Chapter 1:
“Buddy it’s time to get you out of this town!” Sam Bennett announced
proudly hovering over the
paper work Luis was doing “What? Are you crazy man? I am NOT moving!”
Luis automatically
went defensive. “Who said anything about moving? I have assigned you to
a convention in LA,
and you’ll be joined with 2 officers from around here...” Sam was glad
his force was chosen to
be represented on this little project and even happier to send his best
officer. Plus, since
Sheridan’s family moved her out of the town ‘for her own good’ in the
middle of the night
without so much as a goodbye, well, Luis needed the time away.
“Sure...what do you mean from
around here?” Luis asked...
“Oh, it’s two officers from Boston..” Sam
smiled. “Reeealy...” Luis
stood up. “When do I go?” Sam raised an eyebrow at Luis’s sudden want
to do the assignment.
“Tomorrow morning your on this flight to LA and the two Boston officers
will have a connecting
room with yours” Luis just grabbed the ticket and patted Sam on the
back. “Thanks man. You’re
always Lookin’ out for me” The blinds rattled and swung as Luis shut
the door. Sam shook his
head... ‘If only Luis could find her again...his life would be so
complete. Damned Crane men’
***In Boston***
“Ladies, here are your tickets to LA and you’ll be sharing a room.” The
old gray haired man
handed the two women officers their plane tickets and room numbers at
the Casa Plaza Hotel
and shook each of their hands. “Thank you, sir. You’ll be glad you
chose to send us” Tina
Alvarez winked at her partner who also stood. Captain Bonnily left and
soon after the officers
were in their dual apartment laughing at an old joke about how they
met. “It still depresses me.”
The other officer said, wistfully sitting in the booth of the breakfast
nook. “I know, but you have
to move on.
The consequences...oh God, the consequences.” Tina shook
her head sadly thinking
about what a tortured existence her roommate had. “Well, lets think
about the convention and
our 2 extra days of vacation in the Los Angeles summertime! I mean we
will get amazing tans
and the shopping is great plus it is an asset to both of our careers. I
don’t want to talk about that
anymore” Tina’s friend said, referring to the conversation earlier.
“Yeah, me either. It broke my
heart the first time anyway. So are you finished packing?” Tina was
glad to be relieved of the
subject.
“Yes! And Im ready for tomorrow to begin” She said, going into
her bed room and
turning on the CD player. Pretty soon Tina heard the song and then the
sniffling and then silence.
She bit her lip and went to her own sleeping quarters, excited about
their trip.
***Next Day***
Luis stretched out his arms and dressed for the flight to California.
He grabbed his bag and
kissed his mothers cheek and set out for the airport with a
determination to enjoy his trip, even if
all but 2 days were business.
In Boston the two women were doing the same thing, as well as scarfing
down croissants their
elderly neighbor had brought over.
***Los Angeles CA***
Tina looked around her room and sighed, she and he partner never got
the best...there was a
connecting room door beside the television which was settled on-top a
pole on legs. She twisted
the knob just as her partner entered the room. “Tina!! What are you
doing?” She gasped, but
laughing at the same time. “I just wanted to see what the other
officer’s room was like...he’s
supposedly single and incredible hunky...not to mention that he’s not
sharing his room. They’re
force was understaffed.” Tina smiled and pushed the door in all the
way, stepping into a room
that did a complete 180o from hers. “Whoa!” The other officer gasped.
“Wow! See how much
better some officers get it” Tina said jokingly, reentering her own
room.
They both put on
bikini’s for the officer’s acquaintance pool party downstairs.
Luis arrived in LA to sunny weathers and a really nice room, much too
big for one person, but
then again there would have probably been two officers if the Harmony
P.D. wasn’t
understaffed. Luis unfolded his itinerary and looked at what was on the
agenda. ‘Meet Your
fellow Officers 6:15 p.m. POOL party’ He rolled his eyes and shoved his
suitcase into the closet,
after changing clothes.
Loud music blasted from the pool, and Luis laughed bittersweet as a
song with a tango beat
came on. He put his towel on a chair and did a dive into the deep end.
Tina and her partner laid their towels on chairs and walked over to the
hot tub where another
female officer was sitting.
“Hi ladies!” Tina greeted cheerfully. “Hi!”
An Asian lady with jet
black hair and chestnut eyes replied. “Where are you two from?” She
asked. “We’re both from
Boston, I’ve been here a few times, I’m Tina. And my partner just made
the force a couple years
ago and this is her first convention.” Tina bubbled, obviously feeling
very much at home. Her
partner however was the opposite. She was nervous. She twisted her long
honey brown hair
around her fingers. “What’s your name honey?” The lady asked.
“Oh...Genevieve Williams” She
replied. “Well, since you’re new, Tina and I can show you the ropes.”
Tina nodded vigorously.
“There are the greatest looking men here every year, oh my lord! And
they’re all looking for
some tight, young officer lady to put the moves on...” Bea, the Asian
lady went on. Sheridan
looked at her feet. “Well” Genevieve said staring wistfully at the tree
tops “I doubt any of them
will be interested in me, and even if they were...” she trailed off
tears forming in her eyes. “...the
man I love is gone forever...and I...miss...him...his touch...I..” she
broke into sobs, wracking her
lean body. She turned and ran across the pool deck and dove into the
water swimming the length
of the pool and getting out on the other side. She quickened her step
across the deck when she
smacked into a man.
“I am so sorry” she whimpered, holding her wrist that she had crushed
between their chests.
Only then did she realize who she had bumped into. “Oh my GOD!” she
screamed at the top of
her lungs, sheerly from shock, mostly from joy. “Sheridan....” Luis
stared into her eyes. She had
disappeared so very many years ago, without a trace and she was here,
at a police benefit...or on
vacation, that had to be it. He slid his hands down her slick wet
sides. “You grew your hair out,
and dyed it.” He said lifting a hand up to run through her tresses.
“You look the same” she said
tearfully. “Why did you leave me?” he asked angrily.
The scene they
created cause most of the
officers, including Tina and Bea, to encircle them. “I had to” she
said. “No you didn’t!
Something was going on!” He yelled. “I didn’t have a choice, don’t you
GET THAT?” She
matched his voice. “You just walked out like nothing happened, and
didn’t call. You don’t give
a damn about anyone” he hollered. “I do to you have no room to judge
me!” she screamed back.
“Oh is that supposed to imply that I don’t care about people?” He
screamed, angrier at the
second she started arguing. “You son of a...”
They both rushed into
each others arms for a sexy
kiss, neither holding anything back. He had his hands on her bottom,
pulling her to him and she
had her hands everywhere, his butt, his hair his face. Their tongues
dueled and the passion was
soaring. They were kissing like they were naked, just the desire alone
gave off the feeling that
those who were watching it were looking at a hot bedroom scene from two
way glass.
The kiss finally ended. “I missed you” they both whispered
simultaneously and walked hand
interlocked in hand.
To Be Continued...