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Jake
He was lying on his back and staring at the ceiling. This had become a common occurance ever since the day he got to know that Amy used to like him back.
He had been planning to ask her out in some way ever since Sophia broke up with him. But there was never a good time. And then Amy told him that she wouldn't date cops.
He did not complain like a baby at that. In fact, he thought he dealt with it in a quite mature manner. But he couldn't stop thinking to himself how unfair it was. She dated Teddy, a cop. And when both of them were finally single, she decided not to date cops anymore.
It's not her fault, he reminded himself. He also tried to move on. But he couldn't. Many of his nights were spent like this, lying on his back on the bed and trying to forget her. It never worked.
But that night, it was different. He was not lying awake, trying to forget her. Instead he was trying to remember everything that happened that night so that he could relive it all again.
It was funny how two of the best kisses of his life were not even real kisses. They were just attempts to keep their cover from getting blown.
But this whole undercover thing presented another problem. Now he was sure he would never be able to move on from her. Damn, why did she have to make it so convincing?
When she said, 'He makes me laugh' Jake could have sworn she was telling the truth. She was actually being genuine. All plans of trying not to get invested flew out of the window at that point. That was probably how he ended up kissing her.
To keep their cover, of course. But he had a feeling that both he and Amy liked the kiss. Amy had kissed him back after all. Just for a split second before they had to separate. Maybe he had imagined it.
But he couldn't have imagined the second kiss.
They were just casually squabbling over cold pizza (display temperature, not cold) when Amy announced that their man was there. She didn't give him time to understand what her 'Well, this is happening', meant before launching herself on him. He vaguely remembered that they were working on a case before sliding his hands around her waist and deepening the kiss.
Which he now wished he hadn't. Amy must have felt that. It was embarrassing.
And then she left him, cold and lonely. He remembered what they were supposed to do shortly and took out his gun to point at their wanted man, shouting, 'You are under arrest! This is a work event!'
He smiled at the memory. Really, sometimes he thought it was a wonder he got through his undercover stint in the mafia alive.
So that was all he had. Two kisses from his longtime crush, Amy Santiago to last him until he could move on. That was more than most people got in their lifetime. He should be happy.
Except that he wanted more.
Amy
She sipped her hot chocolate, lost in thoughts.
It wasn't like her to just randomly and casually kiss her partner to keep their cover. She expected something like that from Jake (although she was greatly surprised when Jake swooped in for a kiss earlier) but she didn't expect it from herself. But then she didn't expect to start liking her partner Jake either.
He was a nice guy and all, but he was so different from her. Amy recognised that the very first moment she met him in his disastrous hairstyle. The only thing they shared in common was their love for their job and probably their competitiveness.
So she was surprised at herself when she realised she liked him. Him. Jake.
She realised that first when he gave her that "romantic-stylez" speech. He was long gone at that point. His speech was done and he gave her no time to reply. And when she did realise she liked him back she raced after him. But she had lost him by then. She figured it was for the best. What could she have even said to him? 'Hey, Jake, guess what? I like you back. But I can't be with you because I am still with Teddy.'
No. Just no.
So she decided to say nothing, even after he came back. She could clearly see the sadness and jealousy in his eyes every time she mentioned Teddy. But he never said anything against him and Amy was impressed about that. He was immature and childish in many ways but by telling her how he truly felt for her and not forcing her to break up with Teddy or any such nonsense she saw in the few rom-com movies she had watched, he had shown a great deal of bravery and maturity.
Bravery that Amy herself couldn't show. It was in that horrendous double date with Teddy and Sophia that she told him she liked him and that too after Teddy decided to tell on her. But then it was too late. He was already with Sophia.
But she couldn't forget the look on his face when she told him. It was the softest look she had ever seen on his features, one that made a reappearance when she kissed him on his cheek as Dora. Yeah, don't think she missed that.
And then the kisses. When he kissed her, she was surprised before kissing him back and it was all over too soon.
But when she pushed him up against the tree and practically started to make out with him, she was much more surprised. The whole night, she had surprised herself greatly.
And it was so good. Like crazy good. She wanted to go on kissing him forever. She felt his hands circling her waist and pulling her closer and she didn't resist. She wanted it. She took it.
Later when things began to get awkward between her and Jake, he felt obligated to point out her "tall butt" and "weird elbows". His silliness still made her laugh. He was so cute when he was awkward. He was also irritating. But also he was lovable. And she couldn't deny he was hot. But she would never mention that in front of him. He didn't need a bigger ego.
She got ready for bed. She followed her usual routine and couldn't stop herself from thinking how much more fun it would have been if they had been dating. But they were not.
Just as she was falling asleep, she thought to herself that they both clearly had feelings for each other. Then what was stopping them?