Friend?

The Detective

Issa's POV:

The policewoman looks at us and sighs. "You're quite a fighter aren't you?" she asks. "Yes, it's kind of how you have to get by in the world these days. "Alright, I guess I can go ask my boss what we can do about it. I'll be back." I smile as she leaves the room. "This girl is really special to you isn't she?" Luke asked. "Yeah, she really is something. I just, I care about her so much Luke. I really hope she is okay." I said, almost starting to cry. Luke must notice because he takes my hand and looks into my eyes with sympathy and genuine concern. I could tell that he wanted me to be happy and he cared about Haley being okay too. I look at him and smile. I don't know if I should do what I'm about to do next because I'm afraid of breaking down, but I decide to do it. I lean forward and hug Luke. He hugs back as I cry on his shoulder, I guess he can tell I really need this. He is such a good friend. I don't even notice I am trying to hide my sobs until he says,  "It is okay to cry Issa. This is really tough and you have to let it out, you don't have to hide it from me." I suddenly start to drown his shirt in tears. I am full on sobbing by now and I realize that it is okay. I can cry if I need to, I shouldn't try to hide it. We all cry, nobody's life is perfect. I am going through a tough time and it isn't all okay, and that is okay. You don't have to be happy (Reference ;)). I let go of Luke when I hear the door open again, and the woman walks back in. My boss said we can look into the footage a bit deeper, he has assigned you two to the best detective we have. He is ready to see you and go over the clip whenever you are, he is in room 2021 waiting. I want to say something but I am still crying a little bit. "Thank you." Luke answers, seeing I am in no state to talk to her. She leaves us alone. After I calm down a bit Luke says "Are you ready to go see the detective now?" I nod my head and we make our way to room 2021.

There is a short, tan man with glasses and brown hair. He isn't dressed very professional, he is wearing a t-shirt, skinny jeans, and a cap. We walk over and sit down. "So you two are the idiots that everyone is talking about here. Watch out, this is one shady ass police station. People will talk about you left and right. I heard y'll have done everything just to help solve this one case, and now you're stupid enough to think that this video is going to help us find the girl? Well, you're in luck. I'm damn good at being a detective and I will kick this case's ass. I bet you I can find evidence from the smallest thing." We both stare at him in shock. Is this guy for real? "Why are y'all so shy? Talk to me, I don't want a bunch of boring ass people to work with! Come on what are your names? I'm Larry." I look at him, but say "I'm Issa." I look over to Luke and nudge him. "A-and I'm Luke. Um, are you, a real detective?" I hit Luke under the table. You don't just say that to someone! That's something to tweet about later! His laugh caught me off guard. "Issa, you look so scared. Calm down, I don't bite. I get that question a lot. Yes I know that I am funny and not professional and extremely flamboyant, but like I said, I am a damn good detective, so they hired me." I am still in disbelief, but I like this guy. If we weren't meeting under the circumstances we are, I'd probably become good friends with him. "So, let's take a look at this clip, shall we?" I nod my head quickly and he chuckles.

We spend the next few hours going over the clip and Larry writing stuff down. I was losing hope until all of a sudden he gasped. "What?" I say. "Did you find something?" "No!" he said. "There is a spider on my laptop! Get it off get it off!" I roll my eyes. In any other situation I'd be screaming too, but right now it is the last thing to worry about. Luke took a tissue and killed the spider for him. "Thank you." he said. Then he looked back at the screen and gasped again. "What now?" I groan. "Shut up Issa, I actually found something!" My eyes widen and I run over to the screen. He writes down how far we are into the video and what he found, then points to it on the screen. "He has a key around his belt loop. It has the address on it. It could be his house or a different building he owns, but it is worth checking. I am going to go tell the boss." "Thank you so much Larry. This means so much to me." He just nods his head and leaves the room. He comes back a few minutes later. "Okay, so the boss said that a few cars are gonna go down there and check it out. Al-" "Can I go with them please? I just really need to be there." I interrupt. "Well, I don't see why not. If you want to go you have to go now. Nice meeting you two." "Thank you! Nice meeting you, bye!" "Wait!" he says. "Yeah?" "I'm a shady, funny, sarcastic bitch, y'all should follow my twitter." Then he handed me a paper that said "@ LARRAYOX" on it. I laughed and rolled my eyes at his self promo. "Haha okay. See you around Larry." Luke says. He says bye and I wave, then we walk out. I actually am going to follow him, I want to be friends with him. He is really funny. Luke gets into the driver's side and I sit in the passenger's seat. He follows the police cars out of the station. We turn onto another road with them in the lead, and head off to where Haley might be.

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//AN\\

Haha I love Larry so much. So I don't know how police cases work, so don't come for me saying that could never happen or that it doesn't work that way. The genre has fiction in the name for a reason people! But anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. It looks like I can finish the book by tonight, so yay me. Have fun with life I guess... lol idk. See y'all next chapter, byeeee!

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