#3 The Red, White and Chicago Blue

Chapter 6 "The Brave"

"Hey, I think your parents are playing Scrabble in your mother's office." Jonah said, looking at the three of them.

"What?! GROSS." Ashley made a face.

"Her curtains are closed and the door is locked, so..." He said, trying not to laugh.

"They're old, they should've put that game away a long time ago." Brayden said.

"Fifty bucks says mom ends up pregnant." Ashley said, smirking as she looked at her brother and sister.

"Oh you are so on." Brayden said in reply to his sister.

"The last time mom and dad played scrabble at work, we ended up with Ashley." Hannah said as she placed her hands on her vest neckline.

"Hey!" Ashley said, making a mildly annoyed facial expression.

"Eh, that's how Brayden and I came along." Hannah shrugged.

"Don't remind me." He said, digging in his pocket for his phone.

Hannah ran outside when she heard a loud scraping sound. When she saw what happened, she let out a blood curdling scream. "PLATT IS GONNA KILL ME!"

Jonah ran outside to find her standing next to her patrol car. On the side of it, were black scratch marks from a car colliding into it. "What happened?"

"A car...collision...scrap...MY PATROL CAR!"

Jamie pulled up and practically fell out of his car. He jumped out and started freaking out. "She's gonna kill us!" He yelled.

"Yeah no shit."

They carefully backed up and went back inside. Once inside, they caught sight of Sean at the front desk.

"Hey dad, can you do us a favor?" Jamie asked him.

"That depends on what the favor is."

"Fix that car before she sees."

"Hannah, what have I told you about wrecking patrol cars?" He laughed. "Do you know how many your mom wrecked?"

"This was NOT my fault. Your genius son right there parked it on the wrong side of the road!" Hannah yelled in defense. She then turned in Jamie's direction. "I told you to park it in the district lot, not across the street!"

"Oops..."

They tried to sneak away, but she caught them. "You two, get your skinny little behinds over here."

"I'm scared."

"Oh stop it, Hannah. Your mother used that excuse on me and it never worked."

"What are you gonna punish us with?"

"Why would I punish you? What did you do?"

"We wreck-"

She elbowed Jamie to shut him up. "DUDE." She said through clenched teeth.

"Intelligence needs you for some operation today. Get up there before I hurt you."

Adam came walking in, hair a mess and he was buttoning his shirt.

"Dad! Platt's scaring me!" She hugged him.

He laughed. "She scares everyone. Now get upstairs."

***At the Firehouse***

"He, you pop the question yet?" Lizzie asked, sitting next to Noah at the table.

"To Hannah? No."

"Haven't you guys been together for five years or something?"

"Almost."

"Don't you think it's about time you ask her?"