they were just complete opposites, but the truth was they were much more similar as kids as they thought. While Tim's parents were relaxed (careless, more like it) and Tim had grown up in Autopilot. What else could anyone expect, his parents were kinds who had a kid. Lucy's upbringing was completely opposite to his, her parents had planned to have her for year so naturally they treated her like a little treasure.

Despite that little Tim and little Lucy were more similar than they thought, both extremely shy as kindergartners and primary school students. Children can be little monsters and Tim knew that first handily - naturally because his parents were only 22 when he entered school,l kids picked up on him because he didn't have a packed lunch, the newest clothes or money to go on school trips. Lucy was the complete opposite, growing in a big city made kids more independent, but her parents didn't give her much space for independence, allowing kids to mock her for their extreme PDA.

As Teenagers, both were rebellious (even if Tim had a reluctancy to admit it). Tim got himself in more trouble than it was worth, both at home and at school. Thankfully, his good looks, charming personality and polite attitude managed to always get him out of trouble but not before he caused a serious mess. Lucy tried to be rebellious, but she was too much of a goody two shoe to get into actual trouble, stills she managed to give her parents some grey hairs… especially when it came to boys and parties.

"Boot, Harry Potter is not better than Star Wars." Tim emphasized and Lucy scuffed. She wasn't quite sure how her T.O. and her ended up discussing literary fiction but, like any other argument they had, it was proving to be difficult to reach a consensus.

"How can you even say that? It's not even comparable. Harry Potter is simply THE greatest saga of all times." Lucy counter-argumented, smirking cheekily at him. While she was a true Harry Potter fan (bugging her parents every time a new movie or book came out), she also enjoyed Star Wars but watching Tim speak with great fervour about something as frugal as a movie, was reason enough to push the topic.

"Please it's for babies." Tim reposted quickly, with a simple shrug of his shoulders. Unfortunately, he had watched Harry Potter more times than he liked to admit and maybe it was the fact that he watched it as an adult and after joining the army. It simply didn't erupt that magic feeling Star Wars had when he watched it as a child, he simply didn't see fantasy the same way he once did… he knew the real world then.

"Babies really? My parents watched Star Wars. What does that make you?" Lucy teased as they stepped inside the Mid-Wilshire Precinct, Tim holding the door open for her. A little after the two Officers had made their wait back onto the streets after Lunch, Sergeant Grey had called all available units in.

"Oh, please Star Wars is ageless. But Harry Potter…My sister watched that all her life." Tim recollected all the times he watched the movies with his sister when she discovered them as age 8. Every time he visited, every birthday party, every Christmas list Harry freaking Potter was around…like a curse.

"That's because she's clev…" Lucy retorted, yes Brook did look like the type of kid who would love Harry Potter. Another thing that they could use to annoy him with. "Wait that's the problem isn't it!?" She asked, laughing as she realised what the real deal was.

"What? He asked turning sideways to look at her, frowning at her outburst.

"She forced you to watch it, didn't her? Oh, I love your sister." Lucy chuckled loudly as she imagined a little version of Brooklyn, forcing big-army-soldier Tim Bradford to watch a Harry Potter film marathon. It was a sweet but at the same time comical scene to imagine.

"She did not…" He coughed, trying to appear the least bothered with her assumption, as to dismiss it as incorrect but Lucy saw right through his crap, smirking wider. "She forced me to take her to the harry potter world when it opened." He admitted remembering how much she called and texted begging him to take her to the Harry Potter World. Naturally, as the sucker he was for her, he complied and took her to her to Florida …3 times.

"She was what?12. How did she force you?" Lucy teased, softly with no actual malice. His though guy act didn't work on his sister (clearly) and no matter how much he tried, it also didn't work on Lucy.

"shush you." He knocked his shoulder with her, playfully. Knowing perfectly well that there was no point arguing, she had him completely figured out.

"What are you two arguing about? Angela Lopez asked as she and Jackson, joined them on the way to the conference room.

"Harry Potter or Star Wars?" Lucy asked, turning to look at the other two officers. She smirked when she felt Tim sigh exasperatedly next to her.

"Harry Potter." The two answered like it was a pretty obvious choice and Lucy turned to smile proudly at Tim, who simply rolled his eyes at her.

"I'm… How's the wedding planning going?" Tim asked, turning to Angela, trying to change the topic before Lucy grew even more cocky.

"Sensitive topic there." Jackson tried to warn but his only response was a confused luck from Lucy and Tim and a slap on the arm from Angela.

"Shut up… my mother and future mother-in-law now want to plan the perfect engagement party." Angela complained, rubbing her eyes. She had dinner with her mother and her mother in law the night before and the conversation had gone from picking the perfect flower arrangement to planning the best and most glamorous engagement party ever.

"And that's bad…" Tim asked, not understanding the source of her problems. He would have given a kidney to have someone else plan his entire wedding, anything is better than scouting event-Locations or picking flowers.

"I don't want a big, perfectly planed, speech filled, engagement party. I want to drink till I can't remember how much I drank… with my closest friends." Angela admitted with a sigh, she was perfectly aware that her plans for a night of drunken fun was not happening if she allowed them to plan it.

"And the problem is?" Tim asked again, earning an eye roll from Lucy. To him saying no had always been easy and maybe that was why he didn't understand why others had a hard time doing it.

"I actually like that my mother in law likes me."

"Never had to worry about that." He muttered and watched as Lucy chuckled softly and shook her head, as she remembered when he told her that Isabel's parents weren't big fans of his.

"Well… we can fix it. Your and Weasley's mom can plan the fancy party and we will handle the fun, drunken one." Lucy offered, Angela's mum and mother in law sounded too much like hers so she was perfectly aware that the only way Angela could find a good solution was if she had the two separate parties. Lucy always liked planning them, so she was more than ok helping her friend.

"You would?"

"Of course, what are friends for?" Lucy smiled at Angela, remembering when she and Harper had dragged her to the blind date event. Even thought the night didn't end like they expected, the two more experienced officers had good intentions and their friendship really became stronger.

"For Christ's sake…" Tim muttered, shaking his head disapprovingly at the two sappy female officers.

"And that's why people like her more." Angela informed him, making everyone laugh. Even Tim, couldn't help but chuckle as he was perfectly aware that if someone needed to be sacrificed in their group, he would be voted unanimously.

"Yes, but I'm not the one in this conversation who needs reassuring from anyone." He remembered them playfully.

"Whatever you say big guy." Angela shrugged him off, more than used to his attitude. "I still expect a hell of a gift from you." She warned, as they came to stand around the room with the remaining officers.

"Alright, everyone. Can I have your attention?" Sergeant Grey called from the podium, clapping to gather their attention. By the serious and stern face that the Sergeant supported, the Rookies and their T. O's could tell that whatever had called for a gathering was serious. "As of this morning, a little after 10 p.m. 8 years old Nathaniel Hagiwara went missing after his P.E. class at Cathedral Chapel School. Of course, opposite to every guideline, the school searched for the kid in the surrounding area for the past 3 hours coming up empty ended."

"Fucking idiots." Tim muttered, shaking his head and ignoring Lucy's eye roll. Waiting too long to inform local authorities was a common mistake for parents and one that worsened the kids chances… no matter how many times they informed them about the importance of ringing the alarm as soon as they realise someone is missing.

"The school contacted the parents and then gave out the alarm, as of this moment the kid has been missing for approximately 4 hours, so I want all available units patrolling the area immediately." Sergeant Grey added with great severity and Lucy massaged her temple, 4 hours was a long time for a little kid to be missing.

"Anything to indicate a kidnaping?" Lopez asked from her place to Lucy's left, also visibly concerned. The stats weren't on their side either, considering that California had one of the highest rates of missing children cases in the country.

"Family is upper-medium class but not extremely rich, so there's no reason to believe that there would be any sort of ransom. Most likely, Nathaniel wandered off the school campus but there's always a chance that someone took him or will take him when they find the kid wandering alone on the streets." Grey added and Lucy allowed herself to feel hopeful, if the kid decided to leave on his own, then there's a good chance he decided to head home or to some place special but still they needed to move quickly and efficiently. "That said I want everyone out onto the streets and this kid found before night fall. His picture was sent to your phones, get to it!"

"What's your plan Boot?" Tim inquired as he returned to her side, after a quick conversation with the Sergeant in charge.

"I- I think you should lead this one, considering you have more experience in this than me…" Lucy hesitated at first to say those words, a little afraid that her T.O. would think she was slacking off at the end. She didn't actually believe he would think that of her, not after all they had gone through but there was always a thread of fear.

"Obviously, Boot… but still where would you search for him first?" He added like they were discussing the most obvious topic on the face of the world and Lucy fought back the urge to roll her eyes…again. Another one of Tim Bradford's famous test, one more month to go and she will be free of them- sure, she'll miss them a tiny bit, but he doesn't need to know that.

"Assuming that he wandered off, my first guesses would be patrolling his path home, the parks on the way and any place on the way that might attract the attention of an 8-year-old." She informed him, certain that her answer was correct. Sometimes, especially in situations like this, her psychology degree did help fight some gaps in her police training.

"Ok, strong guesses but what's one important place your forgetting Boot?"

"… I'm not sure I'm fallowing…" Lucy admitted, biting her lower lip as she tried to think of another possible scenario.

"You ruled out one of the most obvious places." Tim focused his gaze on his Boot as he held the door for her, smirking at her confused face. "Sometimes kids aren't missing, Boot. They are hiding."

"You think he's still in the school?" Tim contained his desire to laugh at the Lucy's astonished face. Lucy had always been on top of her game, probably the better prepared Rookie he ever had, so naturally it felt nice to surprise her.

"You were a kid once Chen, you probably had a place to hide that the teachers didn't know of and most likely Nathaniel has one to." He teased her amicably. If little Lucy Chen was anything like the Lucy he knew now then for sure she was a straight kid, unlike him that knew all the possible hide out spots.

"Ok soooo … we search the school !?" Lucy nodded in agreement, while she had been a pretty straight student all her life, she did know that they had tricks that teachers never even dreamed of.

"Yes, I already cleared it with Grey." He nodded as he entered their shop, quickly fallowed by Lucy, who immediately pulled out her cell phone. "They are also setting traffic check-points around town, in case someone took him."

"Oh, he's such a cute looking Kid." Lucy gushed, turning her cell phone so that Tim too could see the picture of the little kid. He smiled softly at the picture of the small kid, holding a first day of school board with a big smile on his face.

"yeah, he is." He agreed. Truly, the kid was the definition of cute. His wide and bright smile, the perfectly ironed school uniform, and the round colourful glasses just made him the perfect picture of the poster child everyone dreams of having.

"Why would a kid like this run away?" Lucy asked sadly as she pocketed her phone, it saddened her greatly that any kid thought the solution was to run away from the places he should feel the safest at.

"School can be though, Boot." Tim explained, the topic personal to him.

"Yeah…well, I always liked school, was kind of my safe place." Lucy admitted smiling softly at him and Tim nodded his head in agreement. There was no doubt that Lucy Chen was a fan of school.

"Wish I could say the same." He admitted but corrected himself when Lucy turned her questioning and worried gaze towards him. "It wasn't like I was bullied or anything, but kids did mess with me."

"It's hard to imagine…" Most like impossible, she thought. Tim Bradford intimidated by anyone!? That was never a possible scenario in her head, even if she knew that Tim's home life hadn't been the easiest.

"Well I was a kid with kids for parents." He admitted, talking about something he didn't do oft- His past. "No packed lunch, no permission slips signed, torn clothes… I got through it though." He did, at first it wasn't easy. He had to handle watching other kids eat lunch when he didn't have one, he had to handle the mockery because his shirts were to short but eventually his mom got her shit together, he got friends to whom that didn't matter and he learned to listen to himself.

"You are Tim Bradford of course you did." She smiled at him, almost thankful that he trusted her enough to share something soo intimate and he smiled back, thanking her for her support. "It terrifies me, you know?"

"What?" He questioned confused, not sure from where the question was coming from.

"The thought of being responsible for a little human." Lucy admitted, while she had always wanted to become a mother, the idea scared her more than anything. She knew she could be a good mother; she was well aware that she had all the right instincts, but she was also a bit spacey and wild, and those were not good characteristics

"Oh, come on. You'll be one of those moms." Tim teased, throwing her an amused smirk. He too had concerns about being a father but one thing he was sure off was that Lucy Chen would be a freaking good mother and her family would be freaking lucky to have her.

"One of those moms?" She inquired raising an eyebrow playfully, curious to know how exactly Tim Bradford had envisioned her as a mother.

"Yes, you'll have a go bag with a med kit and plenty of snacks." Lucy laughed at his good-humoured comment, she did that already. Her backpack looked like the closet in Narnia. "Oh, and you are definitely going to be one of those that makes dinner a mandatory family event every day and everyone has to talk about their day." He could imagine her perfectly, tired from a long, hard day on the job but still with a bright smile cooking dinner and eager to know how everyone's day had gone. It was an amazing sight.

"I think that's a great bonding experience for families." Lucy agreed, fighting to contain the blush that threatened to rise. He couldn't be more right, she would demand family dinners because she rarely had one with her own family. "Oh, please Mr. tough Guy. I know exactly what type of parent you would be."

"I so want to hear this." Tim stopped the car on the red light and turned to face her with a grin. He was sure she wouldn't be far from the true, considering that she knew him better than anyone else.

"You are a big softie. If you have girls, you'll be one of those parents that will coach their soccer team and demand to meet every single date. You'll need to be forbidden from monitoring any school function because you are too overbearing and naturally, you'll get your son a court side seat right next to yours." Lucy rambled turning to watch his reaction carefully, she had actually thought about the subject, maybe because she was still a psych major and a little bit because she had imagined how Tim would be like with kids…a couple of times.

"That's weirdly specific." And a much more profound thought than he believed she would come up with. All of this simply proved that they were much more deeply connected than they thought and that was both dangerous and amazing.

"But accurate, right?" Lucy asked proudly, it didn't take a genius to figure out that Tim was going to be one of those parents that every other kid wanted to have, he just needs to embrace it.

"If I ever have kids." Tim muttered under his breath and Lucy rolled her eyes. Tim Bradford was sure to become one of those guys with 3 kids hanging of his legs but that would take it all in like a true champion.

"I know I didn't say it, but I think it's pretty clear." She added when Tim moved forward at the green light and turned towards the street of the school. "You will be an amazing father someday Tim. No doubt."

"Is that psychologist Lucy chen speaking?" He asked teasingly, trying to make the conversation lighter.

"No, it's just your friend Lucy." She reminded him and he nodded in acceptance as he parked the car. No matter what, he could always count on her to have his back and reassure him that even if the thought scared him, he would still excel at it.

"We're here."

"Officers Hello. I'm Jena Fitzallen, the headmistress." A middle-aged Caucasian woman greeted them as they stepped out of the car, she looked exactly like they expected a headmistress to look like. Put together, conservative, extremely confused and concerned – which was understandable considering the situation she was in.

"Officer Bradford and Chen." Tim introduced himself and then Lucy. "When did you first notice Nathaniel missing?" He asked, going straight to the topic because time was running out and they needed to find the little boy before night fall.

"His P.E. teacher noticed when he cleared the locker room after the class and his clothes were still there." She explained nervously, fidgeting with her hands to calm herself. "Nathaniel is a very sweet boy but very shy and quiet. He tends to keep to himself and stay away but we never…" At the attempt to decrease the schools blame, Tim's and Lucy's eyes widened.

"So, let me get this, you ignore and lose a kid that was under your care and then blame it on him being shy?" Tim inquired sharply, making it clear that if someone was to blame for the situation was the school and not the probably frightened 8-year-old boy. "I ask that with the utmost respect." He added gruffly after Lucy elbowed him on the ribs.

"I have around 300 students. It's not easy watching them all." She defended, clearly taken aback by Tim's sharp and accusatory tone.

"That soun…" Tim started to say but Lucy stepped closer to him and pinched him on the arm. He glared at her, but she ignored him.

"We are going to conduct a search to make sure, nothing important was overlooked." Lucy explained more politely with a fake smile, as she did her best to ignore her T.O.'s furious gaze. While she too believed the Headmistress was wrong to blame the kid, playing the blaming game was definitely not helping anyone.

"Of course, if you need any assistance you need just call for me." The lady turned and left, heading towards the civilian group that were probably organizing a pedestrian search.

"The fucking nerve." Tim muttered, rubbing his forehead as he surveyed the small school. "You need to stop hurting me, Boot." Tim turned towards Lucy and glared softly at her, one more jab to the ribs and the place was going to be permanently bruised.

"I actually hurt you?" She asked proudly and a little teasingly, maybe after all skinny elbows were a good thing.

"You annoy me more than you hurt me." He reminded her, after all he only had 30 more days to actively exert his authority over her and he was just looking for the right pretext. "And if you don't lose the smirk, you'll be running behind the shop for the next 30 days."

"uhm, uhm…" Lucy hummed not one bit convinced that his words presented any real threat. "So where do we start?"

"Surprise me Boot." Tim pointed to the front of the school. Even though the school had few students, the campus was considerably big and had plenty of areas for them to search.

"The science labs? Plenty of storage closets?" She suggested, if this school was anything like hers, the storage closets in the chemistry labs would always be open during the day…even if they shouldn't. Tim nodded in agreement and held the door open for her.

Lucy and Tim searched the interior of the school, starting in the Science labs all the way to the Cafeteria but came up empty ended. No sign of Nathaniel. In the half hour that had taken them to search the school building, no report of the missing boy had come in, so needless to say the two officers were starting to get a little worried for the little boy.

"Fucking hell, were did this kid go?" Tim asked as he and Lucy rounded up their search on the class building, coming up empty handed.

"Do you think someone took him?" Lucy asked, visibly worried for the kid. If someone took him, they had just waited a good hour looking for him in the school.

"No, I don't but I think we should look somewhere else." Tim reassured her, fighting the urge to squeeze her shoulder in reassuring. He had looked for many missing people before and he knew the heart wrenching feeling she had. He had especially felt it when she had gone missing and it had almost driven him insane.

"It's almost 6 p.m." She added, checking the time on her watch. One more hour and night would fall in LA.

"We'll find him." He told her as he walked further into the building, leading them past the indoors Gym.

"Wait." Lucy called, taking a step back and looking at the closed doors to the Gym, as if she could see something he didn't.

"What?" Tim took some steps backwards and came to stand next to her, looking at her expectantly.

"The gym." Lucy explained and Tim looked at her confused, not following her line of thought completely. "The bleacher, how many times have you just simply laid under the bleachers?" She asked excitedly, like she had just cracked the case.

"Never." Tim declared like it was an obvious answer. Lucy rolled her eyes and sighed, clearly, he hadn't had any troubles during high school, or he would have spent some time under the bleachers.

"Whatever." She dismissed him, what did she expect from handsome popular, football start Tim Bradford!? "Well, the Gym's usually use retractable bleachers."

"Lucy he would be crushed when they retracted." He explained softly, not wanting to completely disregard her line of though. The truth was that if the kid did hide in there, this search would have an even more tragic outcome than expected.

"That is the thing, they would only put them away at the end of the day and no one would think anyone would risk hiding in them. Besides that, it's small, dark and basically perfect for some peace and quiet." She argumented as she pushed open the doors and observed the bleacher, confirming her idea. While the space under these particular bleachers was too small for an adult it was just perfect for a kid Nathaniel's age.

"It's worth a shot." Tim agreed as he followed her further into the gym. "I won't fit under there though."

"Just peek from the left one and I'll check this one." Lucy told her as she walked towards the blue bleachers closest to her. As she checked under it, falling to her knees to crawl a little inside them, she spotted a pair of bright orange coloured running shoes – the same pair the teacher described Nathaniel to be wearing. She sighed in relief and called to her partner. "Tim." Her partner turned to look at her expectantly and she nodded as confirmation to his unverbalized question.

"7-Adam-19 We got him. He's in the school's gym." Tim informed dispatch as he walked closer to Lucy's side, watching as she crawled further into the tight place. Something he was sure, wasn't easy for her.

"Hey Nathaniel." Lucy said softly as to not startle the kid, whose back was turned to her. She smiled sadly as she noticed that he simply sat there, with his knees up to his chest, deep in his thoughts.

"OHH…" He asked, turning quickly to look at Lucy- obviously surprised to see someone there looking for him. "Am I in trouble?" He questioned nervously as he noticed her uniform and badge.

"No sweetheart you aren't. Is everything ok?" Lucy reassured, while he had sent the county in a bit of a goose chase, it wasn't his fault… after all he was just a (scared) kid.

"Yes, I just wanted to be alone for a while." He admitted, looking down at the floor to avoid Lucy's worried gaze. She wanted to hug him more than ever, but the cramped place didn't allow that.

"I understand that, but you gave your teachers and parents a big scare." She explained. While she understood where the kid was coming from and that this wasn't his fault, he needed to understand that his action had scared people – people that cared and loved him.

"I didn't expect anyone to notice me missing. I was about to leave; my parents usually pick me up around 6h30." He explained, looking down at his watch to confirm that he didn't lose track of time. "I didn't notice that anyone was looking for me." Lucy's heart broke when she hear that, how could a sweet, little boy think that none would notice him missing? Or look for him?

"No one checked in here?" She questioned in a friendly tone but a bit worried and angry inside, after all the school had said they searched everywhere for him. And by the look of the kid, if someone called his name: He would have come out.

"Not that I noticed. I'm not a big sports fan, maybe no one thought I would be here." He joked slightly, adjusting the glasses and Lucy smiled brightly. Kids like these made her wish for one, just wish though.

"I wasn't either Sweetheart." She confided in him, with a knowing smile. If she ever went missing at his age, she was sure the first-place people would search would be the library. "Maybe we can head out now, this is a little cramped for me." Her legs were becoming to ache but that wasn't the main reason she wanted to get out- cramped places still freaked her out a bit.

"I like it here, it's peaceful and quiet." He admitted as he watched her crawl backwards, following her lead.

"Is school too loud?" Lucy asked, understanding that this sweet innocent boy just wanted a place where no one would mess with him- just like Tim had said. "It gets quieter you know !? One day the noise won't be soo loud and eventually it will stop. You just need to continue being yourself and listening to your heart, it will guide you on the right direction." She reassured him softly, offering him her hand to pull him to his feet at the end of the bleachers.

"Yes?" She nodded in confirmation, she understood it was hard to look so far into the future but if he did that, she was sure he would see the bright future he had ahead.

"You should listen to her, she's good with this type of stuff." Tim told him, smiling softly at the two of them. At the kid for being soo freaking cute and at Lucy for being fucking amazing "Besides, if anyone gives you crap, you give us a call."

"Don't curse in front of the kid." Lucy reprimanded slapping his arm, a gesture that caused the other two to chuckle.

"Thank you." The kid smiled shyly at the older officer and fidgeted nervously with his hands.

"Nate." A female voice called from the entrance and Lucy and Tim turned to look at a brown-haired woman that was clearly Nathaniel's mother. She cried in relief when she saw her son and ran towards them. Tim had only enough time to pull the Lucy away before the mother threw herself at the boy and hugged him tightly. "Oh god, thank you soo much." She thanked the two officers, tears running down her face.

"No need for that, he's an amazing kid." Tim reassured her and he could practically feel Lucy smile next to him. "Don't look soo happy Boot, you are still got to write the report." He muttered to Lucy as he turned to watch her gleeful expression.

"Nothing can wipe the smile of my face." She informed him, as they stepped away from the family to give them some privacy. It was amazing seeing this side of Tim Bradford, it felt like she was seeing a side of him that only she could see and the feeling was indescribable.

"It's a really good feeling isn't it? Reconnecting people." He asked her, trying his best to hide his smile but failing miserably. He remembered how it felt to have her in his arms again that day, it felt like he would be happy again.

"Ohhh, That's soo swee…" Lucy gushed but Tim interrupted her before she was even half way. Sure, he was much more relaxed but let's not push it.

"Don't you even dare finish that sentence." He threatened lightly and frowned when he saw the headmistress approach the family. "I'm never putting my kids in a private school." He admitted with a shake of his head.

"And why not?" Lucy inquired as they continued to watch the interaction unfold and wait for the sergeant to get there. While she had always frequented public schools, she did see advantages in private education – especially in early educative years.

"Well sure the system has flaws, but California has good public schools." Tim defended, not completely sure of his words but wanting to stick to his idea.

"well, California doesn't rank that well in terms of education and privates offer a more personalized and diversified curriculum." Lucy defended, sure the education system wasn't the worst, but it needed some serious improvements. Going all the way from student and faculty safety to academical curriculum.

"Whatever, we went to public California schools and we turned out well." He pointed at the two of them and Lucy laughed. Sure, they didn't end up in a ditch somewhere but considering everything they had lived through, well might be pushing it.

"I wouldn't qualify running in the direction of the bullets well." She jokingly told him, she did love her job but it definitely didn't help reassure them that they were normal, functioning members of society. Not too bad, but certainly a little crazy.

"You don't want your kid to be a cop?" He questioned teasingly, knowing perfectly well what her answer would be. While Lucy tried (and succeeded) to distance herself from her parents as much as possible, she was still her mother's daughter when it came to careers.

"I want he or she to be whatever they desire but I would prefer they didn't." She said. Lucy wasn't going to lie and be a hypocrite and say she would be happy, but she would support the choices of her children, because that's what parents do.

"I would like to have an Officer Bradford Junior." He admitted, it would be nice to have someone to continue his legacy when he was gone.

"Yeah…but that's just because you would like to boss the kid around." Tim laughed at her jab at him but nodded anyways, he for sure wouldn't let his kid slack off "I would like to see how you handle a mini Miss Officer Bradford."

"Don't you even joke about it." Tim said sternly, he was already terrified of having girls, let alone one that was a cop. He nearly had a heart attack with Lucy, imagine a daughter of his.

While Tim and Lucy Bradford would grow to have a big family, they wouldn't have to worry about having a kid on the force- believe me they had plenty to worry about. But they would come to a middle ground between public and private education, there would always be mandatory family dinners and Tim definitely had to meet every boyfriend his daughter had… preferably with his uniform on.

Don't hate me, don't hate me pleeeeassseeee!

I'm sorry but life had been kind of hectic. I promise I haven't dropped the story and I am going to write the other two fics I promised. I don't know how much I will write on this one, because I don't wanna ruin anything for season 3!

Please let me know what you thought of this chapter, I love reading every single one of your reviews! Thank you for the constant support.

-XO.

P.s.: this was written before episode 19-20. og... and I'm soooo sorry for any mistakes.