JAKE: Ah, Captain. You're at my desk. Just what I wanna see first thing in the morning.
HOLT: You're three minutes late, Peralta.
"He's like Snape" Ron whispers to Harry who nods in agreement.
JAKE: Not my fault. I had a plumbing problem.
[Jake groans when his phone goes off then he throws his cellphone away from his bed and it lands in the toilet]
People laugh at that.
JAKE: Which reminds me, I'm gonna need a new departmentally issued phone. Oh, come on, really? I'm a few minutes late, so you're gonna call me out in front of everyone?
HOLT: Good idea. Everyone? Gather round, so I can call out Peralta in front of you.
Everyone gathers around and Darcy stares at Jake longer than she should have.
"You were checking me out!"
"I was not!"
"We're not doing this again"
JAKE: Okay, fine. I was three minutes late. I'm sorry for doing one thing wrong.
HOLT: Oh, it's more than one thing.
JAKE: Uh-oh.
HOLT: Let's start with the Kristov murder.
JAKE: It was an amazing solve. I got him to confess in 20 minutes.
[Captain holds two pictures of garbage]
HOLT: You also mislabeled the evidence, so that confession is worthless if the sergeant hadn't caught your mistake. Here are three cases with sloppy paperwork. Here are two pictures. One is your locker. The other is a garbage dump in the Philippines. Can you tell which is which?
JAKE: That one's the dump?
HOLT: They're both your locker.
Darcy face palms at that.
People groan in disgust at that.
JAKE: Gah, I should've guessed that. He's good.
[Holt holds up a folder]
HOLT: This folder is labeled "undies, dirty.”
JAKE: So I won't confuse it with "undies, clean." Also, who cares about all thes+e rules? I have more felony arrests than any other detective here.
"No you don't"
Darcy clears her throat loudly.
JAKE: I have more felony arrests than any other detective except one.
[Holt pulls the drawer out]
HOLT: You also have more mice living in your desk than any other detective.
JAKE: [gasps] "Algernon." [All aww] "You guys, Algernon's back."!
Some people aww at that.
Darcy gives him a soft smile as he pets the mouse.
HOLT: Get rid of the mouse, and get your act together now.
JAKE: He's grumpy.
[In the briefing room]
TERRY: Okay, detectives, let's get started. Santiago, where are we with the Jay Street drug bust?
AMY: There are 12 keys of coke unaccounted for, but we just got a warrant to search the dealer's apartment.
TERRY: Good. Take Boyle and Diaz.
CHARLES: Dream team.
TERRY: Peralta, brief us on the vandalism case.
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The forgotten daughter | Jake Peralta
FanfictionWhat if Lily and James Potter had a daughter, their first born, Darcy Potter. They abandoned her when she was only 1, while Lily was pregnant with Harry. They abandoned her because she was a squib, and they didn't want a weak person in their family...
