Chapter VIII - Hello, Freak

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Sherlock steps over the yellow tape surrounding the crime scene, which is a small house. Clara follows and they both walk over to Lestrade and Sally. 

'Hello, Freak' Sally greets him. 'And Clara! Long time, no see.' she winks.

'Lestrade, I need facts,' Sherlock demands, ignoring Sally.

Lestrade scoffs. 'No, you bloody don't. Now go in there and examine the body.'

'True.' Sherlock turns to go inside, and Clara begins to follow. 'Oh no you don't--Clara, you are staying here. Something in there might... set you off or something. My brother's rules.'

'That's absolute BS!' Sherlock shoots her a glare. 'Fine.' Clara huffs, crossing her arms as Sherlock and Lestrade turn to go into the crime scene.

Clara and Sally stand for a while in silence.

'What a freak.' Sally breaks it with a comment. Clara bites back the retort, it's not healthy to talk about yourself in the third person, Sally.

'Why do you dislike him so much?' Clara asks.

'Oh, Clara. Always the gracious. My feelings go deeper for him than just 'dislike,' you know.' she says. Upon seeing Clara's look of astonishment, she adds, 'You know what I mean; don't get all mushy.'

'But why?' Clara asks again.

'Um, I don't know. Probably because his high IQ makes me feel bad about myself and what I've accomplished in life.' She pauses. '...There's a bully inside of all of us, you know?'

Clara makes a whistling noise and raises her eyebrows, indicating, Wow, Sally, I didn't know you could express your feelings in such a professional way.

'Oh, shut up,' Sally smirks, rolling her eyes.

Sherlock emerges from the crime scene and walks over to Clara and Sally. 'Time to go, Clara,' Sherlock says to her and keeps on walking.

'Well, see you tomorrow morn' then! A cuppa again?' Clara asks.

'Yeah... unless I change my mind. Seeya,' Sally waves as Clara walks off. 'Oh, and goodbye, Freak!' Sally yells after him.

Clara shoots an eye at her for a few moments and then carries on following Sherlock.

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I hope everyone is alright with me bringing Sally into this. In most fanfics, she's an antagonist. I don't really see her as a bad person... we all have people we dislike, and her's happens to be Sherlock. And I'm not saying I hate Sherlock as well! I just feel like there's more to Sally than what we see on the BBC.
Sally is just kind of going to be a 'friend' of Clara and Ash. After all, she is a part of their Network. So they're sort of forced to be friends...

~Sofia xo

Edited 2.25.19

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