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Nyla didn’t know how she got herself roped into meeting her Rookie’s boyfriend and his best friend. To be fair, Lucy hasn’t been her rookie for years, and they are very close, she’s like a younger sister to her, but beating the boyfriend and his best friend was not something she ever thought she’d do with a former rookie. But Lucy Chen has a habit of worming her way into people’s hearts.
“I think you’ll like Tim, he reminds me of you in some ways,” Lucy said, smiling at Nyla as they walked into the restaurant. A part of her wanted to turn around and go back home to catch up on whatever Chessy reality tv show she was currently watching. Not here meeting Lucy’s boyfriend, and the best friend, who could very well be a huge asshole who makes her want to kick him where the sun doesn’t shine.
Nyla remembered when she transferred from her position as a UC cop to a TO at Inglewood PD, meeting Lucy was like being slapped in the face with light as she emerged from the darkness. She should have known the woman would have a lasting impact on her. She should have expected to have to be the one who scopes out her boyfriend.
“Please don’t compare the man you are sleeping with with me” Nyla teased shaking her head.
“I didn’t mean it that way,” Lucy shakes her head. “I just mean you both have a tough exterior and yet underneath it all, you both are such softies.” Soft is not a word that was often used to describe Nyla, but she wasn’t surprised that was how Lucy saw her.
“I am not soft,” Nyla shook her head.
“No, you are. Why else would you be here right now?”
“Maybe you’re boy friends’ friend is hot,” Nyla said. “Hot and single. Just my type.”
“So you are here with your intentions of what? Getting laid?” Lucy asked.
“Maybe,” She looked over at what Nyla would consider Lucy’s puppy eyes. “No, I am here in case you are dating an asshole.”
“You don’t have to worry about that,” Lucy laughed. “Tim is a sweetheart…once you get to know him.” She assured.
“Remind me again why Jackson isn’t here instead of me.”
“Because Jackson is with Sterling and he’s already met Tim. You haven’t.” Nyla nodded at her words, but as Lucy continued to talk Nyla caught a glimpse of a very hot woman sitting at one of the tables, with a tall-looking man. She had dark hair that was curled, dressed in a night red shirt that hug all her curves. Nyla didn’t believe in love at first sight, but she did believe in attraction at first sight. “Oh, there they are!” Lucy smiles and walks over to the very table the beautiful brunette is at. “Tim!”
“Wait that’s his best friend?” Nyla said, but her comment is forgotten as Lucy embraces her boyfriend, who gives her a soft peck on the lips. Nyla slowly pulls herself together and walks over to the table.
“Nyla, I’d like to introduce you to Tim, and his best friend Angela,” Lucy smiled so brightly as she finally brought together two sides of her life.
“Lucy has told me a lot about you,” Tim smiles holding his hand out. Even Nyla can tell that small talk was not a usual thing for Tim.
“It better all have been good,” She said sending a teasing look towards her former rookie. “Or I’ll have her running the academy training course in a bomb disposal suit.”
“I would never do that,” Lucy smiled. “Besides you don’t have that authority anymore, because your girl is no longer your rookie,”
“Don’t underestimate me, Chen, you know better than that.” Nyla smiled. “Hey, I’m Nyla,” She said turning her attention to the woman beside Tim.
“Angela,” She turned to Tim. “Tim’s best and only friend.” Nyla wasn’t going to pretend she didn’t question the relationship between the two best friends, even if Angela was very attractive, and very much Nyla’s type.
“Don’t listen to her, I have other friends.”
“No,” Angela said. “He doesn’t. I’m surprised he’s even got a girlfriend.” Angela looked over at Nyla. “your girl is a literal saint to put up with this dude. I’ve only known him for a few years and he’s always on my nerves.”
“She says this,” Tim said annoyed, “But yet I am the one who is always getting her out of some sort of trouble.”
“This guy,” Angela shook her head. “Is the little brother I never wanted.”
“I am older than you,” Tim grumbled. The group all laughed, easily getting along as the two old friends bickered. Lucy looked comfortable with the interaction, so maybe it was just a sibling bond between the two. When did she become so protective over Lucy?
Tim nudged them all back towards the table so they could look through the menu. Lucy and Tim sat side by side, while Nyla sat across Lucy and beside Angela.
Nyla noted that Tim and Lucy were a very touchy couple, not in the gross practically having sex in front of her type way, but in the touching each other brought them comfort type way.
“You’ll get used to them forgetting they aren’t alone,” Angela leaned over to whisper in her ear. Nyla could smell her perfume and couldn’t help but lean in a bit too. “Trust me,”
“You go out with them a lot?” Nyla asked. “Like double dates or whatever?”
“Not,” Angela shook her head. “You’d have to be in a relationship for that to happen. But Lucy stops by the station sometimes on her days off, brings us lunch, she is sunshine,”
“Don’t I know it,” Nyla said. “You work at Midwilshire?” Nyla asked.
“Yeah, I’m a detective,” She nodded proudly. “You wouldn’t happen to be rock star Nyla Harper, UC cop turned TO, turned detective for the Inglewood division would you?” Nyla shifted in her seat uncomfortably. Usually when people made the connection, they asked questions. Ones she didn’t want to answer.
“Yeah that would be me,” Nyla confirmed.
“That’s hot,” Angela said before turning back to her menu, offering no explanations.
The rest of the dinner is rather, enjoyable, much to Nyla’s surprise. Nyla once believed that Lucy’s relationships would always have an unfair unbalance because no one can love the way Lucy loves. Lucy loves with her entire heart, she is warm and welcoming and simply puts everything into those she cares about. But Nyla has concluded that while Lucy tim fierceness, Tim loves Lucy just as much or, if you can believe it, more.
He is not a man who deals with his emotions very well, Nyla knows how to read a person. She can see the way he predicts Lucy’s movements, moving back when he knows she is about to wave her hands around the way she does when she’s excited. She can see him constantly reaching for her hand, to rub small comforting circles. She can see how he smiles as she speaks, hanging onto every word. It’s sweet.
It’s so sweet that Nyla can’t help but feel a loss for her own experience with love. She can’t say she’s ever had someone look at her the way Tim looks at Lucy. Sure, she’s had Donavan, and they loved each other, but it was nothing like this. Like these two who are in their romantic movie.
Trying not to dwell on her misfortune, Nyla involved herself in the conversations. Laughing as Angela told stories about Tim, and retelling a few crazy stories of her own. The night was rather enjoyable for a group of people who all are hanging out for the first time together.
“It was nice meeting you Nyla,” Tim said as the night came to an end. “I appreciate you having her back when I can’t,” and the thing is, Nyla is sure he means that wholeheartedly.
“Yeah, she’s a lot of work,” Nyla teased looking over at Lucy who was hugging Angela goodbye.
“Yeah, but” Tim smiled looking at Lucy, “She’s worth it,”
“You better treat her right pretty boy,” Nyla smiled. “I know the best way to get rid of a body, they won’t even know you are missing”
“Badass detective who knows the proper way to hide a body?” Angela spoke up looking over at them. “A woman after my own heart,” This woman.
“Lopez,” Nyla said looking over at the woman. “It was very nice meeting you,”
“Oh I agree,” Angela smiled, and Tim made a grossed-out face as he watched the woman sare at one another.
“Ang, you are like my sister, I do not need to see you making heart eyes at anyone,” Tim complained, as Lucy reached and put her hand into Tim’s hand as he reached out for her as well.
“I have to watch you two eye fuck every single day,” Angela rolled her eyes. “If I wanna stare at a beautiful woman you are gonna let me,”
“Let’s get out here Luce before they start tearing each other clothes off their bodies,” Tim mumbled into Lucy’s ear. “Thank you both for coming to dinner with us, it meant a lot to Lucy,”
“Don’t let him fool you,” Lucy piped up looking towards Angela, “he also appreciated you coming, you’re his best friend,”
“Don’t worry Luce,” Angela smiled. “I got this guy all figured out as you said, he’s a total softy by now.” They laughed and the couple wished them goodnight leaving the two women alone, Angela watching Nyla like a hawk. “So,”
“So” Nyla repeated. “I can use a drink,”
“What a coincidence,” Angela said, with a big smile on her face. “I know exactly the place.”
Angela ended up taking Nyla to what could widely be considered to be a cop bar for Mid-Wilshire police. It wasn’t too busy and they were able to get a booth in the back of the bar, with a bit of privacy.
“So you and Tim,”
“You wanna know if I ever slept with him?” Angela smirked, clearly she had gotten this question a lot.
“Believe it or not, but I wasn’t going to ask that,”
“No?” She raised an eyebrow. “Then, by all means, ask away,”
“I was going to say that you two are very close, how did that happen? I, for one, haven’t made a real good friend like that. Minus Lucy of course, but you know it’s impossible not to like Lucy. Especially when you spent hours upon hours in a car together,” Angela laughed at that.
“Lucy is a very loveable person.” Angela agreed. “Tim and I were assigned at Mid-Wilshire at the same time. You know how stressful it can be, he was just out of the army and I was there with a goal. I don’t know it just kinda worked out,” She shrugged. “I never slept with him. I’ve thought about it. But I am glad I didn’t, because he is my best friend, and we wouldn’t have worked. I’ve never been the best at relationships”
“Me either,” Nyla admitted.
“Must be hard trying to be one when you’re out there being the best UC Cop LA has ever seen,” Angela said.
“Yeah, well apparently my ex-husband agrees,” She shrugged.
“I didn’t know you were married.”
“That was a long time ago, in the past. I am over it, and besides I got my daughter out of it, and while he and I were not right for each other, Lyla is my everything.” Nyla smiled at the thought of her daughter, Angela couldn’t help but smile as well. “No kids?”
“No,” Angela shook her head. “Not yet. I don’t know if it’s in the cards for me. Why is dating so hard at our age?” Nyla laughed taking a swing of her beer.
“I wish I knew,” Nyla said. “So nothing serious then?”
“If you count an ex-girlfriend during college, we dated for two years. But you know, when you graduate, your idea of the world changes. I went to the academy, and she…well let’s just say I got to use a different type of cuff on her the last time I saw her. I also had a boyfriend during academy but he was just… too much.”
“We pick real winners don’t we?” Nyla laughed.
“I think my taste,” she looked at Nyla, up and down, her eyes lingering on her cleavage, “has changed for the better.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah.” Angela stood up. “You know,” She moved to the opposite side of the booth. “When Lucy told me about her scary TO, I was not expecting you to be so fidgety.”
“Yeah well, let’s just say I was very unprepared for Lucy’s boyfriend’s best friend, to be so…” Her voice trailed off. They moved so that they were now facing each other in the small booth.
“Hot? Gorgeous? Stunning?” Angela smirked.
“Forthright,” She shook her head. “But yeah I’d use all those words as well. Trust me, I am not normally so flustered.”
“I’ll take it as a compliment,” Angela smiled, she reached out to place her hand on Nyla’s forearm. “If I am too much, just tell me. Trust me I know that a lot of people can’t handle me,” Nyla could hear the underlying challenge in her voice. She reached her hand out to rest on her hip.
“I can handle you.”
“Oh yeah?” The smirk on Angela’s face was mesmerizing for Nyla, she found herself appreciating every part of the woman sitting across her. She could barely stop herself as she leaned forward and pressed her lips to hers.
It’s been a long time since Nyla was properly kissed, and she had to admit kissing her ex-husband was nothing like kissing Angela. Angela was gentle and soft, yet forward and assertive. It sent Nyla off into a moment of bliss and eagerness. She was beyond disappointed when Angela pulled away, not enough to remove herself from the moment, but enough to look Nyla in the eyes.
“Oh we are doing that again,” Angela smirked. Nyla couldn’t help the little flutter in her chest as Angela ogled her. Not being able to take simply staring at her, she placed her hands on Angela’s waist to push her upwards and out of the booth. Angela went willingly standing up. “Where are we going?”
“You and I, are getting a cab and going back to my place.”
“Look who is being forthright now,” Angela smirked, as Nyla’s face burned red. “Hey no, I find it hot. But if you are going to get me into your bed, we better go now or I will take you on this bench.”
“You are going to be the death of me,” Nyla groaned, leading the woman out of the bar. Nyla could barely hold it together as they finally made it to her place, getting lost in each other’s bodies. Who would have guessed, getting roped into meeting Tim and his best friend would be such a good time?
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“You are so bad,” Lucy sighed as she laid her head on Tim’s chest. She couldn’t believe her boyfriend essentially parent trapped her former TO and his own best friend.
“I can not handle Angela talking about her lack of sex for one more day,” Tim said, stroking her arm up and down. “Besides don’t act like you are innocent. You wanted to get Nyla laid just as much as I needed to get Lopez laid.”
“No,” Lucy shook her head. “I wanted Nyla to find something like we had,”
“Maybe they will,” Tim shrugged. Although it was kind of hard to beat what they had, in Tim’s mind at least. “But how about we stop talking about our friends, and we have some needed naked time,” He moved to flip them both over so that he was on top, with a smirk on his face.
“Mmm,” She nodded reaching out to bring his face down to her own. “Your right,”
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“You,” Angela said moving the baby hairs that had fallen into her face out of the way. “Are good at that. We are going to do that again.”
“Yeah?” Nyla said, the smile on her face never leaving as she turns her body on the bed to face the woman next to her. “Good.”
“You realize we were set up right?” Angela said moving even closer to Nyla.
“Yeah.” She nodded. “But at the moment,” Her hands pulled Angela’s waist against her own. “I can’t seem to care.” Angela smiled and started to nibble onto Nyla’s ear, before leaving kisses down her neck. “Yeah, I have other things on my mind,” She could practically feel Angela’s smirk.
“I” Kiss. “Am.” kiss. “Never” kiss. “Letting.” kiss. “You.” kiss. “Leave.” kiss. “This bed.”
“I don’t think that will be an issue.”
The two continued to get lost in each other the rest of the night, allowing themselves to fall into udder bliss and pleasure. Yeah, this was so much better than reality TV.