"I wanted to say sorry..." Antonio kept looking down at his shaking hands without giving a quick glance at Ariel. "It's fine Antonio... what else?" She tried to act normal as Erin told her to do, Antonio looked straight in her eyes, hurt and confused. "Was he better than me?"silence dominated the bathroom, Ariel's heart stared to beat fast as Antonio moved closer. "I...I..."
"You what?" She couldn't find the words, Antonio was too much pressure for her at the moment. "So was he better than me?" She shakes her head looking down, Antonio nods without saying a word. "No." Ariel whispers to confirm her answer. "Good to know."
"I saw you all acting sweet with the paramedic... do you like her?" Antonio smiles at the thought, Ariel's blood begins to heat up. "What's so funny?" She asks. "She's nice... but I've seen better..." Antonio replies catching Ariel's jealousy.
"Oh I understand..." Antonio walks back to stare at Ariel head to toe. "You and Tucker, you look good together." Ariel rolls her eyes and walks towards Antonio, who makes steps back. "No Ariel, after that, I won't forgive you. It's clear you want him and not me, so go and do happy family with him! You deserve it..." the last words were sarcastic which made Ariel go mad, she wanted to follow Antonio as he went outside of the bathroom but she decided not to.
Ariel falls to the fall, covering her face with her hands, her body is shaking as hot tears run down her cheek. "Ariel?" Erin bends down to hug her sister, Ariel falls in Erin's arm, crying and talking in her tears. "It's ok..." Ariel didn't calm down, she stood up and walked out of the bathroom, walking past the others who are sat at the table and Antonio, who was talking to Brett. He notices Ariel's expression and was about to stand up and follow her but Erin stops Antonio from doing it. "You've done enough, Antonio." She whispers and then sends a warm smile to Sylvie Brett. "Have an amazing night guys!" Erin says sarcastically but luckily Brett didn't catch it, Antonio sent Erin an evil glance. "Thanks Erin, I'll see you around." Erin nods, running outside to follow Ariel. She was already gone.
"Erin..." she quickly turns around to meet Voight's hurt eyes. "What was wrong with Ariel?" Erin looks down as Antonio rushes outside Molly's and freezes as he notices Voight there too.
Erin took time to answer, thinking if it was best to tell the truth or keep her father out of it. "She didn't feel too good." Antonio interrupts, knowing the difficulty which Erin was put in to. "Yeah, I was going to follow Ariel but it looks like she went off..." Voight nodded even if he didn't belive a single word. He knew this got to do with Antonio Dawson, he felt it because it was strange of Antonio to ask to change partner. "Antonio, are you feeling fine?" Voight asks, making him clme back to reality. "Yeah why?" Voight stares at Erin who is worried about something. "I see you a bit thoughtful these days..." Antonio shakes his head, trying to be normal as possible. "I think I'll head to Ariel's place and sed if she's ok..." they both nod as Voight walks away straight to his SUV. "You were nearly getting in big shit there if I didn't speak up!" Antonio says putting his hands in his pocket. "Me?! Or you?! Thank God that I didn't speak cause if I didn't Antonio, your butt was kicked out of the unit tomorrow morning!" Antonio remained silent, watching how Erin was angry and hiw she hated him in this moment. "Why is it always my fault?! Ariel was the one cheating with her best friend and all you do is hating my guts?! Oh no Erin, this is not my fault and you better keep away from me if you are gonna act like this!" Antonio shouted raising his hands in the air. "You called her bitch! You were flirting with the paramedic in there and you were looking interested, when you and Ariel went to help Gabriela and Sylvie! What does that make me think?! That you're an angel in this whole situation?!" Erin ask also raising her voice, Jay comes out of Molly's with Gaby. "What's going on out here? Can someone tell me?!" Jay asks. "Yeah, I want to know about this!" Gabriela adds, looking directly at his big brother. "Ask your brother..." Erin walks away with Jay following behind her. "Now you tell me what's going on!" Gabriela whispers to Antonio, he looks straight in his sister's eyes. "I messed my life up sis, I fucked it all up!" He whispers.Finally home, Ariel throws the car keys on the table and falls on the sofa. "What a day!" She whispers, placing a hand on her head. She then decides to have a warm bath to calm down the stress, this story about Antonio was killing her and she had to move on she thought. A knock on the door makes her return to the present, Ariel stands up lazily and opens the door. "Hey!" Her dad says with a smile, Ariel didn't have the strength to smile back. "Voight, please come in!" He does and stands in the middle of the room. "Antonio told me you were feeling a bit bad huh?" She nods not knowing in what sense Voight was on about. "What did he tell you exactly?" Voight raised his eyebrow and crossed his arms. "Antonio said you weren't feeling too good, so you rushed home. Are you ok now?" Ariel was about to have a heart attack of what Antonio could of said to her father. "Yes, I am thanks." Silence in the room. "So... where is Emily?"
"Sleeping... if you want, you could walk tip toe and see her..." Voight nods walking silently to Emily's room.
Ariel rushes to the fridge and gets a bottle of wine. She sits on the sofa and poors some wine in her glass and in the other for Voight. "That will do you no good, Blue." Voight says returning from Emily's room. "Is she sleeping?" Ariel asks. "Like an angel." They both smile and have a sip of wine. "This wine is good!"
"Yeah it definitely is!" Voight takes the chance to speak of Antonio because this was the right time, they were alone and no one could bother them. "How's it going with Dawson? I mean at work..." Ariel nearly choked, so she spat the wine back in her glass. "Dad, not this again please!" She rolls her eyes sitting back. "It was only a question!"
"Fine thanks." Ariel answers coldy. "So why did Antonio ask me to change partner?" Ariel's jaw nearly touched the floor, she was speechless and her blood was boiling in her body. "He did what?!" Voight had a confused look. "Is something going on with you two?" Ariel stood up, walking towards the kitchen stool. "What did he say?"
"He just asked to change because you are not his type of partner he wants to work with..."
"He wants to change partner? Fine, I'm good with it!" Tucker comes in the room as Ariel shouts. "What's going on?" He asks rubing his eyes. "Who's this?" Voight asks. "He is Tu..." Tucker cuts her off by shaking hands with Hank Voight. "I'm Tucker, her boyfriend and you must be the famous Hank Voight from district 21..." Voight nods, not convinced about all this information this boy knows. "How do you know me?" He asks, Tucker smiles crossing his arms. "How do you know him?" Ariel asks too, Tucker never saw him but she just talked about her dad with him. "I just do, your famous in this city and you are a good cop!" Voight didn't like this guy at all! "What's your full name son? I think I might know you, you have a familiar face..." he asks studying Tucker's face. "Oh do you? My name is Tucker O'Donald..." Voight was trying to remember the surname but nothing came up in his mind. "Nice name kid, I must go because my stomach is calling for food. See ya around Tucker and treat my girl good or you will answer your actions with me." Voight pats on his back, trying to make it sound sarcastic but it wasn't, Voight was warning this guy, he isn't convinced because Tucker O'Donald has a familiar face. As Voight gets in his car, he reaches for his cell and dials Alvin's number. "Voight." Olinsky had a tired voice, maybe he got up from his sleep. "Sorry to disturb you but I have a job for you to do. I can't do it because Ariel would kill me!" Voight explains, looking around himself. "Tell me."
"Look up for a boy called Tucker O'Donald."
"Sure, this name sounds familiar! Why?" Alvin was taking down the boy's name. "Because he's my daughter's boyfriend and something tells me, that boy isn't straight." Voight admits.
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Running from the past
FanfictionAriel Blue is a detective from the Special Victims Unit of New York... What happens after she gets transferred after knowing about Nick Amaro cheating on her? Will it be good for Ariel to stay in Chicago or not? She will find out so many secrets tha...