The rookie (reader x rookie characters)

Chapter 8-

Me and Nolan caught each other up on what was happening in our lives, obviously he knew what was happening in mine but he caught me up on his. We had a call come through from dispatch. 

"7-Adam-15 there is a call about a police officer just walking around with his gun out and his vest on the outside of his uniform, want me to attach you to it?" We hear through the radio. I pick the radio up and respond "This is 7-Adam-15 attach us to that" I reply. Putting the radio back down I look at Nolan as he checks the laptop. 

We get the address and drive there. I start thinking about all the ways this could go. It could be an officer that was tired and forgot to dress properly or it could be something a lot worse. I try not to let myself fall down the spiral of overthinking, its like a hole you can never escape, once you start.. you're stuck there.  

As we pull up to the address I look at Nolan. "Show me what you got boot" I smile at him, remembering the first time I said that to him. He retuned the smile and got out of the shop, making his way to the guy. I follow behind him, ready to help if needed. 

"Excuse me.. officer" Nolan starts, gaining the mans attention. Nolan then continues "everything okay?" The guy just looks at Nolan, then to me and then back to Nolan. 

"Everything's- everything's fine- why wouldn't it be?" The guy stutters out. Nolan chuckles a bit. "Oh- just the fact that I noticed your vest is outside your uniform and real officers wear there vests under there uniform" As soon as Nolan finishes the guy gets his gun in position. Nolan charges at him and tackles him to the ground. 

I walk up to the guy and shake my head at him "you know for someone pretending to be a cop, you're really stupid."

We get back to the station and process the guy before heading to the breakroom for a drink. I make a stop in the locker room so I can grab my meds. Being back on duty is so relieving but also weird, its hard to explain but I feel like somethings wrong. I just cant put my finger on what. I shake the thoughts out of my head and stroll into the break room where I see Tim making a cup of coffee. I go up to him and stand to his right "Heyy" I say. He looks at me and smiles. "Hey quaver, you alright?" He questions. 

"I'm fine you need to stop being such a worry bag" I say while smirking. He rolls his eyes and goes back to making his coffee. "Want one?" He asks. I agree straight away. Coffee is like drugs to me, I cant go without one, I don't even know why people ask me if I want one anymore as the answer is always the same. Yes. 

Once Tim's made the coffees I grab a water to take my meds with, I can take them with coffee but I would hate to relate a cup of coffee with medication. We both sit down at the table. 

"Its weird being back" I state randomly, breaking the silence, before taking one of the pills. Tim looks at me confused, furrowing his eyebrows. "How so?" He questions. I swallow the pill and look back at him. "Well I guess I just feel like I shouldn't be here, there's no way I survived in a different universe so how did I manage it here?" 

Tim sighs and puts his coffee down, looking at me. "Ava.. you made it because you're strong.. in those other universes you haven't gone through any of the stuff from your past so you weren't as strong. What you went though made you who you are and that's why you are here." He paused for a second "And don't tell anyone I said that, I've got a reputation to keep up in front of the rookies" I laughed and pretended to zip my mouth shut as a joke, throwing away the key.

Tim put his hand on mine. I looked down, trying to hide the colour filling my cheeks. Its confusing between me and Tim. We have been best friends for years but recently something has shifted between us and I cant place my finger on it. Tim sighed and stood up telling me he had to get back to shift. I nodded and said bye, watching him walk out. 

After a while of just staring into space I get up and go to Greys office, knocking on the door. I had started feeling rough and just overall shit, the medication side effects say they can make you feel this way. I hear a faint come in and I open the door, walking into his office. I sit down and Grey looks at me "What can I do for you Ava?"

I explain to him how I'm feeling and that the medication is causing it. Grey nods and says for me to go home. Nolan had got involved with a detectives case anyway so he was busy. I thanked him and left his office, grabbing my stuff and making my way home. 

Walking into my house sent a wave of relaxation and familiarity over me as I set my bag down.. heading for my bed straight away. I changed into my pjs and laid down, switching the tv on to see what was on. 

I clicked through channels and found nothing good on so I decided to just go to sleep. I turned on my side and closed my eyes, letting that familiar sense of sleep lull me off. 

I woke up to that dreaded nauseous feeling. Shooting up and sprinting to my bathroom I lent over the toilet and let it out. One thing about me is I have a huge fear of throwing up... ever since I was younger I've panicked any time I feel slightly sick.

Once everything was out of me I stood up, flushing the toilet and washing my hands and face with warm water. I then sluggishly walked into the kitchen to grab a glass of water and an anti-sickness tablet. I took a sip of it and took the tablet and headed back to my bed. Once comfortable again I reached for my phone, dialling Tim's number, he was the only person that knew about my phobia. 

"Hello?" I heard instantly. 

"Hey- uh- I just threw up-" I chocked out, trying not to let the panic win. 

"On my way, is Chen okay to come? Ill tell her to stay in the car-" Tim asks. I say its fine and he hangs up the call. I sigh and lean back. A few minutes later Tim walks into my house without knocking and heads straight to my room, sitting down on the best in front of me. 

"You okay?" He asks, resting his hand on my lower leg. I nod.

As he puts his hand on my leg my I heat up. I feel a whirlwind of emotions at once, luckily all good ones..

wait.

Do I have feelings for Tim?

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