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SNN 2 EP 16 – The Overnight
Tim goes to change into his uniform then comes back to the front desk to grab Chen so they can finally get out on patrol.
“Let’s go boot,” he says in that classic T.O. voice, “unless you’d like to stay on front desk duty all day.”
“Absolutely not,” she says as she hands off her duties to another officer, “let’s go.
“So, that reporter,” Lucy says with a particularly leading undertone.
“What about her?” Tim asks still annoyed by Chen’s interaction with the woman earlier.
“I’m pretty sure she was hitting on you,” Lucy tells him.
“I doubt it, she just wanted information; and in case you forgot I am dating someone, remember,” Tim says.
“I know,” Lucy says matter-of-factly, “she did have a point though,” she adds quietly.
“A point about what?” he asks turning to look at her.
“That you’re an ass,” Lucy says with a smirk.
Tim rolls his eyes, “it’s my job.”
Animal control shows up as well as the RA and thankfully the snake wasn’t as venomous as it looked.
“Didn’t know you spoke snake boot,” Tim says as they walk back to the shop.
“I don’t, that snake just didn’t need to get shot at by you. Also how did you think you were going to manage that?” she asks him.
“I would’ve figured something out, I’m a good shot,” he says knowing full-well the idea of trying to shoot a snake, especially if it’s moving it a bit ridiculous.
“Mhm, sure, says the man who is clearly afraid of snakes,” she teases.
“I am not afraid of snakes, I just don’t like things that have the potential to cut my life short,” Tim says.
Lucy follows Valerie upstairs to the hotel room she’s rented but does so very reluctantly. She knows she’s in too deep to walk away and leave Valerie unattended, but she also knows that she is absolutely going to be ruining whatever plans or non-existent plans that Tim had because there’s no way she can get through this without including him.
Lucy tries to explain the severity of the situation to Valerie but with no success, so she decides to follow up her text with a phone call.
Tim is sat on his couch with Kojo in his bed on the floor and is just about to open a beer when he hears his phone. He picks it up and sees a text from Chen.
Chen: Call me, I’m with Valerie
He’s about to text her back for what he’s sure will be a long-winded explanation but sees she’s calling him.
“Boot,” Tim says when he answers.
“Um, hi, so um…” Lucy stammers.
“Spit it out boot, quickly. I’d like to know why you’re calling me on a Friday night,” he says.
“Um one; you were right, two: I do not need to hear you gloat, and three I need you to meet me at a hotel downtown,” she says.
“Right about what? Wait what? What did you do?” he asks getting more annoyed by the second.
“That’s not what’s important; what is is that I am with Valerie, the reporter and she’s trying to take the law into her own hands and I need back-up,” she explains trying to give Tim the broad strokes of the situation.
“Nicely done Boot, text me the address, I’m on my way,” he says before hanging up.
Lucy opens the door for Tim and already knows how bad things look.
“I’m in trouble aren’t I?” she asks sheepishly.
“Mhm,” he says in response as he slides his hands in his pockets and starts assessing the situation he’s been dragged into.
Lucy hears the all clear from Tim’s radio out in the hall and takes Valerie downstairs to the lobby.
“Hey roomie,” she says when she sees Jackson with the suspect and a tired looking Lopez.
“Hey, what did you get yourself into?” Jackson asks.
“You don’t want to know,” Lucy says still feeling embarrassed.
“Oh I think he does,” Tim says clearly making fun of Chen.
“Nope, we are not having this conversation, I will see you back at the station,” she says as she lets Jackson take their suspect and makes sure Valerie get the message that she has to follow them so she can give her official statement.
After finishing her paperwork she sends the reporter home then goes to find Tim so she can apologize, on the record.
“Hi, I’m sorry, again, I should have listened to you from the start,” Lucy admits to Tim even though she hates that she has to.
“You’re right, you should have,” he says rubbing it in even more, “but you redeemed yourself, a tiny bit,” he adds with a smile.
Lucy makes a noise of surprise.
“You did trust your instincts when you realized what she was up to, you did call me so you didn’t get yourself into any actual trouble, and I like to think you’ve learned a valuable lesson about working alongside the media,” says Tim.
“Thank-you, I think,” Lucy says hesitantly.
“You’re welcome, sort of,” he says smiling.
“Okay, well I’ll see you tomorrow,” Lucy says as she turns on her heel and heads towards the stations exit.