Chapter Text
Chapter 1
Seriously, Wynonna?
“Wynonna, Wynonna stop,” Waverly chased after her elder sister, cursing at her short legs and her inability to keep up. She grasped the police department door handle with her fingertips right before it slammed in her face. “You can’t do this you know! This is my life!”
Wynonna sped through the hallway, but then backtracked when a lightbulb flashed in her mind.
“Hey Nicole, are you off soon?”
“Good morning to you too Wynonna!” Nicole responded sarcastically. “I’m finishing this report and then I’m going to head out. By the way,” Nicole glanced up towards the door and paused as her eyes locked with none other than Waverly Earp, a smile feathering across her lips.
“By the way what?” Wynonna asked snapping her fingers trying to get Nicole’s attention again.”
“What?” Nicole questioned, confused. “Oh, you’ve had several visitors come in this morning looking for you and Dolls with cameras. They are waiting for you upstairs in the conference room.”
“Nicole,” Waverly whined to the police officer. “You can’t let her do this.”
Officer Haught looked from one Earp sister to the other, trying to figure out what the sibling rivalry was about this time. As if there was even a question of whose side she would choose.
“This is for your own good, baby girl.” Wynonna lectured. She turned back to Nicole, continuing to ignore her sister’s whining beside her. “Nicole, can you keep my sister busy for six or so hours?”
“Wynonna, she’s getting off the night shift. She’s probably going to go sleep.”
“Actually…”
“She can take you to the movies or something,” Wynonna argued. “Sleep in the seat while she’s babysitting you.”
“Wynonna-”
“I’ll even give you cash Nicole.”
“You can’t bribe her.”
“Hey! Guys, stop!” The redhead yelled. This was like a dream come true. Not the Earp girls fighting in front of her; that happened like more than once a week, but being able to take Waverly out, alone, for a few hours? she must be dreaming. “I’ll take her out for a couple hours and I don’t need you to pay me for it. Lord knows she can use a good time, right Waverly?”
“Hey, I resent that!”
“Thanks Nicole. I knew we could always count on the officers of Purgatory.”
“You never trust us.”
“Well, now I do.” Wynonna argued as she sprinted out the door “Have fun ladies. Whatever you do, don’t let her come back to the station.”
“Well, looks like I’m yours for the day.” Waverly announced, as she plowed through the swinging half door and sat on top of the Sheriff Deputy’s desk.
“Don’t sound so excited to have to spend time with me. I know I’m a police officer, but I can have fun too.” Nicole harassed the younger girl. Her eyes were locked onto the report, as she quickly scribbled line after line trying to complete it as quickly as possible.
“Actually,” Waverly leaned over towards Nicole and ran her fingertips against the other girl’s hand, trying to get her attention. “There’s nowhere else I’d rather be.”
“Really?”
“Come on, what movie you want to go see?”
Nicole shut the folder and walked it over to Sheriff Nedley’s desk. “Do you mind if we go grab some breakfast first? Or did you eat already?”
“Yeah, I did, but I would love to keep you company.”
“Really?”
“Yes, come on. Let’s go! You’ve must to be starving.’”
“You are kidding.” Nicole shook her head in disbelief as she poured coffee creamer into the black liquid. “The MTV show, Parental Control? How did she even get in contact with them? And why would they ever want to tape in Purgatory? There’s like nothing here except a few horses, some motorcycles, and Shorty’s.”
“And you,” Waverly admitted, her cheeks slightly blushing from her own confession. She grabbed Nicole’s coffee and took a large gulp of the scalding liquid. “Fudge nuggets, that’s hot. Don’t drink that yet.”
“Thanks for the warning.” Nicole said as the younger girl slid the coffee mug back toward her.
“I guess it’s been a big project for a while. She taped Champ and I for a couple weeks and then sent the video in to casting.”
“So I guess they must think he’s an ass then?” Nicole questioned, and then bit her lip, angry at her lack of filter. Maybe she could blame it on her lack of sleep? “So she’s going to set you up on what, two dates? And then you have to choose? Sorry, I haven’t seen the show since I was like high school. I didn’t even know it was still on.”
“Me neither!” Waverly agreed. She ran her fingertips through her hair, a large sigh escaping her mouth. “Talk about stressful. There’s no way I’m not choosing Champ. We’ve been together for five years!”
“Hey,” Nicole reached out and placed her hand on top of the younger girls. “Go and have a good time okay; no expectations, nothing to worry about it. You deserve a good time, like today. Let’s try to forget about whatever the hell Wynonna and Dolls are doing, and have a good time. Plus, I hate seeing you upset.”
“Okay, fine. Just for you.”
“You do realize Waverly is going to kill you.”
“No she won’t. She can’t. I’m her sister.”
“Okay the first guy is here.” The producer said, poking his head into the conference room door. “I’m going to send him in.”
“We’re ready for him!”
A young man walked through the door and immediately took a seat across from the two agents.
“What’s your name, sir?”
“James and I’m an OBGYN from Toronto.”
“Well,” Wynonna dropped her pen down on the notebook. “I’ve found my pick.”
“Wynonna…”
“He’s an OBGYN. He has to be better than Champ is at making her orgasm. You should hear them when they have sex- it’s horrifying.”
“Popcorn?” Nicole asked as she walked side by side with Waverly through the desolate theater, her fingertips brushing against the women with each step.
“Of course,” Waverly agreed. “And you should get some gummy worms. I know how much you love those.”
“And how do you know that?”
“I pay attention to you Nicole.”
The young officer blushed and shifted the attention away from her as quick as possible. “Do you want to go grab some seats for us?”
“No, I don’t,” The shorter woman replied with confidence, her fingers interlacing with Nicole’s, for a second. “I want to stay here with you. And, I’m pretty sure our seats are reserved.”
“Wow, that’s a little embarrassing.” She admitted as they stepped closer in line. ‘I haven’t been to the movies in ages, as you can tell.”
“Well, that’s what I’m here for, right, Haught?”
Wynonna drew a big X on the photo print out in front of her with the large sharpie in her hand, then proceeded to scribble all over the man’s face, so she never had to see it again.
“So I take it he’s a no as well?” Dolls asked. “Do you think anyone is going to be good enough for your sister?”
“Yes, and we will find him. Right here, right now. NEXT.”
A man walked through the door with a confident stride, and Wynonna slid down in her seat in embarrassment.
“Hi Wynonna,” He spoke, reaching toward her and shaking her hand.
“Perry Croft. Funny seeing you here. You would think a billionaire wouldn’t have any problems finding a girlfriend.”
He shock Doll’s hand and then sat down in the seat across from them, not wavering at all at Wynonna’s feistiness.
“You would think, right?” He agreed. “But actually, that’s the problem. Everyone’s after my money, but not your sister.”
Dolls leaned over and whispered into his coconspirators ear. “He’s my pick.”
“That movie made no sense,” Nicole commented as the two walked out of the theater side by side. “I mean like, seriously? It was a fish the whole time!”
“You don’t get the power of love.”
“Oh trust me Waverly, I know love, and that was not it.”
“Oh yeah, and who have you ever been in love with?”
“You know, since you are going to be on a show for preteens, I’m going to give you an answer I would have used back then: it’s for me to know and you to find out.”
Waverly swatted her, and Nicole retreated, faking her pain. “You ass.”
“And that’s assaulting a police officer. I should take you in for that.”
“You would love to get me in handcuffs, wouldn’t you, Officer Haught?”
“You have no idea, Waves,” Nicole flirted back. She held opened the passenger’s car door as her friend scooted inside.
“And on that note,” Nicole continued, passing the younger woman her phone as she slid onto her seat. “Your sister is ready for you to come back.”
“Do we have to?”
“Unfortunately, I think we do. She would have an APB out on you in seconds, and I’d be the prime suspect. And I never want to be on the wrong side of your sister.”
“Alright, fine.”
“I think we found a couple of good ones, Dolls.” Wynonna announced as she slipped her phone back into the pocket of her leather jacket. “We are finally going to get rid of Champ.”
“I hope so.”
“I know so.”
“And it’s going to be my pick who wins.”
“We will see, Dolls.”
Nicole leaned against the hood of her cruiser as Waverly hopped out of the passenger’s seat and dragged herself closer toward the police department’s door.
“Hey Nicole,” Waverly looked up, her eyes locking with the officer.
“Hey Waves,” Nicole smiled, her dimples infiltrating the youngest Earp’s heart. Waverly looked from the door to the officer, as if conflicted. She took a hesitant step toward Nicole and wrapped her strong arms against the other woman’s neck, pulling her into a hug. After releasing a deep breath, Nicole slid her own arms around Waverly, her hands rubbing up and down the young girls back.
“I’ve got you Waves.”
“I know you do. Thanks for today.”
Unbeknownst to the two women, the two black badge deputies stepped outside, both freezing at the sight before them.
“Holy-” Dolls started.
“Fuck.” Wynonna finished his sentence.
“How have we been-”
“This fucking oblivious.”
Waverly stepped away from Nicole, her hand sliding down the other woman’s muscular arms, interlacing their fingers, and then hesitantly letting go as she stepped further and further away.
“Thank you,” She mouthed to the deputy as she turned back to her sister. “Are you done now, Wynonna, destroying my life?”
“Um… Dolls, can you escort Waverly to the car? There’s something I need to finish up here.”
“Yeah, of course.”
“I’m not a child, Wynonna.”
“Come on, Waverly.” Dolls put his hand on her back and began shuffling her away.
Wynonna leaned against the officer’s car and waited until her sister was out of ear shot. “How long have you- you know what, it doesn’t even matter. Did Waverly tell you what was going on?”
“With you and your crazy Parental Control antics? Yeah, she did.” Nicole informed her. “Look, I know you don’t like Champ, and I don’t either, but I don’t think-”
“She’s going on two dates tomorrow. I think you should come.”
“What?”
“I want you there. You like her; I think you should throw your name in the goblet of fire.”
“Wynonna, I don’t-”
“Nicole, I see the way you look at her, and I see the way she looks at you. Think about it, okay? Swing by the homestead around five.”
Before Nicole could even argue, Wynonna waved her hand and galloped away from the car and toward her family.