What If Tim And Lucy Were Childhood Best Friends?

Rookie

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PART ONE

Lucy and Tim's moms had been best friends. They were pregnant at the same time. Their due date was around the same time except tim was 2 weeks older. They played almost everyday. They were each others best friends and someday, maybe their parents thought they'd eventually get married and bring grandchildren but when lucy's family moved away all those hopes were washed down the drain.

Lucy moved to florida for 6 years. At 12 years old she moved back to LA. Tim and Lucy never reconnected. A day didn't pass where they didn't think about how each other were doing or contacting each other but nothing ever happened.

At 17 tim went to the army for a couple years and eventually joined the LAPD.

At 27 lucy joined the academy and eventually became a rookie in the LAPD on her first day she walked in and sat down.
She didn't even look behind her but as grey started talking..

"We have new blood this morning, Lucy Chen, John Nolan and Jackson west. I'm gonna play matchmaker. Nolan with bishop, West and Lopez and Chen with Bradford.

Each others names bounced off their brain like a boomerang. It sounded so weird to hear such a familiar name but when they locked eyes it was almost unbelievable. Lucy tried to deny that it was tim but it was so blatantly him.

Lucy got the war bags and equipment as tim explained how to prepare a shop. Awkward was in understatement. Nobody was talking when tim broke the silence.

Tim: "Where did you go?"

Lucy: "I moved to florida for 6 years."

They both looked somewhat the same. Their features and everything.

Tim: "This won't be awkward, okay? Your my rookie and i guess it's weird we went down thr same route but we have to keep it civil between us even though im slightly mad for you just disappearing one day."

Lucy: "I didn't just choose to move away one day you know that right?"

Tim: "Okay what did i just say boot?"

He lost his temper and snapped. Lucy quietened down once he called her 'boot'. It didn't seem right to go on like this. Their first encounter for a long time shouldn't have been now. They should've met before but they never contacted each other.

The shop was dead silent until tim made the decision to spring his first tim test on her.

Tim: "I've been shot and you need to call for help. Where are you boot?"

Lucy: "Uh..uhm."

She was frantically looking for signs to know where she was but nothing.

She was even more pissed. He made her walk behind the shop. He was so funny and kind and sweet as a kid. What happened? She wondered why he was so mad when she hadn't even meant to move away. Her mom rushed her to florida without letting her say goodbye.

Tim: "chen!"

Lucy: "Uhh..yeah?"

Tim: "So tell me, why did you want to become a cop."

Lucy: "i wanted to do something useful i wa-"

Tim: "Let me do it for you, you knew i was a cop and wanted to get back at me for never communicating with you again."

Lucy: "What?! No that's.. absurd i never wanted to leave i've told you a thousand times."

Tim: "And yet you still never bothered to call."

Lucy: "I was 6! I didn't have a phone my mom didn't let me talk to you."

Tim: "Get in the damn shop."

She got back in and the silence was back. It was embarrassing for Lucy. Yes she had made a mistake but it wasn't entirely on her.

Tim saw on the sidewalk Isabel Bradford. Tim's ex wife.

Tim: "No damn way."

Lucy: "What?"

Tim: "It's my wife."

Lucy: "She's in bad shape. Hold on wife?"

Tim: "ex wife."

Lucy: "I'm sorry."

Tim: "Don't be. I'm over it."

Lucy could see him clutching the steering wheel in stress. She watched him pull over and get out the car to talk to Isabel.